Jake Scott: Hall of Famer verifies motorcycle ride over Coliseum, rift with Vince Dooley
Q&A WITH JAKE SCOTT
The legendary and often misunderstood Jake Scott took time out from his busy fishing-and-traveling-the-world schedule to be interviewed via conference call this past Friday. The occasion for this rare media opportunity was Scott’s recent selection to be inducted into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame. The actual induction ceremonies will take place in December at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Jake Scott laughs during halftime ceremonies last year when he was included in the Miami Dolphins' Hall of Honor. (Photo by the South Florida Sun Sentinel).
Scott, a native of Greenwood, S.C., who played football for Georgia from 1966-68, was an All-SEC and All-America safety and kick returner for the Bulldogs. He still holds the school record for career interceptions with 16, which he collected in the only two seasons he was eligible for the Bulldogs, 1967-68. Freshmen were ineligible to play in 1966 and he controversially left the team to play in the Canadian Football League in 1969 (the NFL wouldn’t draft underclassmen in those days).
After one year of CFL ball, Scott embarked on an all-star professional career with the Miami Dolphins. In Miami, Scott was selected to five Pro Bowls (1971-75), played in three Super Bowls and was named MVP of Super Bowl VII in 1972 when the Dolphins finished 17-0. He intercepted 49 career passes and recovered 13 fumbles as a pro, including three seasons with the Washington Redskins.
Scott largely disappeared from public view after retiring from the NFL in 1978. After living high up in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado for a while, he moved out to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. He still resides there, staying fishing, playing golf and hanging out with friends. He also travels extensively between Hawaii, Georgia, Key West, Fla., New Zealand, Australia and other parts unknown.
Following is the exchange between me and Jake and a few other reporters who called in to take part in what ended up being a 20-minute interview.
Q: Jake, I have to ask you the most important question of all. Did you really ride a motorcycle across the top of Stegeman Coliseum?
A: “Well, you’ve got to call Brad Johnson [UGA running back, 1966-68] because he was the witness. That is an important question. It was an exciting ride. I had an old BSA. I went over the top. Going down the other side was tough. That’s when I got afraid.”
Q: How do you feel about being selected for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame?
A: “I think it’s a team honor more than it is a personal honor, because football is a team sport and if it wasn’t for the good players around me at Georgia or the good players around me in Miami, I wouldn’t be there. If you’re a loser, you lose. But if you win, you’ve got to win as a team. I’m just thankful for my teammates. I’m appreciative of what I’m getting but I wish they would’ve gotten more publicity. I can’t even remember what I did. That’s when you know you’re old. I’ve been real lucky and I’m thankful for it. I try to have some humility about it.”
Q: You’ve kind of infamously been out of the limelight since your retirement from the NFL. Can you explain why you’ve been somewhat hidden from public view?
A: “Well, there’s a great world out there and you need to get out there and see it. You can get caught up in your own life too much. You should go out and see other cultures and see other people and meet different people and just understand what’s going on in the whole world and understand what it’s about. That’s my advice. You’re not going to get really rich, but you’re going to have a good life. You can stay in one place all you like, which is great. But if you get out you find out everybody has the same problems, any races, any cultures, any creeds. That’s what you’ll find out; we’re all stuck here together. We should try to figure out a way to get along.”
Q: When asked about your inclusion in the Hall of Fame, your former coach Vince Dooley said you were the best overall athlete he’d ever coached. What did you think of those remarks?
A: “Well. I don’t know, he’s had some great players there. I must’ve blackmailed him or something for him to say that. But I appreciate that, because we had some great players come through Georgia and some great players who played for Coach Dooley, so I appreciate that statement. I’m not sure if it’s true, but I appreciate it.”
Q: Is it true that you had a rift with Coach Dooley over him accepting a bid to play in the Sugar Bowl rather than the Orange Bowl in 1968? And is that why you decided to leave after your junior season?
