Meet Denny:
On 1 January 1926 – in a game that put southern football front and center nationally – Alabama upset mighty Washington 20-19 in the Rose Bowl. It was a time when white resistance had erased the gains made by black Americans during the Reconstruction Era. The Ku Klux Klan was at its peak. George Denny (president of the University of Alabama) called Alabama’s triumph over Washington “a great victory for Alabama and the South” and proclaimed, “I come back with my head held a little higher and my soul a little more inspired to win this battle for the splendid Anglo-Saxon race.”
I don’t think I would call it an upset. That was a great Bama team. However the sub story is that When the great George Wilson, who some think was the greatest west coast player of the first half of the 20th century , was on the field Washington won 19-0 when he was out with injuries Bama won 20-0
That’s how good George Wilson was.
Many thought he was better than Morley Drury, the Noblest Trojan of them all who also played in the 20’s.
and these are the knuckleheads you can thank for all the woke reaction the world is dealing with today.
All these white folks had to do is live with a litlle humility and treat ALL humans with equal respect.
Don't blame the minorities for what's happening now. blame the stupid white people in power back in the day.
Figures. I think 'Bama was the last bigtime program to add black players to the team, as you guys well know.
I don't get it, though...did good ol' boy George Denny think Washington state was populated by a bunch of untermensch?