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Examples of Teams Who Laid an Early Season Egg Only to Finish Strong
Posted on 9/22/17 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 9/22/17 at 3:57 pm
I've been pretty tough on Ed this week rightly so but now trying (for my own sanity if nothing else) to find something positive to grad hold of.
Here's some examples off the top of my head:
- tOSU lost early to unranked VaTech in '14 and went on to win it all
- Bama lost ugly to OM in '15 and won it all
- We looked pretty inept vs UF in '03 in game #6 and won it all.
- UF got blown out by Tenn 3-45 in '90 and only lost to FSU afterwards.
- In '77 Bama lost early to unranked Nebraska when their QB fired 5 ints and then had a good year.
Others?
Here's some examples off the top of my head:
- tOSU lost early to unranked VaTech in '14 and went on to win it all
- Bama lost ugly to OM in '15 and won it all
- We looked pretty inept vs UF in '03 in game #6 and won it all.
- UF got blown out by Tenn 3-45 in '90 and only lost to FSU afterwards.
- In '77 Bama lost early to unranked Nebraska when their QB fired 5 ints and then had a good year.
Others?
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Posted on 9/22/17 at 3:59 pm to AlwysATgr
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- tOSU lost early to unranked VaTech in '14 and went on to win it all
Urban Meyer
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- Bama lost ugly to OM in '15 and won it all
Nick Saban
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- We looked pretty inept vs UF in '03 in game #6 and won it all.
Nick Saban
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- UF got blown out by Tenn 3-45 in '90 and only lost to FSU afterwards.
Steve Spurrier
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- In '77 Bama lost early to unranked Nebraska when their QB fired 5 ints and then had a good year.
Bear Bryant
Yeah, I can see what LSU's coach has in common with those guys.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:00 pm to AlwysATgr
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- tOSU lost early to unranked VaTech in '14 and went on to win it all
Urban Meyer
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- Bama lost ugly to OM in '15 and won it all
Nick Saban
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We looked pretty inept vs UF in '03 in game #6 and won it all.
Nick Saban
quote:
- UF got blown out by Tenn 3-45 in '90 and only lost to FSU afterwards.
Steve Spurrier
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- In '77 Bama lost early to unranked Nebraska when their QB fired 5 ints and then had a good year.
Bear Bryant
Other than those differences, sure...
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:00 pm to RB10
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RB10
DAMMIT!!!!
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:01 pm to AlwysATgr
SCLSU mud dogs. Started the season with a loss and even laid an egg in the first half of the Bourbon Bowl and came back to win the game.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:01 pm to RB10
Combined 15 national championships amongst those coaches.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:01 pm to GeauxTigerTM
Too slow baw. Gotta have quick fingers.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:03 pm to Goldrush25
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Combined 15 national championships amongst those coaches.
That's more than Orgeron's career wins. Not counting interim stints obviously.
This post was edited on 9/22/17 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:04 pm to AlwysATgr
I can make a list of very unsuccessful coaches who were ranked early and lost badly. Then went on to have terrible seasons too.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:04 pm to AlwysATgr
There seems to be a large degree of difference in some of these eggs.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:04 pm to AlwysATgr
Ohio st
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:05 pm to RB10
Exactly
Great coaches
Great coaches
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:05 pm to AlwysATgr
2007 Virginia Tech got destroyed at LSU and went on to finish 11-2 in the regular season.
2010 Va Tech lost their first 2 games including one to James Madison. Went undefeated afterwards, won the ACC.
2010 Va Tech lost their first 2 games including one to James Madison. Went undefeated afterwards, won the ACC.
This post was edited on 9/22/17 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:06 pm to RB10
So how'd all these great coaches with better talent lose so ugly?
My guess is fans of those teams felt just as doomed afterwards as we do right now.
Make no mistake, Ed has a lot to prove. I don't subscribe to the no talent, no depth, no experience, etc excuses. He needs to be a football coach and get it done.
My guess is fans of those teams felt just as doomed afterwards as we do right now.
Make no mistake, Ed has a lot to prove. I don't subscribe to the no talent, no depth, no experience, etc excuses. He needs to be a football coach and get it done.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:07 pm to AlwysATgr
Yeah the Saban or even Dabo comparisons to O to justify their pro-O position is kinda short-sided.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:14 pm to sheek
Pro-O position?
I'm just trying to stay sane!
I'm just trying to stay sane!
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:16 pm to AlwysATgr
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I'm just trying to stay sane!
You do this by expecting a lackluster year due to recent performances and being pleasantly surprised if the team plays better down the stretch.
You do the opposite of this when you start looking for nearly impossible ways for LSU to compete for any sort of title this year.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:16 pm to AlwysATgr
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I'm just trying to stay sane!
yeah me too. well not you per say but that has been one of the running narratives this week from the Pro-O crowd.
This post was edited on 9/22/17 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:18 pm to AlwysATgr
Michigan skull drug Penn State last year 49-10, and Penn State went on to win the Big Ten.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 4:34 pm to BMoney
Franklin actually is a good coach
I would take him at LSU in a heart beat
I would take him at LSU in a heart beat
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