re: Miles and Schembechler

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Hayes 5 NCs - Bo 0

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That's kind of like saying Alabama has won 15.

He only won one that wasn't split (1968). They were only undefeated and untied for one other (1954). I mention that because in both 1957 and 1961 Ohio St. had worse records than the teams they split with. Also, when you played only 9 or 10 instead of 13 or 14, undefeated and untied wasn't generally too much to ask.

The 1970 one was a joke. They were #2 in both major polls going into the bowls, and then they lost the Rose Bowl to #12 Stanford.

That said, I would of course agree that he was a better big-game coach, at least until 1968. He only won 2 of 8 bowl games after that point.