banjeaUX

Indeed, our Crimson Tide took a licking from the Utes. In just a few minutes, we were down 0-21. I witnessed the horror live as it unfolded on the floor of the Superdome below my end-zone seat. You can bet Coach Pelini will use last year's disappointing loss to Texas a motivation for this year's team. Coach Saban used the Sugar Bowl and SEC championship losses to motivate our team last season. Results were outstanding! Good luck Cornhuskers! Perhaps, we'll meet again in a bowl, soon. It couldn't be better, than for all the marbles.

No WAY anyone could misspell Bow! Crap! Never mind... Hmmm, Toughdown Tommie. Since ya got him from LSU, my Cajun Spall Cheker suggests: "Beaux."

Hmmm. No flames intended, 'zE bOp'. Indeed, our Crimson Tide went through a down cycle, under Coach Bryant, in the late '60s. However, he was not one of the last to recruit Blacks. Back in the day, "Jim Crow" laws prohibited state schools, in the South, from even playing opponents with Black players. While those problems slowly eroded, coaches across the South awaited Coach Bryant's lead, to give them political cover to recruit Blacks. As athletic director, he scheduled a game, in Birmingham, with USCal led by his friend, Coach John McKay. As now, the Trojans were a powerhouse with many Black stars, including Sam Cunningham. Please, may I refererence a little history in wikipedia: He had a notable performance against an all-white University of Alabama football team 42-21 at Birmingham on September 12, 1970. His performance in the game was reportedly a factor in convincing the University of Alabama and its fans to let Coach Bear Bryant integrate Southern football. Jerry Claiborne, a Bryant assistant, said, "Sam Cunningham did more to integrate Alabama in 60 minutes than Martin Luther King did in 20 years." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cunningham I note that 'AZ4NE1' has corrected your misconception of Bama not wanting to play your Cornhuskers in the Devaney years. During Coach Devaney's era at Nebraska 1962-1972, we played y'all 3 times, all in bowl games. Bowl games in which Coach Bryant "assisted" in selecting the strongest opponent available. A victory by the Tide in the bowl game was to position them for the national championship. More history: Alabama 39 - Nebraska 28, Jan 1, 1966 Orange Bowl The Tide would gain an amazing 518 yards of total offense in this 39-28 Orange Bowl victory over the Cornhuskers to close the 1965 season. Alabama would open the scoring with a 21 yard Steve Sloan touchdown pass to Ray Perkins in the first. In the second, the Tide would score on a 4 yard Leslie Kelley touchdown run, on an 11 yard Sloan touchdown pass to Perkins, and on an 18 yard David Ray field goal. Steve Bowman would score Bama's final pair of touchdowns on a 1 yard run in the third and on a 3 yard run in the fourth. The 1965 squad finished 9-1-1, as SEC champions, as national champions, and with a victory in the Orange Bowl for Coach Bryant. Alabama 34 - Nebraska 7, Jan 2, 1967 Sugar Bowl After an undefeated regular season, which included 6 shutouts, the Crimson Tide took on the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the 1967 Sugar Bowl. The game was a rematch from the Orange Bowl the year before in which Alabama won clinching the National Title. And although the Tide did prevail convincingly 34-7 in this contest a third straight National Title was not to be. Coach Bryant said after the game of his team that it was "the greatest team he had ever seen." Alabama got on the scoreboard early scoring 17 first quarter points. Les Kelly scored the first touchdown with a 1 yard run. The second touchdown came with Kenny Stabler ran the option and took it in from 14 yards out. Steve Davis would cap the scoring from the quarter with a 30 yard field goal. Bama would tack on a 6 yard touchdown run from Wayne Trimble to go up 24-0 at halftime. Davis scored his second field goal of the game in the third quarter from 40 yard out. Nebraska finally got on the scoreboard in the fourth but Stabler connected with Ray Perkins for a 45 yard touchdown pass late in the game to seal the game for Alabama and provide more controversy for the national championship selectors. Even with this Sugar Bowl victory, the 1966 squad would not finish the season as national champions, but nevertheless finished 11-0 and as SEC champions for Coach Bryant. [Note from banjeaUX: IMO, regional prejudice over segregation resulted in our Crimson Tide's failure, in their quest for a three-peat as national champions. Injustice?] Alabama 6 - Nebraska 38, Jan 1, 1972 Orange Bowl Alabama was playing for Coach Bryant's fourth national championship against Nebraska in the 1972 Orange Bowl. However, the Cornhuskers put an end to that bid with this 38-6 destruction of the Tide. Bama's only points came in the third on a 3 yard Terry Davis touchdown run. The 1971 squad would finish the season with a record of 11-1, as SEC champions, and with a loss in the Orange Bowl for Coach Bryant. http://bryantmuseum.ua.edu/direction.cfm?d...ames&type=1 You mean 38-6 in '72? (after the '71 season) Or the time they beat us 39-28 6 years before that when I was in Kindergarten? Saban? Anybody not working at ESPN that can piss off half of the SEC is OK in my book. yeah, the 38-6 game w bama back in 71'72...i had confused that score w a NE/Notre game score ina bowl around that time period.

