Saban won as many championships as TO and Bob put together pal
That's great. We'll miss you. Pal.
Saban won as many championships as TO and Bob put together pal
Frankie is too. This pic was made when we honored Saban as the greatest coach of all time at the ESPYS
That's great. We'll miss you. Pal.
Jimmy Burrow before this past season with NE. tiesInterestingly FS will be 76 this September. Looking at his list of coaches Tim Albin is the only coach with Nebraska connections on Frank's staff. TA is their Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator.
Talked to a Ohio Alum a few weeks ago. They LOOVE Frank. He will work as long as he wants to. His exact quote was, "We sure are glad you guys fired him." They were among the biggest losers in Div 1 football till FS got there. They had not been to a bowl since 1968 the same year they last won the MAC. 37 years without a bowl before he got there.It is hard to believe that FS has been at Ohio for 15 years. He's had 2 losing seasons (both in his first 4 years) and 2 others at 6-6. He's also been to 5 consecutive bowl games.
He's the all-time leader in MAC conference history for games coached and games won. He's the only Ohio coach with a winning % greater than 0.500. Only two other coaches Bill Hess (Ohio - '62 to '77) and Herm Deromedi (C. Michigan '78 to '93) have coached longer (16 years) than Frank.
Frank also leads the conference in bowl games coached and tied for bowl games won.
I've been a frequent critic of his tenure at Nebraska but I have to think that he's put together a Hall of Fame career at Ohio especially given the circumstances he inherited and sustained level of success he's achieved!
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Nick Saban isn't half the coach that Tom Osborne was pal.Saban won as many championships as TO and Bob put together pal
You forgot “pal”Nick Saban isn't half the coach that Tom Osborne was pal.
He has benefited from blatant SEC favoritism in that he has reached multiple national titles without even winning his own division, first of all.
Second, Alabama and LSU are in recruiting hotbeds. How do you think he'd do at a Midwest school? Oh right, we don't have to ponder that question, because we got to see it happen.
Third, TO put together the very best college football team in history.
Fourth, TO produced more Academic All Americans in his 25 years than any 2 schools had in their entire histories combined at his retirement.
Fifth, TO isn't a total and complete scumbag.
I'm taking T.O. on my sideline over Saban any day of the week.
That's cute. He's still only had one undefeated season in his entire career. Osborne also has a better overall W-L record. And Osborne went undefeated in conference play 9 times... Saban has only done it 4 times.Saban won as many championships as TO and Bob put together pal
Agree!I saw the same thing - I doubt Solich will still be coaching in six years, but who knows. Either way, I hope they honor Fearless Frankie at that game.
Those that dislike or try to trash Solich at every turn puzzles me. The dude was nothing but CLASS. I had the pleasure of talking with him(very short talk) way back when we crushed Baylor in Waco, 48 - 7. That same game that saw 4 Huskers rush for over 100 yards each. Frank was a class act then and he still is. Sorry for some of you guys that he didn't win more and set the world on fire, but he is a 100% class act.The idolatry of Frank Solich puzzles me. Yeah, he was a good player but, IMO, a mediocre coach. He advanced to a leve over his head and landed in a place that suits him perfectly.
Those that dislike or try to trash Solich at every turn puzzles me. The dude was nothing but CLASS. I had the pleasure of talking with him(very short talk) way back when we crushed Baylor in Waco, 48 - 7. That same game that saw 4 Huskers rush for over 100 yards each. Frank was a class act then and he still is. Sorry for some of you guys that he didn't win more and set the world on fire, but he is a 100% class act.
And our record since he was fired is his fault? Effing hilarious if that wasn't so damn stupid.He didn’t win more attitude is exactly why Huskers are in the pit now. He was the last coach to ever get the Huskers to even sniff a cahance at a title, yet not good enough and Nebraska has to keep blowing up the program trying to reinvent itself.
I should have added, that I am talking about the "Man" and not the Coach. Perhaps he wasn't suited to be a P5 coach and maybe not Nebraska's HC, but to just trash the man, you guys are freaking hilarious, in a dumb way. Just saying.And our record since he was fired is his fault? Effing hilarious if that wasn't so damn stupid.