Word: supercoach
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...Supercoach? Not quite. He will deserve such praise when he beats the one team that has always eluded him-the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. In three attempts against the Irish, Bryant has lost. Michael Ribotta San Francisco...
That memory faded out and another took over when Saturday night's cameras cut to the sidelines for a glimpse of Bear Bryant, Alabama's supercoach. A whole cult has grown up around the Bear, and I was part of it. He was such a hero that everyone swore he could beat George Wallace if he ran for governor. And rumors held that he could walk on water. (Dime stores still sell huge posters of Bryant walking across an endless sea. The picture shows him from the back, but you can tell it's the Bear by the trademark tweed...
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