VALDOSTA - Former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback, Buck Belue, will be doing a book signing at Salty Snapper on Friday, June 17. He was a country boy and proud of it. Probably the most successful event to date was a couple of weeks ago in Valdosta. As for the Dooley thing, Belue makes no apologies. As a young boy there growing up in Valdosta, we all dreamed of the day we would get to high school and wear that Wildcat uniform and win a state title. Call: (916)383-0110 (510)781-4800. I thought long and hard about what I was going to put in there., Photos: Impressive details in Georgia Bulldogs championship rings, Athens celebrates its long-awaited Bulldogs title with parade and stadium event, The drought is over: Georgia is national champion again, Mark Bradley: Mighty Georgia runs down Bama to claim its long-sought championship, QB Stetson Bennetts story a testament to the Georgia community that nurtured him, Steve Hummer: Champion 1980 Bulldogs have waited long enough for company. Even on a business trip in a remote Caribbean country, it followed the former. It was just playing for the Wildcats. The first time was when Bazemore retired, and they hired Charlie Green. It was WWII. Hopefully the renewed interest in the program would spill over and may have people interested in what happened in 1980.". "It allowed me to talk about my hometown and brag on the people that helped me through those high school days. Oh yeah, they had a bounty out for Bucks jersey, Baker said. He also told them they have the talent to be a great football team, and said he was excited about the upcoming season, the first under new coach Rick Tomberlin. The police asked us about the flyers, and coach Jerry Don Baker came walking over and told the cops the plane had a Lowndes County Vikings license plate, Henderson said with a laugh. Lowndes and Valdosta fans certainly embraced the Winnersville rivalry, showing their love for the home team and their disdain for the other side. He shared time with Jeff Pyburn a. Both were thrilled to have the chance to work with a former player whod not only been Valdostas quarterback, but had also played for Georgia and the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL. Created by Ellen Kennerly Made with Squarespace, 2022 Georgia High School Football Daily. John Lastinger remembers that game and the play. 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. Belue set the state record for career passing yards with 5,214, which he accumulated as a four-year starter at Valdosta. Quarterback of Georgia's 1980 National Championship Team Captain of the 1981 SEC Champion Georgia Bulldogs Twice selected as 1 st Team All-SEC QB 4-Year Starter on the Georgia Baseball Team Twice selected as 1 st Team All-SEC Outfielder Led the SEC in hitting Honored as the SEC Athlete of the Year 1981. ], Then, Valdosta was really laying down the hammer in 1971 [winning a national championship in Coach Bazemores final season]. Youve been to about 10 cities to sign your book, and youve got several more scheduled. He and his wife had an apartment next to the school, and I would go over to watch film with him. Wild Concerts: Park releases show schedule, EDITORIAL: Wild Adventures makes 2023 plans, Suspect arrested in Valdosta shooting death, Celebrating Ms. Jeanette: Tree planting honors Coody, Pepsi honors Stronger Together recipients. I just think of all the people that helped me get there, as I mentioned, Coach Bazemore, Coach Hyder, Coach Wilson, Coach Rudolph. This is the story of the Winnersville Classic, the annual showdown between Valdosta High School and Lowndes High School. [6] After the demise of the USFL, Belue spent two years on the football coaching staff at Valdosta State University, serving as an offensive assistant. Holcomb oversees the Wildcat Football Museum and sits on the Board of Directors for the Valdosta Touchdown Club. He also ran for 75 yards in 10 attempts. One of their defensive linemen, Charles Bergman, got hold of Bucks jersey at the sleeve, and ripped it right off his back, Lastinger said. It includes Brooks County to the west.. Valdosta is the home of Valdosta State University, a regional university in the University . Then in July 2021, Hutson Mason became one of five co-hosts of The Locker Room, leaving Belue with his own show called The Buck Belue Show on WCNN. And when he showed up Friday to host a camp, they came to the field excited to learn from him. You also talk about the other coaches at Valdosta, especially Joe Wilson, who later became Lowndes head coach and led the Vikings to a 1980 state title, and Jack Rudolph, Valdostas longtime defensive mastermind [and father of Georgia Tech and NFL player Coleman Rudolph]. . At quarterback, its about being a leader, and being a field general. To order a book or get a copy at a book signing, click here. He is from American. Closed on Weekends. Our maintenance folks earned their pay that week.. A third Wildcat quarterback to be storied among these pages of Bulldawg Illustrated, this is Greg Talley, an alumni of Valdosta High School and the University of Georgia sounds familiar.For two of my previous 2019 columns, quarterbacks at VHS and Georgia (Buck Belue and John Lastinger) have been featured, so why stop there?A few years after these studs suited up in the silver britches, we . In 2007, the AJC ranked him the