Grant Teaff is a tool.

[Mitch McConnell]

Tool is the most appropriate adjective I have heard for this baptist blowhard. Some of my high school team mates were recurited by this hyped up scumbag. The stories they told about their recruiting trips were remarkable for the breadth and depth of vices made available to them while in Waco and under the care of this pompous two faced walking piece of crap.

I need a translation on this.

[ponyboy]

I usually get the sarcasm, but he already did it to me on my feelings about craig james...guy is holier than thou....

Funny. I'm not holier than anyone. PK was right; my comment was heavily sarcastic.

[lwjr]

My favorite highlight of that era is Kenny "Sugar" Rea punching a UT lineman about twice his size in the groin. The UT behemoth was being obnoxious and Rea's punch dropped him like a rock. It was a dirty move by Rea, but it sure was satisfying.

Longtime,
That is one of my favorite memories of those years. I had season tickets on the east side of Ownby, we were surrounded by UT creatures. I remember watching that UT lineman contuing to shove Kenny some 10 to 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage and after the play was blown dead. When Kenny popped him in the family jewels, we went crazy. Oh, the UT fans were mad. The game was ugly but that one moment was classic. Anyone know what "Sugar Rea" is up to?

[PonyPride]

Grant Teaff has never stated that. Teaff has stated several times it was not called from the sidelines. Instead it was "an automatic audibile call" for the special teams to fake the punt depending on how the punt return team lined up. You can believe it or not-but that is what Grant Teaff claims

That's not what he said that day. I interviewed him after the game, and he said (obviously paraphrasing here) along the lines of "I felt like we needed to practice it in case we needed to use it in a game ... (awkward pause) ... later in the season." I distinctly remember thinking that his comment didn't exactly scream "sportsmanship."

My favorite highlight of that era is Kenny "Sugar" Rea punching a UT lineman about twice his size in the groin. The UT behemoth was being obnoxious and Rea's punch dropped him like a rock. It was a dirty move by Rea, but it sure was satisfying.

Ah yes, former UT offensive tackle Stan Thomas. Interviewed him after that game. When I talked to him, it was about two hours after he had been dropped, and he still looked like he wanted to strangle Rea. Very uncomfortable interview.

[peruna81]

Tool is the most appropriate adjective I have heard for this baptist blowhard. Some of my high school team mates were recurited by this hyped up scumbag. The stories they told about their recruiting trips were remarkable for the breadth and depth of vices made available to them while in Waco and under the care of this pompous two faced walking piece of crap.

...as the resident baptist blowhard, I am shocked and appalled at your evaluation of a baylor legend...(Nick...brother, this ^ is sarcasm )

We had a payroll to meet...he had a reputation to maintain. Thus endeth the lesson.

As far as the breadth and depth of vices made available to recruits, IT IS WACO for goodness sake.
Although I neither condone nor approve of said vices, would you EVER choose Waco over Dallas, Austin, or even College Station? Not I...

[Stallion]

apparently you were the only one there because that never made it into any newspaper and you know it.

[NickSMU17]

Stan Thomas = terrible chicago bear....

[BIGHORSE]

Pony Pride, I remember hearing that G.T. claim that they did the fake

to "practice" it.

[Stallion]

Baylor shows SMU no mercy in 49-3 romp
The Dallas Morning News - Sunday, October 15, 1989
Author: Darryl Richards, Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News: THE
UNIVERSITY PARK -- SMU coach Forrest Gregg never expected any breaks this season. He never expected other coaches to feel sorry for the Mustangs because they're starting their football program from scratch.

By pounding SMU, 49-3, Baylor on Saturday finally gave SMU the "no-mercy' treatment promised by other Southwest Conference opponents. Baylor took SMU out of the game early and scored four touchdowns in the third quarter, including a controversial touchdown pass off a fake punt, to convincingly beat SMU in front of 21,434 at Ownby Stadium (capacity 23,733).

The 49 points were the most allowed by SMU (1-4, 0-4 in the SWC) this season and the most SMU has given up to Baylor (3-3, 2-1) since 1916 when the Bears won, 61-0.

"I think you learn from those experiences and remember them,' Gregg said. "It's just part of life.

" Baylor got beat by 66 to whatever last week and no one felt sorry for them, so you don't expect them to feel sorry for you.'

Baylor played like a team trying to redeem itself after a 66-10 loss to Houston in which the Bears allowed over 589 yards passing. Baylor had 568 yards total offense, its most this season, and the most allowed by the Mustangs this season.

Any charges of running up the score can be quickly countered by the Mustangs clearly playing their poorest game of the season. Consider:

*The Mustangs only gained two yards rushing on 20 attempts, and the first three possessions resulted in minus-8 yards rushing.

*SMU turned the ball over four times, including a punt return and kickoff return that Baylor converted into 10 points.

