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re: Mike Bianchi: Bobby Bowden better than both Nick Saban and Bear Bryant

Posted on 1/15/16 at 12:15 pm to
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35760 posts
Posted on 1/15/16 at 12:15 pm to
Bear Bryant was 0-3 vs. Ara Parseghian.

In fact, the Irish are 5-1 against the Tide.

Bama could not beat teams from the North and Notre Dame and ND and Michigan State and USC rightfully deserved titles over them.

Bear was 0-11-2 outside of the South in out-of-conference. He dominated a pale-face league but didn't fare too well playing against the big league...back then the SEC was considered extremely weak unlike today. The real football was considered the Midwest with black players and the West Coast.
This post was edited on 1/15/16 at 12:20 pm
Posted by EZE Tiger Fan
Member since Jul 2004
50532 posts
Posted on 1/15/16 at 1:56 pm to
quote:

Bear Bryant was 0-3 vs. Ara Parseghian.

In fact, the Irish are 5-1 against the Tide.

Bama could not beat teams from the North and Notre Dame and ND and Michigan State and USC rightfully deserved titles over them.

Bear was 0-11-2 outside of the South in out-of-conference. He dominated a pale-face league but didn't fare too well playing against the big league...back then the SEC was considered extremely weak unlike today. The real football was considered the Midwest with black players and the West Coast.


As much as it pains me, I was coming here to post this.

Blah.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
65147 posts
Posted on 1/15/16 at 5:10 pm to
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Bama could not beat teams from the North


So Ohio State and Penn State aren't teams from the North? And I'm pretty sure he won games against USC in Los Angeles in 1971 and 1977. He also won one or two games over Penn State in Happy Valley.

He also went up into Maryland to defeat a Top 15 Terps squad in '74. Defeated Mizzou and Washington at their home stadiums in '78. And went to New York to play and defeat Rutgers in 1980.

So, yeah...you might want to check that 0-11-2 stat you pulled out of your arse concerning games played outside the South against non-conference opponents.
This post was edited on 1/15/16 at 6:37 pm
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