Bear Bryant did not hold the record for most college football victories when Joe Paterno and Bobbyy Bowden eclipsed his mark. And neither of them currently hold the record, which stands at 408 games.
That record belongs to Eddie Robinson, Grambling State University head coach of 56 years, who died Tuesday night after a bout with Alzheimer's.
I do not know much about Grambling, other than the football program. Really, that's true for Alabama when I first went there. But I know that while the nation embraced Bryant, nobody really talked about Robinson. I won't go into the details why, because I do not know the full depth of those reasons.
Godspeed, Eddie.
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