Coming from Buckeye Nation here. As a kid watching the Sugar Bowl when Major Ogilivie played against Penn State & watched the last game Bear coached against Illinois in 1982 were big memories for this Yankee. I loved Woody, but Bear was a different animal.
It's hard to believe that I went to the same university where he made his mark, The University of Alabama. When I was in school there, his name was everywhere, so in that sense it was easy to remember that he had been there. But until I see something like this speech or watch highlights of some of those great seasons he had, I don't truly appreciate how we walked the same ground on that campus. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!
September 11th will be the 100th anniversary of Coach Bryant's birth. He's not dead he lives in the hearts of winners everywhere because he was/is a winner. ROLL TIDE!!!
I am an AUbie but have the upmost respect for this man and what he stood for,Coach Bryant wherever you are the sport of college football misses you and your smashmouth style of play ,I can truly say you set the standards that have carried on espacially in the southeast .WINNER
even though im a vol fan & always will be. i still respect bear bryant for his success. but remember, he learnt everything that he knew about football from general neyland
This is amazing ! Because it was said sooo ! long ago . But parallels today WITH ALL THE OFF SEASON WORKOUTS & TRAINING ! I'm a ND fan , he was BRILLANT !
I was in the state in the USAF in 1966-67. There was no talking to Tide fans if you were not all in, too! The Bear had a weekly TV show where he was lamenting a bad year once when his team went 8-2. A “bad year.” He said after a loss once,”We couldn’t have beaten a barber college.” Great lines!
This was Bear Bryant at his coaching best! This wasn't from the 1970s dynasty, when he had his pick of the best players all across the nation. These were the early years of rebuilding Alabama football back into the program that he himself had won national championships with as a player for Frank Thomas in the 1930s. These were the undermanned, undersized, lilly White Alabama teams. This was when he took little, slow, weak country boys and turned them into killers by convincing them they could beat anybody based purely on his mastery of motivation. As Kenny Stabler said, "The opponents were always bigger, stronger, faster, and there were more of them, but we always won." This was a younger Coach Bryant at his coaching apex!
I've also heard that during recruiting, he has said to potential recruits: "We will win a National championship with you at Alabama. Or we will win a national Championship without you at Alabama."
@edko426 What a great year to be a Bama grad. I'm a '91 myself but I love the year 1976 and I love Bama...put 'em together...damn good times, I'd wager.
What is your source for this clip? I'm helping coach a high school team who needs all the inspiration we can give them, but I don't have LAN in any of the places we can assemble them (thus can't show this to them in its form here).
Imagine if you were a good ol' 18 yr boy off a farm... or an 18yr old black kid who had never slept on box springs. Bryant gave those young people life lessons that endured.
Classic. I am ready to go win a national title now. By the way, we're at 100 every day. Bear Bryant very well may have been the greatest, but don't forget Bud Wilkinson's 1953-1957 Oklahoma teams won 47 straight games! Bud has to be in the mix along with Frank Leahy and others.
what about walter lewis.who has played quarteback at alabama more than any in the history of alabama football.From 1980-83.who do you think made that call.Bear bryant.
The part missing on the video was, "And if you don't give it your all, I'm gonna send you over to Scooba to scrimmage in the gator pond with "Bull" "Cyclone" Sullivan. Have a good game, boys." lol...
Just read The Junction Boys,and watched the movie.4 myself the player with the one armed Father and Mother begging to play,and the Fathersaying football is not War! Rocky for Steelers said : the same dam thing.
Sorry, weswsp01, I was in grad school at FSU in 1993, and I remember how FSU got that first championship: after they lost to Notre Dame, they CRIED on TV (literally; that's not the kind of thing I would make up) and BEGGED the voters not to drop them too much in the polls. It worked. Notre Dame lost the next week, but they didn't cry or beg and were dropped out of contention. FSU got the trophy, but they had to give up their man cards to do it.
@PooPoo2U How can you say it better than that!! He is still the winningest coach in collegiate football history for a reason!! That is not an arguable fact!!
@Keithattal5 let me ask u something... why do you call him satan? What is the reason for that? What is your reason? and another thing its spelt.. "WIN" not "WHEN" lol
"I expect nothing less" Ya know a lot of coaches could say this, but with Bryant you could feel it was true. That man wouldn't accept anything but excellence. Sometimes it's all about who is delivering the message
Oh, and it's a little dumb to say he makes no sense when he's right. He told them in four years they'd walk out as National Champions, and by God most of the players he ever coached at Alabama did just that.
Bears voice alone scares the living hell out of me. Couldn't imagine how tough the men playing ball for him were. RTR
I'd like to know how Robert Neyland coached because Bear was never able to beat Neyland in his career.
"And I'll tell you this, I expect nothing less" The look on his face when he said this, I wouldn't want to let him down.
Lesson for life. Not just football.
You got that 100% correct!
Respect Is A Powerful Tool R.I.P. Coach
I went Bama while he was there and met him in person. He was larger than life. There will never be another.
