Gill's debut: Buffalo vs. Temple

[motorboatjonesNU]

TD!!! Buffalo wins!!!

[Licensed to Ill]

TD!!! Buffalo wins!!!

No way!

 

Props to Coach Gill. Temple isn't a great team, but it's a win for what once was the worst team in CFB

[huskerhaze]

sweet

[NU fan in Denver]

Nice job coach. Hope he does well there and is able to get some wins for that team. A 4 or 5 win season for that team would be a major turnaround.

[dbetz23]

A 4 or 5 win season for that team would be a major turnaround.

Yea. But what are they going to expect in 3 or 4 yrs? Bowls? Conferance championships? Wins over Frankie?

[DJR313]

Congrats Turner, got the first one knocked away early. Hopefully that's not the only one he gets this year.

[RuffH20]

Nice job coach. Hope he does well there and is able to get some wins for that team. A 4 or 5 win season for that team would be a major turnaround.

AWESOME, didn't Buffalo only win something like 5 games in the last 4 seasons???

[gamecocks]

Good win for Turner Gill and Buffalo. A win in his first game should only help his players buy into his system and they should gain a ton of confidence.

[BigRedRick]

 

We love ya Turner!!!

[hack]

gotta start somewhere. at least the buffalo gills will with be able to say, "we didn't lose to temple."

[BLKSHIRTD]

wow congrats to coach gill on his first win as a head coach!!!!!!

[Runnin' Redneck]

Living in NJ our local cable carried the game - I watched for awhile but then found something more exciting to do, watch paint dry. Glad TG came away with a victory but sweet jesus they are bad.

[motorboatjonesNU]

Living in NJ our local cable carried the game - I watched for awhile but then found something more exciting to do, watch paint dry. Glad TG came away with a victory but sweet jesus they are bad.

Watch paint dry...

 

Personally I prefer watching a car rust.

 

With no scoring in until the 4th, I'm sure it was painful to watch...

 

Hopefully the other games will be more engaging.

 

great win, thoug for TG.

[Eric the Red]

Gill era in Buffalo begins with win over Temple

 

 

The Associated Press

 

 

(September 1, 2006) — AMHERST — Turner Gill would've preferred a little less suspense and a lot more scoring.

 

The win — however ugly — Gill will take, coming in his first game as head coach of perennially struggling Buffalo.

 

When James Starks sealed the 9-3 victory over Temple on Thursday night, scoring on an 18-yard scamper on Buffalo's first overtime possession, Gill raised his arms, turned to the cheering crowd and spiked his clipboard.

 

Two of Division I-A's most downtrodden programs had just delivered an early front-runner for worst game of the year, but it didn't keep the Buffalo faithful from celebrating.

 

The fans — 29,795 showed up for the coaching debut of the former Nebraska quarterback and Heisman Trophy finalist — then rushed the field in a wild celebration, capping a significant victory for the Bulls, who registered their first season-opening win since 1997 when they were a Division I-AA program.

 

"It makes it even sweeter," Gill said of winning in overtime. "It doesn't matter how it comes about, what the score of the game is, as long as you win by one point that's all you need to do."

 

Gill had many family members and friends in attendance, including two of his former Cornhuskers' teammates, receiver Irving Fryar and running back Mike Rozier.

 

Also present was quarterback Eric Crouch, whom Gill coached at Nebraska.

[NU fan in Denver]

A 4 or 5 win season for that team would be a major turnaround.

Yea. But what are they going to expect in 3 or 4 yrs? Bowls? Conferance championships? Wins over Frankie?

If he starts winning some games the next few years, possibly a bowl game, I don't expect him to be there in 4 years. He will have moved on to a better coaching job.