Started By
Message

re: What is the biggest "What IF?" in your program's history?

Posted on 2/28/14 at 6:50 pm to
Posted by DoreonthePlains
Auburn, AL
Member since Nov 2013
7436 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 6:50 pm to
I'd also add: what if we don't play our worst game of 2011 and beat UT to now have won 3 straight?
Posted by pankReb
Defending National Champs Fan
Member since Mar 2009
64481 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 6:56 pm to
What if the ref would have seen billy cannon step out of bounds
Posted by oR33Do
Tuscaloosa
Member since Oct 2012
13561 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 7:10 pm to
quote:

What IF we never hired Fran?


Think of tailspin that might have caused bama?

Possibly no Saban, no 3 national titles, and decades of mediocrity.
Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
32407 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 7:22 pm to
quote:

What if Johnny Manziel had stayed and played his junior (and senior) season?






Good for 2 more 4th place in the west titles
Posted by Scoreboard
Madison, AL
Member since Apr 2012
2011 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 8:26 pm to
what if we don't play our worst game of 2011 and beat UT to now have won 3 straight?

I'm not sure why you consider this to be worthy of a What if? 3 is just 1 more than 2 and is just 3, when we won 22 in a row between 1983 and 2004
Posted by KCM0Tiger
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Member since Nov 2011
15512 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 8:30 pm to
Ours is probably what if we had hired Bill Self?

Mizzou basketball's top 2 candidates in 1999 were Quin Snyder and Bill Self. Mizzou hired Quin Snyder...4 years later, our archrival kansas hired Bill Self, and the rest is history
Posted by tom1987
Member since Aug 2011
618 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 8:34 pm to
What if Auburn knocks down that final pass in the LSU earthquake game?
... Auburn plays Notre Dame for NC.
Posted by DoreonthePlains
Auburn, AL
Member since Nov 2013
7436 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 8:46 pm to
quote:

I'm not sure why you consider this to be worthy of a What if? 3 is just 1 more than 2 and is just 3, when we won 22 in a row between 1983 and 2004


It really doesn't mean much for the series. It's more important that it would have guaranteed a winning season. I also like the possibility of winning our bowl if we win that. It's all about building moment for a building program.

As for impact on the series, it would guarantee our first winning record in a 5 year span since the 20s. That aspect is not really important, but it could be depending on future games. Wins over an in-state rival can only help in recruiting too.
Posted by Feral
Member since Mar 2012
12402 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 8:49 pm to
quote:

What if Mount Cody doesn't get the block against Tennessee? Where are these two programs now?



Kiffin still would've ended up at USC at the end of the Carroll era. He was obsessed with that job and was a horrible fit at Tennessee.
Posted by Feral
Member since Mar 2012
12402 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 8:53 pm to
Here's a good, honest one for Florida:

What if Urban Meyer takes the Notre Dame job instead in '05?



And everyone talking about Bear Bryant -- it didn't matter where he was, he was always going to end up back at Alabama. The only appropriate 'what if' is if Arkansas had recruited him out of HS. The minute he left Arkansas and set foot on UAT's campus, he was always going to end up back there.
Posted by Korin
Member since Jan 2014
37935 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 9:27 pm to
Maybe we get Petrino instead?
Posted by Patton
Principality of Sealand
Member since Apr 2011
32652 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 9:28 pm to
That horsecollar was so blatant
Posted by tiderider
Member since Nov 2012
7703 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 9:30 pm to
biggest 'if' for bama is the bobby bowden nonhire ... no question about it ...

he would've had 20 years at bama ... 10 of those years weren't horrible (stallings), but 20 years with bowden could've produced some memorable achievements ...
Posted by CapstoneGrad06
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2008
72179 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 9:53 pm to
Bowden would have taken the Alabama job in 1987.
Posted by K9
wayx....BOBO IN '19
Member since Sep 2012
24018 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 9:57 pm to
What if Erk Russell was hired as UGA's coach....

Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
84839 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 10:05 pm to
quote:

LSU's is Bo Rein IMO

what could have been if he didn't die.

Posted by ForeverGator
Elite 8 - 2020 Worst SECRant Poster
Member since Nov 2012
13006 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 10:08 pm to
Not sure if someone said this yet, but....

What if Cam Newton didn't steal that laptop?
Posted by CSATiger
The Battlefield
Member since Aug 2010
6220 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 11:40 pm to
Bo Rein
Posted by IAmReality
Member since Oct 2012
12229 posts
Posted on 2/28/14 at 11:43 pm to
What is Rich Rod would have actually accepted the Alabama job?

Saban would have come back to college football somewhere else I'm sure.

Alabama would probably still be mired in the middle of the SEC West putting up 8-4 type seasons.

Thank God for Rich Rod.
Posted by Casper the Dawg
Warner Robins, ga.
Member since Jan 2014
376 posts
Posted on 3/1/14 at 12:20 am to
cant say program history, but last season....
What if Ramik Wilson doesn't get called for targeting, that got overturned, that gave Vandy a first, because as we all know the yards stuck, and ultimately cost us the game.
first pageprev pagePage 8 of 9Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow SECRant for SEC Football News
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest updates on SEC Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitter