I know that people believe that everything was perfect with Bear Bryant, but there was alot of fuzzy stuff that went on with recruiting and such way back then.
I can promise you that those players did the same stupid shite that players today do, but the press didn't have access to all of the discipline issues. The few media outlets who would find out, weren't going to report it anyway because you just didn't do that kind of stuff back then.

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Posted by crimsonsaint

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Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:00 am to notiger1997

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I can promise you that those players did the same stupid shite that players today do, but the press didn't have access to all of the discipline issues. The few media outlets who would find out, weren't going to report it anyway because you just didn't do that kind of stuff back then.

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In the 1960s, Alabama ruled college football, winning national championships in 1961, 1964 and 1965. But even Bryant's top players weren't exempt from the coach's wrath. Joe Namath was suspended for the final two games of the 1963 season for violating Bryant's no-alcohol policy and Ken Stabler was booted from the team in 1967 for cutting class and partying. Both eventually got second chances.

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Posted by south bama tiger

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Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:43 am to notiger1997

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I know that people believe that everything was perfect with Bear Bryant, but there was alot of fuzzy stuff that went on with recruiting and such way back then.
I can promise you that those players did the same stupid shite that players today do,

eh...to a certain extent. Talking to players from Maclendon's teams, there wouldn't be but one or two that failed a drug test (if they had drug tests back then). I'll just say that the players of that era were from a "different cross-section" of American society than today. Not saying they were way better, but it was different thant today no doubt.

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