GSU sad news link

[pksundevil]

Here is a link:

http://www.wsav.com/midatlantic/sav/news.apx.-content-articles-SAV-2006-09-08-0005.html

[OL FU]

http://wtoc.com/Global/story.asp?S=5382208

Link From ITEagle.

Retired football coach Erk Russell has died. He was GSU's first coach, and a former UGA assistant coach under Vince Dooley.



I am very sorry.

[89Hen]

Oh man. Sad day for all of I-AA IMO. :(

God bless Erk.

[pksundevil]

The Atlanta Journal Constitution (ajc.com) has a brief AP story confirming as well. It's a one-line story not worth linking at the moment.

[TexasTerror]

Condolences to the Georgia Southern family on this tragic loss...

Erk Russell, who led Georgia’s ‘‘Junkyard Dawg’’ defense under Vince Dooley and then built a small-college powerhouse of his own at Georgia Southern, died this morning after a car accident, a hospital official said. He was 80.

Russell was brought by ambulance to the Statesboro hospital and pronounced dead on arrival, East Georgia Regional Medical Center chief executive Bob Bigley said. Bigley said Russell’s death was not from injuries related to the wreck, adding the examination is not complete.

Georgia State Patrol Cpl. Chris Lacienski said Russell had been in a single-vehicle accident this morning.

Russell came to prominence during 17 years as Georgia’s defensive coordinator. He left the Bulldogs after their 1980 national championship to build Georgia Southern’s first football team since 1941. He won Division I-AA championships in 1985, ’86 and ’89.

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/15471057.htm