You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Prince recalled how, prior to the 1985 Winnersville game, an idea was hatched to have someone ride a mule out to midfield before the Valdosta game, staying true to the plowboys image Lowndes had cultivated. Those who were part of the game shared the plays and players they remember the most. Valdosta is the home of Valdosta State University, a regional university in the University System of Georgia with over 12,000 students, and Valdosta High School, home to the winningest football program in the United States. [7], Since 2000, Belue has been a sports radio host with WCNN in Atlanta, Georgia. Tevin Tisdale in the 2018 game, said MacPherson. It turned out it was a bad snap from the center and threw off the timing. Then, Prince said, prior to the 1979 game, Lowndes was warming up in their traditional crimson jerseys. But Belues retelling of that episode during Georgias 1980 championship season is just one example of the honest account the former star quarterback shares of playing for the Bulldogs from 1978-81. Buck's Beat podcast episode 80 has dropped. That still sort of haunts me even today., 7. The head coaches would always come and speak to the small gathering. Truth is, Lowndes would struggle against everyone else too, winning just 31 games in that first decade of football with four different head football coaches. Valdosta High School is the most successful High School football program in the country. Netflix on Friday is premiering 'Titletown High,' a documentary series chronicling Valdosta (Ga.) High School's 2020 football season and Rush Propst, its controversial coach. We worked a lot on fundamentals. I should have done it a long time ago. "I had a daily planner that my dad gave me when I was at Georgia," Belue said. But it was more than that. The following year, he put up a career-best 714 rushing yards. I remember Stanley Bounds. Quarterback of Georgia's 1980 National Championship Team Captain of the 1981 SEC Champion Georgia Bulldogs Twice selected as 1 st Team All-SEC QB 4-Year Starter on the Georgia Baseball Team Twice selected as 1 st Team All-SEC Outfielder Led the SEC in hitting Honored as the SEC Athlete of the Year 1981. UGA star Jalen Carter present at scene of fatal crash, From 2021: Buck Belue, QB of 1980 Georgia national champions, to call the Dawgs before kickoff, Georgia Tech hammers Syracuse as Jackets late-season surge continues, Braves notes: Jared Shusters first spring game, Michael Sorokas progress, Ian Anderson on spring debut: Im not gonna sugarcoat it. I thought long and hard about what I was going to put in there., Photos: Impressive details in Georgia Bulldogs championship rings, Athens celebrates its long-awaited Bulldogs title with parade and stadium event, The drought is over: Georgia is national champion again, Mark Bradley: Mighty Georgia runs down Bama to claim its long-sought championship, QB Stetson Bennetts story a testament to the Georgia community that nurtured him, Steve Hummer: Champion 1980 Bulldogs have waited long enough for company. The native of Jessup has made his home in Valdosta since retiring from professional football and is an avid supporter of UGA athletics and a dedicated follower of local high school football. He is currently co-founder and editor of Georgia High School Football Daily. And when it came to recruiting, he was the only coach I felt like I could trust with the baseball thing. Id be interested to know how hell react, though.. Scott. This University of Georgiarelated article is a stub. William Andrews was the leading rusher for Thomasvilles consecutive state champions in 1973 and 1974. He was the quarterback, and he went to Ole Miss. We missed a chip-shot field goal that wouldve won the state championship for all of us. And a Plains teen girl borrowed Jimmy Carters clothes. Joe Wilson had accomplished two of his three goals. First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. 1 recruit in the country. She finally came in and dumped it on his lap. This biographical article relating to an American football quarterback born in the 1950s is a stub. Obviously, that did not happen. Height: 6'1" Weight: 190 College: Georgia High School: Valdosta (GA) USFL Career: 1984-1985 More: Buck Belue complete pro stats Buck Belue played from 1984 to 1985 during his career with the Jacksonville Bulls. The class also includes two players that went to Valdosta High School (Rome and Belue), Avondale (Dudish and Kell), Warner Robins (Brooks and Simmons), Washington County (Spikes and Edwards) and Parkview (Francoeur and Stinchcomb) while 26 other high schools had one player represented. Andrews was named to four Pro Bowls and earned two second-team All-Pro selections. He shared time with Jeff Pyburn a. Its a good feeling knowing you represent Valdosta. Buck Belue Social Network Timeline 2007 He is also the only quarterback to start all four years for the Valdosta Wildcats where he was inducted as a member of the Valdosta High School Hall of Fame in 2007. Hundreds of people turned out at the The Salty Snapper, including former Valdosta High classmates and UGA teammates. But the current Wildcats still know who he is. In 2007, the AJC ranked Kinnebrew as the No. Lowndes and Valdosta fans certainly embraced the Winnersville rivalry, showing their love for the home team and their disdain for the other side. We had a fellow by the name of Freddie Steedley who had a mule, and he agreed to put on the overalls and straw hat and ride the mule out to midfield before the game, Prince said. "Twenty years we've been here. So, we brought the mule out, with Freddie riding the thing, and that mule started out toward midfield just as we had practiced, but then the crowd roared, and it scared the poor mule so much that he just stopped in his tracks and Freddie went flying off over the front of it., That mule then took off, without Freddie to guide him, straight towards the Valdosta sideline, Prince said. Ron Simmons was a monumental piece of Warner Robins state and National Sports News Service (NSNS) national championship team that went 13-0 and was considered by some the most dominant Georgia team in history. