Since Freddie Milons returned the punt in the Rose Bowl

Man, you just brought up a game from the worst football season of my lifetime. We went in ranked 3. I remember the UCLA fans chanting "overrated". We finished the year with 3 wins. UCLA was right.

Flashback to the infancy of the internet and dark days.

ESPN

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I'm triggered

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You know going back to the Rose Bowl about a decade later and getting the first of the Championships that would define the greatest dynasty of this century in college sports so far, eases the pain of that year.

I didn’t have a dog in the fight back and still don’t today but I enjoyed reading names of the past

I remember reading a John Zenor piece about the Bama QB battle during two-a-days that hinted at major problems under the surface.

Seems he quoted one of the OL saying there were people on the team who didn’t want Zow to be the starter. Something about the way it was phrased led me to believe that the team was deeply divided along racial lines. That usually doesn’t bode well for unity and discipline, two qualities that were clearly lacking before September ended.

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Flashback to the infancy of the internet and dark days.

ESPN

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What a throwback! Thanks for that. Man, what a deflating game, sad to think that would be pretty typical for the next several years. The perspective looking back now is almost unbelievable.

What’s even more crazy is reading about a PAC-10 team having a game plan based on running the ball, ball control and game management. That idea has been dead in that conference for years.

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Seems he quoted one of the OL saying there were people on the team who didn’t want Zow to be the starter.

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There were those who wanted Watts to start and those who wanted Zow, but it didn't go down racial lines as that article suggested. It was a matter of if you wanted a dual threat or a pocket passer. I was in the Zow camp. When Fran came, he went with Watts because of his 70's style offense that I hated. But Zenor was race baiting with that article. I mean if he wanted to say something racial and interesting, then he should've pointed that Bama had a black qb who wasn't a running threat and a white one who was.
Oh, and after watching Watts has do his commentary for all of these years, I am 100 percent convinced that Zow would be better at that too.

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Upper Corner of Lower Alabama has been trouble......Revenge! Lets get to the Elite 8

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What the frick? We lost that game and what you mentioned was literally the only moment anything about the game felt good.

I was there. Worst sunburnt face I’ve ever gotten.
I also witnessed an Alabama fan kick the arse of a UCLA fan (who was hurling incest jokes) outside the stadium after the game.

Used Car Lot Academy. One of my fathers UCLA friends refers to them as such lol