Quotes from the College football world............

You never know what's going to come out of the mouths of our college gridiron heros....Except tobacco juice. ...and teeth!

Here are a few:

"People say somewhere in the first round. Maybe higher."

-University of Pittsburg Running back Craig "Ironhead" Heyward, on his draft possibilities before being taken by the Saints (1988)
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"The real tragedy was that 15 of them hadn't been colored yet."

-Florida Head Coach Steve Spurrier after a fire destroyed 20 books in Auburn's football dorm (1991)
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" He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."

-University of Houston wide receiver Torrrin Polk on coach John Jenkins (1991)
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"I'm glad we're not going to the Gator Bowl."

-Arkansas coach Lou Holtz, after fans threw oranges to celebrate an Orange Bowl berth (1978)
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"What makes it hard is that we can't watch television for two years."

-Clemson guard William "The Refrigerator" Perry on the two-year TV and postseason ban of his school by the NCAA (1983)
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"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football."

-John Heisman (Georgia Tech coach, 1904-19)
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"He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades, and he doesn't know the meaning of a lot of words."

-FSU coach Bobby Bowden on Reggie Herring (Linebacker, 1977-80)
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