Post by blb on Jul 13, 2018 14:35:39 GMT -6
Darryl Rogers, who was HC at Fresno State, San Jose State, Michigan State, Arizona State, and Detroit Lions recently passed away.
He was an innovator of the passing game in the '70s including beating Bo-Michigan in the Big House in '78 and tying Wolverines for Big Ten championship.
I was an assistant coach at Grand Valley State at the time.
The next spring ('79) we went to East Lansing to learn more about his passing game.
He was gracious and accommodating, including letting us on field during practice.
One day during a scrimmage he is talking to us (letting his coaches coach while he observed).
QB throws a pass which is intercepted by a walk-on DB, who begins running all over the field until finally being forced out of bounds.
Rogers puts his Coke down, adjusts his cap, and walks over to where the play ended while we watched.
When he comes back, he said he told the DB he made a great play, but wondered why he didn't verbally make the call for an interception which was "Snatch!"
According to Rogers, the walk-on said all he could think of was "Puzzy!" and knew that wasn't right.
