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re: Where does Bear Bryant rank in 2021?
Posted on 11/13/21 at 5:04 am to jonnyanony
Posted on 11/13/21 at 5:04 am to jonnyanony
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And yeah he played them. Sometimes. And sometimes he won. But the bulk of his games were not against the Joe Paternos of the world
No coach or school plays "legends" every game. However Coach Bryant played top teams just about every year in the regular season. 1978- Nebraska, Washington, Missouri, and USCw for the OOC games. During the 70's Alabama played USCw-4 times, Washington-2, ND-2, Nebraska-2, just for examples. Alabama then turned around and played top teams in the bowls.
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Posted on 11/13/21 at 5:10 am to Oklahomey
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By the end of the 1979 season:
Alabama had 6 poll era national titles.
Notre Dame had 7 poll era national titles.
USC with 5 poll era national titles.
Oklahoma with 5 poll era national titles.
Of the teams on that list, only Alabama's and USCw's NC teams all played in bowls.
Posted on 11/13/21 at 5:25 am to RollTide1987
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Osborne lost just about every big game he coached in until the very end of his career. That was the biggest knock on him for the majority of his tenure at Nebraska.
Agreed.
I like Osborne. He was a good coach and I liked the physical style of his teams. However, Switzer pretty much owned his arse throughout the ‘70 and ‘80s, he beat up a lot of shitty Big 8 teams, struggled in bowl games, and didn’t even have to play undefeated Penn State and Michigan in two of his three national title years.
Had he retired after 20 years instead of 25, he would have been viewed as a failure.
Posted on 11/13/21 at 6:10 am to TideFaninFl
Not sure why playing in a bowl mattered. The SEC was the only conference to not have a rule about sending more than one program from a conference to a bowl, which is why there were several bowl games featuring SEC teams against each other.
Oklahoma’s 1950, 1955, 1975 NC teams played in bowls. 1974 was a probation bowl ban year but still won the AP title.
Oklahoma’s 1950, 1955, 1975 NC teams played in bowls. 1974 was a probation bowl ban year but still won the AP title.
Posted on 11/13/21 at 6:19 am to cmayes56
True but without a playoff in 2014, Alabama would’ve met undefeated FSU in the national championship and never would’ve had to play Ohio State
Posted on 11/13/21 at 6:19 am to Auburn20000
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Bear Bryant is still the #1 alcoholic retard on my book. Real role model we got here lol
1. frick off
2. I’d pay money for a chance to watch someone say “lol” to Bryant, or Jordan, or Lehey, or Neyland, or…
3. He did a LOT of drinking with Shug, who happens to be another one of the most badass men to ever walk this planet.
4. I’m a Boomer. I’m automatically smarter and don’t give a frick.
Posted on 11/13/21 at 6:26 am to Hback
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"Bryant can take his'n and beat your'n, and then he can turn around and take your'n and beat his'n." Bum Phillips
He also said that about Don Shula and Chuck Noll.
Bum was a quote machine. One of the best I ever heard was, "The harder we played, the behinder we got". Bum is a true legend.
Posted on 11/13/21 at 6:30 am to Auburn20000
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Bear Bryant is still the #1 alcoholic retard on my book.
And yet you hired a notorious drinker in Pat Dye. In spite of the fact he couldn't win the big one, got in all kinds of NCAA hell and you barners named the field after this drunk. Congrats!!
Posted on 11/13/21 at 6:33 am to TideFaninFl
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No coach or school plays "legends" every game. However Coach Bryant played top teams just about every year in the regular season.
So does Saban. So did Meyer.
Posted on 11/13/21 at 6:43 am to jonnyanony
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So does Saban. So did Meyer.
Seriously, dude, you are clueless.
Alabama schedule in 1978 when they won the natty vs Penn State:
Nebraska
Missouri
USC (the one out west)
Vanderbilt
Washington
Florida
Tennessee
Virginia Tech
Miss State
LSU
Auburn
Penn State
Posted on 11/13/21 at 6:57 am to bamameister
It must be noted that Nebraska and USC were both ranked in the Top 10 to start the year and Missouri was ranked just outside of it at #11. How many schedules would have the following OOC opponents in 2021?
Nebraska
Missouri
Southern Cal
Washington
Virginia Tech
Penn State (bowl game)
Nebraska
Missouri
Southern Cal
Washington
Virginia Tech
Penn State (bowl game)
Posted on 11/13/21 at 7:02 am to bamameister
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Alabama schedule in 1978 when they won the natty vs Penn State:
I watched that game. Good grief, both defenses were laying the wood in that game.
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