[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Texas A & M had Bear as head coach but let him go as he was too tough on the poor football players.

[TN4Bush]

I remember the day he died. My mom came to check me out of High School to break the news to me. I was just heartbroken. I stayed home from school and watched the funeral on TV.

[dfwgator]

"The Junction Boys" was excellent. When Bear died he was still wearing the ring from the Junction Boys.

[DesScorp]

"Texas A & M had Bear as head coach but let him go as he was too tough on the poor football players."

Ummmm...no. Bryant left because his Alma Mater offered him the job ("Mama called"). And he was too tough on his first set of players. He himself admitted this many times. The Junction Boys thing did nothing to help the team that year. He ran off so many players (and the ones that remained were beat up), they had a losing record. Bryant never did anything like Junction again.