Sunday, October 15, 2006

All-time college football coaches

Time to react to things I heard on WKNR while driving from place to place. I heard a number of rankings of the best college football coaches, but most of them were meaningful to people half my age. I have my own list to propose of the top 16, beginning with the 16th an counting down: #16 -- Bobby Dodd, Georgia Tech, 50s/60s
#15 -- Earl Blaik, West Point, best military academy coach
#14 -- Ara Parseghian, Northwestern and N.D.
#13 -- Darrell Royal, Texas, 60s/70s
#12 -- Lou Little, Columbia, 20s
#11 -- Duffy Daugherty, Mich. State, invented the multiple offense
#10 -- Bob Neyland, Tennessee 40s/50s
# 9 -- Woody Hayes, Ohio State, 50s/60s
# 8 -- Bob Devaney, Nebraska, 60s/70s
#7 -- Paul Dietzel, L.S.U., South Carolina, invented the wing-T
#6 -- Joe Paterno, Penn State, still an active coach
#5 -- Bo Schembechler, U. of Michigan, 70s/80s
#4 -- Steve Spurrier, Florida, 80s/90s
#3 -- Bear Bryant, Alabama, 60s-80s
#2 -- Knute Rockne, who won one for the Gipper
#1 -- Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma, 50s/60s, invented the split-T.

Yes, a case could be made for about 70 other guys. And any of these could put together a terrific team. I saw nearly all of thes guys coach, in fact, all except Little and Rockne.

6 Comments:

At 6:50 PM, Blogger Babette said...

Duffy Daugherty!! GO SPARTANS!

Marie sent me. I have almost completely forgiven her and her dear husband for Saturday's football debacle.

 
At 8:12 AM, Blogger Presbytera said...

If you look at the longevity of these coachs -- that alone would merit their inclusion on your list! Not many teams keep a losing coach around except the Browns, the Indians, the Cavaliers.....

 
At 8:27 AM, Blogger Marie N. said...

Is Lou Holtz one of the "70 other guys"?

 
At 8:31 AM, Blogger Marie N. said...

The Quipper and I got to listen to the sermon on the podcast this morning.

This was most helpful as his deacon duties had him working during service and my mind kept wandering through plot and charater similarites between _Anna Karenina_ and _Bonfire of the Vanities_.

The old English major in me might need to write an essay.

 
At 10:00 AM, Blogger KrazyinBrooklyn said...

Welcome to the blog world.

 
At 11:40 AM, Blogger Rick said...

Bernadette,

Nothing personal, just business. :-)

Quipper (aka Marie's dear husband)

 

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