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A couple of weeks ago Jim and I watched a documentary on Bear Bryant. Considering that I'm not much of a football fan I found it very interesting. I do remember being quite awed by the Bear every time I saw him on campus when I attended the U of A. One day I saw him coming toward me on the sidewalk and I stepped off into the gutter to let him walk by. It was raining. He never even looked at me as I stood there with water flowing around my ankles. Anyway, Bryant is such a legend in this state that I expected some kind of grandiose monument to him. I was surprised to find this discreet and modest marker. The only remarkable thing about his grave is that people put pennies on it. Is that sort of like tossing coins into a wishing well?
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