1977 Letter from Bobby Bowden to his team prior to season starting

[BleedGopher]

Go Gophers!!

 

[TNGophfan]

Before it became year round conditioning and off-season team activities.

 

[HitMeAgainIAmStillMoving]

Go Gophers!!

It's the long version of Row The Boat

 

[Panthadad2]

The best part "Be sure to have your head screwed on right when you get here". And, yes, "one common goal" is basically RTB.

 

[everybody knows my name]

Nothing wrong here, everything checks out.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

He could never recruit players with those demands in modern times...

 

[50PoundHead]

Surprised he didn't include the phone number for the Pubic Defender's office.

 

[GophersInIowa]

For those that have seen We Are Marshall, the part where Bowden allows their new coaches to study film and their playbook at their facility was largely true. Bowden was previously a candidate for the Marshall job that was given to Rick Tolley that ended up dying in the crash.

In their final game of the season shortly after the crash, Bowden requested that his West Virginia team be able to wear Marshall uniforms and play their scheduled opponent but the NCAA declined the request.

 

[TNGophfan]

For those that have seen We Are Marshall, the part where Bowden allows their new coaches to study film and their playbook at their facility was largely true. Bowden was previously a candidate for the Marshall job that was given to Rick Tolley that ended up dying in the crash.

In their final game of the season shortly after the crash, Bowden requested that his West Virginia team be able to wear Marshall uniforms and play their scheduled opponent but the NCAA declined the request.

Typical NCAA. That would have been great and hurt no one.

 

[fmlizard]

He could never recruit players with those demands in modern times...

He could get the very best kicker recruit considering he thinks kicking will be the #1 key to the game.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

He could get the very best kicker recruit considering he thinks kicking will be the #1 key to the game.

Problem was, those kickers had an unfortunate propensity to push the most important kicks right.

 

[GopherTheJugular]

Problem was, those kickers had an unfortunate propensity to push the most important kicks right.

Man do I miss those season openers against Miami!

 

[Ope3]

Go Gophers!!

Coach Conrad (Lee High School) approves of this letter.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Before it became year round conditioning and off-season team activities.

It's funny how teams will have conditioning videos posted to their social media channels year round and then "move in day" videos ... like weren't they just working out 2 weeks ago?

 

[PMWinSTP]

For those that have seen We Are Marshall, the part where Bowden allows their new coaches to study film and their playbook at their facility was largely true. Bowden was previously a candidate for the Marshall job that was given to Rick Tolley that ended up dying in the crash.

In their final game of the season shortly after the crash, Bowden requested that his West Virginia team be able to wear Marshall uniforms and play their scheduled opponent but the NCAA declined the request.

I'm surprised he didn't just go ahead and do it anyway.

 

[Allshade]

He could never recruit players with those demands in modern times...

Now they all have therapy dogs.

 

[Goofers71]

Surprised he didn't include the phone number for the Pubic Defender's office.

Pubic or Public Defender?

 

[Goofers71]

Surprised he didn't include the phone number for the Pubic Defender's office.

Pubic or Public Defender?