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re: Top 50 quotes from Bear Bryant
Posted on 8/20/12 at 9:41 am to Master of Sinanju
Posted on 8/20/12 at 9:41 am to Master of Sinanju
My Dad's Sr year at A&M was 1957 and Bear was coach. A&M was ranked #1 in the country and undefeated with the Heisman Trophy winner in John David Crow. Then at the Yell Practice right before the second to last game with Rice (when Rice was still a great team) he announced he was leaving for Bama. A&M lost that game, the Texas game the next week, and then the Gator Bowl to Tennessee.
Damnit Bear, couldn't you have just waited a couple weeks to announce it?
Damnit Bear, couldn't you have just waited a couple weeks to announce it?
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Posted on 8/20/12 at 9:46 am to aggressor
Not when mama calls.
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"I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running."
Posted on 8/20/12 at 9:47 am to ohiovol
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Where's the quote about the cow college?
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What the hell's the matter with you people down there? Don't y'all take your football seriously?"
Coach Bryant, upon calling Auburn at 6 AM only to find out that none of the coaches were in their offices yet.
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"Sure I'd like to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state."
Posted on 8/20/12 at 9:52 am to CapstoneGrad06
Someone clarify for me. I've heard conflicting accounts about Bryant and integration. I've always believed (and still do) he had been trying for years and at multiple schools. However, I've also seen articles saying he enabled segregation.
Posted on 8/20/12 at 10:01 am to ohiovol
"Playing in Baton Rouge is like being inside a drum"
only TRUTHFUL thing that ole fcuk ever said
only TRUTHFUL thing that ole fcuk ever said
Posted on 8/20/12 at 10:08 am to Aubie Spr96
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In the future, it's best not to encourage the Gumps. Thanks,
Why don't you start a thread about the top 50 quotes from Shug Jerden.
But first, start a thread to let everyone know who the frick Shug Jerden was.
Posted on 8/20/12 at 10:09 am to ohiovol
Like most old timers, he wasn't for it at first. He obviously came around to it when he realized he need integration to stay competitve, hence scheduling USC when he knew full and well they were going to beat alabamas eyes out. He tried convincing the higher ups with no success, so finally he provided proof.
Posted on 8/20/12 at 10:36 am to aggressor
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My Dad's Sr year at A&M was 1957 and Bear was coach. A&M was ranked #1 in the country and undefeated with the Heisman Trophy winner in John David Crow. Then at the Yell Practice right before the second to last game with Rice (when Rice was still a great team) he announced he was leaving for Bama. A&M lost that game, the Texas game the next week, and then the Gator Bowl to Tennessee.
Damnit Bear, couldn't you have just waited a couple weeks to announce it?
Y'all got Francionne'd...
Posted on 8/20/12 at 10:38 am to Riseupfromtherubble
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Like most old timers, he wasn't for it at first. He obviously came around to it when he realized he need integration to stay competitve, hence scheduling USC when he knew full and well they were going to beat alabamas eyes out. He tried convincing the higher ups with no success, so finally he provided proof.
You've bought into the lie (myth). Alabama's first black player was on the team before they played "the game that changed the South"...he was watching from the stands because freshmen were ineligible back then.
This post was edited on 8/20/12 at 10:40 am
Posted on 8/20/12 at 10:40 am to DvlsAdvocat
fap fap fap
Posted on 8/20/12 at 10:42 am to DvlsAdvocat
That game was in 1970. Alabama already had African-American walk-ons as early as 1966. It was Coach Bryant's way of testing the political waters. The first scholarshipped player was Wilbur Jackson. Like you said, he was sitting out his freshmen year in 1970 due to NCAA freshman eligibility requirements a t the time.
Posted on 8/20/12 at 10:44 am to Crompdaddy8
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“Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.”
This is true management genius - take care of the little things, and the big things take care of themselves. It sounds too simple to be true, but it is.
Posted on 8/20/12 at 11:04 am to Riseupfromtherubble
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Like most old timers, he wasn't for it at first.
He always supported integration. Political and societal reasons kept him from doing it until the 70s. He helped send a lot of black athletes to universities such as USC.
Posted on 8/20/12 at 11:19 am to Crompdaddy8
"where's my jack and coke, devil woman?"- bear Bryant
My personal favorite
My personal favorite
Posted on 8/20/12 at 11:21 am to pvilleguru
"Theres nothing better than a golden flake dipped in whiskey"
Posted on 8/20/12 at 11:25 am to CapstoneGrad06
Bryant had done a lot of coaching before he got to alabama...if he was always for integration he didn't show it at maryland, kentucky, or TAMU. I'm not calling him a racist, that was just what was "normal" in those days. It wasn't until after the USC game that bryant got the full graces of the administration to actively recruit the best football players, regardless of skin color. I know there were walk on's before jackson (I got to meet wilbur once, pretty awesome sidenote)..but I don't really consider 3 black guys on the roster as an integrated football team. That's like saying mountain brook is integrated
Posted on 8/20/12 at 11:29 am to Riseupfromtherubble
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but I don't really consider 3 black guys on the roster as an integrated football team. That's like saying mountain brook is integrated
You have to start somewhere. We had one on scholarship in 1970 and had a few more the next year and it only increased from there.
Posted on 8/20/12 at 11:31 am to Riseupfromtherubble
How many teams were integrated in 1945 when he started at Maryland?
ETA: Integrating aTm in the 50s would have been just as bad as integrating UA in the 50s.
ETA: Integrating aTm in the 50s would have been just as bad as integrating UA in the 50s.
This post was edited on 8/20/12 at 11:36 am
Posted on 8/20/12 at 11:42 am to Crompdaddy8
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“The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren’t being taught by many people other than football coaches these days. The football coach has a captive audience and can teach these lessons because the communication lines between himself and his players are more wide open than between kids and parents. We better teach these lessons or else the country’s future population will be made up of a majority of crooks, drug addicts, or people on relief.”
Think about this one. He certainly knew what he was talking about, and if we had more men like him today, maybe our country wouldn't be made up of so many wimps and people with their hands out.
Posted on 8/20/12 at 12:02 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
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Bryant had done a lot of coaching before he got to alabama...if he was always for integration he didn't show it at maryland, kentucky, or TAMU. I'm not calling him a racist, that was just what was "normal" in those days. It wasn't until after the USC game that bryant got the full graces of the administration to actively recruit the best football players, regardless of skin color. I know there were walk on's before jackson (I got to meet wilbur once, pretty awesome sidenote)..but I don't really consider 3 black guys on the roster as an integrated football team. That's like saying mountain brook is integrated
I heard he was trying to integrate at both A&M and Kentucky. I heard something about Maryland as well, but he wasn't there very long.
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