No. Former receiver Lindsey Scott, who lives in Valdosta, former linebacker Keith Middleton, a longtime Valdosta High assistant coach, and former quarterbacks John Lastinger and Greg Talley helped out. Lowndes High School opened its doors to students in 1966, and by 1968 was able to field a football team. He played two seasons of minor league baseball in the Montreal Expos organization. A couple of students jumped in the water and secured the ship so that it would not float over to the shore.. Belue was kidded about Valdosta falling to Clarke Central in the 1977 Class 4A state finals. Reid is forever known for The Run against Valdosta in the 2007 game. An astounding number at the time and a record that took more than a decade to break. It turned out it was a bad snap from the center and threw off the timing. Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA), Class of 1975, Page 130 of 272 | E-Yearbook.com has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. Everybody was running the Wing-T, and he ran the pro set, throwing the ball. He is also the only quarterback to start all four years for the Valdosta Wildcats where he was inducted as a member of the Valdosta High School Hall of Fame in 2007.[10]. Calvin McGuyrt, who claims to have attended more Wildcat games than any other living person since #1 Wildcat fan David Waller passed away, founded and hosted The Wildcat Tradition TV show for 33 years. He was the first 4 year starter at Quarterback at Valdosta High school. 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. And a Plains teen girl borrowed Jimmy Carters clothes. ATHENS The Georgia Bulldogs were mad. 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. He had everybody running the same offense so that by time you got to middle school and high school, you didnt have to learn any of it. They already had been to Jacksonville, Fla., Macon and Columbus. His coach, Bobby Bowden, called Simmons the most significant recruit and player in turning FSU into a national power. That was Lowndes first win ever against Valdosta, whose quarterback was Buck Belue, the future University of Georgia star. Joe wanted us to embrace the country boy label, Prince said. ET to 11:00 a.m. Coach Jerry Don Baker confirmed the rumor. I learned some things from him. Told of the passage about his Auburn flirtations, Dooley laughed and said he doesnt begrudge Belue for including it. Furious, actually. Belue played all four years on Georgias baseball team. The interview below follows the Four Questions format, along with three bonus questions with Belues thoughts on making the Hall of Fame (induction is Oct. 22), his most memorable high school game and how coach Wright Bazemore made him a quarterback. Chip Towers covers the Georgia Bulldogs for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The quarterback thing happened late for me, and it was Wright Bazemore that told the middle school coach to move me to quarterback, so I owe much of my football success to Coach Bazemore for having the insight to get me over to that position. Billy Henderson [Clarke Centrals coach] called three straight timeouts and iced the kicker. He was the best in the business. The highly recruited player chose Florida State and became the Seminoles first two-time consensus All-American (1979-80). Today's interviewee is Buck Belue, sports talk show host for 680 The Fan, quarterback for Georgia's 1980 national championship team, four-year starting quarterback at Valdosta, inaugural selectee into the new Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame and author of a new book, "Inside The Hedges," a look at Georgia's 1980 season and his athletic career. That place [Lowndes home stadium] was rocking before the 77 game, but we had known after that 76 game that this game was going to be different, and it was.. Don Shula's Miami Dolphins went undefeated and won the Super Bowl. By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great local journalism. Four other ex-Georgia players helped Belue at the camp. Simmons was selected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. Those were the low-key celebrations of Winnersville. Heads up to Atlanta area high school quarterbacks and receivers: I'll be hosting my annual QB Passing Camp this July, again. I was always a fan of the top players and programs and curious about the way they did it, what scheme they were running. There were a lot of guys who had a huge impact to the success of those teams.]. A couple of the mules handlers were able to catch the mule and bring him back to the field house. There was some of that thought process going on. In 2007, the AJC ranked Kinnebrew as the No. I had other friends there, too, just like they did that day in that room. We spent so many Friday nights at Cleveland Field, or Bazemore-Hyder Stadium as they call it now, watching them win big. What are your thoughts on making the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame? Events are being planned for Atlanta, Augusta and Marietta, among other cities. Sandra Belue's son and his roommate, Scott, had just carved out a piece of immortality. Mon - Fri: 7:30 - 4:30. Buck Belue Social Network Timeline 2007 He is also the only quarterback to start all four years for the Valdosta Wildcats where he was inducted as a member of the Valdosta High School Hall of Fame in 2007. Buck Belue 0:00 0:32 The "best team ever" conversation is an interesting one. "So most days, at the end of the day, I would just jot down some notes from the day. Valdosta City Schools ; J. L. Lomax Elementary School ; Pinevale Elementary School ; Sallas Mahone Elementary ; S.L. Buck Belue net worth Feb, 2023 Buck Belue net worth 611 Thousand Millions of dollars 76% Net worth score Disclamer: Buck Belue net worth displayed here are calculated based on a combination social factors. That was the dream of every young athlete in Valdosta, and that dream didnt go much further than that. Search and browse yearbooks online! And when he showed up. Rome talked about playing for the legendary Wright Bazemore. Like those Thomasville players [during 1973 and 1974 state championship seasons]. 