re: Who are you rooting for in the SEC championship game?

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Smart coaches innovate.

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Please be specific and provide links. Links to an Auburn rumor thread don't count.

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Butts resigned as head coach after a disappointing six-and-four season in 1960. He remained UGA's athletic director, but his tenure was marred by scandal. In March 1963 the Saturday Evening Post published a story that accused Butts and Alabama head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of fixing the 1962 Georgia-Alabama game, which the Crimson Tide won thirty-five to nothing. Butts and Bryant sued the Post for libel. In the ensuing trial Butts was awarded $3.06 million, at the time the largest amount ever awarded to a libel plaintiff. (The amount was later reduced to $460,000.) Though Butts won the trial, his reputation had been severely damaged, and he was forced to resign as athletic director.

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Please be specific and provide links. Links to an Auburn rumor thread don't count.

andouille wrote:
Hey douche, perhaps you never heard of the Bear Bryant - Wally Butts scandal. Yes, did Butts win a settlement, Edwin won a few trials too, he was still a liar and thief, so was Bryant so was Butts. The evidence the Post had against them was not trial worthy, but Butts was forced to resign because the truth was evident to insiders.

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Butts resigned as head coach after a disappointing six-and-four season in 1960. He remained UGA's athletic director, but his tenure was marred by scandal. In March 1963 the Saturday Evening Post published a story that accused Butts and Alabama head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of fixing the 1962 Georgia-Alabama game, which the Crimson Tide won thirty-five to nothing. Butts and Bryant sued the Post for libel. In the ensuing trial Butts was awarded $3.06 million, at the time the largest amount ever awarded to a libel plaintiff. (The amount was later reduced to $460,000.) Though Butts won the trial, his reputation had been severely damaged, and he was forced to resign as athletic director.

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Hey, andouille, you forgot to provide a link, as requested. Then, you call me a name.

Are you capable of adult discussion? If so, let's continue. Okay?

Yes, I am very familiar with the alledged fix scandal. BTW, I found your quoted information from above. You conveniently left out the following information which shows Coach Butts in a better light.

"Wally Butts (1905-1973)
James Wallace "Wally" Butts Jr. coached the University of Georgia (UGA) football team from 1939 to 1960,
Wally Butts leading the Bulldogs to four Southeastern Conference (SEC) titles, one undefeated season, and eight bowl games. His intense desire to win, knowledge of the game, and innovative techniques—including a devastating passing game—made him a coaching legend even before he retired. Though he was wracked by scandal late in his career, he is remembered as one of the great coaches in the history of UGA, and in all of college football."LINK

Following is more information which is pertinent to this discussion. How about looking it over. In the long run, Georgia fans believed Coach Butts

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]"Butts left the University of Georgia in 1963, not long after a scandal erupted over a story in the Saturday Evening Post ...
Butts launched a new career in the insurance business. He set up his own company in Athens, Georgia, and eventually became a millionaire, largely on the strength of business from Georgia alumni.[/u]"
Fran Tarkenton - Related Biography: Coach Wally Butts LINK

Obviously, Coach Butts not only won his suit against the magazine. He won the business of many Georgia fans in the home town of the Bulldogs.

BTW, Coach Bryant, under oath in court, admitting to lying. Coach Bryant said, "I lie every time I say we can't win."

Give it up, andouille. Truth is on my side.