"Alabama head coach Paul ""Bear"" Bryant turned the tables on his Cotton Bowl rival. Texas A & M head coach Gene Stallings by showing up at a joint press conference wearing a pair of ""Texas Aggies"" cowboy boots. Bryant was given the boots by an alumnus when he was head coach at Texas A & M, after his 1956 Aggie team won the Southwest Conference championship. Stallings played for Bryant on that team and was later an assistant coach at Alabama for Bryant before taking the A & M head coaching job."
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