16VALDOSTA Former Georgia national champion and Valdosta High quarterback Buck Belue returns to Valdosta Friday. How would you contrast and compare those iconic coaches? Partly cloudy skies this morning will become overcast during the afternoon. Im looking forward to reading it, Dooley said. 3 Georgia high school football player of all time by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2007, and this is just his football career. As a highly recruited back, Rogers went to South Carolina, where rushed for 5,091 yards, including 1,781 as a 1980 senior. All but Scott are former Valdosta players. Also, I was motivated by writing about the 1980 season and about the guys that never got the credit. UGA star Jalen Carter present at scene of fatal crash, From 2021: Buck Belue, QB of 1980 Georgia national champions, to call the Dawgs before kickoff, Georgia Tech hammers Syracuse as Jackets late-season surge continues, Braves notes: Jared Shusters first spring game, Michael Sorokas progress, Ian Anderson on spring debut: Im not gonna sugarcoat it. Ben Belue, 71, of Valdosta was a devoted family man and lifetime sales executive, born in Anniston, Ala. on Nov. 28, 1940 and raised in Macon, Ga. where he attended Lanier High School. His 34 wins as Valdostas signal caller is a team record, and hes the programs only four-year starter (1974-77). He and his wife had an apartment next to the school, and I would go over to watch film with him. I have nothing but respect for the man, Belue said of Dooley. What was the most memorable high school game that you played? He played at 6 feet, 2 inches, and 240 pounds but was exceptionally fast. He was the 1977 AJC Class 3A back of the year. Buck Belue Georgia QB. The book has become a family affair. The Vikings would begin playing crosstown rival Valdosta that same year, but it was a David-vs.-Goliath mismatch for the first decade or so, with Valdosta, boasting all those state and national championships not to mention a 50-year head start defeating the upstart Lowndes High in the teams first 11 games. 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. Walker led Georgia to a 1980 national title and finished his career with 5,259 rushing yards, the most ever in three seasons. Belue said he flirted with shopping his book to outside publishers, but opted instead to publish it himself. This record was later broken by Aaron Murray's 98-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Davis in Georgia's victory over North Texas in 2013. Baker, who coached from 1976-2006, recalled showing up on Monday morning the week of the Lowndes game, year after year, to a Valdosta High campus awash in hundreds of rolls of toilet paper, and walls and windows painted with pro-Lowndes messages. Defensive coordinator Erk Russell. No wonder Buck eyed. It was just playing for the Wildcats. In 1982, Walker won the Heisman Trophy. Generally, they build in signings around their everyday lives. Brooks scored 70 touchdowns at Warner Robins. 1996 Currently, Belue co-hosts (with John Kincade) midday radio show Buck and Kincade on 680 The Fan in Atlanta, Georgia. Its important to me to come back and pass that knowledge along. Their entire sideline of players and coaches tried to climb the wall to get into the stands, and some just took off running towards the opposite end of the stadium.. High School Highlights - Portal state basketball advances Prep Sports Blitz - Feb. 18, 2023 The Eagles Nest - Feb. 19, 2023 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. Then, the second time was when they brought in Nick Hyder from Rome.. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution named Walker the No. We were in position to win the national championship and he is about to jump to our rival? ], 6. But it was more than that. Belue quarterbacked the Bulldogs to a 12-0 record in 1980, culminating with a 17-10 win over Notre Dame Jan. 1, 1981 in the Sugar Bowl. When I got to Georgia, I felt I was way ahead of the curve. He fell short of a state title when Clarke Central beat Valdosta 16-14 in the 1977 Class 3A championship. Lastinger decided he wanted to make the annual football game more of a community-wide event and celebration, so beginning with the 1981 Valdosta vs. Lowndes game, he called it The Winnersville Classic. What had been just a game between the two local schools would become a week-long celebration involving the community, fans, players, and coaches, and the game would never be the same again. Alumni listings below have either been searched for or they registered as members of this directory. Youd see him around town and stop and go wow. Youd be in awe. Sign up now to get our FREE breaking news coverage delivered right to your inbox. That next morning, as Valdosta faculty, students, and parents begin arriving at the school, they saw the huge Viking ship floating in the pond in front of their school. Its something were going to build on. It was infuriating.. Despite having played each other since 1968, the Lowndes vs. Valdosta game didnt become the Winnersville Classic until 1981. Rome was ranked the No. It was so much fun going being part of that atmosphere. [Belue said the second motivation for writing the book was bragging on teammates and players at Georgia and Valdosta that didnt get the credit they deserved. 