SEC Shorts Season Ending Awards

[TAF]

 

[volsrock09]

Not gonna lie. The ending had me going, "wow, it's really over".

 

[pasadenavol]

The ending almost made me feel teary-eyed, and then I remembered it was Bama and a huge Dr Evil laugh ensued...

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

The ending almost made me feel teary-eyed, and then I remembered it was Bama and a huge Dr Evil laugh ensued...

Lol same.

 

[McDad]

Nicely done. Agree with others on the ending.

 

[jaybird_1981]

He didn't die he just retired.

 

[Pickinhick]

El Diablo? People at Starbucks is looking at me as I lol.

 

[NATHAN05]

Kensucky was funny and I agree, the ending was well done

 

[Hulavol]

Damn that was good

 

[aaronvol]

Ya'll, the man retired because the systems (above board and way below board) that were implemented had come to an end and he knew his run was over. When everything was fair he wasn't going to compete. So...adios.

 

[dieseldaddy]

I will never have anything good to say about alabama. Saban is still the 2nd. Nobody tops Gen. Neyland

 

[fossilfiction]

Had to look at Florida's schedule. It's going to be a tough year for them pricks.

 

[fossilfiction]

I will never have anything good to say about alabama. Saban is still the 2nd. Nobody tops Gen. Neyland

Neyland can number one in our hearts (I only have stats and some run down game highlights to go off, but only a blind man fails to see what Saban accomplished and not say he was the GOAT concerning college football head coaches.

 

[Tnphil]

Vandy getting their free money was perfect..."Same time next year?!" LOL

 

[JCHateSteve]

That's one of the best ones this year.

 

[OneManGang]

"Does this classroom have a defibrillator?"

Made me laff.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Had to look at Florida's schedule. It's going to be a tough year for them pricks.

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So they lose to Kentucky and aTm but beat us? How? We get them at home again.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Neyland can number one in our hearts (I only have stats and some run down game highlights to go off, but only a blind man fails to see what Saban accomplished and not say he was the GOAT concerning college football head coaches.

Neyland had a better win percentage than Saban: .829 to .804. Neyland is #9 all-time on that list, Saban is #14.

Saban had more national titles, at 7, than Neyland, at 4.

Saban's total lifetime victories, at 292, is ahead of Neyland's 173.

Of course, Saban had 28 seasons, largely uninterrupted, to accomplish the longevity (win total and title total) records. Neyland only had 21 seasons, interrupted twice by US Army deployments to Panama and WW II.

So it's a mixed bag, some advantages to Saban and some to the General. But overall, is Saban's record better? Yes. Have to admit facts.

Still, it is hugely arguable whether Saban is the greatest head coach of all time. Guys like Joe Paterno (in spite of enabling a pedophile) with 409 career wins, and Knute Rockne, with a .881 win percentage, they have skin in this game, too.

I personally would put Knute Rockne and Bear Bryant ahead of Nick. While acknowledging Saban as the best of the 21st Century so far.

Go Vols!

 

[VFL-82-JP]

So they lose to Kentucky and aTm but beat us? How? We get them at home again.

We're going to curb stomp Florida this year in Neyland.

What you're seeing there is just BVS, and specifically Gator-curse-induced-BVS, flaring up. Heh.

Go Vols!

 

[OneManGang]

Still, it is hugely arguable whether Saban is the greatest head coach of all time. Guys like Joe Paterno (in spite of enabling a pedophile) with 409 career wins, and Knute Rockne, with a .881 win percentage, they have skin in this game, too.

Go Vols!

Joe Pa?

BILL effing BATTLE whipped his a** - TWICE!

That Joe Pa?

 

[TNHopeful505]

I can dislike Bama and appreciate and respect what Saban did for the game. There will never be another like him.

 

[BIGORANGEBUBBA]

He didn't die he just retired.

Might as well just prop him up like they did the Bear there for the next 30 years

 

[loservol]

Had to look at Florida's schedule. It's going to be a tough year for them pricks.

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TN -W ? If they are going to lose that many games, TN better be one of their L's.

 

[Behr]

Had to look at Florida's schedule. It's going to be a tough year for them pricks.

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[DiderotsGhost]

Neyland had a better win percentage than Saban: .829 to .804. Neyland is #9 all-time on that list, Saban is #14.

Saban had more national titles, at 7, than Neyland, at 4.

Saban's total lifetime victories, at 292, is ahead of Neyland's 173.

Of course, Saban had 28 seasons, largely uninterrupted, to accomplish the longevity (win total and title total) records. Neyland only had 21 seasons, interrupted twice by US Army deployments to Panama and WW II.

So it's a mixed bag, some advantages to Saban and some to the General. But overall, is Saban's record better? Yes. Have to admit facts.

Still, it is hugely arguable whether Saban is the greatest head coach of all time. Guys like Joe Paterno (in spite of enabling a pedophile) with 409 career wins, and Knute Rockne, with a .881 win percentage, they have skin in this game, too.

I personally would put Knute Rockne and Bear Bryant ahead of Nick. While acknowledging Saban as the best of the 21st Century so far.

Go Vols!

Saban is obviously one of the greats, but I agree --- I wouldn't call him "the GOAT" --- just the GOAT of the 21st Century. Winning 7 national titles is crazy, but his methodology wouldn't have worked in the 20s, 60s, 80s, or even the 90s. What he did was perfect the accumulation of blue-chip national talent, but that wasn't something you could realistically do before the modern era. A coach in Tuscaloosa couldn't scout out all the high school football games in LA or Dallas back in 1968. Saban still would've been a good coach in the 70s or 80s, but he wouldn't have won 7 national titles. He wouldn't have been able to recruit half the players he did in the modern era.

For my money, Tom Osborne is #1 all-time. There's no real reason Nebraska shouldn't be Kansas. What Tom Osborne (and Bob Delaney before him) did there was absurd! Osborne won 3 national titles as HC and 2 as OC at Nebraska, a school basically in the middle of nowhere. He never won less than 9 games in 25 seasons. That shouldn't even be possible at Nebraska. The only reason we think that's normal is because Delaney and Osborne. Replace Delaney, you don't get Osborne, and Nebraska football looks more like Kansas football historically. The fact that pretty much no one has even come close to replicating the success of Osborne is a testament to just how difficult it is to win in Lincoln.

Though, I will say it's almost impossible to rank across eras, because different skill sets were dominant in different eras. I think we have GOATs of different eras and that's it.