In reply to: 4 Rose Bowls in my lifetime. posted by BeijingIrish
He came to Illinois from Cal where his '75 team won the PAC-8. So he knew the landscape. After Illinois he returned to the Bay Area, coached the Raiders for a couple years, then went to the Rams later on, I think. Didn't he replace Gary Moeller at Illinois?
except at Illinois. He tried, but he never had any good players. Which players who were any good wanted to go to Illinois in the early/mid 1970"s? His 1954 team at the University of Denver went 9-1 and won the Skyline Conference title. DU finished #18 in the national rankings, the only time a DU team was ever ranked. He was no slouch.