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377:"It was toward the end of the year, and kids had final exams," he recalled. "I had to call a timeout, so they could go take final exams. And that included starters! But the expectation was the same - win the game."
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342:bowl games
276:Mack Brown
106:Miami (OH)
38:1947-03-27
1470:Jim McKoy
1349:Tim Albin
1325:Jim Grobe
1285:Bill Hess
1261:Don Peden
1245:Don Peden
1141:Karl Core
671:NFL.com,
413:Standing
204:2000–2011
193:1998–1999
167:1995–1997
156:1992–1994
145:1990–1991
135:1985–1989
124:1982–1984
113:1978–1981
69:1965–1969
1351:(2021– )
1295:# (1978)
1093:No coach
930:Bob Bees
700:Archived
407:Overall
149:Illinois
1253:No team
646:May 19,
637:NFL.com
617:May 19,
278:at the
224:Overall
119:(QB/WR)
108:(QB/WR)
1239:(1923)
1183:(1905)
1175:(1904)
1167:(1903)
1159:(1902)
1151:(1901)
1143:(1900)
1135:(1899)
1127:(1898)
1119:(1897)
1111:(1896)
1103:(1895)
1095:(1894)
1024:(2021)
932:(1994)
859:(1971)
575:9–44–2
571:Total:
563:7–32–2
560:9–44–2
245:(1968)
237:Awards
227:9–44–2
47:, U.S.
556:Ohio:
545:1–6–1
542:1–9–1
522:4–3–1
519:4–6–1
404:Team
401:Year
208:Texas
197:Texas
160:Texas
728:2023
648:2009
619:2009
538:Ohio
533:1989
515:Ohio
510:1988
496:1–10
492:Ohio
487:1987
479:10th
473:1–10
469:Ohio
464:1986
456:10th
446:Ohio
441:1985
162:(WR)
151:(WR)
139:Ohio
130:(RB)
102:1977
73:Ohio
52:Died
32:Born
548:8th
525:5th
502:9th
499:0–8
476:0–8
453:2–7
450:2–9
1498::
719:.
639:.
635:.
605:.
592:^
185:AD
95:HC
1390:e
1383:t
1376:v
1071:e
1064:t
1057:v
772:e
765:t
758:v
730:.
650:.
621:.
431:)
427:(
40:)
36:(
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