1996 Currently, Belue co-hosts (with John Kincade) midday radio show Buck and Kincade on 680 The Fan in Atlanta, Georgia. "Twenty years we've been here. They hear about Herschel [Walker], Coach Dooley, Erk Russell, Buck Belue, and there were just so many guys that played a big part in the championship, and it really gave me an opportunity to really brag on them, which was a real motivator, too.". The Wildcats loss to Lowndes and the close game the year before were the turning points of the series, and turned it into a true rivalry, Lastinger said. Heads up to Atlanta area high school quarterbacks and receivers: I'll be hosting my annual QB Passing Camp this July, again. He was redshirted during what would have been his regular sophomore season at Georgia after suffering a knee injury. Belue threw for 299 yards in his career, completing 37 of 68 passes with 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. I just wanted to be real with that, Belue said. Buck Belue was born and raised in Titletown, USA also known as Valdosta, Georgia. Mason Elementary School ; W.G. It was the last one. They just burned the thing, Prince said. The History of the Winnersville Classic: Valdosta, Lowndes and a Community-Wide Celebration, 4 Questions With Northside Warner Robins Football Coach Chad Alligood, One-Point Wins Highlight Exciting Georgia Boys Basketball Playoffs, 4 Questions with McEachern Football Coach Kareem Reid, McCullough Triplets Ready for Next Chapter in Wrestling Careers, Baltimore Ravens WR Rashod Bateman Honored by Hometown Tifton, Trinity Catholic Celtics Find Success with Former Gators QB John Brantley, Showcase Football Events Attract High-Profile Programs, Rewind: Top 10 Florida High School Football Prospects Since 2000. The class also includes two players that went to Valdosta High School (Rome and Belue), Avondale (Dudish and Kell), Warner Robins (Brooks and Simmons), Washington County (Spikes and Edwards) and Parkview (Francoeur and Stinchcomb) while 26 other high schools had one player represented. However, this week in anticipation of his new book "Inside the Hedges," Belue took to Sirius XM's SEC This Morning to share a story from his . We were playing old youth league football at 9, 10, 11 years old, and were playing at about 8 in the morning, and if you look back in the stands, youd usually see Coach Bazemore watching the games. Some call them Winnersville. Its a good feeling knowing you represent Valdosta. We had a fellow by the name of Freddie Steedley who had a mule, and he agreed to put on the overalls and straw hat and ride the mule out to midfield before the game, Prince said. Buck Belue famously guided Georgia's football team to a national championship 42 years ago. [Rome, a 6-foot-4 tight end, set a national record for receiving yards in a season. I host The Buck Belue Show on 680 The Fan Atlanta, weekdays 10-11. His next signings currently are planned for July 22 (6-8 p.m.) at Padriacs in Vinings and July 24 (4-6 p.m.) at Rosatis Sports Pub in Belues current hometown of Cumming. We were playing old youth league football at 9, 10, 11 years old, and were playing at about 8 in the morning, and if you look back in the stands, youd usually see Coach Bazemore watching the games. Valdosta High School Graduate. I was blessed with this great coaching. [Belue passed for a state-record 5,214 yards and won two region titles in his four Valdosta seasons. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. [Johnson scored on a 68-yard run on the final play of the first half, then threw a 28-yard TD pass and a two-point conversion in the final seconds for a 26-26 tie. [5] Belue also played during the 1984 and 1985 seasons at quarterback for the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL. The Valdosta Wildcats are undoubtedly one of America's most successful high school football teams, with more than 900 victories, two dozen state titles and its star players seemingly on a. ], Ive also got some memories of Coach Hyder trying to turn the program around and he took me to some playoff games to watch Michael Jolly [the quarterback on Central-Macons 1975 Class 3A championship team]. Buck Belue, former Valdosta, UGA quarterback. [3], Belue also lettered in baseball all four years at Georgia. And a Plains teen girl borrowed Jimmy Carters clothes. In 1977, Wilsons second season, he made good on his assurance to Martin that he was finally going to beat Valdosta, and on his boast to Hyder that he was going to whip your [butt], by leading the Vikings to an incredible 7-2 win over the Wildcats in front of a frenzied Lowndes home crowd. I grew up admiring most of those guys on the list we were voting on. Thats when I figured it was time to go., 3. We were in an extra bedroom, and his wife came in a couple of times and told him dinner was ready. Your high school friends are looking for you! Belue played all four years on Georgias baseball team. It was fun to finally get it all down on paper, Belue said of the writing process. Buck Belue led Georgia to a 12-0 record and a national title in 1980. Published: Apr 25, 2022, 10:44 AM. You