Dickey was the coach when I was at Florida. I think he pretty much negated everything Coach Ray Graves did.
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] > On Jan 1, 2020, at 3:08 PM, Hhsgator <[email protected]> wrote: > > I went to that game with my dad, but never was a fan of Doug Dickey. I’ll be > cheering for the Vos tomorrow. > Helen > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Jan 1, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: Dickey’s 1969 loss to Florida changed fortunes of two >> programs >> January 1, 2020 >> >> Doug Dickey. >> By Knoxville News Sentinel >> >> JACKSONVILLE — The 25th TaxSlayer Gator Bowl was significant in several ways. >> >> Mainly, it was the precursor to a changing of the guard that impacted the >> fortunes of the University of Florida and University of Tennessee for years. >> >> When Tennessee (7-5) and Indiana (8-4) kick off on Thursday in the 75th >> Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Field, it will be 50 years and five days since the >> 1969 game in which the Volunteers and coach Doug Dickey lost to his alma >> mater, the Florida Gators, 14-13. >> >> Two days later, Dickey bolted from Knoxville and accepted the coaching job >> with the Gators, replacing Ray Graves. >> >> The lure of coaching where you played is strong. Steve Spurrier jumped at >> the chance and Florida went to heights never before attained. Kirby Smart >> has turned Georgia fortunes around, though not yet to that success level. >> >> Scott Frost (Nebraska), Jim Harbaugh (Michigan) and Mike Gundy (Oklahoma >> State) are other current examples. >> >> It didn’t work out for Mark Richt (Miami), Matt Luke (Ole Miss) or Barry >> Odom (Missouri). >> >> But there’s no doubting the powerful pull. After coaching at Maryland, >> Kentucky and Texas A&M, Bear Bryant took the Alabama job because “Mama >> called.” >> >> Dickey knows the feeling. >> >> “You always have that in the back of your mind when you’re coaching >> somewhere else,” Dickey said earlier this week before watching Tennessee >> practice at UNF’s Hodges Stadium. “I think a lot of guys who go into >> coaching want to eventually return to where they played.” >> >> Dickey also has a long history with the Gator Bowl, in his adopted hometown >> of Jacksonville. >> >> “Played in this game, coached with three teams in this game and was an >> athletic director in this game,” he says with considerable pride. “This has >> always been a big game for the teams who play here and I’m very fortunate to >> have been involved as much as I have.” >> >> Dickey was a Gator quarterback in 1953 and completed 4 of 5 passes for 65 >> yards in a 14-13 victory over Tulsa, the Gators first-ever bowl victory. >> >> After serving in the Army, Dickey joined the Arkansas staff under Frank >> Broyles, and coached in the 1960 Gator Bowl, a 14-7 victory for the >> Razorbacks over Georgia Tech. >> >> Dickey coached at Tennessee from 1964-69 and won two SEC titles. The second, >> the year the Volunteers were invited to the Gator Bowl, was the last time >> the SEC champion played in Jacksonville. >> >> He went on to coach the Gators in the 1975 Gator Bowl, a 13-0 loss to >> Maryland, and was the Tennessee AD in 1994 when the Vols beat Virginia Tech >> 45-23, when the game was played in Gainesville due to the stadium renovation >> in Jacksonville. >> >> But it’s the 1969 Gator Bowl that carries the most significance for Dickey. >> In addition to being his third Gator Bowl, it marked a key change in his >> career. >> >> After the Vols wrapped up the SEC title that year, Dickey began wondering >> about his next move. >> >> “I had done pretty much everything you could do there,” he said. “Won two >> SEC titles, was recognized for winning a national championship [in 1967, by >> Litkenhous] … I was looking forward to another challenge.” >> >> Dickey heard that Graves was planning to retire, and contacted UF president >> Stephen C. O’Connell a few weeks before the Gator Bowl — which had invited >> two SEC teams because Florida and Tennessee had not played that season. >> >> Contrary to public belief — and the rumors that swirled throughout game week >> — Dickey said he was not offered the job on an official basis until two days >> after the game. >> >> “Nothing was done before the game,” he said. >> >> However, UT athletic director Phil Fulmer, who played for the Vols that >> season and was eventually hired to coach UT by Dickey in 1992, said the >> chatter was there. >> >> “We all heard that it was possible coach Dickey would leave,” Fulmer said >> last month during a visit to Jacksonville. “But I can tell you from personal >> experience, it’s tough to turn down a chance to coach where you played.” >> >> Dickey said coaches didn’t have agents in those days. All communication was >> done either on the phone or face-to-face meetings between him and O’Connell. >> >> “We didn’t need an agent to get in the middle of things,” Dickey said. >> >> Dickey went on to compile a 53-48-2 record with the Gators and went 0-4 in >> bowl games. >> >> “We won a few games, lost a few we would have liked to have had,” he said. >> “But I was glad for the opportunity.” >> >> He was replaced by Bill Battle, who never came close to Dickey’s success in >> seven seasons with the Vols. And it