RIP John Robinson

Man, his Rams teams killed the Giants in the late 80s, Henry Ellard and Flipper Anderson in particular.

 

And now Gerry Faust, also at 89.

https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dam...rry-faust-fighting-irish-dies-passed-away-89/

 

I think he was an assistant coach or a player at Oregon when John McKay and George Seifert were there.

 

Don’t think I’d done the math to realize how young he was trading blows with imperial phase Bear Bryant. In my mind they were contemporaries but Robinson was in his 40s then, back when powerhouses didn’t routinely hand the car keys to young whippersnappers.

 

He and John Madden were childhood friends. May he and Madden compare notes and continue to scout football teams wherever they are now.

RIP, good sir and Thank You.

 

There's an ongoing debate among USC fans as to the greatest college football team of all-time. It's the 1972 John McKay Trojans or the 1979 John Robinson Trojans. USC was national champion in 1972 and 1978, but most thought the 1979 team was better.

 

The first time I was stunned by a sporting event was the Flipper Anderson playoff game against the Giants. I can see him running down the tunnel to this day.

 

I’d vote for McKay. But Robinson kept it going.

 

Yep, I go with the '72 team because I was a student there that season.

 

John Robinson also had that Sparky Anderson aging thing going. When he was coaching the Rams, I assumed that he was 70.