Bear and a Playoff

As last Monday was nearing, I found myself watching the 1980 Sugar Bowl between Alabama and Arkansas on demand.  At the beginning of the broadcast, ABC was playing an interview of Bear Bryant and one of the questions was if Bryant believed in a playoff since there were questions about the polls that year.  Bear would go along with the idea bcause he liked the idea of an undisputed champion, but he didn't want the current bowl system to be affected by the playoff.  He also said that he was concentrating on this game, and if the team took care of business, everything would work itself out.  A very wise man who was ahead of his time...

A last thought about that game - the head coaches were Bear Bryant an Lou Holtz, while the broadcast team was Keith Jackson and Ara Parseghian.  Pretty damn impressive i'd say!