One Old Dawg Remembers the 1964 Coaching Staff, Part Two

Happy Thanksgiving!! On this last regular season week for Georgia football, Jerry Varnado is back with part two remembering the coaches from the 1964 University of Georgia football season on the sixtieth anniversary of that team. This week we’re highlighting Dick Copas, John Donaldson, Jim Pyburn, and Frank Inman, the person who was responsible for Jerry playing football at the University of Georgia. If you missed part one, which included Bill Dooley, Erk Russell, and Hootie Ingram, you may find it HERE. 

And now let’s hear from One Old Dawg: 

“Dick Copas was hired as the Athletic Trainer and to say he was beloved is an understatement. It is important for players to know they can trust the head trainer to look after their best interest, which was true of Dick Copas. Team morale is critical to developing a winning tradition and Copas was a great encourager to that end. After one victory over Florida the football team insisted on giving Copas the game ball, the presenting player simply said, “He never gets the credit he deserves, but I don't know of anyone who isn't a friend of Mr. Copas.” His personality and competence as a leader were shown clearly in his later role as UGA golf coach beginning in 1970. In twenty-five years as Coach, the Dawgs produced thirty-one All-Americans and sixty-one All-SEC honors. Seventeen of his golfers went on to play on the PGA Tour. He was chosen as the National Coach of the Year in 1978 and was tabbed as the SEC Coach of the Year seven times. In 1994, he was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame and into the UGA Circle of Honor in 2006. He was a friend to all and a great contributor to Georgia athletics.

“John Donaldson Assistant Offensive Backfield coach. Coach Donaldson played at George in 1945-46-47-48 at halfback and won four straight bowl games. In the 1946 Oil Bowl game, he caught a sixty-five-yard TD pass from the legendary Charley Trippi. He went on to play for the Chicago Hornets and then coached at Jesup High School. While there, he won state AA championships in 1954 and 1959. Then, after serving on the Florida staff for three years, he came to the University of Georgia from 1964-1968 coaching the backfield winning an SEC championship in 1966. He went into business for awhile but then came back to Georgia in 1971 as the freshman coach. In 1973, he became head coach at Wayne County High and retired in 1982.

“Jim Pyburn  Asst. Coach. An Alabama native, Coach Pyburn played for Auburn in 1953-1954. He set a record for most receiving yards in a season. He was also All-SEC, UPI “Player of the Year,” and an AP third team All-American. He was voted SEC Best Offensive End by coaches in 1954. Having excelled in both football and baseball, he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles and played there from 1955-1957. During this time, the Washington Redskins also drafted him. He later came to Georgia in 1964 as a coach for the defensive line, linebackers, and defensive backfield  over the course of the next sixteen years. He briefly retired and then returned to coaching to coach at Abilene Christian University from 1985-1986.

“Frank Inman was the Head Offensive Backfield Coach. In 1960 and 1961 Valdosta, where I played,  beat Richmond Academy for the South Georgia AAA Championship. Frank Inman was the Head Coach of Richmond Academy but at the end of the season he became an assistant coach at the University of Georgia. His last act as a high school coach was the North-South All-Star game in which I was a participant along with  other seniors on Valdosta’s championship team. I was unrecruited by any college, being too small and slow for college football. Coach Inman thought differently and somehow convinced the Georgia staff they needed to recruit me. All available scholarships were taken so they offered me a preferred walk on arrangement where I paid my way the first school term and the next year I was put on scholarship. . He remained on Dooley’s staff for 15 years in various positions and proved to be an important asset in the rebuilding process. He left Georgia in 1979 to take the position of Athletic Director for Glynn County School System which enjoyed much growth and success during his tenure. In his spare time, he spent twenty-four seasons working with Erk Russell, then Athletic Director and Head Coach of Georgia Southern as the color commentary voice on Eagle Football broadcasts. I will be forever grateful to Coach Inman for taking a chance on me, coming to Georgia was a life changing event. One of my big regrets in life is that I never sat down with Coach Inman and told him how much I appreciated what he did. But as the apostle Paul said in Philippians 1:3, “I thank my God every time I remember” him because of all he did for me. I know he was a Christian, and is in heaven, so one day I hope to get another chance to tell him.”

