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RIP Howard Schnellenberger

Posted on 3/27/21 at 8:50 am
Posted by HeLeakin
Member since May 2014
3312 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 8:50 am
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Howard Schnellenberger has passed away at 87, #FloridaAtlantic announces. Coached Miami to a national title in 1983 and also coached Louisville, Oklahoma, Florida Atlantic and the Baltimore Colts. Went 158-151-3 as a college coach.


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This post was edited on 3/27/21 at 8:51 am
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
29172 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 8:58 am to


RIP
Posted by WPBTiger
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
31054 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 9:04 am to
He made Miami
Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88773 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 9:11 am to
RIP, if there was no Howard, they’d be no U
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
84868 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 9:11 am to
quote:

Went 158-151-3 as a college coach.


Would have thought his record was a lot better than 7 games over .500
This post was edited on 3/27/21 at 9:12 am
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
202949 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 9:14 am to
Agreed......
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
99048 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 9:14 am to
quote:

He made Miami


Also saved Louisville from the brink of the whole football program being shutdown.

As a Kentucky fan he’s the one that got away. Former UK alum, timing was just never right though (we had Fran Curci about the time he headed to Miami).
Posted by BDtiger5
Member since Feb 2010
1023 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 9:14 am to
If he never leaves Miami there’s no telling how many titles they have.
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
Member since Mar 2009
127413 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 9:29 am to
RIP
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
66948 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 9:31 am to
RIP. Fake Howard Schnellenberger was tGOAT Lebatard character back in the day before the show went national.
Posted by Peter167
Member since Mar 2020
6085 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 9:31 am to
He built the U with that pipe going in the hood. They said he'd forget it on purpose. Just to go back. RIP.

It was riots back then too over how black folks were treated for "crossing the bridge". He had the balls to go against the grain and get the best of the best in Miami toughest hoods.
This post was edited on 3/27/21 at 9:34 am
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
34679 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:01 am to
He recruited Namath to Alabama
Posted by GusAU
Member since Mar 2014
3654 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:03 am to
RIP Coach.

One of the legends.

(Even though Auburn was screwed out of the 1983 MNC. Can't blame Coach or the Canes...only the pollsters).
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:07 am to
quote:

Would have thought his record was a lot better than 7 games over .500

Spent 11 seasons at FAU (58-74) and 10 at Louisville (54-56-2)
Did not have good records there
Posted by msudawg1200
Central Mississippi
Member since Jun 2014
9418 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:17 am to
quote:

He made Miami

Miami as a football program was dead. Miami would've been a Memphis or Tulane without Schnellenberger's "State of Miami" plan.
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:22 am to
tGOAT 30 for 30
This post was edited on 3/27/21 at 10:22 am
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
15903 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:22 am to
My first job in high school, my manager was a little Jewish woman from Miami. She used to tell great stories about her dad taking her to the Orange Bowl during the Schnellenberger era when she was a little girl. She thought "Schnell" was like a god.

RIP
Posted by 1BamaRTR
In Your Head Blvd
Member since Apr 2015
22533 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:23 am to
He’s not eligible for the CFB HOF because of their dumb over 0.600 rule
Posted by Tigerpride18
Lakewood Colorado
Member since Sep 2017
29450 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:43 am to
I'm amazed that he was alive before this
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
19823 posts
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:44 am to
Rip coach
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