Gerry Faust Dies At 89

[GP1]

2 hours ago, dre22era said:

Akron aint Notre Dame 

There are Ohio High School teams that can easily beat our ass right now 

I work with a guy whose brother is an extremely well known defensive coordinator in the NFL. When the Browns were going 1-15, people would say OSU or Alabama could beat the Browns. He asked his brother if that was true. His brother just laughed and told him the Browns would beat OSU and Alabama 77-0 and they would struggle to get more than one first down per drive. 

 

I thought of that when I saw your post. 

[Hilltopper]

3 hours ago, dre22era said:

Akron aint Notre Dame 

There are Ohio High School teams that can easily beat our ass right now 

You're dreaming. 🤣

[Z.I.P.]

I never met Gerry in person.  Only attended one of his games, when Terry Forbes' McKinley team whooped Moeller in the snow at the Rubber Bowl for the OHSAA title.  However I know what a truly fine man he was.  I attended the Notre Dame game versus Hawai'i at Aloha Stadium in the early '90s.  Several Notre Dame fans saw my AKRON ZIPS cap and came up to tell me we were fortunate to have a great guy and leader of men as our football coach!  But an even more personal story occurred around that same time just around 1990 or '91.  I used to call a service that you would call on your land-line phone and listen to college basketball and football games -- it was HQ'ed in Akron.  Well after a while I got the idea it would be cheaper to call Akron's radio station myself (WHLO then) and listen to the games.  I called and they would put me on hold so I could hear the broadcast.  About the third time I called the receptionist asked for my phone number.  I thought she meant in case I was cut off she could call back.  But about a week later I got a call about 5:00 Hawai'i time (10 or 11 in the evening in Ohio.  After answering, the voice on the other end said "Hello, this is coach Gerry Faust.  I hear you've been calling the station to hear our games!  I just wanted to thank you for being such a great fan".  I almost peed my pants!  Again, late at night a college football coach makes a cold call to a stranger to just say thanks.  That's the kind of guy Gerry Faust was!

[Sergeant Zip]

Funeral services will be held in Fairlawn.

 

"St. Hilary Church, 2750 West Market St., will host visitation hours from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13. The church will also host a Christian burial, a Catholic funeral service, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. In lieu of flowers, the Faust family requests donations to the Gerard A. Faust Memorial Fund at Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati."

 

[MangoZip]

How about a little helmet sticker honoring Jerry Faust for the last home game? It would be a great way to honor him and a great way to connect him to Akron (for many people nationally that don’t know, or forgot, about his Akron years). 

[zippy5]

33 minutes ago, MangoZip said:

How about a little helmet sticker honoring Jerry Faust for the last home game? It would be a great way to honor him and a great way to connect him to Akron (for many people nationally that don’t know, or forgot, about his Akron years). 

you think our people could coordinate getting that done in a 2 week stretch?

[Slam_Hilliard22]

45 minutes ago, MangoZip said:

How about a little helmet sticker honoring Jerry Faust for the last home game? It would be a great way to honor him and a great way to connect him to Akron (for many people nationally that don’t know, or forgot, about his Akron years). 

Zips were wearing a black sticker with GF on their helmets during the wagon wheel game

[MangoZip]

7 minutes ago, Slam_Hilliard22 said:

Zips were wearing a black sticker with GF on their helmets during the wagon wheel game

Did not notice it, it must have been really small. Anyone have a photo or screenshot of it? 

[MangoZip]

2 minutes ago, MangoZip said:

Did not notice it, it must have been really small. Anyone have a photo or screenshot of it? 

Just found one - glad they did it!

[zippy5]

27 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

you think our people could coordinate getting that done in a 2 week stretch?

I guess the answer is yes! 😂

[MangoZip]

40 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

I guess the answer is yes! 😂

I don’t recall hearing them mention it on the broadcast. Maybe somebody could give the broadcast team a heads up about it so they mention it on the air and show a closeup. 

[Blue & Gold]

2 hours ago, zippy5 said:

I guess the answer is yes! 😂

I am just as surprised as you, brother.