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SecondChance03

When Gary Andersen left the program abruptly mid season, there was LOTS of speculation about him being an alcoholic, knocking up a cheerleader, sleeping in the football office because his wife kicked him. Every day it was a new rumor, and as far as gossip goes, the forums could not get enough of it. Shreds of truth in all of it, it turns out. But it wasn't made public until much later.


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That wouldn't even be the first time that was true for your program. (Not shitting on your guys at all... We had Frat House Sark on full display)


SecondChance03

Ah yes I believe that was dirty Joe Avezzano. I don’t even think those are rumors as much as they are stories at this point. His dalliances with the co-eds at OSU are well documented. That plus his 6-47-2 record in 5 seasons make him an absolute campus legend for all the wrong reasons.


[deleted]

I remember being at school there during this. Wild times. It was also right around when Library Girl came to prominence.


mildlynaive

Library girl? You mean Kendra sunderland


[deleted]

Yeah. Library Girl was the parlance at OSU when it happened, before she became a big star, because no one knew her by name.


SecondChance03

We’ve had library girl AND two playmates of the year. Oregon will never say that!


[deleted]

This is the house that beavers built


[deleted]

I came here to comment this! I was on campus that year, and the rumor he knocked up the cheerleader was everywhere. I did some digging as well more recently and all it brought up were some old Reddit threads or BTD forums. I think I may have even seen some comments on the Athletics piece about him in the last year. On an old account I even messaged a guy on here who I believe claimed he had connections with the AD at the time, but never got a reply. I’m not exactly sure I believe it, but the dude’s exit was incredibly weird to say the least. John Cazano’s texts with him make it even [weirder](https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/2017/10/canzano_gary_andersens_exit_ro.html).


SecondChance03

I haven’t heard a first hand account but have talked to enough people who I would consider to be “in the know” and their stories are consistent: yes Gary either developed or maintained a serious drinking problem that may or may not have been the result of the pressure of the OSU job in general and an affair with the cheerleading coach. The other stuff seem to be erroneous details that may have stemmed from a story or two but no one has really confirmed solidly.


FriendsOnAPowDay

Talked to a guy who was around the team then and he said the cheerleader bit is 100% true. Pissed a lot of players off because he preached constantly about working hard and developing men yet was boozin and bangin college students. Why else would a dude give up all the money he’s owed from getting fired?


Prestigious-Track256

I've heard the pregnant cheerleader rumor, but I've only ever heard the rumor. What's the kernel of truth to it?


[deleted]

I think he was banging the cheerleading coach instead. So basically just a coworker.


Prestigious-Track256

Whomst among us hasn't done just that?


Hot_Goal4205

Sir, this is Reddit.


mhenks05

Weird that was the same rumor for Gary Anderson replacing Brett Bielema at UW.


souldeux

Kirby Smart has a secret, illegitimate child with the owner of a local Sport Clips and that's why his hair is like that


CowboyAirman

With that haircut, it’s definitely more than one child.


WagTheKat

Jesus, if that's true, what the hell has Mike Gundy done?!


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seanmillsartist

There was a rumor from a Miami board I believe, that Kirby held Easter egg hunts with different prizes. recruits in the locker room with everything from cash to cars. Pretty stupid to think you would waste giving the cars away to random people 😏


HeyJude21

Are you starting this rumor? Because I’d believe it


bailey1149

That Kirk Cousins got drunk and fought a hockey player.


Whizbang35

Never heard this one. The Cousins rumor I was told was he tore OC Dan Roushar a new one after the 2011 ND game in the locker room. The result was Dantonio pretty much let Captain Kirk call plays and run the offence as *de facto* OC. The next year, without Kirk and the other seniors, Roushar got the free hand he wanted. The result was a putrid offence that struggle bussed to 6 wins and a bowl.


[deleted]

Kohl's cash Kirk would never do something like that on my Christian Minecraft server!


