Reggie Cobb dies of a heart attack

Discussion in 'Vols Football' started by A-Smith, Apr 20, 2019.

  1. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain



    Sad news.

    He was THE guy when I first heard John Ward call a game. I was a devastated 6 year old when he got kicked off the team.
     
  2. bostonvol

    bostonvol Chieftain

    Well damn. I vaguely remember watching the ‘89 Auburn game. Guy was so damn talented.
     
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  3. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain

    Me too.

     
  4. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    Man. Dang.
     
  5. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    Damn. This makes me sad.

    The Cobb-Webb was one of the greatest things when I was there.
     
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  6. Tenacious D

    Tenacious D The law is of supreme importance, or no importance

    [uck fay] all of this.
     
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  7. Savage Orange

    Savage Orange I need ammunition, not a ride. -V Zelensky.

    I was a pissed off 23 year old getting a haircut when the news broke mainly because:
    A) It was right before the Bama game.
    B) It was over drugs. We had just about lived down the Tony Robinson thing when Cobb got the boot...
     
  8. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain

    Hate to derail but I watched some more highlights from that Auburn game.

    As it says in the comments, this is both absolute peak John Ward and peak Tennessee offensive line, against a sensational Auburn D.

    Neyland was in a frenzy during a heavy rain.

    Also, our idiot fans tore down the goalposts before the game was over. Pat Dye just conceded though.

    Glory Days. Somebody please make Tennessee great again.

     
    Last edited: Apr 21, 2019
  9. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    Sad to hear that.

    Thoughts and prayers to hos family. Too young.
     
  10. TDVol1989

    TDVol1989 Always Be Menstruating

    Reggie was my favorite. I just liked the way he ran. Best UT backfield ever! This blows. Makes me feel old and like UT football, at least as I remember, is a thing of the past. Literally got chill bumps listening to Ward call that TD.
     
  11. TBSVOL

    TBSVOL Member

    Thanks for the you tube A-S.
    I had actually forgotten how I use to really feel about Tennessee football.
    Great memories.
    RIP Reggie.
     
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  12. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

    This sucks. One of my first favorite Vols.
     
  13. Tenacious D

    Tenacious D The law is of supreme importance, or no importance

    I was selling Cokes in the stadium for the game in that YouTube clip, and was strategically beside the locker room after the game. A trainer cut Cobb’s tape off of his wrist and he gave it to me. I was devastated when it was later lost in one of the many moves of my youth. Nowadays, I’d have thought that too gross, but 15 year old me thought it was great.

    Things like this always reminds me of that old jazz line, “Pretty soon, there won’t be no old folks left, at all.”

    Hate shit like this.
     
  14. Unimane

    Unimane Kill "The Caucasian"

    Cobb also came back to school in the late 90s to get his degree and was in my class on African American history. Ready nice guy, it seemed, although I'm not sure if I said more than 10 words ti him the entire semester.
     
  15. PilotFlyingJ

    PilotFlyingJ Chieftain

    I’ve got some clips of the locker room celebration somewhere. Think you may be in it ?
     
  16. Tenacious D

    Tenacious D The law is of supreme importance, or no importance

    I doubt it - I was standing right next to a chain link fence, just outside the locker room. It was as close as I could get before this guard (cop?) would yell at me.
     
  17. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    We must have been there at the same time then, because I met him in the little snack shop in the basement of the UC one day and got his autograph.
     
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  18. Unimane

    Unimane Kill "The Caucasian"

    Yeah, I went to UT from 1997 to 2001.
     
  19. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    Seeing all these old highlights makes me realize I'd forgotten how friggin' good he was.
     
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  20. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club


    [uck fay] Auburn
     
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