RIP Joe Kapp

[HanSenSE]

Was quarterback on the last Cal team to play in the Rose Bowl. Later coached the Golden Bears after playing in the CFL as well as with the Minnesota Vikings.

Joe Kapp, former Cal quarterback and head coach, dies at 85 (msn.com)

 

[maumann]

I hope Angelo Mosca kicks his ass in heaven. RIP, Joe.

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

Always thought it was remarkable that one season removed from leading the Vikings to Super Bowl IV, he went to the Boston Patriots in 1970 and then never played in the NFL again. His passes reminded me of Billy Kilmer's - they wobbled like your grandmother threw it, but it somehow always found its target.

Seemed a perfect fit for those frigid games at Metropolitan Stadium. RIP.

 

[mateen]

While doing color for a Vikings preseason game in the 80s he took some heat for referring to one of the Zendejas brothers as a "chili chomper", and explained that he didn't find the term offensive as he used it to describe himself as well.

His style of quarterbacking may be best summed up in this play, in which he leaves a linebacker unconscious:

 

[DanOregon]

Probably the best of the unsuccessful Cal coaches. "The Play" - the dark blue unis, Really instilled a culture into the program where there wasn't one. Fired but coached the Big Game and pulled off a huge upset, players carried him off the field. Also pretty decent in The Longest Yard among other acting appearances.

 

[El Guapo]

 

[Starman]

One of the very few quarterbacks who were known as rough tough hitters. And he was perfect for the rough tough brutal Vikings.

 

[da man]

Probably the best of the unsuccessful Cal coaches. "The Play" - the dark blue unis, Really instilled a culture into the program where there wasn't one. Fired but coached the Big Game and pulled off a huge upset, players carried him off the field. Also pretty decent in The Longest Yard among other acting appearances.

He was in M*A*S*H (the movie), as I recall.

 

[poindexter]

27 acting credits
Joe Kapp - IMDb

 

[The Big Ragu]

27 acting credits
Joe Kapp - IMDb

Why did I never see this? His second-to-last acting credit is a 1982 TV movie called "Pigs vs. Freaks," which the description says is about a small town where the hippie "freaks" play the police "pigs" in a football game.

The cast included: Grant Goodeve (of Eight is Enough fame), Adam Baldwin (Linderman in My Bodyguard), Brian Dennehy, Stephen Furst (Flounder in Animal House), Gloria DeHaven, Patrick Swayze, Tony Randall and Joe Kapp.

1) How did this movie ever happen? 2 ) Who was the casting genius behind it? 3) Have any of you ever seen it?

 

[mateen]

I have seen it, albeit almost 30 years ago so I don't remember it well, but from what I do recall it is indescribably bad and bizarre.

 

[garrow]

Why did I never see this? His second-to-last acting credit is a 1982 TV movie called "Pigs vs. Freaks," which the description says is about a small town where the hippie "freaks" play the police "pigs" in a football game.

The cast included: Grant Goodeve (of Eight is Enough fame), Adam Baldwin (Linderman in My Bodyguard), Brian Dennehy, Stephen Furst (Flounder in Animal House), Gloria DeHaven, Patrick Swayze, Tony Randall and Joe Kapp.

1) How did this movie ever happen? 2 ) Who was the casting genius behind it? 3) Have any of you ever seen it?

From the writers of Top Gun....and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

 

[BTExpress]

27 acting credits
Joe Kapp - IMDb

Yeah, but Roman Gabriel was in Gilligan's Island.

 

[ChrisLong]

Probably the best of the unsuccessful Cal coaches. "The Play" - the dark blue unis, Really instilled a culture into the program where there wasn't one. Fired but coached the Big Game and pulled off a huge upset, players carried him off the field. Also pretty decent in The Longest Yard among other acting appearances.

I went on my first Pac-10 Skywriters Tour the next year after "The Play" and the whole league was rallying behind Kapp and Cal, it was almost the theme of the tour. I might still have the T-shirt somewhere. "The Bear will not die" was his theme and beating Stanford the way they did was the proof he needed for his mantra.

He himself was center stage for the tour dinner at Cal. He is Hispanic. He cut and processed his own chili peppers to make salsa. He challenged us to try to eat it. It would have given me heartburn for a week so I passed.

Later on the tour in Tucson, we went to El Torero restaurant in Old Town. The Cal writers -- might have been Crumpacker (RIP) -- talked about Kapp's first visit to El Torero. They told him it was authentic Mexican. He said it isn't authentic unless there are live chickens running around the kitchen. He went to the restaurant and was given a look at the kitchen. He was smiling when he came out and said, indeed, it was authentic Mexican.

RIP to a character.

 

[poindexter]

an eclectic list of alumni for his alma mater, Hart High in Santa Clarita, CA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Hart_High_School#Notable_alumni

 

[Songbird]

Pigs vs. Freaks

 

[mateen]

I find those "notable alumni" sections for high schools on Wikipedia to be fascinating. While it's not really useful information, for some reason I like knowing that Sparky Anderson, Keyshawn Johnson, Billy Preston, and Charles Bukowski all attended the same high school.

 

[HanSenSE]

I find those "notable alumni" sections for high schools on Wikipedia to be fascinating. While it's not really useful information, for some reason I like knowing that Sparky Anderson, Keyshawn Johnson, Billy Preston, and Charles Bukowski all attended the same high school.

Loved that feature when writing my preview stories on basketball regionals, which I always filled with fun facts, like Beverly Hills High including among its grads Angelina Jolie (I did save a seat for her, just in case) and one of the Mendenez brothers.

 

[dixiehack]

Remember during the pandemic when syncing up videos for communal viewing was a big deal? I almost feel this masterpiece demands some kind of SJ.com Mystery Science Theater live event.

 

[micropolitan guy]

I think he is the only guy to play in a Final Four and in a Super Bowl.

When he was at Cal he had a bottle of expensive tequila he said he would not open until the Bears made a Rose Bowl.