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Message: [QUOTE="atom58, post: 1484204, member: 5312"] An interesting story - about 10 years later an incident occurred in a game between Ga Tech and Alabama which led Tech to leave the SEC. You get a different view on Paul "Bear" Bryant who was loved by some Southerners - and you gain a lot of respect for Bobby Dodd the man and Georgia Tech the program: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Dodd[/URL] "Dodd's tenure included Georgia Tech's withdrawal from the [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Southeastern_Conference']Southeastern Conference[/URL] (SEC). The initial spark for Dodd's withdrawal was an historic feud with [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football']Alabama Crimson Tide[/URL] Coach [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Bear_Bryant']Bear Bryant[/URL].The feud began when Tech was playing the Tide at [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Legion_Field']Legion Field[/URL] in [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama']Birmingham[/URL] in [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/1961_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season']1961[/URL]. After a Tech punt, Alabama fair-caught the ball. [URL='http://syracusefan.com/w/index.php?title=Chick_Graning&action=edit&redlink=1']Chick Graning[/URL] of Tech was playing coverage and relaxed after the signal for the [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Fair_catch']fair catch[/URL]. [URL='http://syracusefan.com/w/index.php?title=Darwin_Holt&action=edit&redlink=1']Darwin Holt[/URL] of Alabama continued play and smashed his elbow into Graning's face causing severe fracturing in his face, a broken nose, and blood-filled sinuses. Graning was knocked unconscious and suffered a severe [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Concussion']concussion[/URL], the result of which left him unable to play football ever again. Dodd sent Bryant a letter asking Bryant to suspend Holt after game film indicated Holt had intentionally injured Graning. Bryant never suspended Holt. The lack of discipline infuriated Dodd and sparked Dodd's interest in withdrawing from the SEC. Georgia Tech lost that game, 10–0, and [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/1961_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team']Alabama[/URL] went on to win its first [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Associated_Press#AP_sports_polls']Associated Press[/URL] national championship." Easy to say but hard to do - having integrity yet losing is better than winning without it. [/QUOTE]

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