Alabama, Future Scheduling Thread

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

Yeah...my brain is gone. However, there was some bad blood between the two schools...didn't they accuse Bama of playing too hard or something???

Yeah, IIRC the Chick Graning episode was what set it all off.........he was mad at Holt, then Holt went to visit him and they made peace...... Years later I read an article about it where he seemed to be saying he was still mad and Holt was a dirty player

You can thank Furman Bisher for a lot of that.....he hated Coach Bryant

 

[kenbama]

I grew up in shadow of Tech, saw many games. Special games were the Freshman games played on Thansgiving Day between Tech and UGA- Shriners Hospital sponsered the "Strong Legs Run so Weak Legs Walk". Became a Bama fan in early 60's. Styrong emotions came about due to Chick Grannings/Darwin Holt incident. The Post Mag story was about Coach Bryant and Wally Butts 'throwing game".

 

[selmaborntidefan]

And remember, Ga Tech was the school where Bobby Dodd coached -- when he and CPB were accused of fixing the game by a reporter who somehow tapped their phones. (Selma can add the details...LOL.) CPB won the lawsuit, but the whole affair left a really bad taste between the schools.
At that time this was major -- I cannot imagine how this would have played out in today's social media driven world.

I think why you're conflating UGA and Tech is because the root problem of the whole thing, Furman Bisher, was good friends with Tech coach Bobby Dodd. I'm absolutely convinced that it was anger over Bryant owning Dodd that caused that story.

Btw - my brother is a news producer with a Journalism emphasis in college, and he says there are two cases EVERY college student has to know about for libel law: 1) the Bryant case; 2) the Carol Burnett case vs the Enquirer. As he said, they discuss it in class, and it's fascinating how obvious the flaws in the reporting were in retrospect.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

I think why you're conflating UGA and Tech is because the root problem of the whole thing, Furman Bisher, was good friends with Tech coach Bobby Dodd. I'm absolutely convinced that it was anger over Bryant owning Dodd that caused that story.

Btw - my brother is a news producer with a Journalism emphasis in college, and he says there are two cases EVERY college student has to know about for libel law: 1) the Bryant case; 2) the Carol Burnett case vs the Enquirer. As he said, they discuss it in class, and it's fascinating how obvious the flaws in the reporting were in retrospect.

I agree with you about Bisher....... he liked to take shots at Bama, and when Bama beat Tech he fumed and whined like a little school girl....... I disliked him. Lewis Grizzard on the other hand, was a huge fan of Coach Bryant, even though he was UGA all the way