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skysdad

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Former Duke football player and coach mike McGee has passed away . He was 80 yeras old. a great offensive lineman ( Outland Trophy ) who later became Duke's head coach was a Dukie through and through. Prayers and thoughts go out to his family. OFC
 
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He was an outstanding player, and coached Duke during a very difficult time. The academic requirements were at their most stringent, and exceptions were very rare. Yet McGee's teams played competitively for the most part. Mike Dunn was a dual threat qb and played on some of McGee's most exciting teams. Prayers to Coach and his family..OFC
 
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skysdad said:
Former Duke football player and coach mike McGhee has passed away . He was 80 yeras old. a great offensive lineman ( Outland Trophy ) who later became Duke's head coach was a Dukie through and through. Prayers and thoughts go out to his family. OFC
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His son was one of my best friends. He became the AD at South Caolina when I was leaving Columbia. Very nice man
 
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hart2chesson said:
He was an outstanding player, and coached Duke during a very difficult time. The academic requirements were at their most stringent, and exceptions were very rare. Yet McGee's teams played competitively for the most part. Mike Dunn was a dual threat qb and played on some of McGee's most exciting teams. Prayers to Coach and his family..OFC
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Would have been very difficult for any coach to succeed at Duke during that time with the academic requirement.

As I recollect his teams pulled a couple big upsets against highly ranked teams. Beat a top ten Stanford in Palo Alto and Florida in Jacksonville.

His teams strength was their defense. Had a great defensive back named Ernie Jackson who was an All-American.
 
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Dukeman said:
Would have been very difficult for any coach to succeed at Duke during that time with the academic requirement.

As I recollect his teams pulled a couple big upsets against highly ranked teams. Beat a top ten Stanford in Palo Alto and Florida in Jacksonville.

His teams strength was their defense. Had a great defensive back named Ernie Jackson who was an All-American.
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Baet a #3 Sranford Team
 
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Dukeman said:
Would have been very difficult for any coach to succeed at Duke during that time with the academic requirement.

As I recollect his teams pulled a couple big upsets against highly ranked teams. Beat a top ten Stanford in Palo Alto and Florida in Jacksonville.

His teams strength was their defense. Had a great defensive back named Ernie Jackson who was an All-American.
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Dukeman you're right on target! The wins at UF and Stanford were part of a 4-0 start in McGee's 1st year which landed them 14th in AP Poll. Unfortunately, an unbelievable spate of injuries derailed the season, and the Devils tumbled to finish 6-5. Some guys like the great Ernie Jackson you mentioned began playing both sides of ball. Jackson was conference MVP that year. Still it was a fun year while it lasted, and 6 wins gets a bowl bid of course now...OFC
 
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Florida had dynamic passing duo of John Reeves and Carlos Alvarez. Duke beat them 12-6 and pretty much shut them down.
 
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jimlsumner said:
Any way to change the thread title so that the man's name is correctly spelled?
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Got it. Thanks. I was aware of it. Just had not got around to correcting it. I'm sorry for the error. I like for people to spell my name correctly also. Saw him coach many games. OFC
 
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skysdad said:
Got it. Thanks. I was aware of it. Just had not got around to correcting it. I'm sorry for the error. I like for people to spell my name correctly also. Saw him coach many games. OFC
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No problem Sky. Very appropriate that an OFC started the thread on Mike, and I really liked your post.

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hart2chesson said:
No problem Sky. Very appropriate that an OFC started the thread on Mike, and I really liked your post.

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Yes but I shouldn't have spelled his name wrong with the knowledge I have of the man. Jim should have called me out on it. OFC
 
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