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Bear Bryant on Mizzou

Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:02 pm
Posted by Tigerjackswartz
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:02 pm
1968 Gator Bowl:

"We were really horsewhipped. We had a lousy defense. We did not expect anyone to run down the field on us like they did, like they were playing a barber college. They toyed with us like children....They beat us every way known to man. They out-everythinged us.

We were really fortunate. The Tigers deserved to beat us by more points than they did. Of course, it was like any other college football game. The difference was in the preparation and the coaching and there was a lot of difference today."

1975, at Bama:

"All in all, it was a good ol' country beating," Bryant said. "I think we were fortunate not to be beaten worse."
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
68325 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:03 pm to
Nick Saban on Mizzou:

42-10.

Bryant also beat Mizzou in 1978.
This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 1:04 pm
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:03 pm to
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Posted by Phat Phil
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:03 pm to
In.









































Diana
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:05 pm to
Solid grind.
Posted by CapstoneGrad06
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:05 pm to
How many times will this be posted? Did Mizzou fans draw straws to see who posted this in what order? It didn't help in 2012. It won't now.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
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105102 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:06 pm to
Bryant coached at A&M. Said lots of nice things about them. We played them this year too.

Posted by 12
Redneck part of Florida
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:07 pm to
Congrats.
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:07 pm to
Id seek out a surgeon for your buttholes. You know, precautionary
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Posted by Bama54
Neverland
Member since Nov 2011
5077 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:07 pm to
I hope the Alabama team is reminded that Mizzou is the only SEC team we do not have a winning record against. I am pretty confident that will be remedied Saturday.
Posted by I-59 Tiger
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Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:08 pm to
quote:

1975, at Bama: "All in all, it was a good ol' country beating," Bryant said. "I think we were fortunate not to be beaten worse."


Alabama was hosed that year. They were better than Oklahoma.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
68325 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:13 pm to
quote:

Alabama was hosed that year. They were better than Oklahoma.


I remember reading somewhere that had the BCS been around in the 1970s, Alabama would have appeared in the national championship game in 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1979.
Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
36703 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:22 pm to
they basically were in 1971 and 1978.

But the rankings in the month of Nov in 1975 were suspect. Had Bear (and the Sugar) agreed to the Okla-Neb loser instead of Penn State it could have been different.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
120554 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:23 pm to
One of those players transferred to an FCS school after not being able to hack it in the big leagues.

The other was named SEC offensive player of the week a couple weeks ago.

Weird how stories end up.
Posted by Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:28 pm to
quote:

But the rankings in the month of Nov in 1975 were suspect. Had Bear (and the Sugar) agreed to the Okla-Neb loser instead of Penn State it could have been different.

To be honest Mizzou might well have been the factor that kept Bama down that year. After the huge win at Alabama to start the year (our fans tore down the goalposts in Columbia, Missouri afterward even though the game was in Birmingham - yes, we rushed an empty field)...Mizzou then stumbled onward to finish 6-5 that year, no bowl. Moreover, we played Oklahoma (ranked #6 at the time) down to the very wire but fell 28-27 rather than leaving them with an upset loss on the resume like we did to Bama.
This post was edited on 12/1/14 at 1:30 pm
Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
36703 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:33 pm to
Well, in November a mediocre Kansas team thumped Oklahoma, 23-3 in Norman. Granted no one thought Ohio State would lose to UCLA in the Rose (they had beaten them 41-20 in the regular season). But OU had done nothing to warrant leaping back over Alabama in late November after the Neb win.
Posted by outlawjoseywales
Memphis, TN
Member since Sep 2012
1838 posts
Posted on 12/1/14 at 1:51 pm to
quote:

How many times will this be posted? Did Mizzou fans draw straws to see who posted this in what order? It didn't help in 2012. It won't now.


Since half the people who post on this site live 20-30 yrs in the past I would have to say forever !!!
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:20 pm to
You quoting from 1968? Bama has like 38 titles since then
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 12/1/14 at 2:37 pm to
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