me tooJan 28, 1986. Watched it happen live from the school yard.
me tooJan 28, 1986. Watched it happen live from the school yard.
NASA's three biggest tragedies were:I knew it was on or near it. mainly because my dad died 25 years ago tomorrow.
Def the 28th...I know because it was 1986 and I turned 16 the day before but Walker Co. didn't do driver's license tests on Mondays so it was Tuesday, Jan. 28th the day I got my driver's license.didn't the Challenger explosion also happen on this day 01/26?
My most distinct memory of him was attending games at BDS and Legion Field. He'd always lean up against the goalpost during pre-game warm-ups. If you walked down to the first row you would be about as close to him as the average fan could get. He stood there like a god and to a little boy like me, he was!Just months before I was born, so I never got to see him while he was alive. Only replays. But I've read many books, biographies, etc. Others have passed him on the all-time wins list but no one has been so legendary. Like all things, that may fade over time but for now I still feel like it is true.
My favorite quote, and I love them all, but it is the one that plays on the speakers in Bryant-Denny before each game. "I hope the people remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothing but a winner."
I hope the next time they send the next big rocket up with people on it they'll avoid that week! They probably should all just take that week off!NASA's three biggest tragedies were:
January 27, 1967 - Apollo 1 fire
January 28, 1986 - Challenger
February 1, 2003 - Columbia
All within a week on the calendar day-wise.
Your dad must have passed when you were pretty young.I knew it was on or near it. mainly because my dad died 25 years ago tomorrow.
yep, I was 22.Your dad must have passed when you were pretty young.
I'd forgotten that we were 5-0. I had to go look and see we finished 8-4 that year. That was quite the slide of finishing 3-4 those final 7 games.As I get older, I am just so glad he was able to battle through that 82 season and go out a winner-it takes a lot of courage to know when it's time to "hang it up" as he stated in that December press conference. I know the focus is usually on those last 3 games (including close losses to LSU/Auburn) but that team was 5-0 and ranked #2 including destroying eventual NC Penn State 42-21.
Mythical Giant gets his nickname from wrestling a bear...think about that!I barely have memories of Coach Bryant from when he lived.
I was born in '78 so I only have faint memories from about 3-4 years old in '81 and '82
But I DO remember how much of a Mythical Giant type figure he was and how he commanded awe from me then at such a young age.
Whenever my Dad turned on the game and I would see CPB on the TV I would say "Look Mama!! It's B'rear B'ryant!!"
He will always be missed and will never be forgotten.
You can tell he was country strong back then.Mythical Giant gets his nickname from wrestling a bear...think about that!
Speaking of how old he looked when he died. He kinda always had an "older face." Bear Bryant in 1945 as HC of Maryland:
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Relaxed guns.You can tell he was country strong back then.