J.A. Adande

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1,096 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 8 Sep

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The Chuck ToddCast · Alabama: How the Crimson Tide Took Over College Football (Part 1) · 18 Aug 2026 podcast

Steven lasted 17 years at Alabama.

Not only did he live up to the standards of Brian, you could argue he surpassed him.

And his departure,

Really had more to do with the reaction to the changing landscape of college football in the NIL era than it did with any scandal or drop-off.

The six coaches at Alabama between Bryan and Saban, they lasted just four years on average.

So it tells you not everyone can win at Alabama and that sometimes even winning isn't enough at Alabama.

Yeah, his perch.

Let's go back to nineteen seventy in that game that Bryant and McKay agreed to.

Wound up being a season opener, played in Legion Field and Birmingham.

It was

W one of the first times an integrated college football team played in the state of Alabama is still a novel concept.

But some of the black players on USC brought guns with them in case anything went down.

Like they were very fearful about uh

Going to the heart of the South.

Um, turns out they didn't need the weapons because the only thing that went down was the Crimson Tide by a score of 42 to 21 at the hands of the Trojans.

All six USC touchdowns were scored by back players, including two by running back Sam Cunningham.

Now the lore of the game has it that afterward, Bear Bryant comes into the USC locker room, brings Randall Cunningham to show him off to his Alabama players.

Bryant

supposedly told his team something to the effect of

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