That’s why Bear scheduled to play USC in 1970, he knew Bama would get their hides tanned and force to the school to allow black players.
Bryant had already recruited and signed black players before that game. Wilbur Jackson was already playing on the freshman team that year.
I attended that game. Another factor was the Bear had preferred smaller and quicker linemen during his first decade or so at Alabama. Sam Cunningham was as big as many of Alabama's linemen and linebackers, which made bringing him down even more difficult. He changed his philosophy about the size of lineman during those same years.