Me thinks I'll go to our spring game again, too. Last spring I went to Bryant-Denny for the first time since 1958. (Mostly, I've caught my Crimson Tide at Tiger Stadium vs LSU or in the Louisiana Superdome at the Sugar Bowl.) Seems a lot of folks had the same idea - the start of a new era. Official estimate was 92,138, full capacity. Many thousands were turned away, as they closed the gates for safety concerns. Admission was free, BTW. I haven't been on board, since the poll for Greatest Coach. FYI: Tomorrow marks the 25th Anniversary of Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's death. Y'all get your Nebraska program back up to speed with Bo and maybe we can meet in a bowl, again.

Losing seasons: Only one - 1st at Texas A&M - noted for Junction Boys book & Movie. This Coach Bryant team won the SWC championship 2 years later. Indeed, there were a few below par (less than 10 wins) years, during the '60s, when Bama won 3 national championships. In 1966, Bryant's 11-0 Crimson Tide finished behind 9-1 Notre Dame. This twarted Bama's quest for a three-peat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bear_Bryant Black guys: Ever heard of Sam "The Bam" Cunningham. "He was a USC All-American fullback in the 1970s whose performance led his team to beat an all-white University of Alabama 42-21 at Birmingham on September 12, 1970 in a primetime matchup that convinced (through his play) Alabama and its fans to let Coach Bear Bryant integrate Southern football. Jerry Claiborne, a Bryant assistant, said, "Sam Cunningham did more to integrate Alabama in 60 minutes than Martin Luther King did in 20 years." This was the plan of Coach Bryant with the assistance of Coach John Mckay of Southern Cal Trojans that changed the face of college football in the South. Prior to this time state laws in Alabama and throughout the deep south prevented intergration in athletics. Southern football? Yes, Coach Bryant was the leader in Southern football and throughout the nation. In 1971 Coach Bryant adopted the wishbone offense. That plus the addition of black players gave Alabama a great decade in the '70s with national championships in 1973, 1978, & 1979. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cunningham Yes, Coach Osborne was a great at Nebraska. Greatest ever? Thought that was settled when they named the coach's trophy. Oh, again, what is the name of the dinner to honor Coach Osborne?

A guess. There'd be no way to know unless you worked for whoever does espn's website. (I don't) Does this get added to his resume? Greatest Coach Ever. Pretty soon, ESPN will start keeping anyone that was part of Nebraska football out of their Polls to allow some other college team to win. CongratS T.O. Indeed, congratulations to Coach Osborne! Also, congratulations to Cornhusker fans! Seems we, Bama fans, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. BTW, thanks for taking a knee. Please try to overlook Osborne who?, mascarading as a Bama fan. Seems, he was off his medications. Imagine the nerve - a guy coming onto your board shouting and calling y'all all CHEATERS. Seems, if he were, indeed, a Bama fan, it was the pot calling the kettle black. (Note: Political incorrectness is not intended.) Please note: I suggest Osborne who? is not a Bama fan, at all. But, rather an Auburn Tiger fan in an Elephant suit. The earlier post on this board illustates the lengths some Auburn fans go to stir manure on internet message boards. Most Bama fans have more class. Bama fans know all's fair in love and war. Oops! Since our coach, Nick Saban, caught much negative press, because of his recent analogy, I hasten to say that this poll was not war. Of course, it is not love, either. Oh, shucks! Let me try again. Okay. How 'bout, Anything goes? Let's just agree, that your geeks beat our geeks. Fair enough? Now, to the issue of the poll, Greatest College Football Coach of All-Times: Coach Bryant was at Alabama for the last 25 years of his career. He had prior rebuilding stops at Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Maryland. In 1958, at Alabama he took a program with a 4 - 24- 2 record in the prior 3 years. His 25 year record at the helm of our Crimson Tide shows: 230 victories, 46 defeats, and 9 ties for a winning percentage of 82.3%, when ties are considered as 50% win and 50% loss. During the Coach Bryant era, Alabama won 6 of its 12 national championships. Much more information at this link: http://bryantmuseum.ua.edu/ I teared up watching this: http://www.zippyvideos.com/5852358745646266/the_bear_movie/ How does this match up, with the 25 year record, of your great Coach Tom Osborne? BTW, Bama fans feel your pain as you go through a coaching change. Hopefully, Cornhusker and Crimson Tide football will be back among the nation's elite programs. Perhaps, we'll meet for the BCS title in the near future. If so, I hope we kick the kernels off your cobs.