For those of you that are āfreaked outā that Bama barely beat Ole Miss and Houston, and are ONLY 5-2...remember:
Bear was 5-4-1 in his first year at Bama, with losses to (among others) Tulane and the Burnersā¦and a scoreless tie with Vandy! You want close? We outscored our opponents 106-75.
Bobby Bowden, 5-6 at FSU! They got beat by Memphis! And beat North Texas by one!
Paternoā¦5-5. They blew out some teams, and got blown out of some themselves.
Woody Hayes. 4-3-2. Outscored their opponents 109-104, though!
Bud Wilkinson of OU. 7-2-1, with a thrilling win against Detroit (24-20), and a loss to TCU.
And those guys didnāt have to deal with the 85 scholarship limits!
You want current coaches for reference? Look at Pete Carrollās first year (6-6) at USC. Jim Tressell (7-5) at THE Ohio State University. Sabanās first year at LSU (a loss to UAB, fer chrissakes)! Mack Brown was 9-3 his first year at Texasā¦but how long did it take him to get that OU monkey off his back?
Justā¦chill, everyone! Weāre gonna be fine if we donāt shoot ourselves in the foot by demanding the impossible of Saban! Heās a helluva coach.
Bear was 5-4-1 in his first year at Bama, with losses to (among others) Tulane and the Burnersā¦and a scoreless tie with Vandy! You want close? We outscored our opponents 106-75.
Bobby Bowden, 5-6 at FSU! They got beat by Memphis! And beat North Texas by one!
Paternoā¦5-5. They blew out some teams, and got blown out of some themselves.
Woody Hayes. 4-3-2. Outscored their opponents 109-104, though!
Bud Wilkinson of OU. 7-2-1, with a thrilling win against Detroit (24-20), and a loss to TCU.
And those guys didnāt have to deal with the 85 scholarship limits!
You want current coaches for reference? Look at Pete Carrollās first year (6-6) at USC. Jim Tressell (7-5) at THE Ohio State University. Sabanās first year at LSU (a loss to UAB, fer chrissakes)! Mack Brown was 9-3 his first year at Texasā¦but how long did it take him to get that OU monkey off his back?
Justā¦chill, everyone! Weāre gonna be fine if we donāt shoot ourselves in the foot by demanding the impossible of Saban! Heās a helluva coach.