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re: UGA, Bama and Tennessee only SEC schools to ever play in The Rose Bowl Game....
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:28 pm to JetDawg
Posted on 4/16/21 at 8:28 pm to JetDawg
Alabama is 5-1-1 in Rose Bowl. It is not well known, but in 1961, Alabama was undefeated and the PAC-8 Big-10 Rose Bowl agreement had expired.
Coach Bryant held the team out of accepting a bowl for a week hoping the Rose Bowl would invite Alabama. Supposedly he dressed out a couple of black assistant trainers and had then stand right behind him the last two games so that cameras would show a sham integration during that upheaval.
However the Rose Bowl invited the Big-10 champion anyway, and next year renewed the agreement. Coach never got over missing that Rose Bowl opportunity and wrote about it in his book.
Coach Bryant held the team out of accepting a bowl for a week hoping the Rose Bowl would invite Alabama. Supposedly he dressed out a couple of black assistant trainers and had then stand right behind him the last two games so that cameras would show a sham integration during that upheaval.
However the Rose Bowl invited the Big-10 champion anyway, and next year renewed the agreement. Coach never got over missing that Rose Bowl opportunity and wrote about it in his book.
This post was edited on 4/16/21 at 9:21 pm
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