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Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: hblair on October 28, 2002, 11:15:52 AM

Drumroll please!
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Paul "Bear" Bryant!


> Integrated the all-white Alabama football team

> Was able to win in old school college ball, then adapted in late seventies and won two more nat'l championships

> Six National Championships

> Thirteen SEC Titles

> Was winningest 1A coach for about 20 years

> Scheduled tough teams, played smash mouth football, no cream puff schedule to get max number of easy wins

>bobby is just a good delegator and is half gay


;)

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: Fatty on October 28, 2002, 11:35:18 AM

You should not be so bitter just because Bama didn't grab Saint Bobby when they had the chance.

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: midnight Target on October 28, 2002, 11:51:50 AM

Pop Warner

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: Airhead on October 28, 2002, 12:03:30 PM

Bear Bryant was a great coach but he had great atheletes like Forrest Gump playing for him. The best college coach of all time was Lou Grant.

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: Nifty on October 28, 2002, 01:34:22 PM

Eddie Robinson.  :)

but hblair is right.  Bear is the best.  Not only did he do all of those things, but nearly 20 years after his death, every Tide fan still worships him and would do anything to ressurect him so he could once again lead Alabama to glory.  (also could be phrased as "he brainwashed every Tide fan from then until the end of time that he was actually God.")  :D

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: hblair on October 28, 2002, 01:37:44 PM

See! even Nifty agrees.

Bear rulez.

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: funkedup on October 28, 2002, 02:01:19 PM

Allen Davis

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: Sandman on October 28, 2002, 04:14:16 PM

Amateur sports... :rolleyes: ;)

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: -ammo- on October 28, 2002, 07:26:34 PM

Actually, it was twelve National Championships...

http://www.rolltide.com/Football/4751.asp

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: midnight Target on October 28, 2002, 08:15:01 PM

Of course Knute Rockne might have set records the Bear would never reach had he lived longer.

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: Nash on October 28, 2002, 08:18:10 PM

I'm going with John McKay (sp?) for personal sentimental nostalgic type reasons. :)

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: Sandman on October 28, 2002, 08:48:53 PM

What? It's not Steve Spurrier?

Shite! I thought he was damn near the second coming...

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: Reschke on October 28, 2002, 10:57:19 PM

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Of course Knute Rockne might have set records the Bear would never reach had he lived longer.

Folks the above is yet another IF argument.

I don't think you can rule out Joe Paterno. He has done some great coaching jobs over the years just like Bear Bryant did here at Alabama. You also have John Robinson, Bo Schembechler, (I hate what I am about to write) Steve "Superior" Spurrier and Howard Schnellenberger.

That is just a small part of what could be a list of the "Best college coaches" since you need to include coaches who have done very well at the other levels of college as well.

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: aknimitz on October 28, 2002, 11:31:31 PM

Bob Stoops.

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: AKDejaVu on October 28, 2002, 11:42:29 PM

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Originally posted by -ammo-
Actually, it was twelve National Championships...

http://www.rolltide.com/Football/4751.asp

That link shows Bear Bryant with 6 national championships.

AKDejaVu

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: Holden McGroin on October 29, 2002, 03:48:06 AM

I measure a coach's greatness by his effect on the game.  Knute Rockne developed modern football.  The forward pass was his idea...  Probably no other coach more fundamentally changed the game.  Without Rockne's foundation the house would look much different.

Title: Best college football coach of all time
Post by: -ammo- on October 29, 2002, 05:57:25 AM

doh!  Yep 12 total with 6 of those under the Bear