Tbf, there was another
@@mparkdalton Nope.
Bear Bryant was the greatest football coach in history. Even as an Auburn fan there's no doubt.
Coming from Buckeye Nation here. As a kid watching the Sugar Bowl when Major Ogilivie played against Penn State & watched the last game Bear coached against Illinois in 1982 were big memories for this Yankee. I loved Woody, but Bear was a different animal.
We need to bring men like this back
Nothing more, nothing less; he was simply the best.
holy crap...that was beautiful!
The best
It's hard to believe that I went to the same university where he made his mark, The University of Alabama. When I was in school there, his name was everywhere, so in that sense it was easy to remember that he had been there. But until I see something like this speech or watch highlights of some of those great seasons he had, I don't truly appreciate how we walked the same ground on that campus. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!
Really, he was beating Ohio state football team and woody hayes, usc football team and john McKay, etc etc
Walking with a giant. ❤
Rolllll Tide Rollll! Coach Bryant FOREVER!!!
THIS video needs to be shown to every freshman who puts on a Crimson Tide uniform
September 11th will be the 100th anniversary of Coach Bryant's birth. He's not dead he lives in the hearts of winners everywhere because he was/is a winner. ROLL TIDE!!!
"He wasn't just a coach," former USC coach John McKay said. "He was the coach."
One of the best ever. And I am a UGA fan.
I am an AUbie but have the upmost respect for this man and what he stood for,Coach Bryant wherever you are the sport of college football misses you and your smashmouth style of play ,I can truly say you set the standards that have carried on espacially in the southeast .WINNER
"give a little extrie" classic
even though im a vol fan & always will be. i still respect bear bryant for his success. but remember, he learnt everything that he knew about football from general neyland
As a Bama fan, i have to say you are correct. There will never be another General Neyland!
What a leader!
"I expect nothing less" genius
A WINNING MAN
This is amazing ! Because it was said sooo ! long ago . But parallels today WITH ALL THE OFF SEASON WORKOUTS & TRAINING ! I'm a ND fan , he was BRILLANT !
Thanks for posting this.
Legend. - Auburn fan
Whos's watching this in 2021 after another Crimson Tide championship...RTR
October 3 , 2021
❤ bear bryant my hero, greatest coach ever
Chills. Absolute chills.
God Bless great football coaches!!
WHOA INDEED! THAT WAS INCREDIBLE...
Best speech ever,wow
Chase, Alabama football under Coach Bryant speaks for itself.. whether you liked this speech or not.
I was in the state in the USAF in 1966-67. There was no talking to Tide fans if you were not all in, too! The Bear had a weekly TV show where he was lamenting a bad year once when his team went 8-2. A “bad year.” He said after a loss once,”We couldn’t have beaten a barber college.” Great lines!
Bear had a hard life when he was young n I respect than man!
This was Bear Bryant at his coaching best! This wasn't from the 1970s dynasty, when he had his pick of the best players all across the nation. These were the early years of rebuilding Alabama football back into the program that he himself had won national championships with as a player for Frank Thomas in the 1930s. These were the undermanned, undersized, lilly White Alabama teams. This was when he took little, slow, weak country boys and turned them into killers by convincing them they could beat anybody based purely on his mastery of motivation. As Kenny Stabler said, "The opponents were always bigger, stronger, faster, and there were more of them, but we always won." This was a younger Coach Bryant at his coaching apex!
This was not yet "Bryant, the football god" this was "Bryant, the coaching genius".
This was from the Fall of 1967 to be exact.
This is great
"WEAK" country boys? I never knew there was such a thing! LOL I thought country boys were always tough little shit kickers.
The greatest college football coach of all time.
Rest in peace 🙏
They don't make them like the Bear anymore. A brilliant coach who was one tough SOB.
damn man im a florida gator to i die but Coach Bryant man now thats how u get a team ready wow his voice just make you say yes sir
Much love and respect to Coach Saban, but this man started the "Bama Standard"!!! Roll Tide Coach!!! Stll the greatest!!!
The old Clemson coach Frank Howard said,"Bear could take hissun and beat yourn and take your and beat hissun .'
I've also heard that during
recruiting, he has said to
potential recruits:
"We will win a National championship with you at Alabama. Or we will win a national Championship without you at Alabama."
I thought Bobby Dodd said that, not Frank Howard?
marine919 Then he'd spit out some t'bacca, right?
I thought it was the old Houston Oiler Coach Bum Philips. Bum was an assistant coach for Bear Bryant.
One of the best quotes I've ever heard.
Roll Tide.
This man was a football god in Tuscaloosa.
Really, he was beating Ohio state football's with woody hayes, USC football team coach john McKay, etc etc
Not just at Bama. Good lesson for anyone.
"...and I'll tell you this, I expect nothing less." FTW
Arkansas native, Bear Bryant.
@edko426 What a great year to be a Bama grad. I'm a '91 myself but I love the year 1976 and I love Bama...put 'em together...damn good times, I'd wager.
"And I tell you this, I expect nothing less." I'm stealing that line.
