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re: Can somebody explain to me the 1972 Season?
Posted on 1/3/13 at 3:10 pm to Tuscaloosa
Posted on 1/3/13 at 3:10 pm to Tuscaloosa
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It's really nice having the greatest coach in college football history as your Athletic Director and most powerful person in college athletics making your schedule.
Exactly. He was able to do whatever he wanted, and it helped Alabama out tremendously. And no, I'm not mad. I have nothing against the man since Alabama fans finally moved on and quit worshiping him to the degree they did when I was younger. Granted that's because you guys now have a new coach you worship, but it has made me far more objective in my opinion of Bryant since it's not constantly thrown in my face anymore.
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Posted on 1/3/13 at 3:31 pm to 15sammy34
Auburn's only loss in 1972 was to LSU, 35-7. I attended that game at Tiger Stadium. One could argue it was one of LSU's best played games ever under McClendon. Jones had a terrific game. For whatever reason, LSU seemed to play some of its best games against Auburn (1969, 1970, 1972, 1973) during this period.
Posted on 1/3/13 at 4:05 pm to 15sammy34
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It's really nice having the greatest coach in college football history as your Athletic Director and most powerful person in college athletics making your schedule.
You need to take another look at our non-conference schedule from that era. In 1978 alone we played Nebraska, Missouri, Washington, and USC.
In fact…it can most definitely be argued that the schedule Bryant put up in '77 and '78 cost us a consensus threepeat.
This post was edited on 1/3/13 at 4:09 pm
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