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November 12, 1984
[h=1]The Day The Godfather Did In The Gunslinger[/h]
Dust rose listlessly Sunday into the hot, hazy, milk-white Mississippi afternoon. On the field at Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, time passed with inexorable relentlessness for Mississippi Valley State. So did Willie (Satellite) Totten. The only difference was that time didn't get intercepted.
A crowd of 63,808, the largest in the stadium's history, had come to see the 7-0 Delta Devils, ranked fifth in Division I-AA, play 6-0 Alcorn State, which was No. 4. Valley was the division's No. 1 offensive team, averaging 666 yards and 64 points a game. The Satellite had completed 254 of 388 passes for 3,530 yards and 43 touchdowns. Twenty-one of those scoring throws had been beamed to wide receiver Jerry (World) Rice, who had 86 catches all told.
The earth-bound Braves were second in defense. Their coach is the conservative, methodical Marino Casern, called the Godfather because he's as unflappable as Don Corleone. The Braves were made in his image.
Valley coach Archie Cooley, an entirely different kind of guy, had been Casem's defensive coordinator in 1973. He's impulsive, even reckless, and not averse to going for a first down on fourth-and-30. His quick-draw, run-and-gun offense has earned him the nickname Gunslinger. "No other coach goes without a huddle an entire game," says Cooley. "It's got to be Cooley."
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November 12, 1984
[h=1]The Day The Godfather Did In The Gunslinger[/h]
Dust rose listlessly Sunday into the hot, hazy, milk-white Mississippi afternoon. On the field at Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, time passed with inexorable relentlessness for Mississippi Valley State. So did Willie (Satellite) Totten. The only difference was that time didn't get intercepted.
A crowd of 63,808, the largest in the stadium's history, had come to see the 7-0 Delta Devils, ranked fifth in Division I-AA, play 6-0 Alcorn State, which was No. 4. Valley was the division's No. 1 offensive team, averaging 666 yards and 64 points a game. The Satellite had completed 254 of 388 passes for 3,530 yards and 43 touchdowns. Twenty-one of those scoring throws had been beamed to wide receiver Jerry (World) Rice, who had 86 catches all told.
The earth-bound Braves were second in defense. Their coach is the conservative, methodical Marino Casern, called the Godfather because he's as unflappable as Don Corleone. The Braves were made in his image.
Valley coach Archie Cooley, an entirely different kind of guy, had been Casem's defensive coordinator in 1973. He's impulsive, even reckless, and not averse to going for a first down on fourth-and-30. His quick-draw, run-and-gun offense has earned him the nickname Gunslinger. "No other coach goes without a huddle an entire game," says Cooley. "It's got to be Cooley."
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