A friend who played on the 1979 team. Their reunion is this weekend and, of course Coach Corso is now going to be here. A bummer :-(
I just heard Tim Clifford died yesterday
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Same guy tells me to look for the return of the double decker bus Saturday for Gameday
I hate to hear that. Clifford was a baller! RIP.
IU played Kentucky in 79. My family and the Corso family were friends.
Dad had a VCR and had taped the game (if memory serves it was on CBS that year).
Clifford, Steve Corso (a WR on the team and I think Steve may have had the winning catch in that game), Tim Wilbur and a couple of other players came to the house to watch the broadcast. They came pretty late in the evening and we got to stay up and meet them.
Lee used to poke a little fun at Steve...when he'd make a catch in a game...Lee would say "well that catch was so easy his mom could've made it. Little 8/9 yo me eventually asked Mrs. Corso if that hurt Steve's feelings and she assured me that Coach Corso praised Steve in private.
That was a neat team. The Corso family remains one of my favorite 'friend families' of all time.
Dad had a VCR and had taped the game (if memory serves it was on CBS that year).
Clifford, Steve Corso (a WR on the team and I think Steve may have had the winning catch in that game), Tim Wilbur and a couple of other players came to the house to watch the broadcast. They came pretty late in the evening and we got to stay up and meet them.
Lee used to poke a little fun at Steve...when he'd make a catch in a game...Lee would say "well that catch was so easy his mom could've made it. Little 8/9 yo me eventually asked Mrs. Corso if that hurt Steve's feelings and she assured me that Coach Corso praised Steve in private.
That was a neat team. The Corso family remains one of my favorite 'friend families' of all time.
This was confirmed with ESPN guys I talked to at Nicks tonight. They were really surprised people knew about it. 😎
Both Bob Knight and Lee Corso came with high entertainment value as a bonus to their hirings. Archie Miller and Mike Woodson? None. Tom Crean and Curt Cignetti, each a little bit of it.
That’s good news. I thought he was kidding about the return of the double decker bus. I was there for that game in 1973, Corso’s first. The bus full of players and coaches was part of his introductory circus act. Ironically, I was just thinking the other day, wondering whatever happened to that bus. I guess I’m about to find out. They can’t drive it onto the field now since the end zones have been enclosed.
Yeah I’m not sure what they are doing with it. They tried to find original but could not.
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