The day of the absolute last game of the season seems like a good time to commemorate this scene. It occurred off the field, a minute or two after Mississippi State's last-second come-from-behind win over Ole Miss:

As those who follow the Southeastern Conference at all know, Sylvester ("Sly") Croom was one of the first black athletes to play for Bear Bryant. Over thirty years later he was in the running for Bear's old job but was passed over for Mike Shula. Possibly some old-fashioned racism was involved. I would bet also that there were concerns about adding racial considerations to the already poisonous mixture of difficulties at Alabama. I kind of wish they had taken the risk, though, especially when I see this. So far he's doing well at Mississippi State.