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2020 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl - Louisiana Tech vs. Georgia Southern


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5 minutes ago, J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. said:

Man, remember when Conference USA was better than the Sun Belt, and several SBC teams moved "up" to C-USA?

It's been a weird year, but Coastal just running through the conference when they were in a less tough conference than Georgia Southern was in FCS is crazy to me.

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Just now, Brothahorn said:

GATA?

First Georgia Southern coach who was a famous DC at UGA.

https://www.espn.com/colleges/georgia/football/story/_/id/7845096/former-georgia-bulldogs-coach-erk-russell-immortalized-georgia-southern-statue

More than two decades have passed since Russell coached the Eagles, but Georgia Southern clings to the traditions he started. Only Russell could take the drainage ditch that ran alongside the Eagles' practice field and nickname it "Beautiful Eagle Creek," whose supposedly magical waters he would use to fill a milk jug and then pour the contents onto the field at big road games as a motivational tactic. Only Russell would head-butt his players, resulting in the occasional trickle of blood down his trademark bald head. Only Russell could have sold his folksy philosophies, including "G.A.T.A." (Get After Their Asses), "Just One More Time" and "Do Right" to players in their teens and 20s without getting eye rolls in return.

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1 minute ago, GSU&UT said:

First Georgia Southern coach who was a famous DC at UGA.

https://www.espn.com/colleges/georgia/football/story/_/id/7845096/former-georgia-bulldogs-coach-erk-russell-immortalized-georgia-southern-statue

More than two decades have passed since Russell coached the Eagles, but Georgia Southern clings to the traditions he started. Only Russell could take the drainage ditch that ran alongside the Eagles' practice field and nickname it "Beautiful Eagle Creek," whose supposedly magical waters he would use to fill a milk jug and then pour the contents onto the field at big road games as a motivational tactic. Only Russell would head-butt his players, resulting in the occasional trickle of blood down his trademark bald head. Only Russell could have sold his folksy philosophies, including "G.A.T.A." (Get After Their Asses), "Just One More Time" and "Do Right" to players in their teens and 20s without getting eye rolls in return.

Ahh. I remember reading an SI article about him a looong time ago. 

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