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re: What Killed Ole Miss Football?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 7:32 pm to Cheese Grits
Posted on 4/18/14 at 7:32 pm to Cheese Grits
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With only 1 SEC win in 1952 his seat may have gotten hot enough that unless he had another 1950 type season he was gone. If the Bear had beaten the Vols even once he may never have coached at Texas A&M.
Bryant left Kentucky simply because football played second fiddle to basketball. It had nothing to do with the team's performance on the field.
Kentucky finished ranked in the Top 25 in each of Bryant's last 5 seasons in Lexington.
Furthermore, they LOVED him at Kentucky. This is what Bryant had to say about his decision to leave for Texas A&M after the fact:
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Well, we won at Kentucky, and I don't think I'd have ever left if I hadn't gotten pigheaded. It was probably the most stupid thing I ever did. I could have had just about anything I wanted, and Mary Harmon loved it. We had a social position coaches seldom have - good friends with Governor Wetherby and all - and we lived right there near the Idle Hour Country Club. Mr. Guy Huguelet got us an honorary membership, and that's a club that some people wait years to get into.
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 7:42 pm
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Posted on 4/18/14 at 8:41 pm to AU4real35
Integration plus population shift-- There's a reason the 3 big Florida programs exploded in the early 80s and have basically been title contenders since then while the Rust Belt and the little schools like Ole Miss have become secondary powers.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 9:17 pm to cardboardboxer
political correctness. 
Posted on 4/18/14 at 9:18 pm to socraticsilence
Population shift was only part of it. For instance, Alabama's population in 1960 was around 3 million, whereas Florida's was estimated to be around 5 million. Alabama would win 3 national championships during the 1960s while no school from Florida even came close.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:06 am to cardboardboxer
this play
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Eli's Heisman moment. And right down on his arse he goes. Chad Lavalais explodes off the line, shoves center Doug Buckles back until he steps on his quarterback's foot. Ball game.
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Eli's Heisman moment. And right down on his arse he goes. Chad Lavalais explodes off the line, shoves center Doug Buckles back until he steps on his quarterback's foot. Ball game.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:08 am to monsterballads
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Eli's Heisman moment. And right down on his arse he goes. Chad Lavalais explodes off the line, shoves center Doug Buckles back until he steps on his quarterback's foot. Ball game.
If anything ever perfectly described Ole Miss sports. It would be that video.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 10:23 am to monsterballads
That is pretty painful to watch.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 10:26 am to Greenfloridan
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But we have the grove... Which beats the shite out of anywhere else as a fan.
Lol no
Posted on 4/19/14 at 12:57 pm to monsterballads
Wait do Ole Miss fans really consider LSU a rival? That's like Vol fans who think of us as rivals, it's adorable.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:33 pm to Tornado Alley
quote:actually it was Billy Kinard. Not sure what you mean by division title. They didn't come into existence until Arkansas and South Carolina joined the conference. He did do well even though most of his wins didn't count due to probation.
That was when Vaught named his successor in Bob Tyler....Ole Miss chose to go with their buddy, Bruiser Kinard. Tyler ended up a few years later at MSU where he won a division title.
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 2:22 pm
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