On This Date….

donsue

donsue

Flats Noob
Joined
Jun 9, 2016
Messages
961
60 years ago. Bear Bryant brought his undefeated Crimson Tide on a 2 year win streak into rainy Grant Field to face Dodd’s Jackets led by Billy Lothridge. The Bear was worried sick about meeting defeat while he stared out the window at the Georgian Hotel smoking one Chesterfield after another. His intuition was correct, as Dodd’s boys handed him a 7-6 defeat, derailing his National Title chances. One of the best Tech wins all time!
 
donsue said:
60 years ago. Bear Bryant brought his undefeated Crimson Tide on a 2 year win streak into rainy Grant Field to face Dodd’s Jackets led by Billy Lothridge. The Bear was worried sick about meeting defeat while he stared out the window at the Georgian Hotel smoking one Chesterfield after another. His intuition was correct, as Dodd’s boys handed him a 7-6 defeat, derailing his National Title chances. One of the best Tech wins all time!
Click to expand...
Chesterfields. If that was really the Bear’s cigarette of choice they should have used the Bear as a celebrity spokesman. I can’t think of Chesterfields being known for anything else.
 
Supposedly he went back and forth between those and Lucky Strikes
 
I was a "damn good rat" in the stands that day, and it was by far the most intense football game I have ever seen, and the most intense atmosphere as well. The student section was packed almost an hour before kickoff, and the rest of the stands were full shortly afterwards. The cheers of the day were "Remember Darwin Holt" and "Namath can't do it." Although I have forgotten the details of the action, I can never forget the impact it had on all who were there. WHAT A GAME !!!
1668695080391.jpeg
 
Supersize that order mutt said:
I was a "damn good rat" in the stands that day, and it was by far the most intense football game I have ever seen, and the most intense atmosphere as well. The student section was packed almost an hour before kickoff, and the rest of the stands were full shortly afterwards. The cheers of the day were "Remember Darwin Holt" and "Namath can't do it." Although I have forgotten the details of the action, I can never forget the impact it had on all who were there. WHAT A GAME !!!
1668695080391.jpeg
Click to expand...
Kim King talks a lot about that game in his book
 
donsue said:
60 years ago. Bear Bryant brought his undefeated Crimson Tide on a 2 year win streak into rainy Grant Field to face Dodd’s Jackets led by Billy Lothridge. The Bear was worried sick about meeting defeat while he stared out the window at the Georgian Hotel smoking one Chesterfield after another. His intuition was correct, as Dodd’s boys handed him a 7-6 defeat, derailing his National Title chances. One of the best Tech wins all time!
Click to expand...
i dunno if it's the same game but here's the bear wearing a helmut to walk past our student section
1668804048314.jpeg
 
On this date in 2022 I took Tulsa laying 14 points at home against a USF team with no head coach and starting a 3rd string, true freshman quarterback in 27 degree Oklahoma weather.
 
I recall reading that a sport reporter asked Bear; "what do you think about all those liquor bottles being thrown at
him from the GT student section?" To which Bear Bryant replied; "I would have thought them Tech folks would have
drunk a better brand of whiskey!"
 
GTsapper said:
On this date in 2022 I took Tulsa laying 14 points at home against a USF team with no head coach and starting a 3rd string, true freshman quarterback in 27 degree Oklahoma weather.
Click to expand...
this is why i don't bet on sports .. oy.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top