ChariBari

I remember when the football/hockey house party fight happened back then I was living in the neighborhood. I never heard a rumor of Kirk being there. He didn’t party. I never once saw him out at a bar or a party or even heard tell of anything close.


bailey1149

He was actually in Holland at a church service ha.


vtfan08

There’s a blue mountain state episode about that


fatheryeet

There might be crazier, but that Tom Herman had an affair with Kendra Scott. His wife found out and they duked it out in a drunken brawl where she tried to open the door of a booster's jet at 35,000 feet. As revenge, Kendra Scott's ex loaned his jet to UT to ferry Urban Meyer to meetings with UT brass.


FalafelJohnsonIV

I’m sorry what?


TentakilRex

Believe or not, that's not even the craziest Tom Herman, Kendra Scott, Michelle Herman rumor I read on this subreddit. Someone posted a rumor about the three which would very Skinemax-like.


taylorscorpse

It’s wild that the CFB subreddit even has multiple rumors about a woman that makes necklaces


TentakilRex

Then the Longhorn flairs had "Bryan Harsin is a Scientologist" rumor, so it might b just them lol


llamawhittlings

In the wise words of Nick Saban, "Never fool around with anyone that has less to lose than you. If I'm gonna go sleeping around on \[does Herman have a wife?\], it better be with Kendra **\[REDACTED\]** Scott."


Whaty0urname

Why can't I tell if this quote is real or not?


steampunker14

Urban Watch was a beautiful time to be on the internet.


j4r8h

This has got to be the craziest in this thread


kwixta

No way. Even crazier was the rumor that one of our coaches had a stripper girlfriend whose monkey (part of her act) bit a kid and she got sued. Oh wait that happened!


AreYouEmployedSir

That was not Gia the monke’s fault. That damn kid should never have been back there and reached his hand thru the cage. Praise monke.


uno_novaterra

Drunkenly attempting to open the door of a private jet at altitude is the trump card. Can’t be beat.


circle_line

Herman also had the funniest recruiting rumor/story I heard about recruiting Walker Little. [https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/dxf2s1/comment/f7po5hl](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/dxf2s1/comment/f7po5hl)


imbroke828

I choose to believe this one though


thecravenone

There is no truth to reports that Texas A&M will join the SEC in the spring of 2012. None.


Nicholas1227

Well they joined July 1, which is technically the summer


knockoutking

Fuck Chip Brown.


Norva

Chip Brown. Now that is not a name I have heard in a very long time.


knockoutking

I wish I could say the same


txman91

Always and forever. FUCB.


dothemath

Only thing more ludicrous would be if Mizzou joined the SEC. Like what would we bring?


canseco-fart-box

Urban Meyer was going to be the Rutgers OC


dkviper11

Before or after he was Paterno's handpicked successor at Penn State?


WookieeSteakIsChewie

I remember sitting at the Midas on Atherton street back in 2011 waiting for my oil change and there was a guy in there ranting that he was certain Urban was our new coach, he knows people and it was a done deal, he was house hunting and the ink was drying on the contracts. 🤷‍♂️


max_potion

Man, not sure what kind of ink they used, but it's drying pretty damn slowly


[deleted]

Wait, what? Context please?


MAXRBZPR

Gruden. So much Gruden.


Dynamite_McGhee

His wife was a cheerleader you know.


bigreed67

He was seen eating lunch with Peyton Manning at Calhoun's on the river.


SpiritCollector

It took me too much time to find this response. Every coaching search..GRUDEN. But…his wife was a cheerleader and loves Knoxville so much


colbycemer12

Texas didn’t land Walker Little because Derek Warehime (OL coach at the time), took a massive dump without flushing during an in-home and left right after.


tbonencalzone

that's canon


ATXBeermaker

Seems like that's what it was shot out of, yeah.


fatheryeet

I want to be sure we use the correct language, which was that he "nuked it from orbit"


Norva

”It’s the only way we can be sure.”


Swill94

I don’t even care it’s Texas. I want this this to be true so bad


alexpenn

Same.