And now One Old Dawg weighs in about the upcoming game:

“Well, here we are at the end of our regular season and Georgia Tech is coming to town to play us between the hedges and on Friday night under the lights. I could not remember Georgia ever playing on Friday, which shows how bad my memory is. We played Georgia Tech in Sanford Stanford in1994, I’m sure I watched that game, and may have been  there. Anyway, we have the same Yellow Jackets this Friday at 7:30 p.m.  This swarm of Jackets is only 7-4 but they have several key wins including handing #4 Miami their only loss making them a dangerous team. We have a lot riding on this game, it is a must win for us, so we can’t let this bunch of bees get in our bonnet and mess with our minds. We need to keep our focus and take care of business, and I believe we will. This game will most likely turn out about like that Friday night game thirty years ago, which was Dawgs 48, Jackets 10. Gooooo Dawgs! Sic’em, woof, woof, woof!"

Well, that's it for the regular season One Old Dawg. Thank you for joining us in this sixtieth anniversary year. We hope to catch up with  you in the playoffs. Until then, a big Go Dawgs!!

Who is One Old Dawg?

Jerry Varnado played defensive end at the University of Georgia on Vince Dooley’s first three teams, which included an SEC championship in 1966, placing Georgia fourth in the nation. He helped coach the UGA football team while in law school, and practiced law for over a decade. Later, after a series of tragedies, he gave his life to Jesus Christ. After much soul searching, he left his law practice and has preached the gospel for forty years. He’s still at it every Sunday.

Inducted into the Valdosta/Lowndes County Sports Hall of Fame, he is also the recipient of the Athens Athletic Hall of Fame Fosky Henderson Award for community service. He is a past president of The Athens Touchdown Club and is now the chaplain. He has been an FCA chaplain for the Athens Academy Football Team for ten years.

He is the proud father of four children, and one sweet girl now with Jesus, as well as Bapa to two of the best grandkids ever. 

One Old Dawg Remembers the 1964 Georgia Football Coaching Staff

 

Welcome back to One Old Dawg! This week and next,  Jerry Varnado will be remembering the coaches on the 1964 University of Georgia Football team. We wish we could sit down with them and get their firsthand accounts, but sadly, they are no longer with us. But they certainly live on in memory and in legacy. And now let’s hear from One Old Dawg: 

“As I think about the success the Bulldog Nation has and is enjoying at the present time, Hebrews 12:1 comes to mind. The writer enumerated a number of great heroes in the faith from the beginning until just before the New Testament era began; those who paved the way for the coming of Jesus and the New Covenant God made for humanity. Then we find these words in Hebrews: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” I know the context is entirely different, but I believe there is a principle here that transcends context. As I look back at Georgia football during my lifetime there is a cloud of witnesses, including the coaches we honor today and next week, that laid the groundwork for the success I enjoyed while playing at Georgia and continue to enjoy as a fan. This is also true in virtually every dimension of our lives. There are those who have helped, encouraged and motivated us along the way. Let us be intentional about helping and encouraging others that  we may be included in their cloud of witnesses. 

“1964 was a pivotal year for Georgia football. In 1959 the Dawgs were 10-1, SEC Champions and ranked # 5 nationally . We fell to 6-4 in 1960, and long-term coach Wally Butts resigned as head coach but remained as Athletic Director. Nearly all the coaches were retained, and former player and head freshman coach Johnny Griffith was elevated to Varsity head coach.  Unfortunately, the Dawgs’ decline continued with three straight losing seasons which led to Butts retiring and Joel Eaves being hired as  Athletic Director. Eaves named Vince Dooley as head coach. Under Dooley and a mostly new coaching staff the Dawgs went 7-3-1 the first year, including a victory over Texas Tech 7-0 in the Sun Bowl.  This was the beginning of new era in Georgia football which led to a Conference Championship team in just two more years which was ranked # 4 in the nation. That era continued for twenty-five years until Vince Dooley retired as head coach in 1988. During that time Georgia claimed one  national and six Conference championships while amassing a record of 201-77-10.  Dooley became only the ninth coach in NCAA Division 1 history to win 200 games. We have interviewed a number of senior leaders on that pivotal 1964 team and have previously recognized Coach Dooley’s role in getting Georgia back to winning ways and keeping it there. But we have only mentioned the names of the coaching staff that set out with Coach Dooley to redirect the Dawgs back to winning ways. So, now, we direct our attention to members of the 1964 Staff.

