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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 860564" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>I saw those teams play and Alabama was not in the same league with Notre Dame and Michigan State in 1966. They were great for a Southern team but not as good as many northern teams at the time, southern regional chauvinism aside.</p><p></p><p>Michigan State also claims a natty in 1966, more deservedly. Their team was loaded with all conference players, future hall of famers and future NFL stars. Alabama was limited by the color barrier and many of the best players in the south went north. I think MSU had 12 Black players from the south. The team was not only fast but big for its day. The OL and DL averaged 251 lbs a man. By contrast Alabama averaged 201 lbs.</p><p></p><p>It was an interesting time in which most coaches across the nation had warm relations and helped each other. Bear Bryant would contact his coaching friends up north whenever he heard about a Black prospect in the south. Coaches at Clemson, Tennessee and Oklahoma did the same. The north dominated college football during those years.</p><p></p><p>Bryant got his friend John McCay at Southern Cal to bring his integrated team to Birmingham in 1970 to break the color barrier. When USC won by 3 touchdowns (it wasn’t that close because starters for USC were gone by second half) Bear was able to go to the President of Alabama and convince him that it was time to integrate the team.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 860564, member: 1640"] I saw those teams play and Alabama was not in the same league with Notre Dame and Michigan State in 1966. They were great for a Southern team but not as good as many northern teams at the time, southern regional chauvinism aside. Michigan State also claims a natty in 1966, more deservedly. Their team was loaded with all conference players, future hall of famers and future NFL stars. Alabama was limited by the color barrier and many of the best players in the south went north. I think MSU had 12 Black players from the south. The team was not only fast but big for its day. The OL and DL averaged 251 lbs a man. By contrast Alabama averaged 201 lbs. It was an interesting time in which most coaches across the nation had warm relations and helped each other. Bear Bryant would contact his coaching friends up north whenever he heard about a Black prospect in the south. Coaches at Clemson, Tennessee and Oklahoma did the same. The north dominated college football during those years. Bryant got his friend John McCay at Southern Cal to bring his integrated team to Birmingham in 1970 to break the color barrier. When USC won by 3 touchdowns (it wasn’t that close because starters for USC were gone by second half) Bear was able to go to the President of Alabama and convince him that it was time to integrate the team. [/QUOTE]
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