re: Let's say for argument's sake that Brian Kelly wins an NC at LSU or two.

Posted on 11/30/21 at 3:02 pm to grizzlylongcut

Posted by sms151t

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Posted on 11/30/21 at 3:02 pm to grizzlylongcut

No, you have Alabama still sitting there with 18 championships and until somebody gets within 5 of that.

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Posted by grizzlylongcut

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Posted on 11/30/21 at 3:09 pm to sms151t

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you have Alabama still sitting there with 18 championships and until somebody gets within 5 of that.

Ok, but that would be the fourth head coach at LSU to win a championship in a row. No in state competition, highly talented state high school pipeline with some other very talent-rich states surrounding it. You also have an admin and boosters that are willing to pay premium money.

Take out Bear and Saban and what do you have for Alabama?

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Posted on 11/30/21 at 3:28 pm to sms151t

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No, you have Alabama still sitting there with 18 championships and until somebody gets within 5 of that.

Alabama is the top program right now, but I don't think anyone needs to get within five of their record to be considered the top "program". Because being the top program at a given time, and having a record, are two entirely different things.

In college baseball, USC has 12 titles, and then LSU and Texas are tied for second with 6. Would anyone argue that LSU was the top baseball program under Skip Bertman, even though they weren't within five championships of USC's record?

Whoever is having the most success over an extended period is the top program at that time. I don't think the OP was talking about all time championships, because we all know that no one is particularly close in that category.

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