Kent A Bathurst
08-03-2011, 9:48 PM
And, he's gone.
I heard the chant, and could feel the feet stomping, reverberating throughout Spartan Stadium many times - none more memorable than the November 1966 10-10 "Tie one for the Gipper" game. And - yes - I can hold a 45-year grudge, and I'm planning on extending it.................;)
The Spartan fans were stomping the stadium floor, and chanting "Kill, Bubba, Kill........Kill, Bubba, Kill". Spartan Stadium was literally shaking - all the way up to the 3d level.
And those "other guys" were chanting "Kill Bubba.....Kill Bubba."
His bizarre sideline chain-gang knee injury as a Pro kept him from achieving his real potential in the NFL, but those things happen.
I can still see those cool, crisp, autumn days in East Lansing....walking through town with a pretty high school classmate date on my arm, going to the stadium......ahhh, well........Kill, Bubba, Kill.......
http://www.freep.com/article/20110803/SPORTS07/110803048/MSU-legend-Bubba-Smith-dies-66?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE (http://www.freep.com/article/20110803/SPORTS07/110803048/MSU-legend-Bubba-Smith-dies-66?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE)
I heard the chant, and could feel the feet stomping, reverberating throughout Spartan Stadium many times - none more memorable than the November 1966 10-10 "Tie one for the Gipper" game. And - yes - I can hold a 45-year grudge, and I'm planning on extending it.................;)
The Spartan fans were stomping the stadium floor, and chanting "Kill, Bubba, Kill........Kill, Bubba, Kill". Spartan Stadium was literally shaking - all the way up to the 3d level.
And those "other guys" were chanting "Kill Bubba.....Kill Bubba."
His bizarre sideline chain-gang knee injury as a Pro kept him from achieving his real potential in the NFL, but those things happen.
I can still see those cool, crisp, autumn days in East Lansing....walking through town with a pretty high school classmate date on my arm, going to the stadium......ahhh, well........Kill, Bubba, Kill.......
http://www.freep.com/article/20110803/SPORTS07/110803048/MSU-legend-Bubba-Smith-dies-66?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE (http://www.freep.com/article/20110803/SPORTS07/110803048/MSU-legend-Bubba-Smith-dies-66?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE)