Osborne Greatest of All Time

Bleeding Husker Red · December 6, 2007

From the looks of it they may as well take Paterno and Robinson out of the running by now.

knapplc · December 6, 2007

My estimation puts the vote count at probably somewhere around or slightly under 20 million votes Today... with somewhere around 2 to 2.5 million votes going into yesterday's swing in the poll.

Its been macro'd to hell and back for quite awhile. When Robinson went from like 3-6% it was because both Nebraska fans and bama fans (apparently) were using the same unconfigured browser macro.

Just curious - is this a number you know or a number you're guessing at?

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Updated "standings" have TO in the lead 52% - 35%.

Voting ends at Noon Eastern today (12/2/07).

redblooded · December 6, 2007

My estimation puts the vote count at probably somewhere around or slightly under 20 million votes Today... with somewhere around 2 to 2.5 million votes going into yesterday's swing in the poll.

Its been macro'd to hell and back for quite awhile. When Robinson went from like 3-6% it was because both Nebraska fans and bama fans (apparently) were using the same unconfigured browser macro.

Just curious - is this a number you know or a number you're guessing at?

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Updated "standings" have TO in the lead 52% - 35%.

Voting ends at Noon Eastern today (12/2/07).

A guess. There'd be no way to know unless you worked for whoever does espn's website. (I don't)

REDSTEEL · December 6, 2007

My estimation puts the vote count at probably somewhere around or slightly under 20 million votes Today... with somewhere around 2 to 2.5 million votes going into yesterday's swing in the poll.

Its been macro'd to hell and back for quite awhile. When Robinson went from like 3-6% it was because both Nebraska fans and bama fans (apparently) were using the same unconfigured browser macro.

Just curious - is this a number you know or a number you're guessing at?

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Updated "standings" have TO in the lead 52% - 35%.

Voting ends at Noon Eastern today (12/2/07).

A guess. There'd be no way to know unless you worked for whoever does espn's website. (I don't)

Does this get added to his resume? Greatest Coach Ever.

Pretty soon, ESPN will start keeping anyone that was part of Nebraska football out of their Polls to allow some other college team to win.

CongratS T.O.

HuskerfaninOkieland · December 6, 2007

Per the link Osborne wins 52% to 35%

Greatest Coach Ever Poll

HuskerfaninOkieland · December 6, 2007

the Greatest Coach Ever Poll: 52% to 35%

Greatest Coach Ever Poll

If it's been posted already, please delete

banjeaUX · December 6, 2007

Updated "standings" have TO in the lead 52% - 35%.

Voting ends at Noon Eastern today (12/2/07).

A guess. There'd be no way to know unless you worked for whoever does espn's website. (I don't)

Does this get added to his resume? Greatest Coach Ever.

Pretty soon, ESPN will start keeping anyone that was part of Nebraska football out of their Polls to allow some other college team to win.

CongratS T.O.

Indeed, congratulations to Coach Osborne! Also, congratulations to Cornhusker fans! :worship

Seems we, Bama fans, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. :laughpound BTW, thanks for taking a knee.

Please try to overlook Osborne who?, mascarading as a Bama fan. Seems, he was off his medications. Imagine the nerve - a guy coming onto your board shouting and calling y'all all CHEATERS. Seems, if he were, indeed, a Bama fan, it was the pot calling the kettle black. (Note: Political incorrectness is not intended.)

Please note: I suggest Osborne who? is not a Bama fan, at all. But, rather an Auburn Tiger fan in an Elephant suit. The earlier post on this board illustates the lengths some Auburn fans go to stir manure on internet message boards. Most Bama fans have more class.

Bama fans know all's fair in love and war. Oops! Since our coach, Nick Saban, caught much negative press, because of his recent analogy, I hasten to say that this poll was not war. Of course, it is not love, either. Oh, shucks! Let me try again. Okay. How 'bout, Anything goes? Let's just agree, that your geeks beat our geeks. Fair enough? :w00t :w00t :w00t

Now, to the issue of the poll, Greatest College Football Coach of All-Times:

Coach Bryant was at Alabama for the last 25 years of his career. He had prior rebuilding stops at Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Maryland. In 1958, at Alabama he took a program with a 4 - 24- 2 record in the prior 3 years. His 25 year record at the helm of our Crimson Tide shows:

230 victories, 46 defeats, and 9 ties for a winning percentage of 82.3%, when ties are considered as 50% win and 50% loss.

During the Coach Bryant era, Alabama won 6 of its 12 national championships. Much more information at this link:

http://bryantmuseum.ua.edu/

I teared up watching this: http://www.zippyvideos.com/5852358745646266/the_bear_movie/

How does this match up, with the 25 year record, of your great Coach Tom Osborne?