wasn’t until Johnny Majors took over in >> 1985 that UT won another SEC title. >> >> Dickey left Florida after the 1978 season and seven years later took the >> athletic director job at Tennessee, coinciding with Majors’ hiring. >> >> Dickey oversaw the expansion of Neyland Stadium to more than 100,000 seats >> and the construction of new basketball and baseball facilities before >> retiring in 2002. >> >> Since moving to Jacksonville, Dickey has spent most of his days enjoying >> golf at the San Jose Country Club, where he shoots his age (87) or better >> with frequency. >> >> He said he’s enjoying Gator Bowl week as a fan. Dickey attended a Tennessee >> practice wearing a hat in Tennessee’s orange with the numbers “1969” on the >> front and will be one of the many past players and coaches who will appear >> on game day for an autograph session at Daily’s Place Flex Field and to be >> honored before the game. >> >> “It will be fun rooting for the Vols,” he said. >> >> TaxSlayer Gator Bowl 75th anniversary team >> >> >> >> TaxSlayer Gator Bowl unveils Diamond Anniversary team >> >> Previous >> HIDE CAPTION >> Miami safety Ed Reed, pictured in the 2000 Gator Bowl, was selected Tuesday >> to the All-Gator Bowl Team. [Miami Athletics] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Lawrence Taylor, who played for North Carolina in the 1979 Gator Bowl, is >> one of six members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to be on the 75th >> anniversary Gator Bowl team. [AP File) >> HIDE CAPTION >> Larry Csonka was part of one of the best offensive displays of rushing in >> Gator Bowl history when he gained 114 yards in the 1966 game. [File] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Jack Youngblood waves to the crowd in 2006 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium when >> he was recognized for joining the University of Florida’s football Ring of >> Honor. Youngblood is one of three Gator players on the Gator Bowl’s 75th >> anniversary team. [Bob Mack/The Times-Union] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Donovin Darius waves to people during the 2013 Gator Bowl parade. Darius is >> one of two former Jaguars to make the 75th anniversary Gator Bowl team. >> [File] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Wilber Marshall brings down a Vanderbilt ball carrier during a 1983 game. >> Marshall joined teammate Tony Lilly in making the 75th anniversary Gator >> Bowl team. [File] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Florida State wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff attempts to catch a pass during >> the 1965 Gator Bowl. Biletnikoff was named Tuesday to the All-Gator Bowl >> Team. [Florida State University Athletics] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning, pictured in the 1971 Gator Bowl against >> Auburn, was named to the All-Gator Bowl Team Tuesday. [Auburn Athletics] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Miami safety Ed Reed, pictured in the 2000 Gator Bowl, was selected Tuesday >> to the All-Gator Bowl Team. [Miami Athletics] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Lawrence Taylor, who played for North Carolina in the 1979 Gator Bowl, is >> one of six members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame to be on the 75th >> anniversary Gator Bowl team. [AP File) >> HIDE CAPTION >> Larry Csonka was part of one of the best offensive displays of rushing in >> Gator Bowl history when he gained 114 yards in the 1966 game. [File] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Jack Youngblood waves to the crowd in 2006 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium when >> he was recognized for joining the University of Florida’s football Ring of >> Honor. Youngblood is one of three Gator players on the Gator Bowl’s 75th >> anniversary team. [Bob Mack/The Times-Union] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Donovin Darius waves to people during the 2013 Gator Bowl parade. Darius is >> one of two former Jaguars to make the 75th anniversary Gator Bowl team. >> [File] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Wilber Marshall brings down a Vanderbilt ball carrier during a 1983 game. >> Marshall joined teammate Tony Lilly in making the 75th anniversary Gator >> Bowl team. [File] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Florida State wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff attempts to catch a pass during >> the 1965 Gator Bowl. Biletnikoff was named Tuesday to the All-Gator Bowl >> Team. [Florida State University Athletics] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning, pictured in the 1971 Gator Bowl against >> Auburn, was named to the All-Gator Bowl Team Tuesday. [Auburn Athletics] >> HIDE CAPTION >> Miami safety Ed Reed, pictured in the 2000 Gator Bowl, was selected Tuesday >> to the All-Gator Bowl Team. [Miami Athletics] >> Next >> >> >> Hall of Fame members and All-Americans dominated the 75th Anniversary >> TaxSlayer Gator Bowl team, released on Tuesday. >> >> Six members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. >> >> Ten members of the College Football Hall of Fame. >> >> Eleven All-Americans. >> >> Those are just some of the honors shared by the 22 members of the 75th >> Anniversary TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Hall of Fame team, which was announced on >> Tuesday during a news conference at the DoubleTree Hotel in Jacksonville. >> >> The team is led by three offensive players and two on defense who received >> the highest honors in football by being both the Pro and College Halls of >> Fame and being consensus All-Americans: running backs Floyd Little and Larry >> Csonka of Syracuse, wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff of Florida State, >> defensive end Jack Youngblood of Florida and safety Ed Reed of Miami. >> >> Little and Csonka combined for one of the most impressive displays of power >> running in Gator Bowl history in a losing effort to Tennessee in 1966. >> Little gained 216 yards and Csonka had 114 as the Orange piled up 348 yards >> in all. >> >> Little’s game and Syracuse’s team total stood as the Gator Bowl records >> until last year, when Texas A&M rushed for 401 yards, 236 by Traveon >> Williams. >> >> Biletnikoff caught 13 passes for 192 yards and four touchdowns in the 1965 >> game, a 36-19 victory over Oklahoma for the Seminoles. >> >> Youngblood had nine tackles and forced a fumble in the 1969 Gator Bowl to >> help UF beat Tennessee 14-13. >> >> >> >> Reed had seven unassisted tackles, two for losses, and one sack in Miami’s >> 28-13 victory over Georgia Tech in the 2000 game. >> >> None of the five Heisman Trophy winners to play in the game made the 75th >> anniversary team. But game chairman Rich Thompson said that was reflective >> of the depth of talent that has competed over the eight-decade history of >> the game. >> >> “You look at the history of this game and there’s a remarkable consistency >> in the quality of the teams and players in the game,” Thompson said. “It >> would have been easy to just pick the Heisman winners and the All-Americans >> but not all of them actually played well in the games. The media panel >> clearly took this seriously.” >> >> Gator Bowl president Rick Catlett also said going on to NFL fame wasn’t >> necessarily a final consideration. >> >> “The voters made their decisions on what happened in the Gator Bowl games,” >> he said. “They really did their homework.” >> >> The quarterback on the all-time Gator Bowl team is Archie Manning, who threw >> for 180 yards and one touchdown, and gained 95 yards rushing and scored once >> in a 35-28 loss to Auburn and Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan in 1971. >> Joining Biletnokoff at wide receiver is Michigan’s Andre Rison, who set a >> Gator Bowl record that still stands with 252 receiving yards on nine catches >> in Michigan State’s 34-27 loss to Georgia in 1987. >> >> Also on the team is one of the most feared defensive players in football >> history, linebacker Lawrence Taylor of North Carolina. >> >> >> >> Two other former Gators joined Youngblood on defense, linebacker Wilber >> Marshall and safety Tony Lilly. >> >> Two members of the All-time Gator Bowl team went on to play for the Jaguars, >> safety Donovin Darius of Syracuse and Rison. >> >> Nine of the players were Gator Bowl MVPs. Based on the current makeup of >> Power 5 conferences, players were represented by 16 teams in the ACC, SEC >> and Big Ten, plus Notre Dame. >> >> The 75th Anniversary team was selected by a media panel. The team will be >> recognized during the week of the 75th Gator Bowl on Jan. 2, 2020, at TIAA >> Bank Field (7 p.m., ESPN), which will match an SEC team against a Big Ten or >> ACC team. >> >> 75th Anniversary Gator Bowl Team >> >> Offense >> >> QB Archie Manning, Ole Miss (1971) >> >> RB Floyd Little, Syracuse (1966) >> >> FB Larry Csonka, Syracuse (1966) >> >> WR Fred Biletnokoff, Florida State (1965) >> >> WR Andre Rison, Michigan State (1989) >> >> TE Ken McAfee, Notre Dame (1976) >> >> OT Mark May, Pittsburgh (1980) >> >> OT Greg Skrepenak, Michigan (1991) >> >> C Maxie Baughn, Georgia Tech (1960) >> >> OG Dean Dingman, Michigan (1991) >> >> OG Zeke Smith, Auburn (1955) >> >> Defense >> >> DE Hugh Green, Pittsburgh (1980) >> >> DE Jack Youngblood, Florida (1969) >> >> DT Matt Millen, Penn State (1976) >> >> DT Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska (2009) >> >> LB Lawrence Taylor, North Carolina (1979) >> >> LB Wilber Marshall, Florida (1983) >> >> LB Ryan Shazier, Ohio State (2012) >> >> DB Donovin Darius, Syracuse (1996) >> >> DB Mark McLaurin, Mississippi State (2017) >> >> DB Tony Lilly, Florida (1983) >> >> DB Ed Reed, Miami (2000) >> >> Media voters: Pat Dooley, Frank Frangie, Gene Frenette, Dan Hicken, Junior >> Skepple, Sam Kouvaris, David Lamm, Brent Martineau, Cole Pepper, Chris >> Porter, Garry Smits. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> Go Gators! >> -- >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 >> National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 >> National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "GatorNews" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gatornews/C7707B52-EBA5-4072-B295-EACAEAE8AE73%40gmail.com. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier > (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gatortalk/BF1D521B-009D-4310-8E60-53D853CCB1DD%40gmail.com. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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