*The special teams played their worst game of the season as Baylor returned six punts for 87 yards and two kickoffs for 71 yards. A 48-yard punt return by Greg Anderson to the SMU two set up an two-yard touchdown run by Coleman to put Baylor ahead, 7-0, with only 2:13 elapsed in the game.

"Mentally, we let things get to us,' SMU linebacker Mike Ostos said. "At halftime, we didn't feel like we were out of it. We felt like we could still be in the game. Instead of being tough and rising to the occasion, we waited around and looked for someone else to make the plays.

"It seemed like we just gave up. This was the first time that has happened all season. You could tell some people were quitting.'

The Bears were led by Eldwin Raphel's 104 yards rushing. Former Bryan Adams standout Lincoln Coleman rushed for 60 yards and two touchdowns. Brad Goebel, who was 9-for-19 for 184 yards, threw touchdown passes to David Frost and Bobby Jack Goforth, who returned to the field after being told he would never play again because of a knee injury.

"SMU caught us at a bad time,' Baylor coach Grant Teaff said. "We had been embarrassed last week, and we came in with a lot of pent-up emotion and fight.

"We played well and our players responded well. We were coming off that bad game last week, and we have Texas A&M next week. We're still going after a conference championship.'

The crowd was stirred up late in the third quarter. On a punt return, SMU defender Mark Martinez hit returner Greg Anderson, who called a fair catch, before the ball was anywhere near the receiver. Anderson had the wind knocked out of him and was on the ground for five minutes. The Mustangs were called for 15-yard penalty, and Baylor had the ball at the SMU 48.

Baylor , already ahead, 42-3, didn't stop trying to score. At the SMU 34, the Bears went for the first down on a fourth-and-six situation and were called for a delay-of-game penalty. The Bears faked a punt, with punter Pete Rutter throwing a 39-yard touchdown pass to Steve Stutsman.

"It's an automatic call,' Teaff said.

"Anybody who saw this football game knows we could have scored a lot more points in the fourth quarter if we wanted to.'

[lwjr]

Grant Teaff has never stated that. Teaff has stated several times it was not called from the sidelines. Instead it was "an automatic audibile call" for the special teams to fake the punt depending on how the punt return team lined up. You can believe it or not-but that is what Grant Teaff claims

That's not what he said that day. I interviewed him after the game, and he said (obviously paraphrasing here) along the lines of "I felt like we needed to practice it in case we needed to use it in a game ... (awkward pause) ... later in the season." I distinctly remember thinking that his comment didn't exactly scream "sportsmanship."

Does anyone rememeber or is there anyway to find out what the point spread was for that game. Maybe some "supporters" mentioned to Teaff that week they needed a 45 point margin of victory? You never know about the, "Baptist Mafia".

[Charleston Pony]

we need to quit whining about things past; bottom line is that we could have been humiliated much more frequently than we were.

can't fault 2nd and 3rd teamers, finally given a chance to play, for wanting to play hard

in the words of Steve Spurrier when his Florida teams were crushing opponents "they need to quit complaining and work on improving their team"

[mrydel]

I agree CP. I was much more embarrassed by the Notre Dame player stepping out of bounds than fake punts or running up scores. Although I do believe Houston could have worked some on their running game had they so desired.

[PonyPride]

apparently you were the only one there because that never made it into any newspaper and you know it.

No, if I recall, there were about a half a dozen of us there. I don't remember what was put into what paper, and don't really care. I remember what was said, and I remember the looks on the faces of some of those who heard it.

[smu1992]

That is one of my favorite memories of those years. I had season tickets on the east side of Ownby, we were surrounded by UT creatures. I remember watching that UT lineman contuing to shove Kenny some 10 to 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage and after the play was blown dead. When Kenny popped him in the family jewels, we went crazy. Oh, the UT fans were mad. The game was ugly but that one moment was classic. Anyone know what "Sugar Rea" is up to?

Exactly, that UT player was in the wrong. The play was blown dead, but the UT lineman kept pushing him for 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage, then pushed him on the ground. He was being flagged for the infraction, but when Rea got up and nailed him that was classic!

Baylor and Houston are both weak.

[Topper]

Tool is the most appropriate adjective I have heard for this baptist blowhard. Some of my high school team mates were recurited by this hyped up scumbag. The stories they told about their recruiting trips were remarkable for the breadth and depth of vices made available to them while in Waco and under the care of this pompous two faced walking piece of crap.

...as the resident baptist blowhard, I am shocked and appalled at your evaluation of a baylor legend...(Nick...brother, this ^ is sarcasm )

We had a payroll to meet...he had a reputation to maintain. Thus endeth the lesson.

As far as the breadth and depth of vices made available to recruits, IT IS WACO for goodness sake.
Although I neither condone nor approve of said vices, would you EVER choose Waco over Dallas, Austin, or even College Station? Not I...

No offense to the Baptists. I was trying to make the point that he is a poor representative of that particular faith. And I liked the alliteration.