Came across a gem today

YoungBloodAggie · Post by **YoungBloodAggie** » June 1st, 2020, 2:11 pm

Imagine how the forum would have reacted to this game had it existed at the time:

https://www.deseret.com/1995/10/1/19196 ... -ags-cause

sam tingey · Post by **sam tingey** » June 1st, 2020, 2:16 pm

Not really a gem. What a disaster!

sstrasser · Post by **sstrasser** » June 1st, 2020, 2:36 pm

oh I remember, I was a student that year and that was very embarrassing.

Sl7vk · Post by **Sl7vk** » June 1st, 2020, 2:43 pm

sstrasser wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 2:36 pm
oh I remember, I was a student that year and that was very embarrassing.

Abu Wilson was a hell of a running back.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » June 1st, 2020, 3:35 pm

This game certainly has been referenced on this site and the old sites a number of times. Less, and I mean ALOT Less than That, gets this board riled up. There may have been the old rivals board back then.

One mass board reaction I did miss since it was the year before I started reading two or three boards ago was the reaction to the 2002 BYU Blown Lead, so I have had to fill in for myself the board reaction to that.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » June 1st, 2020, 3:46 pm

What also didn't exist at the time was the USU Football Twitter Page to tweet Danilo's five sacks, and give him the opportunity to do something as simple as click "retweet" and take a lot of criticism for doing it. We'll never know if he would or would not have if social media existed back then.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » June 1st, 2020, 4:29 pm

Sl7vk wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 2:43 pm

sstrasser wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 2:36 pm
oh I remember, I was a student that year and that was very embarrassing.
Abu Wilson was a hell of a running back.

Yes he was. We had quite a run of quality backs with Abu, Demario Brown, and Emmett White.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » June 1st, 2020, 4:29 pm

GameFAQSAggie wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 3:46 pm
What also didn't exist at the time was the USU Football Twitter Page to tweet Danilo's five sacks, and give him the opportunity to do something as simple as click "retweet" and take a lot of criticism for doing it. We'll never know if he would or would not have if social media existed back then.

Danilo was a beast on the defensive line.

Intermeddler · Post by **Intermeddler** » June 1st, 2020, 8:16 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 4:29 pm

Sl7vk wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 2:43 pm

sstrasser wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 2:36 pm
oh I remember, I was a student that year and that was very embarrassing.
Abu Wilson was a hell of a running back.
Yes he was. We had quite a run of quality backs with Abu, Demario Brown, and Emmett White.

We also had Melvin Blue in that era. Not on their level but I remember thinking we had quite the run of backs with a color for their last name.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » June 1st, 2020, 9:11 pm

Last year, just across the bay in Oakland between the Lions and the Raiders, there were flashbacks of that and three other things on the last drive alone.
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51020

Post by **aggies22** » June 1st, 2020, 9:18 pm

Intermeddler wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 8:16 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 4:29 pm

Sl7vk wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 2:43 pm

sstrasser wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 2:36 pm
oh I remember, I was a student that year and that was very embarrassing.
Abu Wilson was a hell of a running back.
Yes he was. We had quite a run of quality backs with Abu, Demario Brown, and Emmett White.
We also had Melvin Blue in that era. Not on their level but I remember thinking we had quite the run of backs with a color for their last name.

Melvin Blue was actually a very good running back, he just had the misfortune of being stuck behind two of the all-time greats in Abu and Demario.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » June 1st, 2020, 10:14 pm

Intermeddler wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 8:16 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 4:29 pm

Sl7vk wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 2:43 pm

sstrasser wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 2:36 pm
oh I remember, I was a student that year and that was very embarrassing.
Abu Wilson was a hell of a running back.
Yes he was. We had quite a run of quality backs with Abu, Demario Brown, and Emmett White.
We also had Melvin Blue in that era. Not on their level but I remember thinking we had quite the run of backs with a color for their last name.

The thing I remember most about Melvin Blue is playing dunk ball with him on the basketball courts at Adams School.

dogie · Post by **dogie** » June 2nd, 2020, 12:10 am

I didn’t realize that John Ralston finished his career as the SJSU coach. As many will know, Ralston is a College Football Hall of Fame coach and started his head coaching career at USU from 1959-1962. Those were the Aggie glory days that still might be unmatched with Merlin Olsen and two conference championships.

I’m also not sure why I didn’t hear that he died last September. I might have been out of the country at the time.

https://www.hjnews.com/sports/usu/coach ... 2270c.html

Post by **aggies22** » June 2nd, 2020, 7:50 am

dogie wrote: ↑
June 2nd, 2020, 12:10 am
I didn’t realize that John Ralston finished his career as the SJSU coach. As many will know, Ralston is a College Football Hall of Fame coach and started his head coaching career at USU from 1959-1962. Those were the Aggie glory days that still might be unmatched with Merlin Olsen and two conference championships.

I’m also not sure why I didn’t hear that he died last September. I might have been out of the country at the time.

https://www.hjnews.com/sports/usu/coach ... 2270c.html

I imagine that was the case because it was talked about here on the board.

Machismo · Post by **Machismo** » June 2nd, 2020, 1:56 pm

Sl7vk wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 2:43 pm

sstrasser wrote: ↑
June 1st, 2020, 2:36 pm
oh I remember, I was a student that year and that was very embarrassing.
Abu Wilson was a hell of a running back.

He's a really really good dude, I had the chance to talk with him a few times., I'll always remember that.

NowhereLandAggie · Post by **NowhereLandAggie** » June 2nd, 2020, 1:57 pm

It was kind of a staple of John L. Smith's teams to lack discipline on the field. He actually had some pretty talented players, but they did have a tendency to collectively make errors at the wrong times, which cost them some games.