A: “Our whole team — and I think Coach Dooley put it in his book — something happened and we were promised we could pick where we wanted to go. And something happened with [former athletic director Joel Eaves] and Coach Dooley where they took the Sugar Bowl. We felt like we had a chance to play for the national championship. This was a team thing. We just felt like he didn’t think we could go over and beat Auburn and that really hurt our team. That’s what it was about, because we thought we were headed for the Orange Bowl. I think we were [ranked] 3 or 4 and 1 and 2 were playing in the Rose Bowl, and we thought we had a chance to win a national championship at the time. That’s how we felt.
“We all wanted the Orange Bowl. We were scheduled to play Kansas in the Orange Bowl. I could be wrong; that’s been a million years ago. But I think that’s what it was. So everybody on our team was really upset because we felt like, if you’ve got a chance to go for the ring, go for the ring.You know, what the hell!”
Q: So was that why you left?
A: “Yeah, that’s why I left. I went up to Canada to play wide receiver. Brad Johnson and I went up to the B.C. Lions and I played wide receiver for a year, just because I wanted to play some offense for a little bit. I got drafted by Miami and Joe Thomas bought me out of my contract and they got me down to Miami. That’s what happened.”
Q: So what have you been doing with your time?
A: “Nothing, just fishing and playing golf. I come back to the mainland a lot. My girlfiend, Laura Braswell, she’s got Buckhead Periodonics. And my mom [Mary H. Scott], she’s in assisted living — well, she calls it ‘independent living – at Merrill Gardens there on Johnson Ferry Road in Atlanta. So I get back and forth a good bit. But mostly just messing around between Hawaii and Georgia and Florida. I get down to Key West where my sister lives. I see her a good bit. Just traveling. We head to New Zealand every now and then and Australia and mess around that way. Mostly traveling and relaxing and fishing, doing what you’re supposed to do when you’re retired, if you’re lucky.”
Q: Do you visit with your former Dolphins’ teammates much?
A: “Every now and then I talk with them. I ran into a bunch of them when I went back down last year [for the Honor Roll induction]. [Larry] Csnoka is always trying to get me to go on his fishing show. But I said, ‘the hell with that.’ If you want to come over here [to Hawaii] I’ll show you the real show on how to fish. We talk to each other every now and the. I talk to Dick Anderson and Jim before he passed away last month. But I always stay in touch.”
Q: What is your most profound on-field memory from Georgia?
A: “I guess when we got lucky and tied Houston [10-10 in 1968]. We went 8-0-2 and Houston just kicked the hell out of us. We got lucky and tied it up. Afterward, Coach Dooley said ‘I hope we can meet them again in a bowl somewhere.’ And Brad Johnson and me looked at each other said, ‘I guess he wasn’t at the same game we were at; I don’t want to see those guys again.’ That’s a true story.
“If you look it up, they killed us. Erk Russell said we’re going to have to hold them to 200 yards rushing. I think they had 220 yards in the first half and they fumbled like five times inside our 2-yard-line. But that was an embarrassing game and we got lucky to tie. They were running the veer option and we couldn’t stop them. We got lucky at the end of the game and Jim McCullough kicked a field goal to tie the game for us. We had a guy named David Rholetter, he was All-SEC tackle, and he went up to McCullough and looked at him and said, ‘McCullough, if you miss this field goal I’m gonna kill you.’ That’s a true story. But you remember your losses more than your wins. ”
Q: Some of said that ‘68 team was as good as any Georgia has ever had?
A: “We had a great football team; we really did. Nobody could block [Bill] Stanfill and we had some great players and some great guys. That’s why I thought we should’ve tried for the national championship. We could play with anybody at the time, except maybe Houston. They had like six No. 1 draft choices.
“We should have won the Tennessee game. We messed up in that one. We should have lost the Houston game, so things balanced out I guess. You can’t worry about it.”
Q: Do you ever get back for Georgia football games these days?
A: “I went to the Alabama game when they lost three or four years ago. They asked Brad Johnson and me to be honorary captains for the coin toss. That’s been about it. I don’t get back much for football games. Crowds, too many people. Can I tell you the truth? Too many people; too many [expletive]. That’s not politcally correct but that’s the truth.”
Q: I loved the story Dave Hyde of the South Florida Sun Sentinel did back in 2006 when he tracked you down in Kauai. Did you read it?