BTW, Bama fans feel your pain as you go through a coaching change. Hopefully, Cornhusker and Crimson Tide football will be back among the nation's elite programs. :restore Perhaps, we'll meet for the BCS title in the near future. If so, I hope we kick the kernels off your cobs. :box

HuskerKing130 · December 6, 2007

Why wasnt Bill Callahan included in the poll? I mean, the guy did an excellent job in every area.

xkbubo · December 6, 2007

Why wasnt Bill Callahan included in the poll? I mean, the guy did an excellent job in every area.

Lawl that never gets old.

knapplc · December 6, 2007

Hey, BanjeaUX, welcome to Huskerboard!

We're all very respectful of Coach Bryant and his place in the pantheon of college football coaches. Regardless of how ESPN's "poll" came out, NOBODY will ever disrespect Bryant or what he did as a coach, or what he meant to the sport (unless they're an Auburn fan, I suppose). Most people here at this board think well of Bryant, but we do love our legend.

You asked about Osborne's record at Nebraska. As you probably know, TO only coached here at NU, never anywhere else. In his 25 seasons at the helm of Nebraska he went 255-49-3, and retired with the best winning percentage of any active football coach, which was fifth all-time at that time. The fewest number of games he ever won in a season was nine, and he never missed a bowl game in 25 years. I'm sure you also know he won three Mythical National Championships in his last four years, and over his final five seasons his Huskers won 60 games against three losses. The 1995 Husker team is considered by many to be one of, if not THE, best college teams of all time. Just ask Florida.

That's pretty impressive on its own, but while compiling all those victories Osborne did NOT let academics slip. Nebraska takes great pride in the academic excellence of all its student-athletes, and leads all universities with a total of 235 Academic All-Americans (Notre Dame is second on that list with 178 in all sports), 64 of those coming from the football program, 50 from Tom's era. TO wasn't just churning out football players that whole time, he was churning out students who played football, and played it very well.

At the same time he was doing this he was never on any kind of NCAA probation for any kind of violation. So it wasn't just about being a great football coach, it wasn't just about being a great teacher, it was about doing those things while doing them the right way, throughout his career.

So that's why we love Tom Osborne so much. The guy is perhaps the best example of what it means to be a Husker, and we as a group of fans are just damned glad to have him.

PS - good luck in your bowl game. Do us Huskers a favor and beat the crap out of Colorado for us, will you?

hskrmama · December 6, 2007

WHOOOHOOOO!

dbetz23 · December 6, 2007

huskers.com

Lincoln - Former Nebraska football coach and current interim athletic director Tom Osborne was voted the "Greatest Football Coach of All Time" in a recent contest on ESPN.com.

Osborne captured 52 percent of the votes among fans around the world, well ahead of former Alabama Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, who brought home 35 percent of the vote.

No other coach received as many as 5 percent of the total votes. The distinguished list of coaches featured some of the greatest names in the history of college football, including Knute Rockne, Glen "Pop" Warner, Amos Alonzo Stagg, John Heisman, Eddie Robinson, Woody Hayes, Barry Switzer, Bobby Bowden, Joe Paterno, Lou Holtz, Bo Schembechler, John Robinson, Hayden Fry and John Gagliardi.

In October, Osborne was chosen to receive the 2008 Lifetime Acheivement Award from the Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards committee of the American Heart Association.

Osborne will receive the award at the Paul "Bear" Bryant College Football Coaching Awards Dinner on Thursday, Jan. 17, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston.

The following day, Osborne will be honored by the Nebraska Alumni Association with its highest award, the Founders Medallion, at the 2008 RED Gala in Omaha.

Osborne coached for 25 seasons at Nebraska, earning three national championships and 13 conference titles. He led the Cornhuskers to a bowl appearance in every season and broke Bryant's record of 24 straight postseason trips. Osborne retired following the 1997 season with a 255-49-3 record, the fifth-best winning percentage (.836) in Division I-A history.

In his final five season, NU went 60-3 and won national titles in 1994, 1995 and 1997. He coached 47 first-team All-Americans who won a total of 55 honors. He also guided a pair of Heisman Trophy winners, six Outland winners, one Butkus winner and one Johnny Unitas winner.

A member of the College Football Hall of Fame, Osborne followed his 36-year career as a football coach by winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in Nebraska's third district in 2000. He served three terms in Congress, before being named Nebraska's interim athletic director on Oct. 16.

dbetz23 · December 6, 2007