...When I opened an advance copy of "Turning of the Tide, How One Game Changed the South," I felt like...it was déj vu all over again...what I found was a startlingly fresh book which sheds a bright light on the unforgettable confrontation in 1970 between Southern Cal and Alabama......It opens with an extraordinary scene from August 2003 in Montgomery....the cabbie noticed their USC colors and the conversation immediately turned to the game from 1970. The cabbie, who was black, began talking about Cunningham's celebrated performance...
...After dinner, the same cabbie picked them up and asked if he could take them by his neighborhood to meet a few friends. There were 50 neighbors all eagerly waiting too meet the legendary Cunningham, treating him like royalty...
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