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re: *ClusterF*** of the Day* Moment of silence please. 33 years ago.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:48 am to Cheeky Fellow
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:48 am to Cheeky Fellow
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Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:48 am to Cheeky Fellow
Jean Felix. 
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:49 am to GIbson05
quote:I was all in until I read this. Bama fans and their egos
He was the greatest ever until two weeks ago.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:49 am to logjamming
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I'm sure he did this for the most benevolent of reasons.
And I'm sure Lyndon Johnson helped passed the Civil Rights Act because he felt for the struggles of blacks in the South.
Sometimes self-interest and the right thing intersect. Michael Scott would call it a win-win-win.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:50 am to ForeverLSU02
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Bama fans and their egos
Doesn't an Alabama fan tearing down one Alabama coach to build up another Alabama coach result in a net zero on the ego scale?
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:50 am to Kilgore Trout
He helped more black people go to college than anyone on here.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:52 am to GIbson05
2nd greatest coach.... But greatest alcoholic
Is that why Bama was one of the last SEC schools with a black player?
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The man is the reason the south started allowing black athletes on their teams.
Is that why Bama was one of the last SEC schools with a black player?
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:53 am to pvilleguru
bullshite, I started the UNCF. 
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:53 am to Kilgore Trout
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Inviting an integrated USC team to Legion Field was pure genius
Bama's team was already integrated by that point.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:53 am to GIbson05
Was Pat Dye ever charged for his death?
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:55 am to BowlJackson
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Is that why Bama was one of the last SEC schools with a black player?
Pretty much the entire league, especially the Deep South schools, integrated over a 3 year period.
1965 - Kentucky (Northington)
1967 - Tennessee (McClain)
1969 - Auburn (Owens)
1969 - Florida (George/Jackson)
1969 - Mississippi State (Bell/Dowsing)
1969 - Vanderbilt (Stokes)
1970 - Alabama (Jackson)
1970 - Georgia (4 individuals)
1971 - LSU (M. Williams)
1971 - Ole Miss (B. Williams)
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:57 am to BowlJackson
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Is that why Bama was one of the last SEC schools with a black player?
We were 6th, and did it one year after 4 other teams.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:58 am to GIbson05
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The man is the reason the south started allowing black athletes on their teams..
Bull fricking shite. He had his hand forced:
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Documents released to The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act show that for almost two years, agents tracked the suit filed by a prominent black lawyer against Bryant, the University of Alabama and others to make Bryant recruit black football players.
LINK
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:59 am to GIbson05
Bear Bryant
September 11
Now, that is a different angle to the 9/11 conspiracies
September 11
Now, that is a different angle to the 9/11 conspiracies
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:59 am to CrazyCadillac
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Was Pat Dye ever charged for his death?
Dye may have been the mastermind, but Bo Jackson was the hitman that pulled the trigger. Bear was found next to an empty bottle of whiskey 2 months after this photo was taken:
Posted on 1/26/16 at 10:01 am to cardboardboxer
That's complete fricking bullshite. He had tried to get some for a few years earlier, but just missed out on them.
No one made him integrate.
No one made him integrate.
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 10:02 am
Posted on 1/26/16 at 10:02 am to GIbson05
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The man is the reason the south started allowing black athletes on their teams..
only after he got his arse kicked by USC with black players in Birmingham. Alabama was the 7th SEC team to have black players, after Tennessee, Auburn, Kentucky, Florida, Vanderbilt, and Mississippi State
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 10:03 am
Posted on 1/26/16 at 10:03 am to BowlJackson
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Dye may have been the mastermind
And 10 years later he was crying on Gene's shoulder.
Time is a flat circle ain't it?
Posted on 1/26/16 at 10:04 am to pvilleguru
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He helped more black people go to college than anyone on here.
so did Eddie Robinson. what's your point?
Posted on 1/26/16 at 10:04 am to pvilleguru
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Bama's team was already integrated by that point.
nope. USC game was in 1970. First black player at Alabama was the following year
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