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Post by gonzo13 on Jan 29, 2009 17:43:12 GMT -5
I just read on oursportscentral.com that Bubba Diggs will be the coach of the South Carolina Force. There is nothing about it on the team site, and as usual the league has not made a peep. What are the chances of Diggs taking former Augusta Colts with him? |
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Post by lionsroar on Jan 29, 2009 20:25:42 GMT -5
Gonzo They have reported that Anthony Galloway was their HC!
Is he part of the staff maybe? Or did Galloway not work out? Either way i kind of expected to hear of someone signing some ex colts. Hopefully they can call the Force home
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Post by gonzo13 on Jan 29, 2009 20:42:11 GMT -5
Yeah, I had heard Galloway too, and he is even listed on their site as head coach,but as it was told me today Diggs is in.
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Post by lionsroar on Jan 29, 2009 20:46:26 GMT -5
Come on Danny! I need links. I actually called them and asked this question before they ever had it up. I dunno maybe he wasn't working out. I like Diggs anyways. He and Gibson have a fairly good rivalry against one another at this point
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Post by gonzo13 on Jan 29, 2009 20:56:55 GMT -5
Ask and ye shall receive www.foxcarolina.com/sports/18588193/detail.htmlSC Force Names New Head Coach Bubba Diggs Named Head Coach Of Indoor Football Team POSTED: 4:23 pm EST January 28, 2009 UPDATED: 4:48 pm EST January 28, 2009 GREENVILLE, S.C. -- South Carolina's newest pro-indoor-football team, the Force, have a new head coach. Bubba Diggs, member of the 1981 Clemson national championship team, will lead the Force in their inaugural season. The official announcement will come at a news conference on Thursday in Greenville. Diggs played from 1978-1982 and started at tight end for the Tigers when they won the national championship. Diggs and the Force start their season at the Bi-Lo Center on Mar. 21 in the American Indoor Football Association. .....I also heard it from Bubba, but that would have been a tough link to post  |
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Post by lionsroar on Jan 29, 2009 21:51:01 GMT -5
Awesome! Weird Galloway must have not been cutting it. I wonder if we could see "The Marvelous" Marvin Stone playing for the force?
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Post by lionsroar on Jan 29, 2009 21:54:22 GMT -5
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Post by JustMomma on Jan 29, 2009 22:52:54 GMT -5
Scooped on my own secret! lol I've known for a week now and had to sit on my hands. I spoke to Bubba tonight and he's so excited to be with the Force! He said the organization really has it's stuff together and feels like it'll be a great year! |
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Post by free agent fan2 on Jan 29, 2009 23:21:59 GMT -5
Great to see a man who has love for coaching the game get his chance to do his craft. Diggs brings class, dignity, and respect to the game I for one am proud to see him back. Good luck coach congrads you are a man among men and with you being with this organization you will make it a Force to deal with. As for Marvin Stone the last I heard he was still taking care of his knee and that was late last year. I know he was suppose to sign with a team in AF2 but not sure. I'm working in Roller Derby less stress and more fun. Anyway good luck SC Force
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Post by gonzo13 on Jan 29, 2009 23:39:03 GMT -5
Scooped on my own secret! lol I've known for a week now and had to sit on my hands. I spoke to Bubba tonight and he's so excited to be with the Force! He said the organization really has it's stuff together and feels like it'll be a great year! Sitting on a story doesn't always pay..... As far as the organization having "it's stuff together" that remains to be seen. Bubba said almost those exact words to me around this time last year about the Colts, and we all know how that turned out. |
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Post by lionsroar on Jan 30, 2009 17:00:42 GMT -5
www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20090130/SPORTS/901300308/1002/SPORTSAs a member of the 1981 national football champion Clemson Tigers, Bubba Diggs stays in touch with former coach Danny Ford. So Diggs made sure to talk with Ford about his latest career move - coach of the South Carolina Force, slated to bring indoor football back to the Bi-Lo Center this March. "I wanted him to know I had this opportunity," Diggs said. The former starting tight end at Clemson coached the Augusta (Ga.) Spartans to a World Indoor Football League championship in 2007 and figures there's plenty of room for other championship rings in his collection. "This city deserves football," he said at a press conference Thursday at the Marriott, where he was introduced as head coach of the American Indoor Football Association expansion team. "Having played at Clemson right down the road, I'm excited about being here. I've been around the arena and indoor game for going on 10 years. I just hope my experience will help bring a championship to the city of Greenville with the Carolina Force." Since 2000, Diggs has been involved with different levels of arena/indoor football in Georgia, most recently as head coach of the AIFA-affiliated Augusta Colts. After his college football days, Diggs was a 1983 territorial draft pick of the Washington Federals in the United States Football League. When his dreams of playing in the NFL didn't pan out, he returned home to Augusta. "We struggled in the beginning, but I believe in hard work. You're only as good as your players. I believe we can be successful," he said. The Force recently signed former University of South Carolina quarterback Blake Mitchell. Diggs said he'll have no problem coaching a former Gamecock. "Only one day a year I've got a problem with him," he said, referring to the annual Carolina-Clemson football game. South Carolina Force team owner Andre White said Anthony Galloway, who served as interim coach, will remain with the team as assistant coach. White said the Force will open in the Bi-Lo Center on March 21 against the Fayetteville Guard, with the new team's camp slated to begin Feb. 7.
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Post by gonzo13 on Jan 30, 2009 22:52:34 GMT -5
Wow guys, could we just be allowed to post the word
"Gamec-o-c-k" on here? Really? Gamethingy? I mean I understand the logic behind the censor, but Gamethingy?
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Post by lionsroar on Jan 31, 2009 8:00:12 GMT -5
Yeah I thought the reporter was spineless unless Diggs actually said that. He could have i guess
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Post by The Grim Reaper on Jan 31, 2009 19:41:09 GMT -5
I have heard the Blake Mitchel WILL NOT play this year due to a death in his family. He has returned home to take over family business. Bit I have not seen this in print anywhere.
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Post by The Stable Master on Feb 1, 2009 15:14:56 GMT -5
another reason for me to root for the Force this year. good luck coach Diggs
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