As you probably know, the South has a long, hurtful legacy of intense race relations. People like to say today that they've come a far way from slavery and bigotry, but it wasn't always this way. Before Coach came on the air, there was still a lot of hate flowing. But once he got going on primetime, and his message of judging by athletic talent over skin color spread, things started turning around. And now I walk around campus, and I see black people, playing frisbee with white people, muslims riding bikes with jews. And we owe it all to Craig. Thank you, Craig, even though I'm white.
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