A: “He had it wrong; most of it was wrong. He went to the Tahiti Nui [lounge] and had a few too many beers. But he did a pretty good job. He wrote a good story. I’m just kidding. He made me look a lot better than I am. I think he enjoyed himself while he was here.”
Q: I guess the big question now is whether you’ll actually show up for the black tie induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in December. So will you?
A: “What really happened, I had a good friend, Jim Mandich [former Miami Dolphins player and talk radio personality]. Well, ‘Maddog’ Mandich passed away last month. He called me [earlier this year] and he said, ‘if I get you in the college Hall of Fame, will you cooperate?’ I said, ‘whatever you want me to do, Jim.’ So I’m going.”
Q: So will you continue to keep a low profile?
A: “I haven’t been hiding out. I’ve just been somewhere else.”
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92 comments Add your comment
Hollywould
May 23rd, 2011
4:34 pm
Good read Chip. Loved to watch him and Anderson in that Dophin secondary. As an Auburn man, not so much at Georgia.
Hollywould
May 23rd, 2011
4:35 pm
Dolphin
dean
May 23rd, 2011
4:36 pm
Awesome Jake!
Dave in Buford
May 23rd, 2011
4:39 pm
Nice … Scott sounds like a real character who would be fun to hang out with.
Bourbon Dawgwalker
May 23rd, 2011
4:40 pm
This man gets it.
rxdawg79
May 23rd, 2011
4:58 pm
A former roommate of mine told me a story about Scott after he had been kicked out of McWhorter Hall, which was the athletes’ dorm at the time. He got placed in my friend’s hall and was either really really mad or really really loaded one night and walked down the hallway knocking holes in the wall with a broom handle. Everybody was afraid to confront, so they called the UGA police, but they didn’t want to get close to him either. He ran out of hallway (or consciousness) and just walked away.
THAT’s the kind of guy we need in the defensive backfield today.
Black Mountain Bulldog
May 23rd, 2011
5:09 pm
Jake is the coolest dude, to ever play , at Georgia
Ron Roberts
May 23rd, 2011
5:10 pm
Question….what’s the “expletive” that wouldn’t have been politically correct to put in the piece??? Any hints or similar verbage?
Shug
May 23rd, 2011
5:15 pm
What’s it mean to keep a low profile and out of the public view? It means not taking one of those hanger-on jobs like being an NFL analyst or taking some blowhard job with ESPN. It means going out and living the rest of your life.
sandman053
May 23rd, 2011
5:20 pm
I played golf with a guy who was his roomate on the freshman team. It was a pleasurable round of golf and he certainly confirmed a lot of the old stories and told new ones that aren’t fit to print in a family newspaper.
Unfortunately, men like Jake Scott wouldn’t last ten days in Athens (or Tuscaloosa for that matter). Just too damn wild, but the man gave 110% until it was in the bag. Damn Good Dawg!!!
Beast from the East
May 23rd, 2011
5:21 pm
He played before my time, but he sounds like one heckuva character and an even better teammate. You couldn’t come close to getting away with the things some of the athletes did back then. Different times I guess.
Ron Roberts,
My guess would be “a–holes”, but who knows for sure.
John Galt
May 23rd, 2011
5:22 pm
Ron-
I’m guessing the end of the G-I tract……
Effie's of Athens Boarding House
May 23rd, 2011
5:23 pm
Great article, Mr. Towers.
Bob
May 23rd, 2011
5:24 pm
Chip, probably your finest article…thanks. Jake and I had several classes together and he was one of a kind. Too bad we don’t have these “characters” around anymore.
Marvin
May 23rd, 2011
5:26 pm
Jake was 16 when he was Kelley’s (Athenians will know who I’m talking about) only helper on the annual Athens YMCA California bus trip I went on in the 6th grade. Never saw him again before he was playing football at UGA. Never talked to him during his UGA years saw him in Athens after he won Super Bowl MVP during thier undefeated season. Was amazed that he remembered my name. Had nice chat with him. Could not have been nicer. Agree with Black Mtn. Dog – he was the coolest dude to ever play for the Dogs.
sogadog
May 23rd, 2011
5:30 pm
Great article. I would love to see more players (and coaches) like Jake Scott today.
