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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 340792, member: 27"] Funny you mention that nane. Other than the effeminate little English New Waver dude, there actually was another guy named Howard Jones who served as the head coach of Syracuse in 1908 (6-3-1). Later coached at USC from 1925-1940, where he won 4 national championships (he also won one coaching Yale). Jones finished his coaching career with a record of 194-64-21 and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. If I was an intrepid sportswriter, I would probably write a story about Jones, given who our opponent is on Saturday. [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Jones_(American_football_coach)']You Could Look It Up[/URL] Anyway, Jones played a key role establishing USC as a major power and they have pummelled us since a number of times, including last season, so you are right, Howard "Yalie" Jones is indeed partly to blame for the demise of Syracuse football. [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/File:Howard_H._Jones.png'][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/Howard_H._Jones.png/220px-Howard_H._Jones.png[/IMG][/URL] Lastly, when Howard left Syracuse to coach Yale, he was replaced at Syracuse by his brother [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._A._Dwight_Jones']Tad Jones[/URL], whom he beat 15-0 in 1909 to help clinch his first national championship. It was the first time in college football history two brothers faced each other as head coaches. Tad lasted one more year at Syracuse, finishing with a record there of 9-9-1. He would go on to coach Yale from 1916-1927, finishing his coaching career with a record of 69-24-6. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1958. So before we had the Jones brothers of Endicott, we had the Jones brothers of Hamden Connecticut. I won't mention Eric Ball, who is also from Hamden... [/QUOTE]

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