Who recruited the roster he's throwing shade at here?
š Former Auburn DE Big Kat Bryant was asked today how UCF's roster talent compares to the SEC teams..."We would beat Auburn, for sure."
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ElephantStomp
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Mommas are always going to go to their kidsā defense, irregardless of facts and other wise
18Champs
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Yella Tooth speaks:
I know nothing about what discrimination feels like. Iāve never been discriminated against for the color of my skin, my faith or any other reason. But Iām plenty old enough to know what discrimination looks like. And Iāve had many friends who know what itās like explain it to me. That discrimination still exists in our society is beyond dispute. It does and, sadly, always will at some level and in some places. But neither Auburnās football team nor any position on Auburnās football team is one of those places.
I wonāt dignify her post by mentioning her name, but the mother of a former Auburn player (not a quarterback) who transferred took to social media to proclaim that the reason Bo Nix has been Auburnās starting quarterback for two years is because the alumni run the show and they just want the best white quarterback to play. That would be 2019 SEC Freshman of the Year Bo Nix, the same Bo Nix who will probably leave Auburn as the leading passer in program history and has endured his own unfounded criticism..
There was a time when it was different. Oh, was it different. Condredge Holloway, who was All-State in three sports, was one of the great athletes in state history at Lee High School in Huntsville. He could have signed for a huge bonus to play baseball, but he was only 17 and his mother wanted him to go to college.
Both Alabama, coached by Bear Bryant, and Auburn, coached by Shug Jordan, told him the time was not right for a black quarterback in the state of Alabama. Either would have signed him, but not to play quarterback. So he went off and became a star at Tennessee. Thatās discrimination.
Wilbur Jackson played for an Auburn graduate at Ozark High School and the only place he wanted to go was Auburn. He was told Auburn couldnāt take more black players at the time. So he went to Alabama and became an All-American.
I heard a Montgomery radio host say that Kerwin Bell would never be a great quarterback at Florida because black players just werenāt equipped to play quarterback in the SEC. Bell, of course, was white and was very equipped to play quarterback in the SEC.
I was a teenager when integration came to Alabama. I took serious abuse because I believed what my father told me, that no man should be judged by the color of his skin. I saw my father cry one time in my life, and that was when four little black girls died in a church bombing in Birmingham. I didnāt understand the fear and hate then, and I donāt now.
For the record, Charles Thomas, Pat Washington, Reggie Slack, Dameyune Craig, Jason Campbell, Kodi Burns, Cam Newton, Kiehl Frazier, Jonathan Wallace and Nick Marshall all have two things in common. They are black and they were starting quarterbacks at Auburn. Some were stars. Some weren't. Newton had the greatest season of any quarterback in Auburn history and won the Heisman Trophy and a national championship. He was the first player chosen in the NFL Draft. Slack is the only quarterback in Auburn history to lead two SEC championship teams. Campbell was SEC Player of the Year, led a perfect season and was a first-round NFL Draft pick. Marshall led Auburn to an SEC championship and the BCS Championship Game. I have no idea how all that compares with other SEC programs, but I would think itās near the top.
For someone to make such a dangerous, uninformed and unfounded statement takes away from issues that still exist today. Talk to me about the low graduation rates for black football and basketball players and I will listen. Talk to me about the difficulty qualified black coaches have in getting top jobs in college football and Iāll listen. Talk to me about the difficulties early black quarterbacks faced from fans and, yes, still sometimes face, and I will listen. Social media has brought out the cowards who hide behind screen names and spew hate.
But not this.
Someone who doesnāt have any way of knowing declares Auburn āalumniā decide who plays quarterback. To be fair, some Auburn fans, too many, feed the notion that someone tells Auburn coaches who to play, who to hire, what plays to call. That is simply not true.
If there is any place that the racial divide in this country is blurred almost to the point of being invisible, it is on the field in college football and in the arena in college basketball. Players work incredibly hard to be successful. They want the quarterback on the field who gives them the best chance to win. They donāt give a rip about the color of his skin.
The idea that a coach ā any coach ā who is paid millions of dollars a year to win football games would do anything other than play the quarterback he believes gives him the best chance to win those games defies logic.
I know nothing about what discrimination feels like. Iāve never been discriminated against for the color of my skin, my faith or any other reason. But Iām plenty old enough to know what discrimination looks like. And Iāve had many friends who know what itās like explain it to me. That discrimination still exists in our society is beyond dispute. It does and, sadly, always will at some level and in some places. But neither Auburnās football team nor any position on Auburnās football team is one of those places.