mentioned that you saw many of the players that were on the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame ballot or were voted in. Way too much credit is given to Herschel (Walker) and Lindsay (Scott) and Buck. "We just love it. I had Jack Rudolph coaching the defense. Well, the only thing that went crazy was the mule. Search and browse yearbooks online! His 37 career touchdowns are fourth all-time for the franchise. Baker said the bands from both schools began joining forces on the field before each game and would play the National Anthem together. $1 Million - $5 Million. We got the ball with about three or four minutes left inside our own 10 and drove down to the 1-yard line with like two seconds left. Ron Simmons was a monumental piece of Warner Robins state and National Sports News Service (NSNS) national championship team that went 13-0 and was considered by some the most dominant Georgia team in history. Netflix on Friday is premiering 'Titletown High,' a documentary series chronicling Valdosta (Ga.) High School's 2020 football season and Rush Propst, its controversial coach. Freshman Buck Belue took over the starting Quarterback job at Valdosta in 1974 and he didn't give it back until he used up his eligibility. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. He was going to youth league programs, scouting the local talent. 1 recruit in the country. When Wilson arrived, he saw that many among the Lowndes faithful were not too crazy about the references to the Vikings being known as the country school. Valdosta missed a two-point try in the third quarter and a 31-yard field goal with 1:23 left. Redshaw also talked about the days just before the game, when fans of both teams would cruise up and down Ashley Street, hurling insults out the window at each other. While Atlanta was being called Loserville by mostly state and national sports writers, Chason replied in his column that Valdosta was doing very well with the success of its local sports teams and was worthy of the title Winnersville.. Low around 65F. Mark Lemke joins me. One of the key plays in the 1980 season was a 93-yard touchdown pass from Belue to wide receiver Lindsay Scott[1] On Friday morning, Belue, who starred at quarterback for Valdosta High School and the University of Georgia, returned to his alma mater to hold a camp for Valdostas quarterbacks and receivers. These are former students from VHS in Valdosta, GA who graduated in 1978. He was the quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1980, when the team went 12-0, and, after beating Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, was named the consensus national champion. They were running the same sets and plays. Jun. Hundreds of people turned out at the The Salty Snapper, including former Valdosta High classmates and UGA teammates. Even though we had practiced riding the mule out there on the field several times, we had not done it with 12,000 screaming fans, Prince recalled with a laugh. It turned out it was a bad snap from the center and threw off the timing. You just looked at Bazemore like Lombardi at the time. Don Shula's Miami Dolphins went undefeated and won the Super Bowl. Even on a business trip in a remote Caribbean country, it followed the former. Reached by phone this week, Dooley said he has not yet read Belues book. The timing was awful, Buck Belue writes in his new book, Inside the Hedges. Most of the players thought it was a selfish move to even do an interview. Most coaches are going to take their schemes to the grave, but he learned the new offense and made the change for the team. But Belues retelling of that episode during Georgias 1980 championship season is just one example of the honest account the former star quarterback shares of playing for the Bulldogs from 1978-81. Really, my wife kicked me in the butt and said, 'Let's finish this thing.'". We spent so many Friday nights at Cleveland Field, or Bazemore-Hyder Stadium as they call it now, watching them win big. Holcomb oversees the Wildcat Football Museum and sits on the Board of Directors for the Valdosta Touchdown Club. What the Georgia receiver did after the catch, easily winning a 75 . Tevin Tisdale in the 2018 game, said MacPherson. Buck goes shopping with his daughter at the Braves Store in SunTrust Park.It is obvious they are not on the same page when it comes to jersey shopping.. What do you get when you combine the winningest high school football program in the country with one of the most consistently winning football programs in the state over the last three decades? I should have done it a long time ago. I was friends with Coach Wilsons son, Jody, so I got some behind-the-scenes access to practice and going to the games and seeing the locker room. Baker said of all the great players he coached against in the Winnersville Classic, none was better than James Wildman Carter. That was the dream of every young athlete in Valdosta, and that dream didnt go much further than that. At quarterback, its about being a leader, and being a field general. 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