He was a hot coaching commodity for a while, but he has fallen lots. Ended up declaring bankruptcy due to bad real estate investments and had some major gaffes as Arkansas's interim coach. (Not too mention how he handled Weber State's coaching exit.)

He ended up getting fired at Kentucky State, a D-II school, after a 0-10 season. He was a finalist to take over the job after Brent Guy was fired in 2008. There was a push to bring him back from some, but Gary Andersen got the job instead. In retrospect that was likely the right call.

Post by **aggies22** » June 2nd, 2020, 3:06 pm

NowhereLandAggie wrote: ↑
June 2nd, 2020, 1:57 pm
It was kind of a staple of John L. Smith's teams to lack discipline on the field. He actually had some pretty talented players, but they did have a tendency to collectively make errors at the wrong times, which cost them some games.

He was a hot coaching commodity for a while, but he has fallen lots. Ended up declaring bankruptcy due to bad real estate investments and had some major gaffes as Arkansas's interim coach. (Not too mention how he handled Weber State's coaching exit.)

He ended up getting fired at Kentucky State, a D-II school, after a 0-10 season. He was a finalist to take over the job after Brent Guy was fired in 2008. There was a push to bring him back from some, but Gary Andersen got the job instead. In retrospect that was likely the right call.

I was actually told that John L. was going to get the job and that it was all his, right up until Coach Andersen interviewed.

Intermeddler · Post by **Intermeddler** » June 2nd, 2020, 3:21 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
June 2nd, 2020, 3:06 pm

NowhereLandAggie wrote: ↑
June 2nd, 2020, 1:57 pm
It was kind of a staple of John L. Smith's teams to lack discipline on the field. He actually had some pretty talented players, but they did have a tendency to collectively make errors at the wrong times, which cost them some games.

He was a hot coaching commodity for a while, but he has fallen lots. Ended up declaring bankruptcy due to bad real estate investments and had some major gaffes as Arkansas's interim coach. (Not too mention how he handled Weber State's coaching exit.)

He ended up getting fired at Kentucky State, a D-II school, after a 0-10 season. He was a finalist to take over the job after Brent Guy was fired in 2008. There was a push to bring him back from some, but Gary Andersen got the job instead. In retrospect that was likely the right call.
I was actually told that John L. was going to get the job and that it was all his, right up until Coach Andersen interviewed.

We’d be in the Big Sky right now if that had happened.

NavyBlueAggie · Post by **NavyBlueAggie** » June 2nd, 2020, 3:53 pm

As I watched Melvin Blue play, the more snaps he took the better he got. I recall he was a very physical player and enjoyed being able to deliver a blow in heavy traffic. Seems to me he was in a tough spot with not quite enough game time reps to emerge as the talent he was. Good running back days back then with Wilson, Blue, White and Brown.

Post by **aggies22** » June 2nd, 2020, 4:34 pm

NavyBlueAggie wrote: ↑
June 2nd, 2020, 3:53 pm
As I watched Melvin Blue play, the more snaps he took the better he got. I recall he was a very physical player and enjoyed being able to deliver a blow in heavy traffic. Seems to me he was in a tough spot with not quite enough game time reps to emerge as the talent he was. Good running back days back then with Wilson, Blue, White and Brown.

Melvin Blue actually holds the 15th best rushing yardage game in school history after he ran for 224 yards against Idaho while filling in for the injured Demario Brown.

NavyBlueAggie · Post by **NavyBlueAggie** » June 8th, 2020, 6:39 pm

aggies22 wrote: ↑
June 2nd, 2020, 4:34 pm

NavyBlueAggie wrote: ↑
June 2nd, 2020, 3:53 pm
As I watched Melvin Blue play, the more snaps he took the better he got. I recall he was a very physical player and enjoyed being able to deliver a blow in heavy traffic. Seems to me he was in a tough spot with not quite enough game time reps to emerge as the talent he was. Good running back days back then with Wilson, Blue, White and Brown.
Melvin Blue actually holds the 15th best rushing yardage game in school history after he ran for 224 yards against Idaho while filling in for the injured Demario Brown.

Good get 22. I believe I was at that game and noted the more reps he took the better he played. Melvin Blue may have been recruited by USC but it seemed he would have more playing time at USU and that's how we came to enjoy his playing talents.

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » June 9th, 2020, 8:35 am

I'm really glad we don't have video of this game.

Post by **AggiesForever** » June 9th, 2020, 12:36 pm

I think that this was the game where John L. blurted out on the radio after the game, "We were just too stupid to win."

One of the all time great John L. quotes!

USU78 · Post by **USU78** » June 9th, 2020, 1:42 pm

AggiesForever wrote: ↑
June 9th, 2020, 12:36 pm
I think that this was the game where John L. blurted out on the radio after the game, "We were just too stupid to win."

One of the all time great John L. quotes!

And he repeated it at the alumni coaches luncheon the following Monday. I miss Ludean [or whatever the heck his middle name is].

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » June 9th, 2020, 4:27 pm

Lucifer.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » June 9th, 2020, 10:07 pm

AggiesForever wrote: ↑
June 9th, 2020, 12:36 pm
I think that this was the game where John L. blurted out on the radio after the game, "We were just too stupid to win."

One of the all time great John L. quotes!

That wouldn't be the last time he would scream over a field goal attempt with time running out in the half. There was a time while he was at Michigan State he yelled at a reporter that the coaches were screwing it up after they kicked a field goal with 10 guys and had it blocked and returned.

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