 “Bill Dooley, Vince’s  brother, was the Offensive Coordinator and line coach for the first three years of Vince’s tenure. He was well loved and respected by everyone especially the offensive line. But Georgia could not keep him, he left in 1967 to take the head coaching job at North Carolina which had only three winning seasons and one bowl appearance in twenty years. In Dooley’s tenure UNC claimed three ACC Football Championships and went to bowls six of his last eight seasons. He was ACC Coach of the year in 1971, and he left with more wins than any coach in UNC history.  He then tackled rebuilding projects at Virginia Tech and Wake Forest with similar results. He held other prominent positions and received other numerous awards as well. Don Lawrence, a former UNC coach once said: “Bill Dooley turned ACC football around. He came into this league and worked around the clock to build a fine program. Everybody else started working overtime to catch up.” We are thankful for his contribution to UGA football.

“Erk Russell, Defensive Coordinator.  Coach Russell was a graduate of Auburn University where he earned ten varsity letters. He was the last four-sport letterman in the college's history—a true overachiever. He was without question a master communicator and motivator. His players loved him and would walk through fire for him.  In one of the early 1964 games, we were warming up and the defensive line was doing a circle butt drill. A player would step in the middle, break down in hitting position, and point to someone in the circle who would then charge and receive a head butt in the chest. After three times a new person would step in the middle. This helped loosen the neck and shoulder muscles. All of sudden Erk stepped into the middle, broke down and pointed one out who charge in. Erk butted him in the numbers, only he did not have on a helmet and left the circle with two bleeding wounds on his forehead from the lace gromets on the shoulder pads. Erk went the whole game with those dried blood streaks on his forehead. I’m not sure why but that fired up everyone on the team. It became an Erk trademark, he did it every game.

"In seventeen years as UGA defensive coordinator, he coached 192 games; our opponents  scored seventeen or fewer points in 135 of them. In seventy-four games, the other team scores were single digits including twenty-seven shutouts. Under his leadership the  Georgia defense allowed more than twenty-eight points just eighteen times in seventeen seasons. He left Georgia after the 1980 season to restart the football program at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro Georgia which had been discontinued forty years earlier. After three years as a club team the Eagles moved to Division I-AA in 1984 and won the national title in 1985, 1986, and1989. Russell entered the 1989 season as America's winningest coach, sixty-eight wins and fourteen All-America selections—all during a seven-year period. In 1989 Georgia Southern eclipsed Division I's longest home win streak from twenty-six to thirty-seven games, won a third national title and became the only 15–0 college team of the twentieth century. Russell retired after that season with a record of 83–22–1 (.788). Thank you Coach Russell for your great contribution to Georgia and College football. 

“Hootie Ingram, Defensive Backfield Coach. He was born in Tuscaloosa and of course played for Alabama where he was an outstanding running back, and particularly known for his play at defensive safety where he earned the title, the “Tide’s Honorable Thief” as he led the SEC in pass interceptions in 1952. He spent several years coaching high school football and then after short stents at several colleges, Coach Dooley hired him as Georgia’s defensive backs coach. He coached  at Georgia until 1967 when he took a job as an assistant at Arkansas and then landed a head coaching job at Clemson. After three years he left coaching and joined the administrative staff at the Southeastern Conference for eight years. He then served as  Athletic Director at FSU for three years and finally back to his Alma Mater, Alabama as Athletic Director until retirement in 1995. 

“It is easy to  see from the accomplishments of these men on Dooley’ s first staff, that among his many other gifts he was a master at recognizing talent and placing people in positions where they could prosper. It was a unique group that did a tremendous job in pulling Georgia football out of a downward spiral back into a place of national prominence. The purpose of this writing is to acknowledge the contribution of the original coaching staff under Vince Dooley that turned Georgia’s program around. Buit it would be a tragedy not to mention Joel Eaves who was hired as Georgia’s Athletic Director when Wally Butts retired in 1963. It was he who recognized the capabilities of the young man named Vince Dooley who was Auburn’s Head Freshman football  coach. It was a bold move to hire Vince instead of some established person with head coaching experience, but Coach Eaves thought Vince Dooley was the man for the job, and he was right. He gave sound, effective leadership to the Athletic Department from 1963 to 1979.

