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Former Alabama coach Ray Perkins passed away this morning at age 79. He coached at Bama from 1983-1986 he was a pretty good coach in his 4 seasons there unfortunately he was the coach that followed Bear Bryant.
 
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Coach Perkins also played at Bama. His three seasons featured two national championships ('64 and '65) as what should have been a third ('66). Bama won the SEC all three years.
 
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SmokeyDog1973 said:
Former Alabama coach Ray Perkins passed away this morning at age 79. He coached at Bama from 1983-1986 he was a pretty good coach in his 4 seasons there unfortunately he was the coach that followed Bear Bryant.
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Took down the Tower and flouted other hallowed traditions. Still, he was on an upward arc and then bolted back to the NFL...ultimate foolhardy move.
 
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I remember Perkins as a player. I always thought that he was one of the Bear’s favorite players from the way he talked on his TV show. He was a Larry Seivers type of player who worked hard and made big catches. Probably did not have as good hands as Seivers.

Didn’t Perkins also coach the New York Giants?
 
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butchna said:
Took down the Tower and flouted other hallowed traditions. Still, he was on an upward arc and then bolted back to the NFL...ultimate foolhardy move.
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He got big $$& and part ownership of Tampa franchise. He’d been a fool to pass that up. SEC had Auburn & Florida both cheating like hell then and it was all the others could do to remain competitive
 
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wmcovol said:
He got big $$& and part ownership of Tampa franchise. He’d been a fool to pass that up. SEC had Auburn & Florida both cheating like hell then and it was all the others could do to remain competitive
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Big 80’s money. Bama’s always been the cream of the crop in the cheating game. Guess that’s why he was never heard from again.
 
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butchna said:
Big 80’s money. Bama’s always been the cream of the crop in the cheating game. Guess that’s why he was never heard from again.
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Bama has always played by a different set of rules in the SEC. It was a running joke when I lived in Alabama that the NCAA would visit Auburn and everyone would ask what did Alabama do this time?
 
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butchna said:
Big 80’s money. Bama’s always been the cream of the crop in the cheating game. Guess that’s why he was never heard from again.
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You need to Google the Gene Jelks cheating scandal at Alabama while Perkins was coach. He learned well from the Bear.
 
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onevol74 said:
You need to Google the Gene Jelks cheating scandal at Alabama while Perkins was coach. He learned well from the Bear.
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I remember. That’s why I uttered a silent laugh at the suggestion that any program was outcheating them.
 
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onevol74 said:
I remember Perkins as a player. I always thought that he was one of the Bear’s favorite players from the way he talked on his TV show. He was a Larry Seivers type of player who worked hard and made big catches. Probably did not have as good hands as Seivers.

Didn’t Perkins also coach the New York Giants?
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He turned them around. They had been a joke in the late 70's (Miracle at the Meadowlands and such). He had a great eye for defensive talent. When they made the playoffs with such a young team in 1981, it really turned some heads. They even beat the Cowboys which they hadn't done in eons. He handed Parcells a great job.
 
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