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re: That's a nice statue you have there Bama. It would be a shame if anything happened to it..
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:34 am to ibldprplgld
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:34 am to ibldprplgld
quote:Bama was denied a National Championship by the AP with Bear as coach because they had not integrated, so...
Was Bear a racist? Or is his only crime that he was white?
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Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:34 am to pvilleguru
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He hated everyone equally.
Except for Jack Daniels.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:36 am to thatthang
I'd love to see them add a statue of Wilbur Jackson and Wendell Hudson
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:36 am to Glorious
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So the guy the break the color barrier of Alabama Football?
It's almost as if you think The Progressive Race Mob cares about facts and logic. That's quaint.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:37 am to Lynxrufus2012
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Nothing will ever happen to this statue. These are the four men who changed forever the face of SEC football.
I was writing my last post when you posted this. Really, any SEC fan other than a KY one grandstanding about integration is just kind of a moron. And I'll give a slight nod to UT for being a little ahead of the curve as well.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:37 am to SummerOfGeorge
quote:Only player to have his jersey in the rafters.
Wendell Hudson
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:38 am to LSU Patrick
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He hated everyone equally.
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Except for Jack Daniels.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:39 am to SummerOfGeorge
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I'd love to see them add a statue of Wilbur Jackson and Wendell Hudson
Would be awesome. Perhaps a rare opportunity today for everyone to get on board with a statue.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:40 am to pvilleguru
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Only player to have his jersey in the rafters.
Yep - that was a fantastic move by Byrne. Well deserved
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:41 am to AHM21
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You would think with this much experience you would be a little more subtle with your troll.
0/10...disappointing.
The virus has thrown everyone off their game. It will probably be a month or two into football season before folks are up to speed.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:42 am to Lsupimp
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In 1970, Alabama was one of the few football programs that had an all-white roster. Bryant argued with critics who said he was a racist by saying he didn't recruit African-American player because the social climate of the time didn't allow it. Behind the scenes, however, Bryant was often cited as using racial slurs. And, it made sense to the coach at that time. Bryant was born and raised in the depression-era south, where he was exposed to deep seeded racism.
From whence did this quote come from?
Sylvester Croom "Coach Bryant didn't have a racist bone in his body."
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:46 am to thatthang
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This 'Bear was racist' talking point, primarily spread by lazy Auburn fans
frickING LULZ
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:48 am to Lsupimp
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It's almost as if you think The Progressive Race Mob cares about facts and logic. That's quaint.
Just let me vent dammit
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:52 am to Todd Greene
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From whence did this quote come from?
The same place The Progressive Mob gets ALL their 30 second history lessons. From a highly, reputable, unimpeachable internet article written by some historically-illiterate dude in a Che' T-shirt that lives in his Mom's basement that is only a semester away from his Queer Studies degree and then his big job making 31,000 a year starting shite in the streets for a Community Organization group.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:56 am to Lsupimp
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Lsupimp
back to the Poli board you go.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:58 am to RTRcdub
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At first, he didn’t recruit black players, but he ended up having a huge part in breaking the color barrier in sports and had great influence in changing Alabama’s perspective of African Americans.
Right, because he realized the black athlete would help him win
Posted on 6/22/20 at 10:59 am to thatthang
Thanks for the answer. Seems like, as we've seen all too frequently, he's being judged unfairly by the contemporaneous opinion some hold today.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 11:01 am to dcbl
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Bama was denied a National Championship by the AP with Bear as coach because they had not integrated, so...
I'd venture a guess that the coaches had little effect on this. And to be honest, how many of us are willing to stick our necks out today to speak out on issues of race? Not many bc we don't want to be fired. That was probably a similar reason why Bear stayed mum on it, too.
Posted on 6/22/20 at 11:01 am to lsufball19
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Right, because he realized the black athlete would help him win
I'm pretty sure he realized that before he actually did it. Based on conversations from guys who went elsewhere, he was very aware of what he'd be bringing the first black athlete into. Right or wrong, it was clear to those around him he didn't want to do it before he thought the people of the state were ready for it.
The guy tried to integrate at Kentucky - he knew that black kids could help him win long before he integrated.
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“They told me no,” Bryant said to Phillips. “So for years, I used to recommend all these great black players to schools up North."
This post was edited on 6/22/20 at 11:04 am
Posted on 6/22/20 at 11:01 am to TT9
Tear it down. Tear it all down !
-TT9 PoliBoard
Except for the Bama stuff. Let's keep that!
-TT9 SEC Rant
-TT9 PoliBoard
Except for the Bama stuff. Let's keep that!
-TT9 SEC Rant
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