“It has been hard to give much thought to the next game, I’m having too much fun relishing that great win over Tennessee. But it is time to look ahead for a moment to the game this Saturday. UMass has had a rough go of it this year, they are presently 2-8 with the Dawgs and UConn left to play, and it has been pretty much the same for a number of years. I know something about what those players are going through.  In my first two years at Georgia, we were 3-4-3 in 1962 and 4-5-1 in 1963. It was hard to be excited about football, but I was having a great time being a student at Georgia and football is what afforded me that opportunity. I feel for the UMass players and staff and hope better for them in the years ahead. In our only meeting in 2018 we won 66-27 and considering all factors, this Saturday most likely will be more of the same, the Dawgs winning by a large margin.”

Thanks, One Old Dawg. We’ll be back next week with more on the coaches of the 1964 Georgia Bulldogs, so until then Go Dawgs!!!

Who is One Old Dawg?

Jerry Varnado played defensive end at the University of Georgia on Vince Dooley’s first three teams, which included an SEC championship in 1966, placing Georgia fourth in the nation. He helped coach the UGA football team while in law school, and practiced law for over a decade. Later, after a series of tragedies, he gave his life to Jesus Christ. After much soul searching, he left his law practice and has preached the gospel for forty years. He’s still at it every Sunday.

Inducted into the Valdosta/Lowndes County Sports Hall of Fame, he is also the recipient of the Athens Athletic Hall of Fame Fosky Henderson Award for community service. He is a past president of The Athens Touchdown Club and is now the chaplain. He has been an FCA chaplain for the Athens Academy Football Team for ten years.

He is the proud father of four children, and one sweet girl now with Jesus, as well as Bapa to two of the best grandkids ever.

One Old Dawg's Tailgate with Frank Lankewicz

Thank you for dropping by One Old Dawg’s Tailgate where this week Jerry Varnado  interviews Frank Lankewicz, a senior on the 1964 University of Georgia football team who went on to play for the Wheeling, West Virginia Ironmen in the Continental Football League. And stick around for Jerry Varnado's comments on the upcoming Tennessee game. 

Frank, tell us how you got started in football and your high school career?

I started when I was eight years old in the midget league in Butler, Pennsylvania. I played in that league until high school. I’d played football and baseball all my life. I could have signed a baseball contract but decided to come to Georgia. I enjoyed my high school career at Butler Senior High, where we were called the Golden Tornadoes. We had good coaches, and one of my favorites was Red Uram. He wasn’t the head coach but coached the back field. My senior year, we only lost one game to Beaver Falls in the next valley. (Frank comments these were steel mill and coal mining towns). Joe Namath played for them. His team beat us by a touchdown, and he was outstanding. (One Old Dawg makes a note that UGA’s first game in 1964 was against Alabama where Joe Namath was quarterback). I had good seasons in high school and played in an All-Star game my senior year. I played in the Big 33 game—a contest which was supposed to be between the top thirty-three players from Pennsylvania and the top football players in the United States. The game was held in Hershey, Pennsylvania. But that particular year, they cut out the rest of the U.S. for travel reasons, so it was an all-star game between East and West Pennsylvania. Ray Rissmiller played for the East, and I played for the West. (Ray was another senior on the 1964 Georgia team). I played fullback and missed MVP by a couple of points. After the game, I got with Joe Namath who was there pitching for a western Pennsylvania All-Star game. I rode back to Pittsburgh from Hershey with him and a trainer from Maryland who drove us. I asked Joe where he was going to school and he said, “I think I’ll go to Maryland.” I told him I thought I’d go to Georgia. The next time I saw him he was playing for Alabama. I had twenty-nine football scholarship offers, and I narrowed it down to Georgia, Notre Dame, and Miami, but chose Georgia.

What is your most memorable play from the 1964 season?

Coach Dooley came in 1964, organized everything, and we wound up going to the Sun Bowl. Texas Tech was the toughest team we played, but we won. We contained their All-American, Donnie Anderson, and I scored a touchdown (One Old Dawg comments it was the winning touchdown).

What is one important lesson you learned from your time as a college athlete?

