Wednesday, September 22, 2010

A Great Quote

As if new University of Tennessee head football coach, Derek Dooley, needed to do anything else to further endear himself to me, he did.  When asked to elaborate on his offensive line play he had this to say:
  
“It’s hard,” Dooley said. “Offensive line is a thinking man’s game, I hate to say it. You have to combine some great physical toughness and endurance, but you have to be so mentally sharp. It’s very difficult to play offensive line if you can’t think quickly and react.”

And with that quote, Coach Dooley moves into Tiger's Pantheon of Coaching Greatness (thanks to Keith Coates for that little nugget.) Coach Dooley speaketh the truth. As a former lineman, I grow weary of all the dumb jock, "Football been very, very good to me," mumbo jumbo. Almost without fail, look at grades/academic performance of any college football team and the linemen will be at or near the top. 

Yes, we have a good one here, my friends!

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