Greatest College Football Coach?

[dunnster76]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/specialsection/citirosebowl/2007/index

The coaches ...

JOHN GAGLIARDI
EDDIE ROBINSON
BOBBY BOWDEN
JOE PATERNO
PAUL 'BEAR' BRYANT
GLEN 'POP' WARNER (eliminated)
AMOS ALONZO STAGG (eliminated)
TOM OSBORNE
LOU HOLTZ
WOODY HAYES
BO SCHEMBECHLER
HAYDEN FRY
JOHN HEISMAN (eliminated)
BARRY SWITZER
JOHN ROBINSON (eliminated)
KNUTE ROCKNE

[4 cam torino]

It's amazing how Tom Osborne is dominating that.

[dunnster76]

Husker Nation shows up ... proving we do have electricity out here in the boondocks.

[toom1h]

Wow, 25 years coaching, 25 bowl games

[coop]

i think it would be hard to say that bear bryant was not the best coach....tom would be up there though

[dunnster76]

Knute Rockne ... 6 national titles in 13 years. That's impressive, but was also a long time ago.

[Neversatisfied]

Bear was my pick.

[dunnster76]

Guess my pick ... Callahan wasn't on there, neither was Solich, so I had to settle for TO.

[Cotnerdude]

TO FTW

[Gentoo]

T.O. FTMFW

2nd on the list would be joe paw for me

[4 cam torino]

How does Joe Pa deserve any mention in this at all? 2 conference titles in 42 years? That's lame. they should just eliminate everyone other than TO and Bear now. It's between those two without a doubt.

[dunnster76]

TOs lead has been cut down a little ... it's 48% to 40% now from his 51% of the votes he had yesterday.

[Neversatisfied]

How does Joe Pa deserve any mention in this at all? 2 conference titles in 42 years? That's lame. they should just eliminate everyone other than TO and Bear now. It's between those two without a doubt.Not very many conference titles in a conference dominated by Ohio State and Michigan since.... forever. :)

[4 cam torino]

he can't win the big games in his conference. Michigan fans rip Carr for not being able to beat OSU, Joe Pa seems to have trouble beating Michigan AND OSU and gets on a poll of greatest coaches of all time. Carr belongs there as much as Joe Pa, lol.

[Neversatisfied]

One thing that Lloyd Carr shares with TO is the fact he has taken his team to a bowl game every single year he has coached. And 33 bowl games out of 42 seasons isn't bad on Joe Pa's resume either.

[4 cam torino]

Joe Pa only has total wins, that's it. Nothing else he has done even comes close to comparing to many of the other guys on the list. He's done it for a long time, and if he had been at the top the entire time that's one thing, but he hasn't been at the top for a while now. And even his total wins are less than Bowden's at this point. Joe Pa shouldn't even be on that list, he's got nothing.

[Cotnerdude]

Joe Pa has passion there is no dening that

[82355]

Penn State was an independent until 1990 and didn't begin Big 10 conference play until 1993 I believe. Hard to win conference championships when you aren't in a conference.

Martin

[coop]

beat me to it martin....

[82355]

I like "beating" you Brock.

Martin

[4 cam torino]

Joe Pa has passion there is no dening that


bull ****, he's only hanging on to get the wins record. He and Bowden are both selfishly hanging on for the same reason.

[4 cam torino]

I didn't know what Penn State's story was before they joined the Big 10. I didn't know if they were part of some conference that broke up or what. So I guess he sort of has an excuse there. But 2 conference titles in 17 years? Yawn still. Even if he might have won more of them in his prime.

[Cotnerdude]

He loves football though I think he should have retired and isnt the best coach thats for sure. I do think he was one of the coachs that has really loved football for the team.

[82355]

I didn't know what Penn State's story was before they joined the Big 10. I didn't know if they were part of some conference that broke up or what. So I guess he sort of has an excuse there. But 2 conference titles in 17 years? Yawn still. Even if he might have won more of them in his prime.


They were an independent like Notre Dame. How do you not know that???

Martin

[4 cam torino]

There are some things you don't know because you really just don't give a ****. I knew they were the 11th team but I didn't really care what went on with them before that.

[82355]

They screwed Nebraska out of the 1982 National title.

Martin

[dunnster76]

43% to 38% TO over Bear Bryant still ... Jo Pa has 4%.

[4 cam torino]

They screwed Nebraska out of the 1982 National title.

Martin

I was 1 year old.

[4 cam torino]

next round will be Tom, Bear, Joe Pa, and either Knute or Bowden. They should have Tom and Bear face off and Joe Pa and Bowden face off seperately so there are two interesting polls rather than just one big one with only two contenders.

[82355]

Barry Switzer and Tom Osborne are the only two that should be considered.

Martin

[BossRoss]

osborne and bear bryant are within 2% with only 4 people left.

[4 cam torino]

voting ends in a week

[Kelvin]

tom at 39 and bear at 37

[4 cam torino]

40 - 38 now.

[Mr. Jeff]

TOM OSBORNE
hands down

[4 cam torino]

Bo Pelini, he is undefeated as head coach. He made a bowl game every season he head coached and he's undefeated in bowl games.

[toom1h]

Bo Pelini, he is undefeated as head coach. He made a bowl game every season he head coached and he's undefeated in bowl games.

qft

[Neversatisfied]

Round up the troops Husker nut suckers! Bear pulled past TO in the poll!!!

[4 cam torino]

DONE
TO 45
Bear 38
There's still a few days left. TO can hit 50.

[dunnster76]

TO - 46% now ... there's a nice buzz going around facebook getting some support for TO.

[4 cam torino]

49 - 36 :eek:
two more percent and not only is TO the greatest of all time, he's greater than all other coaches combined

[Cotnerdude]

T.O. 50 percent Bear 36 percent

[dunnster76]

How much longer is the voting open?

[4 cam torino]

Voting Ends 12/06/07 11:59am ET. Please read our privacy and safety policy.

Bear has 30.5 hours to find a way to take down the Nebraska juggernaut.

[Cotnerdude]

Its not going to happen. End of story

[4 cam torino]

52 - 35 with just over 13 hours left in the game. Bear needs two TD's and a field goal to tie.

[Cotnerdude]

T.O. won you cant vote any more

[4 cam torino]

HAHA, I posted the time it ends and didn't even read it. I just assumed it was ending a minute before midnight, but it did say AM. One minute before midnight is PM. So yeah, the voting ended when they said it would.