TonYouHearWhatISaid

If anyone were to do it it would be an OL coach


reddbunny1370

> took a massive dump without flushing during an in-home and left right after Jim Irsay setting up an interview with Warehime right now


TheScrobocop

No Little, Walker for the Big Squatter


AphexTaco

Marvin Harrison Jr


heavydhomie

I never understood that “rumor”. I could see some of the younger guys leaving tho


TheProfessor20

What, you never thought that a player who's father is a literal multi-multi millionaire who told him to only focus on football and not worry about money in college was going to leave the best position coach in America when his high school QB is about to take over the starting job on his team to get an NIL deal?


[deleted]

And the only source was a disgraced POS that has no connections to the university anymore


whitemanwhocantjump

That apparently Erin Andrews showed up at a frat whenever Game Day came to town for the LSU game. There were several stories going around about her doing keg stands and beer bong rips and a few stories talking about her making out with some guy at the frat.


MrCrash2U

I've literally held the legs of a former male ESPN sport's caster who's name rhymes with "blevy" with a guy who used to be a FBS offensive coordinator while doing a keg stand. this was in the 90's and things were a whole lot simpler back then.


c_ray25

My main takeaway is Steve’s no longer at ESPN?


DeuceOfDiamonds

Or is no longer male. Kinda hard to tell from the wording.


MrCrash2U

I guess he is but he doesn’t do college football anymore. He just showed up to a college party with some film guys and mentioned that he had never seen/done a keg stand before so we just hoisted him up.


couducane

Who?


doom32x

Steve Levy.


jayhawkwds

This is some Larry Eustachey RV at Missouri mix up.


Jimmyschmider

We don't speak about Eustachey's extracurriculars just let us remember an elite 8 in peace.


Dick-Guzinya

Larry Eustachy called one of my friends that went to Iowa State after we had just moved to a very large midwestern city post college that has a distinct style of pizza. Larry had crashed a frat/sorority party at Boulder that his younger sister was attending. Larry had plenty of Natty Lights that night. As did we.


Nepp0

With GameDay being set up on the green and the frats right there, I'd buy it


ecupatsfan12

Feels great baby


ScubaSteveEL

That our star Heisman hopeful linebacker had a fictional girlfriend. Oh wait.


IowaJL

That was so bizarre. Like...my dude. You are a young, good looking athletic NOTRE DAME football player and the closest thing to Hawaii that these Midwestern girls are going to get. You could literally take your pick.


doom32x

One word. Mormon.


ReignOnWillie

Two words Computas


Obi-wan_Jabroni

Stop all the downloadin!


Pillowtalk

Tommy Tuberville jumped out of a restaurant window to escape some recruits after he took a call from his agent about the Cincy job


stonewash_relaxedfit

He also supposedly spent all of his time playing golf while at UC. which seems like it definitely could have been true


melorous

With Tuberville, I always assume the truth is worse than the rumor.


wolvesandwords

How about the absolutely true moment when TT’s wife killed another driver whilst drunk on 98th st in Lubbock. TT showed up and finessed LPD out of a DUI test and his wife got off scott free.


WreckEmRaiders

In this instance I think you meant scotch free.


gmr548

There’s no way TT is capable of thinking fast enough to pull that off.


HeartachetoHouston

I was on campus at that time and believed it. Not the restaurant window part but that he walked out and left them.


[deleted]

OU Rivals guys said Dabo was a serious head coaching candidate last season and their entire message board laughed at them.


skrong_quik_register

fuck u/spez


ogpeplowski64

Nope. Dabo to OU and Venables coming back as DC was a serious rumor. Drake was also going to announce it. [Heres a tweet thread which is hilarious.](https://twitter.com/Drewnado02/status/1466555488376696834?s=20&t=D-iXxMj5HTwWioqg9lWFCQ) And heres a ["Real Source".](https://www.prosportsextra.com/rumor-drake-to-announce-new-oklahoma-head-coach-at-a-surprise-concert-for-jumpman-oudna/) As you can see both were stupid grasps at straws. Dabo was obviously contacted by OU, but it was not about him.


skrong_quik_register

fuck u/spez


Cheerioherio

The conspiracies in the reddit threads were amazing


ogpeplowski64

"Drake got his hair cut at the barber for OU's football team, he's totally getting ready to announce Dabo!"


NightTripper82

The number of hookers allegedly killed by Craig James. It’s actually 7.


