Bill Mallory Michigan State Lockerroom 1987

[JayGatsbyOdysseus]

These were the great years for IU football. We beat each Michigan and Ohio State in '87.  Mallory was a great coach but I know a secret about him. He punched out a player once, Steve Bradley the quarterback after the Missouri game when IU was 4-0. Bradley and some buddies had been out drining in Bloomington when they got home and they got picked up by the cops. It is a long story. Anyway, Mallory went overboard, just like Knight and Woody Hayes before him. It cost him.

[StSimonMartyr]

Mallory took no shit, expectations were set, and very clear.

If you F'd up, he let you know.

Different times, but he was respected by all of his players, and not necessarily feared, just respected.

Wasnt just Bradley he punched, he got into it with many players that deserved it for doing stupid chit, but like I said, different times.

Great coach, good man.

[lovelplants]

wow.. so old.. but still nice.. 

[Priormiles]

And Michigan State did. Final Score of the 1988 Rose Bowl: MSU 20, USC 17.

[alexgolf09]

psycho fistpump. good motivator they got the w lol

[conyer]

From a Spartan, that coach is fucking awesome. Much respect!

[GBev2K]

That's awesome.

[T3HM35514]

I wish there was a "love" button for this

[davidallenroth]

straight chills. this is for you butler bulldogs. givem hell from IU

[davidallenroth]

great coach. anthony thompson got screwed out of the 88 heisman aswell.

[geoffds]

@davidallenroth Thompson got screwed??? Let's not get carried away here. That season Barry Sanders put up the most dominant rushing numbers in the history of college football... To say his Heisman win was well-deserved would have been an understatement.

[inguy22]

@geoffds He meant the 89 Heisman, when Thompson rushed for almost 1800 yards and had 25 touchdowns. Thompson was also great in 1988 (he finished in the top-10 in Heisman voting), but Sanders was a fairly indisputable winner.

[geoffds]

@inguy22 Fair enough. In a normal year Thompson might have won. But Andre Ware set 26 records that season. Ware is better remembered for being one of the greatest NFL busts, but the numbers he put up in college were ridiculous.

[inguy22]

@geoffds If Andre Ware had played in the Big Ten, he wouldn't have broken those records.

[davidallenroth]

@geoffds

it was andre ware that won it instead of thompson. maybe it was 89 i shouldve said?

[syntaxburn]

one of the greatest locker-room speeches....the opposing coach gives a speech...wow.

[dave4248]

I still get choked up watching that, even twenty years later. Greatest pep talk in history.

[davidallenroth]

watching iowa and indiana on b10 network right now. i was in 4th grade and remember the name anthony thompson. i miss those old iu uniforms as well. bill mallory teased us with alittle winning at iu lol

[Edo111567]

Mallory was always one of the classiest guys in college football. Tons of integrity, made sure his players went to class, a great competitor but gracious in defeat, and A GREAT COACH.  Best one IU ever had.

[798389]

That is great.

[knowledge43]

That's the classiest "Go kick their ass" I have ever seen! LOL Go State!!

[drummer1965usa]

And think of how agonizingly close Indiana came to winning the Big Ten title that year ('87). In late October, IU went to Iowa City and got beat by the Hawkeyes, 29-21, but they actually led that game early in the 4th quarter, 21-20. If the IU defense holds off Iowa for the rest of the way, it's the Hoosiers, not the Spartans, who are headed to Pasadena for the '88 Rose Bowl. They were THAT close.

[pizzaisyummy86]

If they still lost to Mich St wouldn't Mich St go to the rose bowl? I don't know so I am just asking

[drummer1965usa]

You're right, my mistake. If Indiana had beaten Iowa, the Hoosiers would've finished at 7-1 in the conference -- MSU finished at 7-0-1, so the Spartans still would've won the title. NOW...if MSU had lost to Iowa instead of beating the Hawks by 5 points in early October, then Indiana would've been 7-1, MSU would've been 6-1-1, and IU would've gone to Pasadena.

[pizzaisyummy86]

That would have been pretty cool if IU played in the Rose Bowl. Their program might be a lot stronger and one of the better teams in the big 10. I heard that Bill Lynch kicked off Kellen Lewis too, that was surprising news

[vousallezvous]

Would Bobby Knight have done the same gesture if the basketball team were to lose the conference title to MSU?

[mike576912]

Bob Knight did in 2000 after a hard fought game the IU won but MSU still went on to win the Big Ten. Told Izzo they had a special team and gave him advice.

[diallofred]

This is why the Rose Bowl (before the BCS ruined it) was so great.

[killgas20]

Cool clip. Can anyone make out what Coach Mal says after "tired..."?

[dennydog10]

he probably said tired of losing because the Pac-10 had dominated the Rose Bowl for quite a few years before that.

[CArchivist]

One of the great class moves I ever saw by an opposing coach.

[HermFontenot]

Wow, great clip. Mallory had some terrific teams at IU. And as a Big 10 fan (OSU) it felt good to see Sparty get the conference off the schneid on the Rose Bowl. Good stuff all around.

[ziuhoosier]

Coach Mal was the best!, and his record shows it. 6 bowls in 8 years, he beat Michigan, won 2 straight vs. O$U, and was in charge of the best years of Indiana football. I commend him for staying with the IU program even after Brand fired him for all of the wrong reasons. Mal is the best, and we here at Indiana will never see anyone as good. Hep was close, but Mal still is on top. He ran his program with class, graduated his players, and won football games, enough said.

[ballsacman]

gotta love the big ten

[kgillh100]

that was really cool. thanks for posting this vid

[Edo111567]

Mallory was one of the most underrated coaches ever, and classiest men.

[philosopher1967]

Bill Mallory is a fine man. He is still a key part of IU football. All of us associated with IU are better for knowing Coach Mal. This clip is a small example of what a class act he was (and is).

[IUJimmy07]

What a great coach and man he is. All class. I'm proud that Coach Mal is a Hoosier. He still comes to our home games. GO IU

[Zackattack52287]

Holy cow that was amazing! I never really had heard of this guy before, but his conduct makes him an idol for all coaches in college sports. GO GREEN.

[EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

He was IU's football coach for most of the 1980s. Before Bill Lynch came in, he was the last coach to lead us to a bowl game.

[SFFOOL76]

That is so rad, cool, classy, emotional, and moving. I like how he is honest and he might have helped MSU by supporting them!

Plus he was the best MSU coach I have seen in the last 20 years.

[BatmanINDY]

Uh...he never coached MSU, he was the IU footbll coach.

[SFFOOL76]

I meant IU, thanks for the correction.

[markusr2001]

And they did. USC fans still can't believe they lost that 1988 game.

[dennydog10]

this is what the big ten is all about:

CLASS!!

[wooddog21]

Very classy move, he did a great job at Indiana, tough place to win

[luv2bbq]

this video still gives me goosebumps.....what a class act Mallory was!!(and I was at that game!)