re: Is Nick Saban the luckiest coach ever?

Btw

Carroll, Saban, Bowden, Paterno, Spurrier, Meyer all have legit claims to be best coach since 80. Saban has to be number one though just due to overall volume of big wins even if he isn't the best against equal or greater talent.

Bowden has to be #2 also due to shear volume of the body of work. Paterno has to be #3.

Carroll and Spurrier though essentially match Bowden and Saban for any 19 year run when you compare everything across the board and leave out the NCs because of the difference in systems. Spurrier in the 90s was crazy good and the record reflected that, same with Carroll in the 2000s.

And to the stupid fricks above, both bama and LSU fans, arguing over 2011, quit derailing the thread.

If you take the system that was previously used for the majority of cfb, LSU wins NC and is the better team historically. But under the rules as they were bama was better. As an LSU fan, I can admit bama was the better overall team. As a bama fan you should admit you got lucky and got a rematch. Under the old system and under the BCS those were extremely rare. Bama was a better overall team...but they would have been left out before the playoffs prolly 9/10 times. shite Bowden and Carroll got screwed tons of times for losing to a team not quite as good as them. Spurrier also.

If the playoffs were around, Spurrier has 2 more NCs atleast, Bowden has 2-3 more, Carroll has 2 more. If the playoffs where around for history of CFB.....well it looks totally different.

Stop being such prideful douchebags, you can't have a legit conversation about things. Hate people like that.