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
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
Hope I live to see all of those games. RTR
Yes - and Bisher gave Grizzard his start in the newspaper business.
Bisher got to see what his work did when Coach Bryant took the Saturday Evening Post to the woodshedYes - and Bisher gave Grizzard his start in the newspaper business.
Bisher's spending on his spring training exploits was legendary.
Sometime maybe around 1974 or so, a guy named Reg Murphy (Atlanta Constitution) was kidnapped and held for ransom. The paper came up with $700,000 to buy his freedom, and another editor named James Minter (who was a bit of a smart mouth) was involved in that whole deal. When Minter was asked off the record by a reporter what it felt like to have $700,000 in his possession, he said, "I felt like Furman Bisher on my way to spring training."
Well, there's always been a big hub-bub about Bisher's level of involvement in that, but I'd point out that Bisher ain't the one who made the determination to print the story in TSEP, either. No responsible editor would have run that story. I'm fine with blaming Bisher for him letting his feelings get the best of him regarding Coach Bryant, but it's not like he ran that story himself.
No, you are correct...……….and Bisher , iirc, didn't really suffer any financial loss from the story, but it did put a lick on his reputation with all but the most dedicated of true believers.................even many UGA fans were furious at him for implicating Butts in any wrongdoing
Series has been postponed twice. The first time is what started Bama's Neutral Site game, uh...madness for lack of a better term. Alabama had the ideal 3 year format (H/H/NS) in place when GT asked out of the 2013-14 H/H series. 2015 was open for a NS game. When GT asked out of the series it just so happened that the Atlanta Sports Council (of which I was a member of at the time) had a tentative agreement with USC to play in either the 2013 or 2014 game and their prefered opponent was Bama. When the GT series was cancelled, Gary Stokan (then President of the ASC) immediately began negotiations with Bama for 2013-14. When Carroll left USC, Kiffin wanted no part of Bama so the tentative agreement was terminated. Bama wound up being contracted for both 2013 and 2014.
I have noticed and find it interesting that we go on the road for the 1st game and home for the 2nd game in all of our new OOC home and home games.
Except for Arizona. If that series was moved up (or back) a year, it would fit with the staggering of home vs away for the marquee opponents.