Bob
May 23rd, 2011
5:32 pm
@Effie’s…I bet Jake spent more time with Athens’ telephone operators than visiting at your boarding house.
Snoop Dawg
May 23rd, 2011
5:38 pm
UGA Football needs more Jake Scotts…
Rick
May 23rd, 2011
5:48 pm
Jake Scott was my favorite football player ever. And ever is a long time as I am seventy one now. Larry Csonka would be a close second and Dick Anderson would be in there too. These guys were all amazing and a lot of fun to watch and root for. Bob Griese was the smartest quarterback if not the most talented, and the whole team back then was just amazing as the 17 – 0 season suggests. I miss them like I miss Johnny Cash.
patrocket
May 23rd, 2011
5:51 pm
Great interview. Great Bulldog.
Needs to grow up. A man who holds a 40 year grudge (against a class guy like Dooley) about which bowl game to play in has real issues.
Pope UGA XXIII
May 23rd, 2011
5:53 pm
Outstanding article about an outstanding player.
Word was always out on campus about which athletes you did not
mess with unless you had drawn your will and had lots of life insurance.
Jake Scott was on that list as was Ray Jeffords of the roundball team.
Throw in Dennis Hughes just for good measure and you always kept
your distance around those guys.
I was in the student section at the 1968 Houston game and that was
probably the greatest talent gap in a game other than the 1971 Sun Bowl
playing Nebraska and Rich Glover. How UGA managed a tie with Houston
is one of life’s mysteries.
Kind of like knowing whether Jake drove the cycle across the top of
the Coliseum !!
Some things are more important than money
May 23rd, 2011
6:03 pm
Vince Dooley has no more class than Jake Scott.
Buster
May 23rd, 2011
6:05 pm
I was in college at UGA when Jake played and I honestly believe he was the best football player I have ever seen (including Herschel)! He was so ‘in the zone’ it was unbelievable. Scott Woerner was a great defensive back in his day but he was no Jake Scott!
patrocket
May 23rd, 2011
6:06 pm
“Vince Dooley has no more class than Jake Scott.”
Wrong.
shane#1
May 23rd, 2011
6:32 pm
Jake is a free spirit and could care less what anyone else thinks. He has better things to do with his time. My favorite story about Jake happened after he moved to the Rockies. Jake was in a bar and a big guy walked up and asked if he had really been an NFL player. Jake said yes and the big guy told Jake that he was the toughest SOB around and that he was going to kick Jake’s a$$. Jake decked the guy with one punch and knocked him out cold. Jake looked around the bar and said”is he really the toughest guy ya’ll have around here?”
Vince D.
May 23rd, 2011
7:18 pm
No.13 was a football player.
lanier
May 23rd, 2011
7:19 pm
RIP Jake Scott football player. Kick ass Jake Scott loving life guy
Ted Striker
May 23rd, 2011
7:30 pm
Fantastic interview. Thanks to all who made it happen.
TechRon
May 23rd, 2011
7:44 pm
I was at Tech when Scott was at UGA. I have to tell you, he was amazing. There have been very few like him. A truly great player.
I remember him so well. He was always doing what it took to win.
A prototype winner. Great article. Thank you.
asa
May 23rd, 2011
7:52 pm
patrocket you know nothing about georgia football jake scott the greatest character to ever play at georgia
DAWG ONE
May 23rd, 2011
8:02 pm
Let’s not paint Jake as some kind of disjointed individual. Jake is one of the nicest guys you could meet. He didn’t look for trouble, but did not back away from it. His mom was a professor and if I am not mistaken, a PHD.
A great athlete and always friendly. Like someone said, also one of “Kelley’s Boys” growing up at the Athens Y.
macrotech
May 23rd, 2011
8:16 pm
Chip, I LOVE that you were able to share this convo with all of us….THIS guy, sadly, represents the dying breed of football player that made college football so great! He was never about the spotlight and opts to LIVE life now as opposed to living in the past! “I haven’t been hiding out. I’ve just been somewhere else”….GREAT LINE! As Jake Scott might say, “That’s a true story”!
icedawg
May 23rd, 2011
8:48 pm
Loved the interview. Scott was one of the best and exciting players to watch. He was tall and had long legs and when he got the ball he could make people miss. I remember the Houston game. Vintage Dooley-Russell football. Bend but don’t break. Keep the other team from scoring and score a field goal to win it. The 1966-68 teams were gutsy and fun to watch.
tomtrojan
May 23rd, 2011
8:51 pm
Jake Scott and Ronnie Lott! Best I have ever seen!
