Comments for My first and Last Football Post for 2017 | Eastern North Carolina Now

After a bit of reflection, I think perhaps coaches like Bear Bryant are no longer too prevalent in the college ranks. He not only coached football he coached life. In 1964 he suspended Joe Namath for the last game of the season and the Sugar Bowl for a breaking team rules.

"Alabama had a bye week before its last regular-season game that season against the University of Miami. Namath planned to watch the Army-Navy football game on TV, but the game was pushed back a few weeks because of the assassination of President Kennedy. Instead, he spent an evening at a local diner where, admittedly, he had literally a few sips of beer. This was a clear violation of Coach Bryant's policy of no alcohol during the season. Bryant heard a rumor that Namath had been drinking over the weekend, so he approached his star quarterback and asked him if it was true. Namath admitted to the few sips of beer (while not mentioning that many of his teammates were drunk at an off-campus party that night).

According to Mark Kriegel's excellent book, Namath, after a short deliberation, Coach Bryant told Namath he could allow Namath to continue to play, but to do so would violate Bryant's principles, and the coach would have to resign. Instead, Coach Bryant decided to suspend Namath for the final regular-season game against Miami and for the upcoming Sugar Bowl."

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Here is a clip with Joe Namath telling a few stories about Bear Bryant and his character building. When a coach benches his star quarterback before the Sugar Bowl, he has more in mind than football. Alabama did win the game against Ole Miss 12 to 7 in a defensive battle.

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Commented: Wednesday, January 10th, 2018 @ 7:05 am By: Bobby Tony

Sorry about them Dawgs. Nick Saban may be worth the money, however; regardless of the huge salary, he earns he has carved out a bigger place upon the landscape of the college football map for greatness.

He will overtake Bear Bryant, Forrest Gump notwithstanding.

Commented: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 1:08 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Them Dawgs are in the title game; congratulation my Cracker friends, who are many.

Commented: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 @ 11:53 am By: Stan Deatherage

Comment 7:

I posted this entire exchange on Facebook and I did not get one like but several people unfriended me. I sure am glad I don't post politics on FB. I am so glad that Facebook does not have a Middle-Finger Emoji.

Apparently humor is not a requirement for admission to UGA. I can also detect by the views that there are few UGA / Football or Bobby Tony fans on Beaufort County Now. I think I am done for now. I may have to offer apologies after tomorrow's game.

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Commented: Sunday, December 31st, 2017 @ 9:49 am By: Bobby Tony

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Sometimes people ask me what bowl my favorite football team played in. They think that will shut me up. I usually just say that we have had many play in the Space Bowl. Georgia Tech has had 14 Astronauts go to space.

Commented: Sunday, December 31st, 2017 @ 9:44 am By: Bobby Tony

I love your detached condescension regarding the intelligence of Georgia football participants. Fran Tarkenton and Herschel Walker certainly did turn out alright.

Commented: Sunday, December 31st, 2017 @ 1:09 am By: Stan Deatherage

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I was accepted to that great institution of higher learning, UGA (pronounced UAAAGGGAAA). I decided to spare my family the shame and attended a small business college in Atlanta.

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Commented: Saturday, December 30th, 2017 @ 1:10 pm By: Bobby Tony

I have paid no attention to college football this season, and if it was not for the Panthers, I just wonder how much attention I would pay to the NFL, so, this may be most overdue, but: Congratulations to you Georgia Crackers for "them Dawgs"!

I did once pay attention to college football, and Georgia has had quite a few good football players over the years, and playing in inarguably the top football conference in the history of college football, the SEC (I do know that), that should continue.

How bout them DAWGS!

Commented: Saturday, December 30th, 2017 @ 11:01 am By: Stan Deatherage