Published 12/6/2008
by SportMonk
at Bleacher Report - College Football
"I'm just proud of these guys," Buffalo head coach Turner Gill said. "I'm proud of them."
Tears welled up in his eyes as he recounted the events that had just transpired, and you could hear the strong emotion in his voice. The University of Buffalo knocked off No. 12 Ball State, previously unbeaten, in the Mid-American Conference championship game Friday night, 42-24.
Third-year head coach Turner Gill, former stand-out quarterback and Heisman finalist at the University of Nebraska, had emotion painted all over his face in the post-game interview. Gill has much invested in his program and saw dividends of that Friday.
Before coming to Buffalo, Gill served as quarterbacks coach for Nebraska from 1992-2003 and was hired back on as wide receivers coach after the head coach transition in 2004. During that stretch, Nebraska won three national championships and Gill coached Husker legend Tommie Frazier and Heisman trophy winner Eric Crouch.
Gill was certainly no stranger to success, but Buffalo was. ...
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