re: Is Barry Switzer the GOAT college football head coach?

Posted on 12/26/14 at 8:14 pm to sms151t

Posted by Bestbank Tiger

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Posted on 12/26/14 at 8:14 pm to sms151t

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He's won 5 of the big 6 now. Unless he won a Peach then he's won all 6.

I earlier mistakenly credited Stoops with first to win 5 thank you for correcting me.

Looked it up. He never appeared in the Peach.

He made the Fiesta a major bowl. They were one of the few bowls where both spots were at-large. Miami and Penn State were both independents and both undefeated so the Fiesta matched them up.

It was supposedly a joke--Penn State didn't belong on the same field. Had Miami won big, Penn State would have been viewed as a Boise. But wiht the upset, the Fiesta became a big-time bowl.

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Posted by Roscoe

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Posted on 12/26/14 at 8:23 pm to Bestbank Tiger

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It was supposedly a joke--Penn State didn't belong on the same field. Had Miami won big, Penn State would have been viewed as a Boise. But wiht the upset, the Fiesta became a big-time bowl.

Why would PSU have been viewed as a Boise State? They were already viewed as a NC program having won a championship in '82.

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Posted by sms151t

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Posted on 12/26/14 at 8:48 pm to Bestbank Tiger

The Fiesta had already moved it's OU grab in 1982? made it a big bowl. The Fiesta in 87 was held on the 2nd and PSU was no way Boise. There was huge hype and Sunkist even sponsored it, one of the first to Sponsor a bowl in title.

Now you want to argue the Holiday and BYU in 84 that would be the better comparison.

Issue was BYU was obligated and couldn't get out of Holiday. That NCG for BYU allowed Ark ASU to play in 85 in San Diego.

This post was edited on 12/26/14 at 8:50 pm

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