It was all a mass conspiracy and here's how it went down

Aug 26, 2005, 2:10 AM

Coots say probation is all Tenn & Clemson's fault

Reference this article:

http://www.southcarolina.scout.com/2/429088.html

Yes Gamecock fans.

We admit it.

It was ALL a mass conspiracy.

A double secret meeting was held at the Esso club sometime in the early 90's.

People in attendance were Tommy West, Phil Fulmer, Becky Bowman, Bobby Bowden, Brad Scott, Tommy Bowden, and Terry Don Phillips.

Summary of the meeting is as follows:

Tommy West knows already that he is in over head and won't be able to hold the head coach position long at Clemson.

Bobby Bowden knows that his team will probably win the National Championship - thus propelling Offensive Coordinator Brad Scott to a head coaching position.

Tommy Bowden wants the head coaching job at Clemson but needs to position himself.

Head coaches Tommy West, Bobby Bowden, and Phil Fulmer give Tommy Bowden the perfect playbook that will propel ANY team to a PERFECT SEASON - which will make him a viable candidate for Clemson job.

Tommy West, again, knowing that he is in over his head, agrees to put together 4 medicore seasons, culminating in a 3-8 season in '98 to coincide perfectly with the younger Bowden's perfect season at Tulane.

Meanwhile, Bobby and Brad, scheming to make the road at Clemson as easy on Tommy Bowden as possble, put together a plan to further decimate the ever feeble South Carolina Gamecock Football team. By doing this they will ensure that Tommy Bowden will have a long tenure at Clemson, because a win over the Gamecocks at the end of each year will go along way if the season is medicore.

Bobby knows that Brad will be offered the Gamecock job if the seminoles win the National Championship - so he rolls one off just to keep the plan in motion.

Brad, ever mindful of who is pulling the strings here, stretched his Gamecock tenure just long enough to devoid the program of all talent. It is a hard pill for Brad to swallow knowing that he will be taking a huge pay cut by going from head coach to assistant. But he does it all in blind loyalty to the Bowden clan.

Tommy Bowden, now the coach at Tulane, calls West at Clemson and tells him to put his 3-8 season into action. He calls Brad Scott at South Carolina and tells him, make sure you go 1-10 this year. He also comforts him and lets him know he will be hired at Clemson following his termination by the Gamecocks.

Now all that's left is for Tommy Bowden to go 12-0 at Tulane. He pulls out the "perfect playbook" (previosly provided at the Esso club double secret meeting) and rattles off a perfect season. This positions him for the Clemson job.

An intricate part of the plan, (and in fact this is the sheer brilliance of it all) is that Bobby Bowden, Phil Fulmer, and co are able to see several coaches ahead in the future.

Knowing that South Carolina will be devastated after the Brad Scott debacle, they can predict with unbelievable precision the eventual resignation of Lou Holtz at Notre Dame. By now, Lou should be ready to coach again and Bobby knows that Holtz and McGee are good friends. Bobby deduces with Columbo-like accuracy that McGee will hire Holtz.

This is where Fulmer comes in. As planned, Fulmer will back off of a yet to be determined "big name recruit" and immediately cry foul to his buddies at the NCAA. Bobby and Phil, seeing years into the future, know that Holtz is dirty and a call by Fulmer to the officials will turn up some dirt.

So:

FSU wins Title
SC hires Brad
TB goes undefeated at Tulane
West goes 3-8 at Clemson and gets canned
Brad goes 1-10 at SC and gets canned
Clemson hires TB
TB hires Brad
SC hires LOU
Fulmer cries foul
Investigation
Probation

I love it when a plan comes together

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It was all a mass conspiracy and here's how it went down

Its 2:30 in the morning. I'm still waiting on Geno's Mom!!!***

LMAO! That's funny stuff! Should have posted it earlier***

Re: sad...

Serious and funny read, Thanks :)***

I love how whoever wrote this blames the UVa loss on

If I were a coot fan

You must forget, this is the same team that said the only

Watson had nothing to do with it (pic)

UVA beat SCU by 13, 34-21 and it was a slap to the face of

Re: I had to stop reading at the next to last paragraph...

I stopped after the attendees..

I imagine it was all engineered by Ben Tillman...

Mass 'exodus' of Lou...pass some holy water please.***

Isnt it ironic

Interesting how in the EARLY 90s

Great stuff!***

You forgot about ...

Don't forget Strep Throat...

Mr. Gallo...

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