I wonāt dignify her post by mentioning her name, but the mother of a former Auburn player (not a quarterback) who transferred took to social media to proclaim that the reason Bo Nix has been Auburnās starting quarterback for two years is because the alumni run the show and they just want the best white quarterback to play. That would be 2019 SEC Freshman of the Year Bo Nix, the same Bo Nix who will probably leave Auburn as the leading passer in program history and has endured his own unfounded criticism..
There was a time when it was different. Oh, was it different. Condredge Holloway, who was All-State in three sports, was one of the great athletes in state history at Lee High School in Huntsville. He could have signed for a huge bonus to play baseball, but he was only 17 and his mother wanted him to go to college.
Both Alabama, coached by Bear Bryant, and Auburn, coached by Shug Jordan, told him the time was not right for a black quarterback in the state of Alabama. Either would have signed him, but not to play quarterback. So he went off and became a star at Tennessee. Thatās discrimination.
Wilbur Jackson played for an Auburn graduate at Ozark High School and the only place he wanted to go was Auburn. He was told Auburn couldnāt take more black players at the time. So he went to Alabama and became an All-American.
I heard a Montgomery radio host say that Kerwin Bell would never be a great quarterback at Florida because black players just werenāt equipped to play quarterback in the SEC. Bell, of course, was white and was very equipped to play quarterback in the SEC.
I was a teenager when integration came to Alabama. I took serious abuse because I believed what my father told me, that no man should be judged by the color of his skin. I saw my father cry one time in my life, and that was when four little black girls died in a church bombing in Birmingham. I didnāt understand the fear and hate then, and I donāt now.
For the record, Charles Thomas, Pat Washington, Reggie Slack, Dameyune Craig, Jason Campbell, Kodi Burns, Cam Newton, Kiehl Frazier, Jonathan Wallace and Nick Marshall all have two things in common. They are black and they were starting quarterbacks at Auburn. Some were stars. Some weren't. Newton had the greatest season of any quarterback in Auburn history and won the Heisman Trophy and a national championship. He was the first player chosen in the NFL Draft. Slack is the only quarterback in Auburn history to lead two SEC championship teams. Campbell was SEC Player of the Year, led a perfect season and was a first-round NFL Draft pick. Marshall led Auburn to an SEC championship and the BCS Championship Game. I have no idea how all that compares with other SEC programs, but I would think itās near the top.
For someone to make such a dangerous, uninformed and unfounded statement takes away from issues that still exist today. Talk to me about the low graduation rates for black football and basketball players and I will listen. Talk to me about the difficulty qualified black coaches have in getting top jobs in college football and Iāll listen. Talk to me about the difficulties early black quarterbacks faced from fans and, yes, still sometimes face, and I will listen. Social media has brought out the cowards who hide behind screen names and spew hate.
But not this.
Someone who doesnāt have any way of knowing declares Auburn āalumniā decide who plays quarterback. To be fair, some Auburn fans, too many, feed the notion that someone tells Auburn coaches who to play, who to hire, what plays to call. That is simply not true.
If there is any place that the racial divide in this country is blurred almost to the point of being invisible, it is on the field in college football and in the arena in college basketball. Players work incredibly hard to be successful. They want the quarterback on the field who gives them the best chance to win. They donāt give a rip about the color of his skin.
The idea that a coach ā any coach ā who is paid millions of dollars a year to win football games would do anything other than play the quarterback he believes gives him the best chance to win those games defies logic.
Marshall has been using WayBackMachine looking at Bama sites in the last of the DuBose era.
alabamajack
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BamaFan334
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Hard to disagree with what is written there. Not saying it's not ran by it's alumni as I don't care for one, but two I don't keep up with Auburn that much on the back side of it all, but was Joey Gatewood, the guy that can't start at Kentucky either supposed to start over Nix? Who was the black quarterback at Auburn that should have started? Who was the black quarterback they should have recruited that would have came there?
I don't agree with his discrimination on faith, because if he's a Christian, he's public enemy #1 these days.
I don't agree with his discrimination on faith, because if he's a Christian, he's public enemy #1 these days.
NickelDoubleDog
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Malik Willis
BamaFan334
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Is he better or just on the roster?
PurlJam
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NickelDoubleDog
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More vinegary than salty.
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