Max Sizemore
May 23rd, 2011
9:28 pm
Jake’s 90-yard punt return gave UGA the lead in the 1968 opener at Tennessee, but the Vols came back to tie it 17-17. I was there.
pforan
May 23rd, 2011
9:59 pm
Doesn’t sound like he is holding any kind of grudge. He has moved on and is living his life to the fullest. Bothe he and Dooley are classy individuals and any effort to paint either in any other light would be a travesty.
patrocket
May 23rd, 2011
10:14 pm
Asa, I’ve forgotten more Georgia football than you will ever know. As I said, Scott is a great Bulldogs.
What I said is that a man who holds a 40 year grudge, over what was at worst a mistake in judgement has issues. I standy by that. Dooley didn’t sleep with his wife or steal money from him.
And pforan, if he has indeed finally moved on, that is a great thing. But apparently he wouldn’t have anything to do with the program as long as Dooley was there (per the Sun Sentinel). He has held a similar grudge against Don Shula for some perceived slight. Dooley and Shula are almost universally recognized as men of sterling character.
BigNCDawg
May 23rd, 2011
10:27 pm
You are one of the best athletes to ever play for the Bulldogs. Brad Johnson was in my gymnastics class and you would come in and the end of class. I almost got you killed by daring you to vault the horse. You did but fell on the vault. I almost had heart failure when you fell. I hope Rita is doing well. I was in highschool with her at Athens high.
63 Year old grad / fan
May 23rd, 2011
10:47 pm
I too wish UGA COULD have players like Jake Scott today. Of course, in this ultra PC environment and with the intrusive eye of the NCAA, “Jake Scott” would be banned, if he was ever even recruited. I miss the good ole days. I too was at UGA with Jake, Stanfill, Cavan, et al.
Mobile Dawg
May 23rd, 2011
10:53 pm
Stories like these are classic. Gotta wonder what would happen in todays environment if things like this happened. Like the pig roast in 1980. Jake was leaving as I was becoming a fledgling Dawg. He sounds like a guy I would get along with. What’s the difference between guys getting into trouble now and then? Different times I guess, I sure preferred the old times. Thanks Chip.
LC
May 23rd, 2011
11:00 pm
As a Tech fan I don’t have any problems declaring Jake the best college db I’ve ever witnessed. He was a pleasure to watch and is one of my all-time favorites. Good article Chip!
dallasdawg
May 23rd, 2011
11:08 pm
NOW 13 WAS A DAWG !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ben
May 23rd, 2011
11:23 pm
Reminds me of another colorful player from SC, Alex Hawkins…… It’s actually Johnson Ferry Rd, without the ’s’ at the end to indicate possession, but you’re excused Mr. Scott & Mr. Towers. Amazing how many people live near the road and call it Johnson’s Ferry; perhaps you, dear reader, will have your misperception corrected too…(Mr. Scott sounds too dangerous to tell about this)
Dawg1
May 23rd, 2011
11:24 pm
Good job. That was fun…
Bryan G.
May 23rd, 2011
11:26 pm
I’m guessing the deleted expletive was “a-holes”, but I may be wrong. Chip, can’t you help???
shane#1
May 24th, 2011
12:11 am
Paratrocket, the “perceived” slighr from Shula was that Shula wanted Scott to shoot up his hammy with pain killer to play in a pre-season game. Shoot up with a pulled hammy and you can’t feel a tear. Tear a hammy and your career is over. Jake refused and Shula told him that if he didn’t want to play the Dolphins had some young DBs that wanted to play. Scott said play’em and trade me. I heard this from a team mate of his in Miami. BTW, Scott was traded to the Redskins and got a 100,000 dollar raise. Not bad for being fired, huh? Pro football is a business and players are a commidity. The sooner a player realizes that he is a piece of meat and loyalty belongs to himself and not the team, and damm sure not the owners, the better off he will be.
