MUSTACHE OF THE DAY: BRYAN VAN GORDER
The former Georgia defensive coordinator returns to the SEC as Spurrier’s new DC, and also as today’s Mustache of the Day.

It’s like a Whiskey Tango version of Arthur Blank’s half-stache, and a fine one. If he wants to regain his old mojo as a coach, he should regrow it immediately. HAPPY MUSTACHE WEDNESDAY, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!












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Van Gorder took one of the best players on the team, away from QB, to WR and suffered a 3-8 season (prior season GSU went 8-4). Then this season same player was moved back to QB, same team went 7-4, and he won the FCS Heisman, the Walter Payton Award.
That pretty much sums up BVG’s head coaching abilities. Good coordinator? Yes
Comment by Sanjeev — December 21, 2007 @ 10:37 am
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BOOKIES!! No kidding, once he is forced to deal with who he recruits, USC is screwed. The UGA homers will talk all the shit they want, but he cannot coach in the clutch. He WILL be gone in 2-3 years. Spurrier will not take the fall for this man’s incompetance.
Check the Greenville SC paper after the GSU/Furman game 2 yrs. ago. He blamed his players for the loss. The same team he inherited from the year before with an all-conference returning QB, playoff experienced O-line and D-line and buttloads of talent.
I don’t care where he goes…you can’t polish a turd. You can dress it up, put it in a million dollar house, talk nice to , but in the end….it’s still a turd. You’re screwed gamecocks (and ya’ll were fun to watch in the 1st half of this season, too.)
Comment by EaglePecker — December 21, 2007 @ 2:07 am
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Like I said earlier - we’ll see how well he does without Jim Donnan’s recruits blowing people up for him.
Comment by CLTDawg — December 20, 2007 @ 8:47 pm
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Holy Mackrel!
Mrs. Rod = scary.
Comment by shovel pass — December 20, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
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is it just me or does the link take you to a story about him being hired by the falcons last jan?
Comment by nolt — December 20, 2007 @ 12:29 pm
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Oh damn, Rich needs to leave that skank in West Virginnie.
Comment by dogterd — December 20, 2007 @ 12:22 pm
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I wouldn’t say “at will” but since Moreno started blowing up (last five games) we’ve averaged 37.2 points/game.
May not be UF #s, but it’s a nice run. Anyone else drop 40+ on AU’s D this season?
Comment by Will (the other one) — December 20, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
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So is it :
Bryan Vangorder?
Bryan Van Gorder?
Bryan VanGorder?
Bryan Van gorder?
Brian Vangorder?
Brian Van Gorder?
Brian VanGorder?
Brian Van gorder?
Comment by woopie — December 20, 2007 @ 11:09 am
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High or not, I like the way Fletch thinks.
Comment by Biggus Rickus — December 20, 2007 @ 9:06 am
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Irwin #28 - please pass the weed this way. Thanks.
Comment by Out of Conference — December 20, 2007 @ 9:02 am
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A friend from law school who played football at Georgia Southern lists Brian Van Gorder as the man he hates most on this earth.
Comment by Raliegh Urbain — December 20, 2007 @ 8:43 am
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Sarah,
Van Gorder left after the 2004 season, along with several great players. Martinez had an average linebacking corps to contend with for a couple of seasons, but it looks like with Curran and Ellerbe the linebackers are good to go. Dent even looked pretty good at the end of the season.
Comment by Biggus Rickus — December 20, 2007 @ 8:21 am
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Van Gorder is a heck of a DC, and I hate that he went to So Car. That gives them a top shelf OC and DC (and LB coach). The only downside I see for them is that their coaching situation looks as shaky as ever as far as long term stability goes. Good gravy, the coaching talent in the SEC is just plain nuts these days.
Comment by Because They Can — December 20, 2007 @ 8:18 am
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@24
Maybe you haven’t heard but UGA cleared the hurdle as a team now and they can score at will. If it weren’t for some gosh-darn bad luck, they’d be playing in, and winning, the BCS Championship game this year. Nothing can stop them. If Bobo wants to hang 30 on USCe in one half next year, Bobo will hang 30.
Comment by Irwin Fletcher — December 20, 2007 @ 7:44 am
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isn’t it moustache?
Comment by Cameron Siggs — December 20, 2007 @ 1:55 am
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#21
I can see BVG in a Columbia-area Jack in the Box….
“Litre is French for GIMME SOME F’IN COLA!!!!”///form tackles cashier///
Comment by vteazy — December 19, 2007 @ 11:38 pm
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He was LB Coach for the Jaguars for the 2005 season before getting hired at GSU in Jan 06. I’m thinking the WVU game was his last as DC at UGA.
Good luck USC against any spread offense.
Comment by eaglewraith — December 19, 2007 @ 11:12 pm