I can't believe some of you guys...

[T_O_Bull]

No matter what the outcome, every one knows that Paul "Bear" Bryant is the greatest coach in the history of College Football. Tom Osborne is a close 2nd.

Come on our board and say this? And we're gonna... agree?

 

Bryant was great during his era. But the foward pass was barely used in college. Let go of the numbers you stare at. Osborne won in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. The greatest coach EVAH.

 

Thanks for your time. Buh bye.

 

Let's do the fun game that Husker fans love to play with Colorado fans, shall we?

 

Bryant's National Championships: 6

Osborne's National Championships: 3

 

"nuff said"

 

In all seriousness, you can't discredit Bryant on account of the era of football that he coached in. I mean, do you honestly believe that the Huskers would have continued their reign of dominance through the present if Osborne hadn't stepped down as head coach? I've got news for you pal, football isn't the same now as it was then. The rules are different, opposing coaches are smarter, and opposing players are stronger and faster.

 

If you took Osborne in his prime and put him in the modern era, he'd probably be a great coach, but not one of the all time greats. The same could be said for Bryant. You have to judge them on their accomplishments regardless of the decades they coached in. Both coaches were great, but Bryant was more dominant for a longer period of time.

 

 

THe NC numbers alone are what most people are voting on. One thing that stands out to me is the fact that Osborne never missed a bowl, Bryant did miss bowl games. Logic would suggest that had Osborne coached 38 years he would have 38 bowl appearances. Clearly more consistant.

 

As far as the NC games go, TO SHOULD have 5 in my opinion. Maybe six. Well, technically anyway. The '93 Orange bowl, Warrick Dunn did NOT break the plane on FSU's last touch down. Clear as day even when the play was live. And every time I see that famous two point conversion against Miami in 1983, I could swear the Miami defender actually slapped Irving Fryar's hands as the ball was coming in. Maybe I just need glasses though..

 

We won't even discuss PSU catching the ball out of bounds and running back in during the '82 season. Big Red ran the table other than that. You have to think that might have wound up a title as well.

 

But that's the way it goes. close calls, near misses.. happens all the time. Overall I think this is really about overall coaching, not just wins and losses. Both men are/were great human beings that turned a lot of boys...some of them very troubled individuals.... into good men. That's what it's really all about.

 

To me TO is unquestionably the greatest. Then again, no shame in second place to the Bear.

 

 

You meant Jeff Smith's hands didn't you?

 

>>>T_O_B

[REDSTEEL]

 

Lets just compare the numbers:

......................................................BB...........................TO

 

Win percentage:...............................76%........................83%

 

Wins per season:..............................8.5 .........................10.5

 

Bowl trips:.......................................29/38 78.9%............25/25 100%

 

Conference Championships:..............15/38 39.4%............13/25 53.5%

 

National Championships:...................6/38 15.7%..............3/25 12%

 

Close and Bear was there for 13 more seasons but Tom Osborne wins 4 out of 5 catagories. He also got to play those great Oklahoma teams every year.

 

>>>T_O_B

 

 

No offense but if you take head to head Switzer and T.O. the stats would favor Switzer. Course Switzer always claimed he won because he had better talent.

[Captain K]

Listen Dawgz, we're just trying to see if we can get Herbstreit to cry on national tv again. Why would you want to spoil that. Now go on and log onto ESPN and vote for TO.

[Spiderman]

I can't believe some of you guys are actually trying to cheat on a dumb ESPN poll. I know not all of you are doing it, but a lot of you are. Well, I got bad news for you... Only one vote per day is counted. Just ask them. Do you actually think ESPN would let you vote multiple times from the same IP? No sir. They aren't dumb. But that's not the point. The point is that some of you are actually trying to cheat by voting thousands of times per day? And to add insult to immaturity, only one of them counts, lol. Look, I'm not a Bama fan, and I'm not a Husker fan. I am a Georgia fan. We all know that they we're both great coaches. Besides, you don't need to cheat anyways, because Osborne will still probably win because Auburn and LSU fans are posting it all over the internet to "vote for Osborne so the bear won't win it." No matter what the outcome, every one knows that Paul "Bear" Bryant is the greatest coach in the history of College Football. Tom Osborne is a close 2nd. Everyone else is far behind. I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, oh well. Good luck next year with Pelini. That defense should improve drastically. So long and GO DAWGS!

