Why is Tommy Prothro one of the top coaches

Tommy Prothro would have had to rate as one of the game's 22 top coaches if only because he couldn't leave the Rose Bowl alone. Was he just putting his listeners on when he said there is nothing new in football?

Did he have his tongue in his cheek and his fingers crossed? Was he really ashamed of being a Southerner after U.C.L.A.'s loss to Tennessee? His 14 to 12 triumph in the 1965 Rose Bowl over previously unbeaten Michigan State, ( rated number one in the nation, ) answered many questions once and for all. He pulled off the biggest upset in modern football history! His victory for the West's All-Stars at Atlanta provided the final clincher.