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Just met Bert Jones!!
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:46 am
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:46 am
Got him to autograph my LSU desk helmet.
CSB?
CSB?
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Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:47 am to Chuck U Farley
quote:
CSB?
nah
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:48 am to Chuck U Farley
quote:
CSB?
Brent Rambo says yes
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:49 am to Chuck U Farley
Josh Booty > Bert Jones
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:57 am to LSU=Champions
No way. JB was not better than BJ
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:05 am to Chuck U Farley
There is a great Bert Jones story from his day...Jones bet Rusty Jackson, the punter,that he could throw the ball further up the TS bleachers than Jackson could kick it. Legend holds that on the pressbox side that Jackson got it to the 10th row from the top while Jones got it to the 3rd row from the top. Bill Belichick called Bert Jones the greatest pure passer he's seen.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:05 am to Chuck U Farley
Used to work at a business that Bert frequented. The guy was cool as hell and was always making wise cracks. Has this "good ole boy" kind of personality, nice guy.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:06 am to LSU=Champions
quote:
Josh Booty > Bert Jones
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:10 am to Chuck U Farley
I grew up with his kids, graduated HS with one of them. I've actually been to a few parties at his house. Pretty cool guy.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:22 am to RHSTiger98
I had an English class with Bert and Collis Temple. For the final Bert was on my left and Collis on my right. Before class they stopped me outside and made sure I didn't plan on covering my paper.
Bert later sent me tickets to a Colts game.
I know CSB
BTW, Evidently we all passed.
Bert later sent me tickets to a Colts game.
I know CSB
BTW, Evidently we all passed.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:24 am to Chuck U Farley
quote:
B was not better than BJ
Correct.
BJ could make time stand still.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:29 am to Chuck U Farley
I met him before. Really nice guy. Big man.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:48 am to SabiDojo
Josh Booty wasn't better than anyone cept Lee or Jefferson.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 12:57 pm to ComicTiger
FWIW
Bert Jones never started a game at LSU.
Bert Jones never started a game at LSU.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 1:13 pm to JumpingTheShark
Yeah, he came into our office today and I didn't really want to bother him, but I just had to get his autograph on my helmet. He was very nice about. He seemed shocked that I would know who he was. I'm 30.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 1:30 pm to Chuck U Farley
Bert took a nap in my sleeping bag in 1984. 
Posted on 5/15/13 at 1:32 pm to Chuck U Farley
Jacoby's dad?
Posted on 5/15/13 at 2:14 pm to Chuck U Farley
quote:
No way. JB was not better than BJ
ORLY
Posted on 5/15/13 at 2:15 pm to LSUTygerFan
Bert's lack of playing time helped a lot of people figure out that Cholly Mac needed to go.
Also, I would like to come to Josh Booty's defense: He was alot better than Hatch, too.
Also, I would like to come to Josh Booty's defense: He was alot better than Hatch, too.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 2:42 pm to nitwit
I met Ken Mendenhall, the Colts center in the 1970s, and he worshiped Bert Jones. He told me a story that near the end of his career, the Colts used a high draft pick on a center, obviously to replace him. He could see the writing on the wall in training camp. But Bert Jones went to the coaches and complained that the rookie didn't make the center/QB exchange properly, saying it was injuring his hands. He needed time to build chemistry. By doing that, he bought Mendenhall one more year on the roster as a starter.
Years later, he never forgot that act of kindness to an old player nearing the end of his career.
Years later, he never forgot that act of kindness to an old player nearing the end of his career.
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