re: *ClusterF*** of the Day* Moment of silence please. 33 years ago.

I've never said he was a trendsetter. He wasn't a trendsetter with anything, but to say he didn't even start recruiting black kids until 1970 or that he just did it so that he didn't get left behind or because of a lawsuit is just asinine. He always wanted to sign black kids, he even wanted to do it when he was at Kentucky. At Alabama, he didn't think it would have been a good environment for them until the mid 60's. That's when he started recruiting them. He just wasn't able to sign any until 1969 or 70. He did have some black walk-ons in the mid 60's, I think. There was a group of about 5 that asked if they could and he let them, they just didn't last long. Even when he thought the environment for them was wrong, he still helped them get scholarships to other schools.