ESPN's College Gameday is coming to town, which has everyone in Tuscaloosa all excited except for one thing. The Crimson Tide is 0-4 when the show has been here. Oops. Some people are also remembering the coverage Nick Saban got when he decided to leave the Miami Dolphins for here. Should be interesting.Having said that, I thought Saban had a pretty good answer yesterday when a reporter asked him about rising expectations and how fans were beginning to say crazy things.
“They’ve been saying crazy things ever since I’ve been here. What else is new?”
No. 4 UCLA was on pace for an undefeated season when it faced No. 5 Illinois at the 1947 Rose Bowl in the first meeting with a Big Ten/Pac-10 agreement. Led by “Orange” Julius Rykovich (107 yards) and Mr. Five by Five, Buddy Young (103 yards), Illinois won, 45-14. Courtesy of the Tournament of Roses archives.
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It probably wouldn't have been much better for UCLA in 1947 had they played who they were supposed to. The west coast pac wanted ARMY who had local favorite Glenn Davis on their team. But the agreement with the mid-west was signed a month before the game and a great game between undefeated was never to be.
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