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On Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant’s Coaching Philosophy

How did Alabama pull off its thrilling quadruple-overtime Iron Bowl victory? The answer may lie in Bryant’s legacy.

Janice Harayda
2 min readNov 28, 2021

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“Bear” Bryant’s houndstooth hat and jacket / Credit: Paul W. Bryant Museum / Univ. of Alabama

It’s a truism in Southeastern Conference football that SEC games are won in the fourth quarter. No one could doubt it after watching the…

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Janice Harayda

Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.