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re: A former college and NFL coach for 40 years was asked who the 5 greatest
Posted on 2/19/18 at 6:33 am to Paul B Ammer
Posted on 2/19/18 at 6:33 am to Paul B Ammer
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Suppose it was just the BCS. Does Bear get to play Texas after the 1977 season? Does Alabama win?
Texas (11-0) and Oklahoma (10-1) were #1 and #2 in both polls. Maybe Alabama at #3 gets the nod to play Texas since the Sooners already had their chance and lost.
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1978- Would Bama still get to play PSU or would it be USC who had beaten Bama in Birmingham against Penn St.?
They were both #1 and #2 in the AP poll, so probably.
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1979 instead of Arkansas Bama would have played #1 OSU. Again does Bama win?
That would've been a classic game. Florida State might've snuck in since they were also perfect before the Orange Bowl loss to Oklahoma.
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Posted on 2/19/18 at 7:32 am to Korin
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1977
Bama was #2 going into the final week of the regular season. However Oklahoma beat Nebraska like they stole something and leaped Bama. Would there have been any desire for an OU\UT rematch again in the Cotton Bowl?
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1978
Bama not only needed juggernaut OU to fumble 11 times (losing 7) in a 17-14 loss to Nebraska, but the needed Nebraska to lose the next week. Inexplicably Nebraska did losing to Mizzou 35-31 and keeping the Orange Bowl from hosting the National Championship. PSU had already decided to go to Miami if the Huskers won. Nebraska was so enraged by the defeat they proceeded to beat Mizzou 25 years in a row. Hint:LSU
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1979
Bama vs OSU (even sans Woody) would have been a hell of a game. Bama took lower ranked Arkansas over undefeated- and at that time relatively unknown FSU. It paid off after USC defeated #1 in a classic Rose Bowl.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:39 am to mrbroker
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. So my stories about the bear come from history and two friends of mine who played for the Bear
Holy Unbiased Sources Batman!
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:43 am to mrbroker
Cool story
Posted on 2/19/18 at 12:40 pm to mrbroker
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A former college and NFL coach for 40 years was asked who the 5 greatest college fB coaches of all time. He coached against the Bear while the DC at UT and said Bear and did not mention anyone else. This is a man whose mentor is Bobby Bowden and he did not even mention Bobby. Then he shite himself and went back to flinging pudding on the wall.
FIFY...
Posted on 2/19/18 at 1:44 pm to Paul B Ammer
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Suppose it was just the BCS. Does Bear get to play Texas after the 1977 season? Does Alabama win?
1978- Would Bama still get to play PSU or would it be USC who had beaten Bama in Birmingham against Penn St.?
1979 instead of Arkansas Bama would have played #1 OSU. Again does Bama win?
In 2016 Saban would have played OSU. With the officiating in that game who knows what the outcome would have been.
Personally, I think both coaches geared the style/philosophy to the Era they coached in. And both would have been successful in any era.
That's really my point. In the BCS and CFP systems, Saban had an opportunity to win it on the field as long as he finishes in the top two or four. Bryant was guaranteed no such opportunity. Getting a 1-2 matchup in the era of bowl-conference tieins was almost impossible.
I agree that both were the greatest of their eras, and comparing their eras is almost apples & oranges. If someone holds a gun to my head and makes me pick one, I'll say Saban.
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