Coach Bryant Commercial

[TripleHChez]

Aww. I -3 it! Thanks for posting!

Miss you Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant! My momma called me right after Alabama shut out LSU 2 days ago when Alabama won "our" 14th National Championship Title! Most of us still wear houndstooth & will continue to do so. I'm just old enough to remember you & your Sunday talk show. I still eat my Lay's chips & drink my coca-cola! :) RTR, Coach!

[DrOlds7298]

Said as only a Man like him could do. And I wish I could call/speak to both of my parents as well?

[davidhwalton]

This used to put a lump in my throat back when it first came out, and I had a Mama. It's a killer now. Greatest commercial ever made...

[798389]

You're not alone, Coach Bryant.

[daileyaidan]

I lived off the Super H'wy which ran from Tuscaloosa to B'ham, where most of the games were played at that time. The team arrived at the Holiday Inn Fri. nights, a few mi. from stadium. Next day, kids, and some adults would line the streets as the busses passed.The players, in dress clothes with crimson ties never acknowledged this.... He was buried in B'ham. The procession wasn't traveling the Super H'wy; it was on the new Interstate, but both sides of it were filled with fans as before.

[daileyaidan]

He died shortly after making this commercial. It was immediately pulled.

[michaelpaschal]

I remember when this commercial was just out. We all thought it was kind of a cheap emotional string pull for them to make him say "I sure wish I could call mine" meaning his mother. It later was reported that they did not ask Bryant to say that, that he came up with it on his own. I still wonder if that is true.

[Bamasback1]

I watched UK lose to PITT this afternoon... lots of "BEAR" sound bites!!! SEC had to lose, sooner or later!!! ROLL TIDE!!!

[Badwhiskey6]

When I was kid, I thought that the voice of God must sound just like Bear Bryant.

[DogFather0808]

God bless the person who posted this commercial. I've wanted to see it again for years and years but couldn't ever find it on my old videotapes.

[mikeysback70]

@Keithattal5 Well,thats nice ...I dont even watch football anymore ...I couldnt care less which team wins or loses ...next year the same thing ...year after year ...really what does it matter ? Today I have a life ,I have God and life is so much better living for him ......Give it a try ...time is running out and eternal devastation is all that is left

[mikeysback70]

@Keithattal5 You're just a jealous barner. Sorry your life is so empty !

[Bripants101]

I wish i could reach out and call you mr. bear :( I MISS HIM and i never even met him, or lived when he lived, im only a 13 year old girl(:

[THEALABAMANATI0N]

@Bripants101 I too am female, and had met Bear by the time I turned 13. He was one of a kind. Your comment is quite touching.....

Roll Tide!

[woodrya]

stupid old man

[THEALABAMANATI0N]

@woodrya Ask any man that ever played for Bear is he was a stupid old man.....fool.

[mikeysback70]

A++++ Thanks for posting this ! I was only around 10 years old when Coach Bryant passed away . I consider myself very lucky to have been able to see as much as I did, and hear my dad kidding me saying the bear took his boys in the lockeroom at the half with a 2x4 LOL One hell of a great man !!

[634devil]

This is awesome. What's more this is history (at least in terms of sports, lets not make it out to be bigger than it is) - many BAMA fans growing up today didn't get to witness Coach Bryant while he was alive so these clips are one of the best ways to get to know what he talked and looked like. More Bryant vidoes please!

[buddy31tide]

My grandfather was a captain and 2 way starter on the '61 national championship team. He said the Coach Bryant should be refered to as "coach bryant" not "bear bryant." Just some info for those of you who respect the man. ROLL TIDE

[cherokeedoll1]

I love you Coach Bryant xoxo

[WillHear432]

God I miss the Bear. He was so much more than a football coach...a teacher, a mentor, and a wonderful family man.

[pbearseven]

Chill bumps!!!

[bamafan73191]

this is sorta a sad commercial, bear bryant saying he wishes he could call his mama, kinda depressing.

[Noell78]

there will never be another Bear Bryant. but thank god for SABAN!

[jmoon219]

Coach Bryant told Bobby Bowden many years ago that if he retired, he would "croak in a month". Well, eerily it came true. Yesterday, coach Bobby Bowden coached his last game, and he is 11 years older than Paul Bryant was when he retired and then, unfortunately, passed away.

[kristophershaun]

Have you called your mama today?

I sure wish i could.

lmao

[marcogreek]

I never grow tired of this classic...Thanks so much for the post!

[buddy31tide]

class class class

[southernladycharm]

This brings back so many memories!!

[nasmith17]

I have been searching for years as well. Total class.. this guy dominated. Roll Tide!!!

[heat22]

I've been looking for this for years too. Thanks! RTR!

[BigStud72]

This is AWESOME! Thanks so much for finding and posting.

[WarEagleAtlanta]

I have to admit, I always liked this commercial.

[Armyofficer]

Paul "Bear" Bryant.  One of the last Real College Football Coaches, and a Man's Man. Total class...

[cthGoTide2283]

@Armyofficer The Bear was a great coach. But he was an ass hole and a heavy alchoholic. Dont over think him just because he won games. RTR bro

[buddy31tide]

@cthGoTide2283 you can go kill yourself dude. coach bryant was the best man who ever lived. he was a tough coach but not an ass hole. you are so ignorant

[Armyofficer]

@cthGoTide2283 - Thanks for your input, but we'll have to agree to disagree. I can't say I ever knew the man, or even had a chance to meet him. Maybe you did meet and know the man. Still, I refuse to look at him in that negative light. Coach Bryant was loyal to the University, the team, and the fans. I'll leave it at that, but thanks for your words. ROLL TIDE!

[cthGoTide2283]

@Armyofficer oh no man im not trying to bring the guy down. i deffinately think he was a GREAT coach. i just dont want people to basicly worship him. just trying to remind them nobodys perfect. thanks for handling your input with class, adn ROLL TIDE ROLL! :)

[coochie2u]

@cthGoTide2283 - He wasn't perfect, but even knee walking drunk in a brothel with a bottle in one hand and a hungred dollar bill in the other, coach Bryant still had more class than any 3 other men you can name.

[cthGoTide2283]

@coochie2u cool

[martycranford]

I would love to see the commercial where the little girl knocks on Coach Bryant's door and ask's "Can Mary Harmon come out and play". I wish someone would post it.

[martycranford]

I have been searching for this video for years. Thank you for posting this. Roll Tide Roll!