Conjecture drives the 1970 USC-Alabama narrative
CHAPTER 6: CONJECTURE + ALTERNATIVE FACTS = MYTHS If Mark Twain were alive today as a college football fan, he might have said, “There are lies, damn lies and conjecture.” But if there had been a kernel of truth to the USC-Alabama myths, the highlighted Trojans player for Bryant to educate his bigoted fans was USC quarterback Jimmy Jones. Unlike Cunningham, Jones was a returning starter; he made a 1969 Sports Illustrated cover. In 1970, Condredge Holloway was…