Lonnie Perrin passes away

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bluemountain said:
I remember that play as well. In retrospect, Blackman was a good coach who could never quite get over the hump. Given today's schedule he would have gone bowling every year. Cecil Coleman was a moron, 10X worse than Mike Thomas ever was
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Particularly ridiculous when Michigan was 41-1 and Ohio State 38-4 (if I did my math correctly) against the rest of the conference during that stretch. (Only MSU and Purdue had wins against the Big 2.) And 2 of Ohio State's losses came in Blackman's first year, when he was still implementing his system. In years 2-6, the Big 2 were virtually unbeatable, with Michigan 34-1 and Ohio State 33-2 against the Little 8.
 
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altenberger22 said:
I don't recall that particular play (on radio or TV), but George was my first-ever favorite football player for the Illini. (BTW, GU also dated an Illini cheerleader from my Illinois hometown.)

Blackman: Hard to believe we fired an Illini football coach with a winning Big Ten conference record, while both Woody and Bo were in the league.

RIP Lonnie.
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Coach Blackman really doesn’t get the recognition he deserves. With today’s schedules he could have had a 62% winning percentage. Here are his year by year record s and non con opponents.
1971. 5-6. N. Carolina L. USC L. Washington. L
1972. 3-8. USC L. Washington L. Penn St. L
1973. 5-6. Cal. L. W. Virginia L. Stanford L
1974. 6-4-1. Stanford W. Wash. St. W. Cal L
1975. 5-6. Missouri L. Tex A&M L. Wash. St. W
1976. 5-6. Missouri W. Baylor L. Tex A&M L
 
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illini80

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bluemountain said:
I remember that play as well. In retrospect, Blackman was a good coach who could never quite get over the hump. Given today's schedule he would have gone bowling every year. Cecil Coleman was a moron, 10X worse than Mike Thomas ever was
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Coleman was under fire too and probably got rid of Blackman to save his own job.

Re Mike Thomas: Not possible. While he blew the Moeller hire, he did hire Lou Henson.
 
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illini80 said:
Coleman was under fire too and probably got rid of Blackman to save his own job.

Re Mike Thomas: Not possible. While he blew the Moeller hire, he did hire Lou Henson.
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Who hired Mike White? Stoner?
 
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SKane

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Tennessee
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A funny story about the Bob Blackman time.

In 1973 we started 4 - 0 in conference.

We played OSU at the home and we were all screaming "Rose Bowl, ROSE BOWL!" before we kicked-off.

The OSU player ran the kick back for a touchdown.

You never heard the noise level in Memorial Stadium drop so fast.

The touchdown got called back because of OSU holding.

We lost the game anyway. The score was 30 - 0.
 
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SKane

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Tennessee
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illini80 said:
Coleman was under fire too and probably got rid of Blackman to save his own job.

Re Mike Thomas: Not possible. While he blew the Moeller hire, he did hire Lou Henson.
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Agree that Coleman may have seen Coach Blackman as a threat. Tate had been talking up Blackman as AD at one point.
 
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chiefini

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Rockford, Illinois
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SKane said:
A funny story about the Bob Blackman time.

In 1973 we started 4 - 0 in conference.

We played OSU at the home and we were all screaming "Rose Bowl, ROSE BOWL!" before we kicked-off.

The OSU player ran the kick back for a touchdown.

You never heard the noise level in Memorial Stadium drop so fast.

The touchdown got called back because of OSU holding.

We lost the game anyway. The score was 30 - 0.
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I was at this game, too. I remember it all too well...