Ford into CD Football Hall of Fame

[UAalum72]

Bob Ford Honored By Capital Region Hall of Fame - University Release

 

Ford ranks as dean, mentor to area coaches - Troy Record

[Dane96]

I got chills reading that story. Ford has impacted the lives of so many people, football and non-football people alike. He is our Joe Paterno...as the guy does it the right way, with no punches pulled. He is a treasue who will be missed once he finally decides to put the straw hat and clipboard away.

 

On a side note...nice "non-article" by our beat writer in the useless.

[Clickclack]

I got chills reading that story. Ford has impacted the lives of so many people, football and non-football people alike. He is our Joe Paterno...as the guy does it the right way, with no punches pulled. He is a treasue who will be missed once he finally decides to put the straw hat and clipboard away.

 

On a side note...nice "non-article" by our beat writer in the useless.

 

It's track season!

[bob87]

I got chills reading that story. Ford has impacted the lives of so many people, football and non-football people alike. He is our Joe Paterno...as the guy does it the right way, with no punches pulled. He is a treasue who will be missed once he finally decides to put the straw hat and clipboard away.

 

On a side note...nice "non-article" by our beat writer in the useless.

 

It's track season!

 

Dane96

 

Agree

great story on a great coach.

 

Click clack

Isn't he still working on finding UA basketball's head to head record vs. Cornell so he could blog that tomorrow or the next day.

[UAalum72]

 

Click clack

Isn't he still working on finding UA basketball's head to head record vs. Cornell so he could blog that tomorrow or the next day.

I don't think they'd blog that - too positive.

 

While looking it up I noticed that per the media guide, this year is the 100th anniversary of Albany basketball - first team was for The State Normal College, not even the NYS College for Teachers, in 1910. (No teams for two years in WWII).

 

Back on football, this is also the 40th anniversary of Albany football.

 

More pages to come as we approach the season.

 

I don't have a copy of the original basketball program.

[UA66]

Strange. I thought I saw you at that basketball game.

[danefan]

Click clack

Isn't he still working on finding UA basketball's head to head record vs. Cornell so he could blog that tomorrow or the next day.

I don't think they'd blog that - too positive.

 

While looking it up I noticed that per the media guide, this year is the 100th anniversary of Albany basketball - first team was for The State Normal College, not even the NYS College for Teachers, in 1910. (No teams for two years in WWII).

 

Back on football, this is also the 40th anniversary of Albany football.

 

 

More pages to come as we approach the season.

 

I don't have a copy of the original basketball program.

 

 

 

Oh Oh Oh! I can't wait to see what the stadium looked like back then.

[UAalum72]

Oh Oh Oh! I can't wait to see what the stadium looked like back then.

Well since you asked, we can go out of order. The only picture of the stadium in the program is this campus aerial, showing the track but no goalposts. No lights or away bleachers (late 1980s), no bookstore/dining extension or library(early 90s), construction just beginning on Indian Quad.

 

Also the story of football's beginnings. The soccer field where Camera Day was held is the same place it is today.

 

[uofalbany]

Great stuff 72... thanks!

 

I can't imagine what UAlbany football would look like without Fordie,

therefore, he's got to keep going until he hits the 100 mark!

[UAalum72]

The players. Surprisingly, these guys were about average size for college students. Hall of Famer Rudy Vido (top row of the players) looks to have had about three inches of his 6'1-1/2" in his Afro.

[UAalum72]

Ford was inducted with a "Service to Football" award, but the Hall of Fame inductees were five local high school coaches.

 

Coaching greats had incredible influence - Times-Union

[Clickclack]

I got chills reading that story. Ford has impacted the lives of so many people, football and non-football people alike. He is our Joe Paterno...as the guy does it the right way, with no punches pulled. He is a treasue who will be missed once he finally decides to put the straw hat and clipboard away.

 

On a side note...nice "non-article" by our beat writer in the useless.

 

It's track season!

 

Dane96

 

Agree

great story on a great coach.

 

Click clack

Isn't he still working on finding UA basketball's head to head record vs. Cornell so he could blog that tomorrow or the next day.

 

 

OT: On the subject of the TU, I made a comment half in jest on one of the TU blog entries asking, where is the story or blog entry on Ubiles dropping out off school the second his eligibility expired. They censored it...I then made a follow up post saying that had this happened to one of the UA guys this would be front page news, again they censored it.

 

Joke of a paper!

[bob87]

Ford was inducted with a "Service to Football" award, but the Hall of Fame inductees were five local high school coaches.

 

Coaching greats had incredible influence - Times-Union

 

 

Was this the only article that paper had on the subject

[UAalum72]

Ford was inducted with a "Service to Football" award, but the Hall of Fame inductees were five local high school coaches.

 

Coaching greats had incredible influence - Times-Union

 

 

Was this the only article that paper had on the subject

Of course, Ford's only a college football coach. Everybody KNOWS only basketball counts.

I'm not expecting a story on the opening of fall practice.

 

They did mention, when Giants' camp opened, the head coach in our first game

[bob87]

Ford was inducted with a "Service to Football" award, but the Hall of Fame inductees were five local high school coaches.

 

Coaching greats had incredible influence - Times-Union

 

 

Was this the only article that paper had on the subject

Of course, Ford's only a college football coach. Everybody KNOWS only basketball counts.

I'm not expecting a story on the opening of fall practice.

 

They did mention, when Giants' camp opened, the head coach in our first game

 

 

Thanks, I figured that with that lame paper, but just wanted to make sure I didn't miss an article.