Pell seemed like a stone cold killer , wish I was a gator in those days
I was a Clemson fan in HS before we moved to Jax.
Pell was their coach. He set Clemson on the path to their NC in 1981. Clemson and the Leghumpers were bitter rivals. They played every year from 1962-1987.
In nine meetings from 1979-87, Georgia won four games, Clemson won four games and they tied once. In those nine years, Georgia scored 153 points, Clemson 152. Only one of the games was decided by more than a touchdown. Only once did one team score more than 30 points (Clemson won 31-28 in 1986). Year after year, the Tigers and the Dawgs infused one early-season Saturday with tension usually found in November.
My hatred for those butt-licking, leg-humping MoFos runs deep.
I met Pell at the Reitz Union once. He stopped and chatted with me for a couple of minutes about his days at Clemson and his "affection" for the Buttsniffers.
He was a very personable and genuine guy.
UF knew how he recruited at Clemson. Thats why they hired him. The rest of the SEC knew too, which is why they got the NCAA to go after him. Bryant, Dooley, Dye. Majors etal didn't want UF doing what they had been doing for decades.