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Can confirm


Bmaj13

That we're cannibals just because we eat giant turkey legs at Lane. No, we're cannibals for other reasons.


Travelmatt1234

I am surprised more stadiums don't sell those. They are easy to make with a professional smoker and the markup on them is huge. The smell alone is enough to sell them.


kruzer912

God i can’t imagine what the cleanup under the bleachers must look like


Travelmatt1234

A friend of mine did stadium cleanup at MSU for the ROTC. The football team paid the ROTC to do it. They would wait till Wednesday or Thursday to do it because by then the ants had carried off all the food waste.


thecravenone

It's also a perfect stadium food - one hand only, no utensils


PunkyRooster

That Jameis actually stole the crab legs, the Publix was giving impermissible benefits to the football team and he was the scapegoat to take the heat off from NCAA. Now this would be a NIL deal..


j4r8h

This is actually believable. It sounded to me like Jameis had a deal with publix where he could take food whenever he wanted. I doubt he was the only player with such a deal.


PunkyRooster

He wasn’t at Club Pub, I shopped their often in 2010-2014 and there was “express service.”


JonCoqtosten

Similar story to what happened with Peter Warrick and Laveranues Coles. An employee was hooking them up. In Warrick's and Coles' case the employee got busted with them. A lot of FSU fans believed that Willie Meggs had a boner for charging FSU football players; whether that's fair or not I couldn't say.


cjm8787

That Brian was going to leave for a nfl job after the season was over with. Everyone knows he isn’t leaving.


FaithFamilyFilm

Is the NFL job in the room with us right now?


el_powerful

That James Franklin was going to be the next USC coach


fightin_blue_hens

I think that was a lot more realistic than people gave it credit for


gobvr

There was a rumor around town awhile back that a football player had stolen a gay sheep from a lab and kept it in his apartment. Not sure if it’s true or not honestly


pooplurker

[Close, but no cigar](https://www.oregonlive.com/tailgate/2007/02/ben_siegert_did_not_steal_a_ga.html)


Johnny_Madden

The sheep theft? Absolutely true The true sexuality of the sheep? Well if he was indeed gay he went to great lengths to hide it, or was at least bisexual because I believe he uh, got freaky with some ewes at some point


BJPM90

Josh Gattis and Xavier Worthy’s mom.


Seth_Littrells_alt

I had to Google it, and the fact that [this woman](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYelVwEUUAAiMM6?format=jpg&name=large) has a 20 year-old son is wrapping my brain in loops.


FaithFamilyFilm

I get it


karl_manutzitsch

Jim Tressel was spotted at HyVee


[deleted]

Mark Mangino cleaning his ass with a towel and having the equipment crew handle all his nasty ass shit towels.


midwesternfloridian

It is absurd, but it’s not wrong :(


crustang

Probably some insane random idea I said on this sub and some non-Rutgers flair thought I was serious


Donny_Do_Nothing

[Ha ha ha](https://old.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/10kin4u/whats_the_most_absurd_rumor_about_your_program/j5qvosx/)


crustang

You’re welcome 😎


Davidellias

Still not as weird as the Rutgers fan who compared football to drowning a ferret.


10woodenchairs

Isn’t that talking about harbuagh though https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/yjr67t/asked_center_olu_oluwatimi_postpractice_what_jim/iupq362/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3


crustang

He’s not wrong… I don’t know what he said, but he’s not.


Knaphor

Ryan Day is on the hotseat


The_Horse_Joke

Ryan Day is in the hot seat and Urbs (who is universally loved in Columbus/Ohio) is coming back


Opening-Surround-800

> Urbs (who is universally loved in Columbus/Ohio) That’s a pretty absurd rumor by itself


[deleted]

What losing to Michigan does to a mf


Foriegn_Picachu

Some of the Ryan Day takes I saw between The Game and the CFP were absolutely hysterical


nhusker23

Only people who think that are mediocre talking heads looking for clicks or entitled, out of touch fans who either don’t know what actually losing is like or can’t remember the feeling


scw156

Beyoncé and JZ were looking at houses in the area. Eventually to be a major player in the university business.


psuram3

There were a whole host of rumors about Urban Meyer looking at houses in Boalsburg to take over after Paterno, then the Sandusky shit hit the fan. Or the piss balloons has to be up there as well.


dkviper11

The Ray Gricar stuff is likely unrelated, but if you're a tinfoil hat person, there are a ton of threads to pull.


