New Book About Hal Mumme's Influence on the College Game

[Sam K.]

People only remember Mumme's time with Couch, but he also took UK to a bowl game with a wholly inadequate QB named Dusty Bonner. That team was 4-4 in the SEC. That post-Couch team beat a ranked Arkansas team that went to the Cotton Bowl, in addition to LSU and South Carolina, and a pretty decent Vanderbilt team that would've gone bowling but for its loss to UK.

Old School, you're a favorite poster of mine, but I must say that I think you are being quite charitable to Hal.

IMO Dusty was a good solid qb as evidenced by the season he had at UK, the award winning season at Valdosta, and the training camp he had with the Falcons in which Dan Reeves paid him compliment.

As far as UK's Conference record that year, three of our victories were against not so great opponents that year:

LSU 3-8 1-7 I believe DiNardo was fired after that season.
Van 5-6 2-6
USC 0-11

[johnkyblue]

Old School, you're a favorite poster of mine, but I must say that I think you are being quite charitable to Hal.

IMO Dusty was a good solid qb as evidenced by the season he had at UK, the award winning season at Valdosta, and the training camp he had with the Falcons in which Dan Reeves paid him compliment.

As far as UK's Conference record that year, three of our victories were against not so great opponents that year:

LSU 3-8 1-7 I believe DiNardo was fired after that season.
Van 5-6 2-6
USC 0-11

One of the reasons those teams sucked was cause we beat them

[Lighthouse]

I don't believe ANY UK football player EVER couldn't bench 200lbs.

I said, if I remember correctly. I don't know for sure what the weight was, but the word was, Penn State's players were much stronger than ours, and when the new coach was hired he said the strength of our players was pitiful and he hired a strength coach.

[Spiritof96]

I said, if I remember correctly. I don't know for sure what the weight was, but the word was, Penn State's players were much stronger than ours, and when the new coach was hired he said the strength of our players was pitiful and he hired a strength coach.

I don't doubt the strength discrepancy; just the really low 200lb number.