Easy on the Johnny Red, Barry.
He stays drunk so much he couldn’t see a white quarterback standing in the sunshine.
Someone considered him relevant to let him speak into a mic? The best thing he ever did was split a Super Bowl win with Jimmy Johnson by winning one with Johnson’s players.
I have a book by Charles Thompson who is interestingly a Black Quarterback who played for Switzer.
He basically says that Oklahoma under Switzer was just about as corrupt as a program can be. It was all there, drugs, girls provided for sex basically, you name it, Switzer did it.
Oh....he be in trouble....
I sat next to him on a plane about 10 years ago. He was not drunk, but there was something just quite right about him either. Like every now and then a gear just appeared to jump a tooth. Strangest two hours I ever spent.
Wasn’t belligerent or rude - just odd.
Wow. So he would pass on Montana, Manning, Brady, Marino, Bradshaw, etc. etc. etc. What’s he sposed to be some kinda guru or sumpthin?
An ex-Dallas cowboy fan told me the pool of quarterbacks with criminal convictions was much smaller back then. :)
Switzer was the Bill Clinton of college football. If he broke rules and got away with them, he’d just break more rules and dare you to catch him.
And are we supposed to care what Switzer has to say?
Racism? Nah.
Other than this being about the quarterback position, Switzer is the rule, not the exception. He was probably just drunk enough to be honest about it.
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At some time, a few big-time Division I college coaches decided to not give great white, high school running backs a chance, but to instead bulk up and play them at fullback or tight end. Then the same happened with cornerbacks, to have them bulk up and play strong safety if they were lucky, or linebacker. It’s now virtually against the law for a big-time college program to have a white running back or cornerback. That of course then translates into the NFL. I am not a racist at all, but I am tiring of the discrimination against great white athletes. When will it go too far, too far for many to tolerate this form of racism?
White Men Can’t Throw!!
I remember when people said that a black man would never play QB in the NFL.