Comments on: More College Football History in the Making

By: National Championship Game

National Championship Game — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:27:24 +0000

[...] More College Football History in the MakingHe has coached in two national championship games and won only one of those. Yes, he coached Southern Cal to the AP national championship the year Nick Saban won the BCS national championship with LSU, but I’m not counting him in this . [...]

By: mizerle06

mizerle06 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:25:59 +0000

@Aaron – great point; I forgot that Dennis Erickson was still coaching. I understand your sentiment pertaining to Huskies, but I’ve got him falling into the Pete Carroll category.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:12:19 +0000

Dennis Erickson is an active coach with 2 national championships at Miami (1989 and 1991). I don’t recognize a split national championship with Washington because Huskies aren’t people. That ‘91 team would have crushed UW anyway.

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Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:10:53 +0000

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By: spencer096

spencer096 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:30:08 +0000

great shit mize.

By: illformula

illformula — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:14:10 +0000

Mikey – I think you’re giving NFL front offices too much credit. Most of those collections of irrational ass-clowns won’t pay attention to mistakes of the past.

By: mikeychx

mikeychx — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:03:18 +0000

ill

i think that the lessons of spurrier, saban, petrino, butch davis, et al have something to say about your theory…..if not from the coaches side, certainly from the nfl side….teams are getting a bit jaded on all of the college coaches….there justarent alot of jimmy johnsons/ tom couglins out there

By: sparty

sparty — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:03:11 +0000

+1 knightro

By: illformula

illformula — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:56:34 +0000

And I botched the blockquote…

/worthless

By: mizerle06

mizerle06 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:56:07 +0000

^^ by the way, undefeated = 14 wins

By: illformula

illformula — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:56:01 +0000

However, Meyer (44 yrs. old) and Stoops (48 yrs. old) are both fairly young guys and both have the opportunity to position their teams for additional future national championship runs While I agree with this, I think the days of extremely long-tenured coaches are over. With the parity in college football now and the willingness/pressure to change coaches so quickly becoming a common theme in today's game, I don't see either of these guys experiencing the Paterno/Bowden type runs. And the fact that both Florida and Oklahoma are consistantly among the top teams in the nation every year just contributes to the probability of one, or both, going pro at some point. So the fact that one of them will join Paterno and Bowden at such a young age is remarkable.

By: cycledan

cycledan — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:55:54 +0000

Gator, I guess it is possible but that still won’t be for a couple of decades.

By: mizerle06

mizerle06 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:55:29 +0000

meyer is 301 wins behind joepa. herban would need 21.5 straight undefeated seasons to tie paterno.

By: knightro

knightro — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:55:20 +0000

Chris Petersen will break the record, since he would never leaving Boise State. He is only 44 years old and can cruise to 10 victories a year in the WAC.

By: gatortrey

gatortrey — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:50:24 +0000

I don’t agree cycle. With 13 games a season being the norm, someone like Stoops or Urban Meyer could be killing their wins records if they stick to the college game.

By: sparty

sparty — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:50:02 +0000

Dantonio will break the record.