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re: I still have Bear Bryant as the GOAT.....
Posted on 12/8/21 at 12:41 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
Posted on 12/8/21 at 12:41 pm to LSU Grad Alabama Fan
If it wasn't for Bear, Georgia Tech would still be in the SEC.
He also didn't have to deal with an 85 scholarship total limit or 25 scholarships per class.
Bear had coached 90 more games than Saban by age 69 and won 55 more games.
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The man had 6 NCs by the age of 66. He didn't have the option of backdooring his way into a playoff like in 2017 or losing to the SEC Champion in 2011 and getting a rematch.
He also didn't have to deal with an 85 scholarship total limit or 25 scholarships per class.
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Bear also had 323 wins by age 69 compared to Saban at 268. Saban had the advantage of more games a year too.
Bear had coached 90 more games than Saban by age 69 and won 55 more games.
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Posted on 12/8/21 at 12:46 pm to madmaxvol
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He also didn't have to deal with an 85 scholarship total limit or 25 scholarships per class.
Bear didn't have the luxury of modern technology to recruit players.
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Bear had coached 90 more games than Saban by age 69 and won 55 more games.
It's not Bear's fault Saban couldn't make it to the big leagues as fast as Bear.
This post was edited on 12/8/21 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 12/8/21 at 1:08 pm to madmaxvol
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If it wasn't for Bear, Georgia Tech would still be in the SEC.
Tech left because of the 140 Rule. SEC schools — there were 12, Tulane included — were allowed 140 scholarships for football and men’s basketball; football programs were allowed to sign as many 45 recruits per season. Tech coach Bobby Dodd believed that other teams were overrecruiting, pushing aside underperforming players to clear scholarship space for newer ones. Said Bill Curry, who played under Dodd and would later coach at Tech: “That was an obsession with coach Dodd. I didn’t play very much my first two seasons. I was one of those he could have run off.”
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