I think college athletes should take advantage of the situation and get an education. I came back and got a master’s degree between my pro seasons, and then took post graduate courses. Athletes should understand the great opportunity they have to get an education. I have a grandson, Ulysses, on a javelin scholarship.

Frank, who were your inspirations or role models?

Red Uram, my high school coach was my biggest inspiration. I was doing all sports, swimming, basketball, track, football—twelve letters. So, one day, Coach Uram comes up to me, grabs me by my face mask and says I have to make up my mind whether I want to play baseball or football. So, I decided to play football. He was also a gymnastics coach, and I did a little gymnastics, too.

(Red Uram went on to be a conditioning coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 70’s and 80’s and won four Super Bowl Rings with the Steelers).

What advice would you give to someone just beginning their college football career?

Do the best you can at football, but always get back to that education. The football only lasts so long. Learn good communication skills, speaking and writing, along with your education. (One Old Dawg adds that many of the players he’s interviewed emphasize the importance of getting an education.)

Thank you, Frank, for taking the time to answer our questions. We loved hearing your story.

And now, One Old Dawg weighs in with thoughts about the upcoming game with Tennessee.

Things did not go well for the Bulldawg nation last Saturday. Sure, it was a terrible disappointment, but we must not hang our heads in despair, we are still in the hunt. We don’t have time for grief, Tennessee is coming to town this Saturday and they are also in the hunt. If we don’t beat Tennessee our chance of making the twelve team playoff drops to near zero. The Dawgs have owned Smokey for seven years, the smallest margin of victory was 14 points in 2022. You can bet they are chomping at the bit to hand us our third loss. So, we focus on what is ahead, not the past. These Blue Tick Hounds are playing for keeps and are surely looking to give us some payback for the last seven years.

I am reminded of James 1:2-4 (NIV):” Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops Perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”  We should not see temporary setbacks as failures, but opportunities for growth. Our goal, a national championship, is still reachable, so we have not failed at this point. We have been and are being tested, but if we learn from these losses and press on with perseverance toward our goal we can still come out the winner. So, Gooo… Dawgs! Sic ‘em.

We include this week a One Old Dawg sighting, here from the Athens Touchdown Club Program in October:

That's it for this week. Only three more regular season games this year and we'll be here for all of them. See you next week with more "mostly true Bulldog lore."

Who is One Old Dawg?

Jerry Varnado played defensive end at the University of Georgia on Vince Dooley’s first three teams, which included an SEC championship in 1966, placing Georgia fourth in the nation. He helped coach the UGA football team while in law school, and practiced law for over a decade. Later, after a series of tragedies, he gave his life to Jesus Christ. After much soul searching, he left his law practice and has preached the gospel for forty years. He’s still at it every Sunday.

Inducted into the Valdosta/Lowndes County Sports Hall of Fame, he is also the recipient of the Athens Athletic Hall of Fame Fosky Henderson Award for community service. He is a past president of The Athens Touchdown Club and is now the chaplain. He has been an FCA chaplain for the Athens Academy Football Team for ten years.

He is the proud father of four children, and one sweet girl now with Jesus, as well as Bapa to two of the best grandkids ever.

One Old Dawg's Tailgate with Wayne Swinford

Welcome back to one Old Dawg's Tailgate. We can't believe there are only four more games in the regular season. Jerry Varnado will be sharing his thoughts on the upcoming game with Ole Miss, but first we're glad to welcome Wayne Swinford, another senior from the 1964 University of Georgia football team now celebrating their sixtieth anniversary. So happy you're here, Wayne!

Wayne, tell us how you got started in football and your high school career?

I was born in the country near Munford, Alabama. All we had to do was play sports— we didn’t have cars. I played on a team that was pretty good in high school, we won the state championship my senior year, first time the school had ever worn state. I was a defensive and offensive back. Auburn came up and scouted me on the worst game I ever played. Georgia scouted me on the best game I ever played.

The Georgia coach and Auburn coach met up in the truck stop in my hometown. Auburn told Georgia you’re not going to get him. You couldn’t commit before 6:00 pm that day. I went up there about ten minutes till six and talked to the Auburn coach. Then a Georgia coach came in right after that, and I talked to him. After I spoke with him, I went back to the Auburn coach and told him that I’d made my mind up—that I was going to Georgia. Later I wavered and told my dad I thought I’d changed my mind and wanted to go to Auburn. He said, “No, you’ve given your word. You’re signing with Georgia.”