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Buck Belue profile on WCNN (AM)680 The Fan, "John Kincade, Steak Shapiro out amidst Dickey Broadcasting cuts", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buck_Belue&oldid=1106291103, This page was last edited on 24 August 2022, at 00:05. I grew up admiring most of those guys on the list we were voting on. Furious, actually. If you are a good ole boy from the South, it's going to be hard to find a better name than Buck Belue. Belue set the state record for career passing yards with 5,214, which he accumulated as a four-year starter at Valdosta. My wife and I, when we decided to buy a home we didn't really know where we wanted to go, but we're just really blessed to have found Cumming. "It allowed me to talk about my hometown and brag on the people that helped me through those high school days. Oh yeah, they had a bounty out for Bucks jersey, Baker said. It was designed to look like it was coming from Lowndes fans. The student then greased the entire flag pole from top to bottom, ensuring that it would not be very easy for Valdosta High maintenance to climb up to detach the Viking flag. A third Wildcat quarterback to be storied among these pages of Bulldawg Illustrated, this is Greg Talley, an alumni of Valdosta High School and the University of Georgia sounds familiar.For two of my previous 2019 columns, quarterbacks at VHS and Georgia (Buck Belue and John Lastinger) have been featured, so why stop there?A few years after these studs suited up in the silver britches, we . Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA), Class of 1978, Page 57 of 272 | E-Yearbook.com has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. Everybody was running the Wing-T, and he ran the pro set, throwing the ball. Both were thrilled to have the chance to work with a former player whod not only been Valdostas quarterback, but had also played for Georgia and the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL. Jan 26. Buck Belue's QB Camp Recap Gallery Registration is open to all high-school-age Quarterbacks, however Buck will only be inviting the best 30 QBs and 20 Wide Receivers to participate. The players gathered together on the steps of the old McWhorter Hall athletic dormitory and seethed. Belue was a star quarterback at Valdosta High School. Buck Belue is a 1978 graduate of Valdosta High School in Valdosta, GA. Sign up on Classmates for free to reconnect with Buck Belue and other high school alumni. Rome settled on professional football, playing four NFL seasons with the Chiefs. You just looked at Bazemore like Lombardi at the time. He started in 78 out of 92 career games, made three Pro Bowls and was first-team All Pro once. I admired these athletes. In the 1977 game, there were no fights, but there was a bounty placed on Buck Belue not to hurt the Valdosta QB great, but to take a piece of his number 8 jersey off his back and to the Lowndes sideline. Todays interviewee is Buck Belue, sports talk show host for 680 The Fan, quarterback for Georgias 1980 national championship team, four-year starting quarterback at Valdosta, inaugural selectee into the new Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame and author of a new book, Inside The Hedges, a look at Georgias 1980 season and his athletic career. The Saints drafted Rogers in 1981, making him the first Georgia-grown player selected first overall in an NFL Draft. So, thats up front in the book. Benjamin Franklin "Buck" Belue played American football and baseball at the University of Georgia from 1978 to 1981. Joe wanted us to embrace the country boy label, Prince said. The Bulldogs would go on to defeat Notre Dame 17-10 in the Sugar Bowl four weeks later. He had everybody running the same offense so that by time you got to middle school and high school, you didnt have to learn any of it. So he came up with the name Plowboys. He and then-band director Billy Martin ordered straw hats with LHS Plowboys across the front, which the band wore during their halftime performance.. ATHENS The Georgia Bulldogs were mad. What do most people want to talk to you about at these book signings? Latest: Gallery: Buck Belue book signing at Coach's Corner Henderson said neighborhood residents called the police, who came over to the Valdosta fields where he and other fans were watching practice. Closed on Weekends. I had Jack Rudolph coaching the defense. Belue played all four years on Georgias baseball team. What is your favorite part of The Valdosta Daily Times? Events are being planned for Atlanta, Augusta and Marietta, among other cities. The Plowboys name would serve as a rally point of sorts for Lowndes, establishing and embracing their underdog status, especially against the football WIldcats. Im pleased we were able to give Valdosta a defibrillator, since they didnt have one, Belue said. It was just playing for the Wildcats. There were coaches before him, but it was Wright Bazemore who took over as the Wildcats head football coach in 1942 and built the foundation for the winningest football team in the country. 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