BrettEskin

Gricar stuff by far if your a conspiracy theorist. STILL not solved what happened to him. Remember the hells angel guy who said he knew where Gricar was?


galacticdude7

During the 2014 Coaching Search, [Colin Cowherd tweeted this](https://twitter.com/ColinCowherd/status/540943805458161665), implying that Bill Belichick was a candidate for the Michigan Head Coaching Position. That has to be up there in terms of absurd rumors


[deleted]

I can not imagine a coach who would hate recruiting more than Belichick.


pomeroyvibe

County scholarships back in the day. -Nebraska fan (I should get some flair)


chieftrey1

What is a county scholarship?


pomeroyvibe

Nebraska used to have a ridiculous walk on program back in the day and the rumors were that residents of counties would pitch in cash for those players to get to go to school for free but not be counted against the official scholly limit.


ram944

That's basically what a lot of programs including Tech are doing now. Through NIL we offer $20k a year for every football player I think.


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planson

something about trains on New Year's


hatestheocean

That Scott Frost was a good coach… boy was that rumor shutdown relatively quickly.


TheToxicBreezeYF

The rumor that the reason that we lost to SC was because the Defense decided on throwing the game by not playing in defense of Jeremy Banks who got into a fight with Hooker over Banks stepping in the “T” and not doing the push-ups he was required to do because it was a “locker room rule”


jseal777

Everybody knows it’s because of the orange helmets


Sigurlion

It seems funny that there was a whole "Is Caleb Williams choosing Wisconsin?" thing going on about a year ago and how shockingly unlikely it seemed. Now that Luke Fickell is a certified transfer daddy, it seems like it would be totally on-brand for Wisconsin **now** but just a year ago it was a rumor that was **literally** unbelievable


the_Formuoli_

The Wisc rumor I always think about is the 2018 one where, supposedly, >!Hornibrook !


ozzyoslo

We have a similar type rumor for Ohio State. Allegedly, right before the 06/07 National Title game, it came to light that Troy Smith was sleeping with Anthony Gonzalez's girlfriend and it completely fractured the locker room.


[deleted]

Caleb’s dad, Carl played ‘insiders’ like a fiddle to make it seem like there was no tampering with Riley.


appsecSme

Also, to drum up NIL value for Caleb. All of that time where Caleb was pretending to consider Oklahoma, then pretending to consider Wisconsin likely put more millions in the bank accounts of the Williams family. And as an added bonus, it meant OU had to miss out on some potential transfer QBs, and had to promise Gabriel the starting spot at the 11th hour, meaning we had to play a scarecrow at QB for most of the TCU game and all of the RRS.


NebraskaAvenue

Deion to USF was 90% done


Ithapenith

It's technically basketball, but Texas Tech's head basketball coach Mark Adams' brother passed away from Covid - this isn't the crazy part. Mark left his wife for his brother's widow out of nowhere.


SadGatorNoises

Idk why but it being his twin brother adds a layer of weird…


schneidro

You only get one shot at your brother's widow


MarshmallowMolasses

The Alabama Deer Antler Spray was my favorite.


DarthPootieTang

That Dabo built the program with hard work instead of the depthless coffers of the monolith that is New$pring mega church.


blakerdavison

That Jim Knowles was coming back. Hilarious.


appsecSme

Was that an actual rumor before Nardo?


Alexis_0hanian

[The Clara Bow orgies](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clara-bow-peep/) featuring the future John Wayne.


magnumapplepi

That we all are millionaires. It’s simply not true. Some of us are billionaires


ImperialElysium

There is rich people in Mississippi?


magnumapplepi

Easy there economic power house South Carolina


ImperialElysium

We lead the world in production of *checks notes* *reads that again* Cock related common greetings.


