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Posted on 11/9/12 at 4:39 pm to Swoopin
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Obviously da bear's is more impressive considering shorter schedule of his time.
Hell no. If Saban wins a title this year , IMO ,it will be a top 5 ALLTIME CFB run. Bear had several advantages that Saban doesn't. The Bear don't have scholly limits, so he would recruit a guy just so other teams couldn't get him. He also was at one of the few schools whom played on TV almost every weekend( this was a huge recruiting advantage back then). Also ,Bear didn't have to deal with the parity that Saban has. IMO Saban's run is more impressive
Posted on 11/9/12 at 5:12 pm to Swoopin
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Obviously da bear's is more impressive considering shorter schedule of his time.
Gotta use winning percentage as a metric to compare the two eras.
Interestingly enough, Bama played 8 conference games in 1972 and 1973. There was a lot of variability in the conference schedule back then. Some years they played 6 games. Some years they played 7. And some years they played 8.
I posted the other day that Spurrier is the only coach I know of (other than Bear Bryant) in the post-integration era to have 2 or fewer conference losses each season over a 12 year period (Spurrier's entire tenure at Florida).
I'm sure if Saban stays at Bama another 7 years he might do the same.
Florida build a statue for Spurrier yet?
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