RandBall query: Where might we find Pat Dye’s pants?
Posted on July 9th, 2008 – 12:00 PMBy Michael Rand
One of our favorite stories in recent memory leads right into a perfect lazy Wednesday of entertainment. First, the summary: former Auburn football coach Pat Dye was reunited with a pair of pants after about 20 years. And now, the whole story:
Shannon McDuffie made a surprising find on Lake Martin’s drought-expanded shoreline: Pat Dye’s long-lost, mud-caked pants and alligator leather wallet.
From two decades ago.
Eventually, McDuffie managed to track down the former Auburn football coach and College Football Hall of Famer and reunite him with his britches. Dye was at a loss to explain how he lost them in the first place.
“Well, I had a place in Still Waters in the early 80s. … I don’t remember losing it, but now listen, that was a long time ago,” Dye told the Lake Martin edition of “Lake Magazine,” which reported the discovery in a story published online Tuesday.
McDuffie spotted the green-and-blue Madras golf pants sticking out of the mud along Lake Martin in the Emerald Shores area near Still Waters last December, with the water down 15 feet below full pool.
Asked how he lost his pants, Dye responded: “Was there any money in there?”
But, he added, “I do remember those pants.”
“I don’t have any idea how I lost ’em,” he said, “but we can make up a good story.”
Naturally, we expect you will 1) make up some good stories, 2) explore other places in the lower 48 states in which one might also find a pair of Dye’s pants and 3) we don’t even want to know.
23 Responses to "RandBall query: Where might we find Pat Dye’s pants?"
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And interoffice Twins day game shenanigans today?
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Twins up 3-0 after the Mounty goes deep
Pants-off Dance-off. End of story.
My guess is he got drunk and thought it would be a good idea to go skinny dipping with some co-eds.
No truth to the rumor that a size L RandBall t-shirt was found offshore from Al and Alma’s in Lake Minnetonka.
Maybe John Daly took them to complete the outfit
Pants just aren’t comfortable under your KKK robe in Alabama heat.
Dear Penthouse Forum,
I never thought these stories were real, but recently, something outrageous and sexy happened to me that made me change my mind.
A little about myself: I’m an SEC head coach who’s about 6′2″, 210 lbs, in good shape, with piercing blue eyes, sandy blonde hair and outlandish pants. The ladies seem to dig me, especially when I diagram the power sweep we ran with Bo Jackson on their backside using grease from a Chik-Fil-A sandwich.
Anyway, I woke up one June morning at my lake home, and decided to get some fishin’ in before a recruiting visit. I get the ol’ Crestliner out to the middle of the lake, and before I can even cast a line, I see two women waving frantically at me from the only other boat out on the lake.
I pulled up alongside them, and noticed that these two women were gorgeous brunette twins, and neither of whom had a stitch of clothing on. The closest one said, “Can you give us a ride back to shore? We were out nude sunbathing, and now our motor’s stalled.”
Being a southern gentleman, I happily obliged, and helped them into my boat. The one who had been quiet up to this point said, “How can we possibly repay you?”
Now, I’ve been in dutch with NC Double and A before, and I knew if I took some cash from these buxom beauties that I’d be in a whole other bucket of syrup. “Well,” I said, “I really can’t take your money, so we’ll just have to work something out.”
“That’s okay,” said one. “Yeah, I think we know exactly what we can do,” said the other.
They slowly [redacted] baby oil [redacted] writhing [redacted] Iron Bowl [redacted] buckled my knees and groaned [redacted] sensuously [redacted] “WAR EAGLE! WAR EAGLE!”
I brought them back to shore, helped them to the dock, and never saw them again. As I boated back out into the lake, I noticed that I didn’t have any pants. I forgot where they went, but I’ll never forget how I lost them.
Cordially,
“PD”
July 1988
Nicely done Stu. +1
And Stu pretty much wraps up the COW contest here on Wednesday.
I feel like Brian Wilson the first time he heard “I Am the Walrus.” I try and try to compete with Stu’s wit, but here again he has completely trounced my inane jokes and one-liners. I’m going to retire to my bedroom for ten years of binging and overeating.
See you at the Redactular ‘18.
Stu
Was that the original version of “The Love Boat”?
I think it’s time the Twins quit pitching to Manny Ramirez. He’s turned into the new Jim Thome.
On an “Only in the NBA, NFL, or MLB” side note. Shawn Kemp may soon be back in the NBA. (It’s not what you think…or maybe it is)
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/luke_winn/07/09/shawn.kemp/index.html?eref=T1
I think Kemp was just trying to field his own NBA team after all.
What are the Randball office baseball rules for the Twins failing to score with bases loaded and less than 2 out and for Gardy getting tossed?? They surely have to have been established.
Hootie: you see, this is why I’m glad I can’t follow the game today, what with crafting erotic SEC coach fiction (up next: Phil Fulmer, a ripe watermelon, and nothing but time). The last two games were so aggravating that I don’t think I could take a third.
Delmon very well may have taken over the title of “Mr. 4-6-3″ from the departed Torii Hunter after these past two games.
I realize that he didn’t ground into the killer double plays that Torii did, but man…the first-pitch swings in the Monday game…
How can a black and white shirt, a whistle, and lots of booze ever be a bad thing?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/soccer/07/09/bc.eu.spt.soc.drunkrefe.ap/index.html?cnn=yes
Today’s just as aggravating Stu. The umps have done the worst job of getting every call right today. A delayed fan interference call in which they decide Boston would have scored anyway; a corrected out call in which Span trapped the ball, which somehow if called correctly would have resulted in a Boston player scoring; the abolition of the infield fly rule in order to let Boston turn a 4-6-5 double play.
I see Brian Bass answered the question of who is being cut when Cuddyer comes back. That was easy.
I’m sure nobody cares, but McHale actually made an extremely good trade with Philly. Proof that the Body Snatchers are back.
jama–it got lost in the shuffle when Matt destroyed the Intarweb yesterday, but I agreed with you about the trade. Two in a row for McHale, in my opinion. Completely disorienting.
Your daily Juan Rincon is about to completely wreck the Tribe update. Although, having lost 10 in a row (making my trash-talking four-year-old quite happy), it might be too late.
