re: A&M Fans - Why Do You Honor Bear Bryant When He Only Coached 3 Seasons at A&M?

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Bear only played DKR once at A&M so that's not some monster claim.

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That is true, but I was also thinking of the '65 Orange Bowl and the '72 Cotton Bowl (I think it was '72). They tied in the 1960 Bluebonnet Bowl. Akers was coach at Texas when the Longhorns beat Bryant in what I think was his last Cotton Bowl following the '81 season.

I sure miss the Southwest Conference and the Cotton Bowl. There were some big names come to Dallas, both team-wise and Heisman Trophy-wise. CBS's featured bowl game (they also showed/still show the Sun Bowl). The Cotton Bowl, the Dallas Cowboys and J.R. Ewing were CBS centerpieces. Nothing like Lindsey Nelson welcoming you to Dallas, Texas, for the Cotton Bowl on CBS. I can hear it now.

Boy, am I rattling...