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...stand, Burnett stuck to his story. He had been trying to make an other call when he found himself listening to a conversation between the two coaches. He had heard Butts give Bryant "detailed information about the plays and formations Georgia would use." Georgia's present coach, Johnny Griffith, and his assistants testified next; they claimed that such information would almost surely have been helpful to any opposing coach...
...testimony and cross-examination ground on, it became clear that the Post's case was not quite that simple. Writer Graham had already admitted that he had turned out the story without ever seeing Burnett's notes. Although the article accused Butts of telling Bryant that the Georgia quarterback tipped off pass plays by the way he placed his feet, Burnett said that he had never heard Butts mention that fact. Coach Griffith added that his quarterback was better than that, anyway...
...more he was questioned by Butts's attorney, former Notre Dame End William Schroder, the more mistakes Griffith remembered from the article. He denied that he had ever used a play called the "88 pop," a maneuver Butts was accused of reporting to Bryant. He denied that his team took a "frightful physical beating" from Alabama, as the Post article claimed. He denied ever telling University of Georgia officials that he would resign if Butts stayed on as athletic director. He denied that his players had come to the sidelines during the game and claimed that they had been...
...Butts did not and could not have done these things." Schroder had got Georgia End Coach Leroy Pearce to admit that after reviewing movies of the game, he could find no evidence that Alabama had taken advantage of the Georgia weaknesses Butts supposedly gave away. Now Schroder called Coach Bryant to the stand...
...blunt, burly citizen, Bryant made a belligerent witness. "Absolutely not," he snapped in answer to Schroder's question. He and Butts had not rigged the game. "If we did, we ought to go to jail." Bryant admitted that he and Butts had often talked football over the telephone, but he insisted that for the most part they had been discussing changes in the interpretations of Southeast Conference rules. Did Butts give him any information about Georgia strategy? "Absolutely not," said Bryant. "And if he had, the first thing I'd think is that they're not going...