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Coach Dave McClain -- Goodnight, sweet prince

Twenty-five years ago today -- April 28, 1986 -- Coach Dave McClain was taken from us.   He is surely not forgotten.

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Fodetus mortuus est, semper vive Fodetus.   The photo collage with the Baggott article is priceless.  Nobody could wear sans-a-belt pants like Digger.

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A really  good human being who brought quality football back to UW.   I still remember going to my first UW band concert shortly after he died.  It was held in Camp Randall and at one point in the...

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badgerphil wrote:UW fb rapidly spiraled downhill until.....Absolutely.  The silver lining is that by hitting rock bottom the entire situation had to be assessed and a new commitment was made to the...

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I know people want to speculate what if, but Barry Alvarez and Dave McClain are two very different people. It's my opinion Barry's nature and mentality led us to a Rose Bowl where such an environment...

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badgerrepublic wrote:I know people want to speculate what if, but Barry Alvarez and Dave McClain are two very different people. It's my opinion Barry's nature and mentality led us to a Rose Bowl where...

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Per UW.....Varsity....UW's On-line magazine.....April 28, 1986 McClain passes away unexpectedly  Head football coach Dave McClain, 48, died of cardiac arrest. McClain coached the Badger football team...

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I had gotten to know Dave some having picked him up and transported him to several Alumni events.  He got me tickets to a couple games and called to be sure I had gotten them.  Nice touch.I was at the...

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Rmasters - that was McClain's last win.  They would get throttled by MSU the following Saturday in the snow and, sadly, we know what happened after that.  I also vividly recall McClain's first win at...

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Dave McClain was a very nice man.  He was a good coach and was fair.  I was in his second recruiting class.  My career didn't go the way I wanted, but I remember talking with him in the shell after it...

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Tk--glad to hear your comments about Dave's being a good guy.   That's how we fans perceived him; and I always figured he was very genuine.   He was the type of guy that any father would have felt...

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A couple of my Nuke E prof's always linked McClain's death to Chernobyl.

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NuclearBdgr wrote: A couple of my Nuke E prof's always linked McClain's death to Chernobyl.Yep, that Monday was when the West started figuring out something wasn't right over in the Soviet Union  

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Phil, he was a good old fashioned coach and good character.  We had  lot of talent in those days and while he had his favorite players, he was not very political.   

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That senior season of yours, Tk, was a fun one to watch.....although the loss to Illinois, with the famed "skip pass", still ranks as one of my all-time heart-breakers.  McClain recruited a lot of...

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"I've still got some old tapes of his tv show; when I watch them I still feel some of the hurt that his loss brought to UW football and its fans..."You should figure out how to get those on You Tube....

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Re: Coach Dave McClain -- Goodnight, sweet prince

badgerphil wrote:That senior season of yours, Tk, was a fun one to watch.....although the loss to Illinois, with the famed "skip pass", still ranks as one of my all-time heart-breakers.  McClain...

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Re: Coach Dave McClain -- Goodnight, sweet prince

I had customers and friends In Indianapolis who were big OSU fans and I represented a Columbus vendor that was selling this customer.  Vendor had season tickets in the upper deck, so I loaded these...

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Re: Coach Dave McClain -- Goodnight, sweet prince

I was and am very proud of those teams.  McClain engineered a classic program turn around. '79 and '80 we improved our defense and competed with the little 8.  My freshman year we got thrashed by...

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Per Madison.com......Andy Baggot: McClain finally gets Hall passhttp://host.madison.com/sports/college/football/article_26a321a6-7139-11e0-acf5-001cc4c002e0.html

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Re: Coach Dave McClain -- Goodnight, sweet prince

McClain was coach through the first three years while I was at UW (Hilles in '86), and built a sense of belief that the football program could actually compete with the Big 2. Even during his...

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