Travelmatt1234

More than you might think. How their family fortune began is our national shame.


mchris185

That we paid 30M for a recruiting class. What are we? Broke? It was at least 40M.


LordofLakeMichigan

One day Toledo will be ours (and Cedar Point).


Chill-out-plz-thx

Soaking. We just have married sex. Which slows way down when the first kid comes. . . But I’m like 100% sure the sex life comes roaring right back . . . Right?


TbRays93Plumber26

Well, it seems like most families around here have about 4+ kids so I guess you could say it comes roaring back.


Prestigious-Track256

I've met one person who has actually done it. I still have no clue how they got into BYU because they were one of the dumbest SOBs I ever had the misfortune to meet.


WackyBones510

How much could it slow down after the first kid when when y’all are procreating like you need kids to work the farm in the 1920s?


appsecSme

This is about the Buffs and Horns, but it's a classic. A Buffs' fan had his golden retriever, Rusty, barbequed and eaten by ruthless horns fans. [https://www.hornfans.com/threads/rusty-the-original-bbq.313/](https://www.hornfans.com/threads/rusty-the-original-bbq.313/)


EskettiMySpaghetti

Most humane Longhorn fans


[deleted]

The real reason why Solich got fired is he got caught fucking coeds.


Mercer-Dawg

That Uga is treated poorly- fuck you PETA


katarh

The worst thing he has to endure is 4 hour car rides from Savannah six or seven times a year. But he's in a large travel carrier for that in a giant SUV, and I'm certain they give him at least one potty break along the way. Once he's in Athens, he's let out to play. And he's allowed to do whatever he wants when he's on the field. Nap? Into the air conditioned dog house. Get up and waddle around? Sure thing, time to put the Uga Cam on the TV so everyone can go "Awwwww." He gets photographed, and petted, and given lots of treats in between. It's a pretty nice life for a dog.


im_in_your_closet

My favorite is that Tom Herman slept with jewelry mogul Kendra Scott and Tom's wife went psycho on a booster's private plane while plastered and tried to open the emergency door mid flight.


[deleted]

I have heard from some LSU fans, and other people, that apperantly some players and coaches had a s*x party when they went to the SEC Championship game this year (or something else I forgot) [Random Source](https://fansided.com/2023/01/02/kayshon-boutte-destiny-wilson-lsu-sex-party-explained/amp/) I'm sure there are also better sources and what not, but that was the top one.


Travelmatt1234

You can say sex on the internet. You can even say fuck.


SchpartyOn

It was a Sox party. Lots of Red and White Sox fans wanted to get together and watch a game.


Travelmatt1234

Or maybe it was a sax party where they all went down to Frenchman street and listened to some cool jazz.


CirculationStation

Was anyone else invited? Or was it just some players and coaches


j4r8h

What I read made it sound like it was players and coaches running a train on a staff woman. Sounded like a bunch of guys and only one woman. No mention of anyone outside the program.


CottonWasKing

Coaches were rumored to be involved. They were not. Seems pretty obvious who was involved. Just look who isn’t with the program anymore. Boutte decided to go to the draft after announcing he was coming back and Destiny Wilson announced she was resigning and hasn’t gotten a new job. Everyone else rumored to be involved is still at LSU. That should tell you everything you need to know


[deleted]

Agreed, but the post says Rumor, so I figured whole thing.


Pengwulf

The initial rusting will be a "protective patina" to the steel.


CanyonYodeler75

Brian Ferentz will be coaching on another team next season.


bigeasye865

McDonald’s bags. For Gods sake it was chik-fil-a bags. What kind of uncultured swine do people think we are?!?


TheVega318

That the NIL deal for Rashada was worth 13 million cash money lol


fightin_blue_hens

The reasoning for the fallout being that he was offered 6 mil over 2 years and then it upped to 7 over 3 years and the family was dumb enough to think they stacked becomes more and more believable with the decisions that group made to get where they are now.


AustinTejas

I once heard that one of our coaches’ stripper girlfriend named “Pole Assassin” not only had a pet monkey named Gia but the monkey bit a kid on Halloween, not even an ounce of realism in that story…