On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:32:16 -0700 (PDT), Futbol Phan
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sgz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>You're probably old enough to remember how Bama even came to play in the Ro=
>se Bowl in the first place. Michigan so humiliated Stanford in the first R=
>ose Bowl (49-0, but that is deceptive, because Stanford QUIT in the third q=
>uarter) that they abandoned the game for a number of years: "The game was s=
>o lopsided that for the next 13 years, the Tournament of Roses officials ra=
>n chariot races, ostrich races, and other various events instead of footbal=
>l".
>
>Once they decided to give up on the ostrich races, they didn't dare invite =
>the winningest team of all time back, so that opened the door for lesser te=
>ams like Bama to step in and allow for a competitive game.
Before the first of Bama's 4 HoF coaches came in 1923 there is no
argument that Michigan was the superior football team in the country -
and Dr. Ravelli had one of the best bands.
No one had ever heard of Tuscaloosa back then. In 1945, the year
before I enrolled there were, as I recall about 12,000 students - WWII
vets swelled the enrollment to about 18,000 in 1946, again as I
recall.
I forget how many National Championships UM has - perhaps you could
refresh my memory. Everybody knows how many Bama has - or can spin it
as they wish.
You opened the door to lesser teams but you sure didn't get what you
wished for. You should have been more careful.