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re: Have you Auburn fans embraced Bear Bryant as a hero yet?
Posted on 8/13/15 at 3:31 pm to Tuscaloosa
Posted on 8/13/15 at 3:31 pm to Tuscaloosa
I'm sure the Bear is looking up and smiling at this thread.
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Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:19 pm to threedog79
I see what you did there. 
Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:20 pm to Tuscaloosa
great coach with an even greater liver
Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:21 pm to Tuscaloosa
Where is proof of Bryant's alcoholism and/or domestic violence that the Boogs love to trumpet?
Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:27 pm to Tornado Alley
He went to rehab in 1978.
quote:Oh, you're one of those.
Boogs
Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:28 pm to HempHead
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Thank you, Arkansas.
We got you
Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:31 pm to joeyb147
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He went to rehab in 1978.
And promptly started drinking again about a month after finishing the program... And went on to win the next two National Championships ('78, '79). The man didn't have any quit in him.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:32 pm to Tuscaloosa
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And promptly started drinking again about a month after finishing the program... And went on to win the next two National Championships ('78, '79). The man didn't have any quit in him.
Can't disagree with that
Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:37 pm to Tornado Alley
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Where is proof of Bryant's alcoholism and/or domestic violence that the Boogs love to trumpet?
Bryant's drinking is well known....I wouldn't go so far as to call him an alcoholic but he liked to drink, probably too much and did a brief stint at Betty Ford in the 70's....didn't really change him too much and he went on and won two more titles...
...but where do these guys get this crap about him being a woman beater?
This post was edited on 8/13/15 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:47 pm to 14&Counting
I appreciate all who answered my question.
No one can shed any light on the accusations of domestic violence, however.
I figured it was just jealousy from the Plainsmen.
No one can shed any light on the accusations of domestic violence, however.
I figured it was just jealousy from the Plainsmen.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:54 pm to Tornado Alley
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o one can shed any light on the accusations of domestic violence, however.
I figured it was just jealousy from the Plainsmen.
That is just bullshite spewed by these guys...Bryant was married to the same woman for nearly 50 years....he may have been a lot of things but physically abusive to women is not one of them.....
Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:56 pm to Tuscaloosa
Nice haul. Think you got your limit.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 4:59 pm to Luke
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Shug stormed the beaches of Italy, Normandy and the Pacific... Your hero was a merchant marine in the rear with the gear...
I fully realize that you're almost certainly just a dumbassed troll who's entire grasp of WW2 history probably came from watching Pearl Harbor reruns on TNT and thus should be ignored, but I can't let this one go.
Your chance of being killed as a ground combat solider/marine in WW2? 1.78 in 1,000 in the Pacific. 0.36 in the ETO.
Your chance of being killed as a member of the merchant marine? 1 in 26
Source
The US Merchant Marine had the highest fatality rate of any uniformed service in WW2 and it took a federal court ruling in 1988 to finally get them recognized as veterans.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 5:08 pm to JustGetItRight
Greatest football book ever written. It was ghosted, but Coach Bryant said every word. Not your typical ghosted bio.
Hell, Beah, think I will get it off the shelf. I can read it for the 15th time before Wisky.
Hell, Beah, think I will get it off the shelf. I can read it for the 15th time before Wisky.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 5:18 pm to AubieG
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Gus gets up at 4 and is at the office around 4:45....
And Saban never sleeps.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 5:21 pm to Carolina Tide
Posted on 8/13/15 at 5:32 pm to Tuscaloosa
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If we drop the rivalry posturing, I think everyone can agree that both Bryant and Saban were very good for Auburn football.
Exactly. When we are down Auburn is always down even though they beat us during our down time. Saban at BAMA is directly responsible for Auburn winning a NC.
When we were down all those years that sat there with Tubbs doing his Mark Richt impersonation. Beating BAMA has always been enough for Auburn.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 5:34 pm to RandySavage
quote:I see that he didn't have any luck with you though.
I've always been thankful for Bear Bryant. He has kept a lot of trash out of Auburn for the past 50+ years.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 7:57 pm to NYCAuburn
Right. That's why I stated that he was part of the '73 title team. So...
Posted on 8/13/15 at 8:32 pm to rootisback
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great coach with an even greater liver
Don't sell Dye short. As far as I know Bryant never lost his pants in Lake Martin.
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