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re: Auburn fans or anybody who is the best Auburn HC in school history?
Posted on 4/10/21 at 3:48 pm to BrerTiger
Posted on 4/10/21 at 3:48 pm to BrerTiger
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Bear struggled as well in '69 and '70. Got whooped by USC in the season opener.
Let's not forget that he beat USC on the road in '71.Didnt take em long to recover.
I also think the "impact" of that game has been slightly exaggerated through the years.
Integration was beginning to happen anyway and I don't think it "pushed" it any faster.
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Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:16 am to RD Dawg
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I also think the "impact" of that game has been slightly exaggerated through the years.
Integration was beginning to happen anyway and I don't think it "pushed" it any faster.
100% this. There has been a certain mythical quality attached to that game that wasn't there at the time. Alabama and many other SEC schools were already beginning to recruit black athletes. Alabama already had one or two on the team who were freshmen. At that particular point in time freshmen couldn't dress with the team and so they were sitting in the stands that night.
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