Read more about the article USC’s fairytale overshadows Michigan State’s true stories when the teams meet in Hollywood

USC’s fairytale overshadows Michigan State’s true stories when the teams meet in Hollywood

PHOTO: Eight months after Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty's Spartans beat UCLA in the 1956 Rose Bowl, he was on the cover of Time Magazine, October 8, 1956. Daugherty's impact on college football integration spanned his career, 1954 to 1972. ***Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report — Click here for review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s and here for a purchase link to RAYE OF LIGHT, Jimmy Raye, Duffy…

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Read more about the article USC athletic director Jess Hill was two years ahead of the 1970 USC-Alabama game’s myths

USC athletic director Jess Hill was two years ahead of the 1970 USC-Alabama game’s myths

PHOTO: Jess Hill serviced as USC's athletic director from 1957 to 1972. He signed a home-and-home series with Alabama's Bear Bryant in 1968, two years prior to 1970 USC-Alabama myths of Bryant orchestrated a secret plan in 1970. By TOM SHANAHAN This comes as a surprise to USC mythmakers, Bear Bryant sycophants and fans duped by 1970 USC-Alabama myths – a roll call including a compliant media – but when the game was scheduled in the winter of…

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Read more about the article Commissioner Petitti: Please don’t let BTN make John McKay a Big Ten legend over Duffy Daugherty

Commissioner Petitti: Please don’t let BTN make John McKay a Big Ten legend over Duffy Daugherty

PHOTO: Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report MEMO TO: Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti FROM: Tom Shanahan, author and award-winning writer on college football integration. DATE: September 6, 2023 RE: Conferences adopting legends through realignment. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Now that USC is 2-0, ranked No. 6 and is another day closer to joining the venerated Big Ten Conference you lead as its new commissioner, please be wary of Big Ten Network executives and writers adopting Pac-12…

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