What might have been?

[DawgNsuds]

Peter Burns posted that today was Bear Bryant's birthday and told his favorite story about the Bear. Apparently, The Bear had been an assistant at Vandy and had just been named Head Coach at Arkansas. On his drive to Fayetteville, December 7th, 1941 he heard that Pearl Harbor had just been bombed and rather than going to Arkansas, he turned around and joined the Navy instead. Couldn't help think how that attack probably changed the future of SEC Football. Bear may or may not have ended up at Bama had he gone to Fayetteville and we would have played in the Sugar Bowl and most likely had our first National Championship.

For the youngsters, or those that stayed out too late drinking last night, we were unable to get back from California in time for the Sugar Bowl due to the train traffic being disrupted as a result of the attack. I had not heard the Bear portion of this story, so apologies if German.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I thought this was going to be a Diamond Rio post.

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

Try not to think about it.

 

[Go Budaw]

Peter Burns posted that today was Bear Bryant's birthday and told his favorite story about the Bear. Apparently, The Bear had been an assistant at Vandy and had just been named Head Coach at Arkansas. On his drive to Fayetteville, December 7th, 1941 he heard that Pearl Harbor had just been bombed and rather than going to Arkansas, he turned around and joined the Navy instead. Couldn't help think how that attack probably changed the future of SEC Football. Bear may or may not have ended up at Bama had he gone to Fayetteville and we would have played in the Sugar Bowl and most likely had our first National Championship.

For the youngsters, or those that stayed out too late drinking last night, we were unable to get back from California in time for the Sugar Bowl due to the train traffic being disrupted as a result of the attack. I had not heard the Bear portion of this story, so apologies if German.

Looks like he had taken different roads.....

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Little Texas. Not Diamond Rio.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Little Texas. Not Diamond Rio.

I stand corrected. Thanks, Desoto.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

The hair band that was country.

 

[cristilmethod]

I stand corrected. Thanks, Desoto.

We can’t go back again. There’s no use giving in.

 

[patdog]

Had no idea he was offered the Arkansas job. Wouldn't have mattered though. He played at Alabama and would have been hired there anyway.

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

Didn’t know that today was his Bday but did eat at one of his favorite restaurants, The Bright Star in Bessemer AL today for lunch and saw his private booth he liked which is the last one in the back before the kitchen.
And as a public service announcement The Bright Star still has some fine groceries even after over 110 years of being in business.

 

[dawgoneyall]

They would have still been toothless.....

Believe we were going to the Rose Bowl.....

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

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[hogfan14]

Had no idea he was offered the Arkansas job. Wouldn't have mattered though. He played at Alabama and would have been hired there anyway.

Probably, but he's just another in a long list of coaches that were born in, grew up or played at/in Arkansas that the Hogs have missed out on or hired someone else over. Tommy Tuberville, Barry Switzer, Jimmy Johnson, Gus Malzahn. Pete Carroll spent his childhood in Fayetteville when Monte was a GA on Lou Holtz's staff. We'll see how Mike Norvell turns out, he played at UCA but his wife grew up 45 mins from Fayetteville. A lot of our fans wanted us to hire him over Chad Morris. Would have been interesting to see how it would have turned out if we had hired Tuberville over Nutt and Malzahn over Bielema.

Of course we hired Stan Heath in basketball over Bill Self too. Can't get out of our own way sometimes.

 

[Drebin]

I'm having some Golden Flake chips and washing it down with a little Jack Daniels on the rocks in his honor.

 

[1msucub]

There’s no way to know what might have been.

Too bad.