Bama Quote #030

It was a 3rd down situation, but Coach Bryant thought it was a fourth down. At that time the rules were that if you sent a player into the game, he had to play one down. Coach Bryant sent his punter in--I knew that he was confused. Nevertheless, he sent his punter in, so I sent in a safety who could only field punts--he wasn't a football player, but he could field punts pretty well. Then I saw the Alabama coaching staff talking to Coach Bryant over on the sidelines, and finally he sent another player in and the punter came out. So I send my safety in so my other guy can come out, and the official over on the sideline says, "Whoa! You can't do that--he's got to stay in one play." So I said, "Now wait a minute, fellow. I'm sitting right here watching Coach Bryant send his punter in, and then Coach Bryant took him out!" He looked at me and said, "You ain't Coach Bryant!"
--Gene Stallings in Talk of the Tide about the 1967 Cotton Bowl when Alabama was playing Texas A & M.

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