nobody
May 24th, 2011
1:54 am
played freshman ball with Jake…no doubt, he could have started at any position he wanted…qb, wr, s, whatever… he could read a qb’s mind like you and I read a book…..nice as they come…serious, but always a grin…everything came easy for him…probably reading all this stuff and remembering why he went away to begin with…no disrespect to Hershel, but Jake probably is the best athlete to ever come through UGA…..Jake, glad I saw you at the reunion of the 65 freshmen team…regards.. … keep having a good life…scratch…:)
Dirty Dawg
May 24th, 2011
2:26 am
I too am curious as to what Jake and/or Mr. Towers would consider to be a non-politically correct expletive. I sure hope it would not involve prejudice of any kind and if he believes his ‘….we’re all stuck here together…(and)…need to figure out how to get along’, it couldn’t.
And as for whether or not it is, or ever was, Johnson’s Ferry, my bet is that one had to pay Mr. Johnson to ride on ‘his’ ferry-boat if one wanted to get to the other side.
Shieldy
May 24th, 2011
4:33 am
Met him at Sidelines several years ago & he couldn’t have been nicer or more humble. Dooley was over-rated in my opinion & I’ve heard Shula could be an arse! Oh well, we all can!
SuperB
May 24th, 2011
6:43 am
Jake “The Snake” Scott was a legend in athens– IN A LOT OF PLACES! (If you know what I mean) If not, don’t ask.
Big time? Not!
May 24th, 2011
6:57 am
I wore 13 in sports through high school. My oldest is named Jake. He was the best.
Oh. Four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes.
mowreck
May 24th, 2011
7:08 am
Jake Scott was a great, great ball hawk playing safety for UGA. Always enjoyed watching him play. I am so glad you find this older ball players that take care of their finances and get to go and do what they pretty much want to anytime they want to. Very refreshing to see an article about someone that has taken care of his life and finances.
What's the fuss?
May 24th, 2011
7:12 am
The Sugar Bowl or the Orange Bowl – it probably came down to money, it always does. They played lousy and lost to Arkansas. Who’s to say they wouldn’t play lousy in the Orange Bowl? Don’t throw Dooley under the bus after all these years. I bet you were booing Adams like everyone else when he ran Vince out of the AD job!!!
RHALL55
May 24th, 2011
7:34 am
“Mailbag on Friday”!!! Update on our JC Recruiting; looks like UGA is going to lose the (2) top CB’s in the State unless Holsey changes his mind; he grew up a UGA fan but because of the slow process UGA seems to go thru; he may go somewhere else!!!
radly dawg
May 24th, 2011
8:00 am
Hey Tomtorjan….don’t forget Paul Krause/Vikings….16 seasons/81 interceptions and a tackling machine! The Purple People Eaters man!!!
Radly Dawg!!!
Howard Floyd
May 24th, 2011
8:02 am
I remember that game too well. Houston had over 500 yards and fumbled so many times at the Georgia goal line. Spike Jones saved the day. “Kick it Spike, kick it.” was the yell of the day.
Smackerel
May 24th, 2011
8:09 am
Jake Scott wouldn’t last two weeks in the fascist police state that is now Athens, GA.
He’d have been arrested multiple times for alcohol offenses, sent to counseling, put on probation, suspended, and kicked off the team and out of school.
The persecution of college students for being college students is grossly, grossly excessive, but will not stop anytime soon because Athens-Clarke County makes too much money doing it to stop.
Down South Dawg
May 24th, 2011
8:34 am
Sterling Character—NOT!
John
May 24th, 2011
8:56 am
Thank You Chip A fun reflection on Jake Scott past and present
phil
May 24th, 2011
9:05 am
Great interview. One of the best I’ve ever read. Guys like Scott are so refreshing. Comfortable in their own skin.
59bulldawg
May 24th, 2011
9:11 am
JAKE!!! It seems like only yesterday! Great to read this and glad you’re doing well!
Evansdawg
May 24th, 2011
9:22 am
Bumper Sticker…”I haven’t been hiding out…I’ve just been somewhere else.”