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.. [3], Belue also lettered in baseball all four years at Georgia. 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 two Wildcat backers agree on their most memorable moment: The Comeback.. She finally came in and dumped it on his lap. His 37 career touchdowns are fourth all-time for the franchise. Some call them Winnersville. Buck Belue is a 1978 graduate of Valdosta High School in Valdosta, GA. Sign up on Classmates for free to reconnect with Buck Belue and other high school alumni. We missed a chip-shot field goal that wouldve won the state championship for all of us. And I have so many great memories of him taking time to help coach me up. The dream was to wear that Valdosta uniform and do like every other graduate that came through, and that was win a state championship, and we played Clarke Central in Athens and lost 16-14. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.. Obviously, that did not happen. When I finally got a chance to talk to them, I told them I hoped theyd understand that the governor of Alabama, Fob James, was my roommate at Auburn and was involved in trying to persuade me. Because official statistics are not required or maintained by any state organization, the records that we display here come from individual schools and from media reports, primarily newspapers. Hes a very good coach, Belue said. We had weight limits, and if you weighed a certain amount, you couldnt play in the backfield, and I was a bigger kid then. But part of Belue's focus in writing the book was shining a light on his hometown of Valdosta, as well as some of the lesser known players on Georgia's 1980 team. Joe had been passed over for the head coaching job at Valdosta twice, Prince said. For him it simply was a passion project that needed to be done. He had everybody running the same offense so that by time you got to middle school and high school, you didnt have to learn any of it. Belue was a star quarterback at Valdosta High School. It was the last one. Benjamin Franklin 'Buck' Belue played American football and baseball at the University of Georgia from 1978 to 1981. He was totally unselfish, too. Stan Rome was awesome, too. You do well at Valdosta High, and you get a shot to play some college ball. Baker said the cheerleaders from both teams would usually meet at one of the girls homes, and the groups would alternate each season. Height: 6'1" Weight: 190 College: Georgia High School: Valdosta (GA) USFL Career: 1984-1985 More: Buck Belue complete pro stats Buck Belue played from 1984 to 1985 during his career with the Jacksonville Bulls. Im just humbled really by it all, just thankful that I was working alongside those coaches and teammates, without whom I wouldnt be able to enjoy something like this. $1 Million - $5 Million. There were coaches before him, but it was Wright Bazemore who took over as the Wildcats head football coach in 1942 and built the foundation for the winningest football team in the country. They were up 40-0 with 30 seconds left and still giving the ball to William Andrews. VALDOSTA, Ga. (WCTV) - The Valdosta High School football team has been hit with sanctions from the Georgia High School Association following an investigation into the program. Baker said of all the great players he coached against in the Winnersville Classic, none was better than James Wildman Carter. Bazemore watched you play in youth ball and suggested to the coaches that they move you to quarterback. . 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. Read, watch, and listen to the latest news and opinions in the high school sports world. Belue will host a book signing for his new book "Inside the Hedges". Valdosta missed a two-point try in the third quarter and a 31-yard field goal with 1:23 left. Please only use it for a guidance and Buck Belue's actual income may vary a lot from the dollar amount shown above. 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.". Its gone on for 30 years.. I basically wrote it on a Word document with the help of an editor, Belue said in a telephone interview this week. I had Jack Rudolph coaching the defense. We talked about a lot of things. 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. Valdosta High School is the most successful High School football program in the country. Its been written and put away for five years, then re-written and put away for 10 years and then re-written again. What is your favorite part of The Valdosta Daily Times? On this page: Player News Sports Reference Blog -- Get site news and learn about new and existing features. 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