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re: How good of a coach was Johnny Vaught?
Posted on 10/16/17 at 12:16 pm to Ancient Astronaut
Posted on 10/16/17 at 12:16 pm to Ancient Astronaut
quote:It's was mutual. And some times when they did, it was considered non-conference.
Bear Bryant didn’t want to play against him
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Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:10 pm to Ancient Astronaut
Ancient Astronaut:
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Bryant didn't get to Bama til '58. He is the one who brought OM on the schedule beginning in '64. Bama had just pulled a big upset over OM in the '64 Sugar Bowl (after the '63 season). This was the beginning of the end for OM.
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True, Bear leads by one game. But from 1944-65 Bama and Ole Miss did not play each other in the regular season. Personally the two probably just had a gentleman's agreement not to play one another. It was a lot different back then.
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Bryant didn't get to Bama til '58. He is the one who brought OM on the schedule beginning in '64. Bama had just pulled a big upset over OM in the '64 Sugar Bowl (after the '63 season). This was the beginning of the end for OM.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:17 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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I did note that Neyland had 2 "tours of duty" with UT.
I agree that the choice between the 2 is debatable. I chose Spurrier because he had 1 more SECC in fewer years at UF, requiring a championship game victory. As well he had a 7% higher winning %. He also changed the culture of the SEC with his type of offensive football. Also, the job he did at USC was, on balance, impressive. Neyland was a truly great coach, but his teams did not perform well on the national stage as the 2-5 record in major bowl games indicates.
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He also took a leave of absence at the peak of his career to fight in WW2. You cannot put Neyland behind Spurrier and be taken seriously.
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I did note that Neyland had 2 "tours of duty" with UT.
I agree that the choice between the 2 is debatable. I chose Spurrier because he had 1 more SECC in fewer years at UF, requiring a championship game victory. As well he had a 7% higher winning %. He also changed the culture of the SEC with his type of offensive football. Also, the job he did at USC was, on balance, impressive. Neyland was a truly great coach, but his teams did not perform well on the national stage as the 2-5 record in major bowl games indicates.
This post was edited on 10/16/17 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:24 pm to cypressbrake3
He was really good, before scholarship limits and desegregation
Posted on 10/16/17 at 3:48 pm to cypressbrake3
I think he was one of only about 5 SEC coaches to win over 100 conference games.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 4:25 pm to cypressbrake3
Outstanding coach. Ole Miss was a top 10-15 program from 1955 to 1970 under him.
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