ForeverADog
May 24th, 2011
9:52 am
The 1968 Georgia Bulldogs are probably my favorite team of all-time, and maybe the best. That was my first fall at UGA and I remember the Houston game and the McCullough field goal to tie like it was yesterday. I also went to Auburn and watch us clinch the SEC in the rain. Those guys were winners. Scott brought the crowd to its feet many a time with his punt returns and interceptions. Glory, Glory.
Curiosity killed the Cat
May 24th, 2011
10:31 am
What was the expletive? That makes a big difference in how the article reads???? Jake is a living legend. Seems to have a good stand on life too.
keith
May 24th, 2011
10:37 am
Reason Jake is so well thought of; effort on the field whether college or pro could never, ever be questioned.
wardenerd
May 24th, 2011
10:43 am
I hate when positive things are written in the paper about Georgia. Most people would appreciate this as a great story about one of the best athletes to ever come out of the state, but I’m too envious to get it. I live for my team gaining lots and lots of yards and moral victories.
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jjGator
May 24th, 2011
11:18 am
A friend of mine tells the story about coming down the field on a punt return and timing it just right. He was right there to tackle Jake just as he caught the ball. Said he got nothing but air and that Jake was either a ghost or the quickest man alive. He later confirmed, he was the quickest man alive.
89Dawg
May 24th, 2011
11:41 am
Amazing how History connect us…I attended UGA in the late 80’s and used to hear the “motorcycle legend” every time we walked by the Coliseum…I remember staring at it and thinking “No Way”….cannot believe its TRUE….how cool to have such legendary characters in UGA lore….right up there with Buck, Hines, Herschel, Green, Pollack, Butler, Scott (and the list goes on and on)…and I think its fairly obvious Jake’s “expletive” is referring to drunk A**holes or S**heads, that sometimes ruin the experience for everyone else…GO DAWGS!!
jwritz
May 24th, 2011
11:52 am
One GREAT Dawg…..enough said.
collegeballfan
May 24th, 2011
11:53 am
What a refreshing individual.
Chip I will guess that this was one of the easiest interviews ever. Just ask a question and shut up and let him talk.
The last sentence is pure gold: “I haven’t been hiding out. I’ve just been somewhere else.”
baldwin
May 24th, 2011
11:53 am
Was the character, “Bill Brasky” from Saturday Night Live-modeled after Jake?
Coastal Dog (SSI)
May 24th, 2011
12:17 pm
Who could ever forget the Houston game in Athens that Jake’s talking about! It was a great day for football and was the first game I remember seeing that had implications. This 15 year old was pumped about this Bulldog team. But Houston unleashed Paul Gibson on us, and I’ve never seen a team dominated by a player in a half as we were by Gibson. For me, the comeback to tie was a victory. It made for a good drive back to Waynesboro. I’m forever grateful to the Barefields for taking me that Saturday.
Henne Patchinko
May 24th, 2011
12:17 pm
“I think its fairly obvious Jake’s “expletive” is referring to drunk A**holes or S**heads, that sometimes ruin the experience for everyone else…”
Pretty sure you nailed it 89Dawg
Genghis Kahn
May 24th, 2011
12:19 pm
Interesting take on the Vince Dooley thing. Sounds like Dooley flat out lied to the football team. You gotta do something really bad to have the whole football team mad at you and have one of your star players leave the program over it. This is a black mark on Dooley’s legacy.
keith
May 24th, 2011
1:16 pm
too early to start fund raiser for a memorial at the base of one of the Stegeman Arches?
RicknSFla
May 24th, 2011
1:24 pm
As a kid, Jake was my hero on the football field when he played for the Dogs. He had a real nose for the ball, an incredible athlete that you knew would make something happen, as he often did. Somewhat like those few athletes that have an ability or knack for making the big play or hitting the home run when it’s most needed, Jake could do it all. Growing up in Athens, I learned of his many off the field antics and his free spirited attitude, which made the legend ever more appealing. Jake even lived in my neighborhood after he signed with the CFL and was the first person in NE Georgia that had a Landrover, as well as couple of kick ass bikes that he would haul ass on occasion. He was and is a true original, a legend for all time, which is so hard to find these days. Thanks Jake and because of you, my lucky number will always be 13!
ugaclassof2004
May 24th, 2011
1:42 pm
@patrocket
If Vince Dooley can grind his axe vs. Michael Adams at public speaking engagements across the state( all the while shilling his book and putting money into his pocket), then I have no problem with Jake Scott not liking Dooley.