 

 

 

Do you think for a split second that people voting for other coaches aren't doing the same thing?

[Vuren]

No matter what the outcome, every one knows that Paul "Bear" Bryant is the greatest coach in the history of College Football. Tom Osborne is a close 2nd.

Come on our board and say this? And we're gonna... agree?

 

Bryant was great during his era. But the foward pass was barely used in college. Let go of the numbers you stare at. Osborne won in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. The greatest coach EVAH.

 

Thanks for your time. Buh bye.

 

Let's do the fun game that Husker fans love to play with Colorado fans, shall we?

 

Bryant's National Championships: 6

Osborne's National Championships: 3

 

"nuff said"

 

In all seriousness, you can't discredit Bryant on account of the era of football that he coached in. I mean, do you honestly believe that the Huskers would have continued their reign of dominance through the present if Osborne hadn't stepped down as head coach? I've got news for you pal, football isn't the same now as it was then. The rules are different, opposing coaches are smarter, and opposing players are stronger and faster.

 

If you took Osborne in his prime and put him in the modern era, he'd probably be a great coach, but not one of the all time greats. The same could be said for Bryant. You have to judge them on their accomplishments regardless of the decades they coached in. Both coaches were great, but Bryant was more dominant for a longer period of time.

and how many times did TO's offenses drill em?

[Bleeding Husker Red]

No matter what the outcome, every one knows that Paul "Bear" Bryant is the greatest coach in the history of College Football. Tom Osborne is a close 2nd.

Come on our board and say this? And we're gonna... agree?

 

Bryant was great during his era. But the foward pass was barely used in college. Let go of the numbers you stare at. Osborne won in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. The greatest coach EVAH.

 

Thanks for your time. Buh bye.

 

Let's do the fun game that Husker fans love to play with Colorado fans, shall we?

 

Bryant's National Championships: 6

Osborne's National Championships: 3

 

"nuff said"

 

In all seriousness, you can't discredit Bryant on account of the era of football that he coached in. I mean, do you honestly believe that the Huskers would have continued their reign of dominance through the present if Osborne hadn't stepped down as head coach? I've got news for you pal, football isn't the same now as it was then. The rules are different, opposing coaches are smarter, and opposing players are stronger and faster.

 

If you took Osborne in his prime and put him in the modern era, he'd probably be a great coach, but not one of the all time greats. The same could be said for Bryant. You have to judge them on their accomplishments regardless of the decades they coached in. Both coaches were great, but Bryant was more dominant for a longer period of time.

 

 

THe NC numbers alone are what most people are voting on. One thing that stands out to me is the fact that Osborne never missed a bowl, Bryant did miss bowl games. Logic would suggest that had Osborne coached 38 years he would have 38 bowl appearances. Clearly more consistant.

 

As far as the NC games go, TO SHOULD have 5 in my opinion. Maybe six. Well, technically anyway. The '93 Orange bowl, Warrick Dunn did NOT break the plane on FSU's last touch down. Clear as day even when the play was live. And every time I see that famous two point conversion against Miami in 1983, I could swear the Miami defender actually slapped Irving Fryar's hands as the ball was coming in. Maybe I just need glasses though..

 

We won't even discuss PSU catching the ball out of bounds and running back in during the '82 season. Big Red ran the table other than that. You have to think that might have wound up a title as well.

 

But that's the way it goes. close calls, near misses.. happens all the time. Overall I think this is really about overall coaching, not just wins and losses. Both men are/were great human beings that turned a lot of boys...some of them very troubled individuals.... into good men. That's what it's really all about.

 

To me TO is unquestionably the greatest. Then again, no shame in second place to the Bear.

 

 

You meant Jeff Smith's hands didn't you?

 

>>>T_O_B

 

Yeah..maybe I'm getting to old to talk about this stuff. I just watched the TO tribute on NET and Double Nickel said when he played with William Floyd in the NFL, Floyd admitted to having fumbled that ball in the 93 orange Bowl... so now I'm wondering what exactly I'm 'remembering.

 

I blame Callahan. All the bad memories from the past four years are pushing the good ones from before right out of my ears...

[Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red]

Osborne was offensive coordinator and assistant head coach on the `71 Nebraska Team that handed Bear Bryant his ASS 38-6...SCOREBOARD! Osborne 1, Bryant 0

Winner.