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re: Bobby Bowden started head coaching in 1959. From 1959-2020 where does he rank all time.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 5:55 pm to TheTexasTiger7
Posted on 8/9/21 at 5:55 pm to TheTexasTiger7
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Tom Osborne has a much better winning percentage, more national championships, and more conference championships in a lesser time frame. Osborne also did it at Nebraska with absolutely no in-state talent or much around him
Both programs had their advantages back then. Nebraska was ahead of the game with their "S&C" program (see juicing) and "walk on" program (hard to figure a poor kid from South Carolina like IM Hipp can go all the way to Nebraska to walk-on but whatever) After Nebraska's S&C "advantage" was negated in the 80's they lost like 8 bowls games in a row.His mid 90's teams took partial qualifiers while most everybody else couldn't and the guys he signed weren't exactly model citizens.
This post was edited on 8/9/21 at 6:48 pm
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Posted on 8/9/21 at 6:16 pm to RD Dawg
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After Nebraska's S&C "advantage" was negated in the 80's they lost like 8 bowls games.His mid 90's teams took partial qualifiers while most everybody else couldn't and the guys he signed weren't exactly model citizens
All true.
If you want to put Osborne on the list, you should have Switzer ahead of him. Switzer owned Osborne.
And if you want to put Bowden high up on the list for building a program out of nothing, Bill Snyder should be right behind him. No NC's but built a strong program and imagine recruiting to Manhattan, KS.
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