I find it pathetic when fans romaticize these coaches without even knowing them. I have met Dooley on a number of occasions and have not been impressed with him to say the least. He’s a bit of a prick to be perfectly honest with you, and there are many alums and former players who feel the same way. He was a GOOD coach, and I’ll certainly take nothing away from his achievements. But he certainly isn’t as great as everyone in the Bulldog nation makes him out to be; and I for one am glad that Jake Scott isn’t afraid to call his BS to the carpet.
mexdawg
May 24th, 2011
1:49 pm
I think before I die I’d like to spend a day fishing with Jake and Jimmy Buffett.Ah the stories they could tell.I’d just shut up and listen and try to take it all in.Just two free spirts living the good life.Here’s to you boys this Bud’s for you.
gt
May 24th, 2011
2:32 pm
He needs to write a book. It would all be true and no one would believe a word. He was who Paul Newman wanted to be in HUD.
Ellis Island
May 24th, 2011
3:31 pm
If Vince Dooley deserved a statue, Jake Scott should have one too !
Chip Towers
May 24th, 2011
3:32 pm
gt: Yes he does. And I need to go Kauai to help him write it!
LAX Dawg
May 24th, 2011
4:16 pm
A man as a man should be.
441North
May 24th, 2011
5:13 pm
Great job Chip. Scott sounds like Jimmy Buffet with shoulder pads.
Jimmy
May 24th, 2011
7:12 pm
Want to know what’s more depressing, or pathetic actually?? Is an internet TROLL who has nothing better to do with his life than to mock a university. If you are getting tiresome of reading about UGA’s great history, take your “tired” troll A$$ to the blog of your loser team.
What’s wrong troll? Try out for the UGA women’s golf team and get rejected?
Attended UGA in 60s
May 24th, 2011
7:26 pm
1. Was at the Houston game many have referenced here. As has been said, I have never seen a UGA defense abused so much and give up so few points. The Houston veer was up and down the field. Paul Gipson ran wild. Fortunately, they fumbled a win away.
2. Went to grad school in early 70s at Georgia State. Jake’s mother was a prof in college of education and I had a course under her. She was proud of her son, and a colorful character herself.
3. Its been over 40 years, so maybe the Dogs are due for a safety talent like Jake to appear on the scene.
Billdawg
May 24th, 2011
9:46 pm
I was a freshman in 65. So, I got to see the many wonderous plays by Jake. Also, saw him about town, before and after I graduated. Jake was and is a happy self satisfied person with a love for life and a genuinely positive attitude. He never played for second place, but he played for first with honor. I never saw him pick a fight or take a cheap shot in a game or everyday life. Just give this guy credit for being a first class human being and a damn good dawg.
broyles
May 25th, 2011
8:57 am
Jake was a terrific ballplayer, any way you cut it. One thing he wasn’t asked was, how did Arkansas pick Jake and Co. apart in that Sugar Bowl. Word was, the Dogs canvassed the town too close to game time.
Willis Drummond
May 25th, 2011
9:46 am
Met Shula at the 2005 Pro Bowl. I guess he was all out of class by that point. The word doosh..I know inocrrect spelling….was what came to mind. Dooley is a turd……if Patrocket is UGA fan, he’s one of those that got our stadium ranked 19th on the latest list….I hate some of our fans. The whole sit down and be quiet, Im trying to watch the game crowd. Jake Scott is and always will be regarded as ALL TIMER in Athens.
AfghanHound
May 25th, 2011
10:14 am
Yep, sounds like a Dawg. Going down the dorm hallway knocking holes in the wall – man, he’s cool. Wonder who paid for that. N
BuckB
May 25th, 2011
10:25 am
Considering that he was talking about certain individuals at ugag games, I think we all know what expletive was deleted.
Chip Towers
May 25th, 2011
2:35 pm
Bryan G: Ding, ding ding! Regarding Scott’s choice words, you’re right.