Dodd inducted to Sugar Bowl Hall of Fame

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rfjeff9 said:
They just announced it at the Sugar Bowl. I was the only one in the dome to stand and cheer.

I didn't know, but it's nice to see happen.
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It's about damned time. Anybody remember the infamous Pitt/Bobby Grier Sugar Bowl that resulted in actual riots back home in Atlant and Athens when Gov. Marvin Griffin tried to stop Tech from playing against an integrated team in the 1956 Sugar Bowl? The demonstrations-turned-riot were believe it or not in support of Tech playing, and the Tech players, given as chance to vote by Dodd, voted to play. Tech's president at the time said as long as he was president, Georgia Tech was playing in the Sugar Bowl, a cheeky stance at the time.
 
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Skeptic said:
It's about damned time. Anybody remember the infamous Pitt/Bobby Grier Sugar Bowl that resulted in actual riots back home in Atlant and Athens when Gov. Marvin Griffin tried to stop Tech from playing against an integrated team in the 1956 Sugar Bowl? The demonstrations-turned-riot were believe it or not in support of Tech playing, and the Tech players, given as chance to vote by Dodd, voted to play. Tech's president at the time said as long as he was president, Georgia Tech was playing in the Sugar Bowl, a cheeky stance at the time.
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Good sportsmanship by both schools:

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'The South Stands at Armageddon': Breaking the Sugar Bowl color barrier

When Bobby Grier and Pitt faced Georgia Tech in 1956, it ignited a conflict that pitted a governor against a state university and its football team that would end in one of the defining moments in college football history.
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