What is your most memorable play from the 1964 season?

I believe it was a punt return against North Carolina. I didn’t score a touchdown, but I ran about 120 yards to gain only about twenty-five. The crowd loved it. . (Jerry and Wayne have a big laugh here.

Can you remember anything amusing that happened in 1964?

We opened with Alabama in 1964. They beat us 31-3. I had a decent game. They beat us by twenty-nine points, but it could have been sixty points. After the game, Joe Namath sought me out and congratulated me on playing such a good game. I’d never met him before, and he was very cordial. Later that year we met at the all-star game. His comments meant a lot coming from a big star. (One Old Dawg adds that Namath got a larger signing bonus than any previous college player).

What is one important lesson you learned from your time as a college athlete?

I wasn’t too big on rules and regulations, but I learned I wouldn’t get in near as much trouble if I just learned the rules and followed them.

Who were your inspirations or role models in your college career?

Mack Faircloth was number one and also, Melvin Crook. Mack knew my grandmother back in Moultrie, he was a good friend. One time, I was going to quit school and go back home. Mack and Melvin found me on the road hitchhiking home and made me get in the car with them and then talked me into staying. I couldn’t thank them enough later.

What advice would you give to someone just beginning their college football career?

Set a goal and don’t stop short of your goal, whether it’s football or anything else. It’s hard to do. I’m so glad I stayed at Georgia, it’s the smartest thing I ever did. I dropped out of school after fall quarter my senior year; I lacked two quarters to graduate. I had just signed a pro contract with the San Francisco 49ers and wanted to take a break, intending to return after my first season in the pros and finish my degree. As planned, I returned to Athens in January 1966 and attended school in winter and spring quarters to earn my degree. Another one of the smartest things I ever did.

I played two more years in the pros, but a serious knee injury ended my career. After returning to Athens Coach Dooley called me one day in January and asked me to come by his office to visit. At that visit he said, “I understand you want to be a coach?” I said, “Yes sir I’ve been considering it.” He said, “We will give you a job as an assistant coach for one year to get the doors open for you. And we will pay your way to a Coach’s Clinic in Los Angeles where you will have a good chance of finding a job.”  I thought that was very kind of him. But after that first-year coaching, I declined the coach’s clinic and decided I was done with football.

Wayne, tell us a bit more about your son, Jay. (One Old Dawg’s son, Aaron, played soccer with Wayne’s son, Jay).

My youngest son graduated from med school at Southern Cal. The city of Los Angeles offered him a job as a general surgeon at one of its hospitals, and he’s in his second year of residency. He is on his way to a successful and useful career in medicine. I’m so happy for him and proud of him.

Now One Old Dawg has a few words to share:

“Thank you, Wayne, for your contribution to One Old Dawg’s Tailgate and to Georgia Football.

I’m always impressed that biblical truth seems to express itself even in non-religious contexts. It’s not true because it’s in the Bible, it’s in the Bible because it’s true. When Wayne was talking about establishing goals and sticking with them was often hard, this text  came to mind, James 1:2-4 (NIV): ‘Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops Perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.’ Wayne was right, perseverance is a very important virtue for living successfully in this fallen world. Life is often hard and without perseverance many of our goals will evaporate in a sea of difficulty and hardship. So don’t quit, don’t give up, let perseverance finish its work! 

“Now about this Saturday. Ole Miss is not flying quite as high as preseason predictions, but they are still a dangerous team. Last week they put up sixty-three points on Arkansas in four quarters, the highest total the Hogs have allowed this season by twenty-four points, and that was a double overtime game. Our defense needs to hunker down and get ready for a fight. Our offense needs to put it in overdrive, we may need a lot of points to take down these Rebels. Forget those interceptions and dropped passes, we are better than that. Leave them in the past and press on toward the goal, persevere. I’m believing at the final buzzer Ole Miss will find they are Rebels without a cause. This third loss will likely mean a permanent exit from the top twelve, and they will have to settle for a second-tier bowl game. Gooooo Dawgs! Sic’em, woof, woof, woof!”

Thanks, One Old Dawg. We’re believing it too!! That's it for this week, but join us again next Wednesday for more "mostly true Bulldog lore."