re: Favorite unfounded rumors and conspiracies in sports

The Giants stole the pennant! The Giants stole the pennant!

For a half-century, fans of the old Brooklyn Dodgers claimed that's what Bobby Thomson and the New York Giants did in 1951. Now, there's evidence that maybe it happened just that way.

If the Giants hadn't stolen signs to make up their deficit, would Bobby Thomson have even connected on this 'shot heard 'round the world?'

The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday quoted Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin, catcher Sal Yvars and pitcher Al Gettel as admitting they stole catchers' signs to overcome a 13½-game deficit and win baseball's most famous pennant race.

"Every hitter knew what was coming," Gettel said. "Made a big difference."

My buddy worked in a sports memorabilia store in college in Fayetteville and he said that Ryan Mallet walked in with a serious look on his face and asked the guy that ran the store “Do you know who I am?” The guy said sure you’re Ryan mallett. Ryan Mallett took out a pair of cleats, signed them, put them on the counter and left without offering an explanation.

Apparently Bud Foster had the worst interview for a head coach job in the history of football. It was either at UNC or UVA and between 96-02.

It goes down something like this...

AD - Glad to have you here today Bud.
Foster - Glad to be here.
AD- So Bud how are you gonna win here?
Foster - Hire me, you will see.
AD - Umm, well what's your plan?
Foster - Play great defense.
AD - How?
Foster - Cause I'm here.
AD - What about offense?
Foster - I can stop em!
AD - Your offense Bud!
Foster - It will be good don't worry.
AD - How though?
Foster - I'm gonna recruit like hell!!!
AD - Well Bud thanks for showing up, we will let you know when we make our decision.
Foster - You wont regret it.

This interview was an open joke amongst AD's throughout the country for years and many believe its the reason Bud Foster never became a head coach.

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This broad and her cocained-plowed arse has been mentioned several times in here. Do you have a picture of this lady?

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I believe this is her with Kleiza, and after Linus caught them, Snyder did come to practice with a black eye.

The real question is who wouldn't.

The answer to that question is found on the soccer board.

Hopefully one of you big ten guys can help out with this one. What was the story on that player or coach that killed a guy at autozone? Might not be a big ten team but it went down in the Midwest.

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Here is one that I heard personally but have never seen it anywhere else.

When I was in the Army we had a Lt. Colonel that was an Alabama graduate. Class of 91. He had his Bama diploma in his office with football memorabilia and all that. Claimed he was a walkon linebacker. He told me straight up that Bobby Bowden showed up to a team meeting in 89 and said he was gonna be their next coach and then Stallings was hired about a week or 2 later.

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I def have never heard this, but Bobby Bowden did discuss the job with Alabama

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And Bowden's name was definitely linked to the job, along with Howard Schnellenberger, Gene Stallings, Danny Ford and Jackie Sherrill. University of Alabama President Joab Thomas formed a search committee which he chaired and the search began in earnest. Bowden was contacted by several people associated with the program asking if he would take the job. He said he would talk to Thomas if a job was in the offing but he had no interest in interviewing for the position.

Gaylon McCollough, a former player under Bryant, acted as a liaison between the candidates for the Alabama job and the committee. McCollough, following Perkins suggestion, recommended Georgia Tech's Bill Curry for the job and also reached out to Bowden. McCollough later claimed the invitation was for an interview only. Bowden clearly thought otherwise.

When Bowden entered the third-floor conference room of Birmingham's Medical Towers building (which housed the UA System Chancellor's office) he was surprised to see more than a dozen people there. It was an interview. And, for more than an hour, the group questioned Bowden about his process and goals. Then, when the questions ended, Thomas told Bowden, "Thank you for coming, Bobby." There was no job offer.

"I left," Bowden later wrote. "And the the only thing I could think was, They didn't offer me the dadgum job!"

Bowden said Thomas called him a few hours after he returned to Tallahassee that night to tell him that Alabama had decided to hire Bill Curry." That came as a surprise to quite a few folks in Tuscaloosa where the perception on the Alabama side was that Bowden's hiring was a done deal.

"I went to bed just thrilled," said UA sports information director Wayne Atcheson. "The next morning the first news I heard was that Bobby Bowden had withdrawn his name and Bill Curry would be our coach."

McCollough later suggested that concerns that Bowden would not be able to coach black athletes was a factor for the decision. Bowden pointed out that he had already coached black players at West Virginia. McCollough also criticized Bowden for lacking a "plan" to help players become good students and productive citizens.

Bowden said he was heartbroken but the decision had been made. For a time, anyway.

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Hugh Freeze was skirting NCAA contact rules by giving his target recruits a schedule of when he and his staff would be on XBox Live.

That’s fricking genius

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that honestly is pretty smart, which is surprising given all the other not so smart things Freeze did to cover his tracks.

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Saban's daughter's nudes getting out

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that wasn't a rumor, I saw them