Goat period
What is your source for this clip? I'm helping coach a high school team who needs all the inspiration we can give them, but I don't have LAN in any of the places we can assemble them (thus can't show this to them in its form here).
shit, the way he says I expect nothing less would get me scared if I was his player.
Imagine if you were a good ol' 18 yr boy off a farm... or an 18yr old black kid who had never slept on box springs. Bryant gave those young people life lessons that endured.
Fantastic!!
Former Kentucky coach. :)
@db13395 I think Gump played with Namath.......or was it Stabler.........Trammal maybe. Hell, now I'm gonna have to look it up.
God I sure miss him!! Not complaining but just miss him!!!
Read the book "THE BEAR" and see how uniquely great this man truly was.
GOAT
Classic. I am ready to go win a national title now. By the way, we're at 100 every day. Bear Bryant very well may have been the greatest, but don't forget Bud Wilkinson's 1953-1957 Oklahoma teams won 47 straight games! Bud has to be in the mix along with Frank Leahy and others.
Let’s just say here I am. I just wake up and piss excellence every day. RTR!
Gots to give a little extry! Rip sir
Wouldn't you know my eyes glazed over about one minute in.
what about walter lewis.who has played quarteback at alabama more than any in the history of alabama football.From 1980-83.who do you think made that call.Bear bryant.
That, is WINNER talk, jack!
Anyone know what year this was? My FIL played for Bear between 1963-1966.
1967
What year was this?
Bear Bryant isn't dead, he works with EA Sports to create their player rating system for the NCAA Football series.
It's the pull string of a screen to an overhead projector.
Alabama played at 90, ND played at a 68, I'm saying this as a fan of both teams
And the only reason Alabama played at 90 was because they played Prevent for the entire 4th quarter. That last ND touchdown was charity.
@NLBrindley Damn straight! haha. But really, most of us have nothin but love for The Bear.
I bet Bear would have ran the clock out and played OverTime
I bet Bear would've went on to beat FSU in the title game if he dominated the first 3 quarters too....
Convinced me.
Anyone with but a modicum of intelligence knows what Bryant was saying here, but....
if Bryant says 10% of 75 is 10, THEN IT IS 10.
“I expect nothing less.” No he did not ladies and gentlemen, no he did not.
@greymoose1000 they aren't investigating Bama. if they were my dad would have told me.
I noticed ....no comments on the "Alabama"math?
The part missing on the video was, "And if you don't give it your all, I'm gonna send you over to Scooba to scrimmage in the gator pond with "Bull" "Cyclone" Sullivan. Have a good game, boys." lol...
Just read The Junction Boys,and watched the movie.4 myself the player with the one armed Father and Mother begging to play,and the Fathersaying football is not War! Rocky for Steelers said : the same dam thing.
Motivation
if i were in that room when he said "I expect nothin less" i woulda crapped my pants
ME TOO!!
ROLL TIDE ROLL!
I didn’t recognize Coach without wearing a hat.
The best there ever was.
Nick Saban is second best college football coach
Is that a noose on the chalk board behind him?
messenger872 lol sure looks like it
Sorry, weswsp01, I was in grad school at FSU in 1993, and I remember how FSU got that first championship: after they lost to Notre Dame, they CRIED on TV (literally; that's not the kind of thing I would make up) and BEGGED the voters not to drop them too much in the polls. It worked. Notre Dame lost the next week, but they didn't cry or beg and were dropped out of contention. FSU got the trophy, but they had to give up their man cards to do it.
Roll Tide..TY Coach ...
@PooPoo2U How can you say it better than that!! He is still the winningest coach in collegiate football history for a reason!! That is not an arguable fact!!
Wow..., still relevant in 2022....
The makers of madden needs to pay attention to this...
Bear Bryant ,Vince lombardi,john wooden the mount Rushmore of coaches
Chilling
If this doesn't get you fired up,nothing will
@greymoose1000 On October 8, 1977, THE GREAT MEN OF TUSCALOOSA travel up to California to play #1 USC and win in Southern Cal, 21-20. ROLL TIDE!!!!!!
@djf750 THATS WHY HE WAS A GOOD COACH AFUKIN FRAID TO LOSE HELL YEA
@Keithattal5 let me ask u something... why do you call him satan? What is the reason for that? What is your reason? and another thing its spelt.. "WIN" not "WHEN" lol
I didn't realize Bear Bryant created the Madden ratings system.
real madrid need this vs barcelona
"I expect nothing less"
Ya know a lot of coaches could say this, but with Bryant you could feel it was true. That man wouldn't accept anything but excellence. Sometimes it's all about who is delivering the message
He talks more like a professor than a coach
loveeee the bear!
Retired, took a fishing/hunting trip, came home, and died.
I wonder how that speech would go today with this new math?
@teamcampmor he says 75 percent at 1:05
OG madden ratings
Oh, and it's a little dumb to say he makes no sense when he's right. He told them in four years they'd walk out as National Champions, and by God most of the players he ever coached at Alabama did just that.