Poll HooplaNation's All-Time Greatest CFB Coaches Tourney - 5 Meyer vs 12 Bowden

[iowajerms]

Posting this a night early because I will be busy tomorrow.

Who do you think has/had a better CFB coaching career? Poll is open for 4 days

Winners of this week matchups meet in the Quarterfinals and Losers meet up in the Elimination Round 11

Round 1 | Week 2

Matchup #3 (this thread) - #1 seed Nick Saban vs #16 seed John Heisman
Matchup #4 (link) - #8 seed Eddie Robinson vs #9 seed Bob Devaney

Spoiler: Pre-Tournament Threads

HooplaNation's All-Time Greatest CFB Coach Tourney - Entry Thread

I am thinking 16-seed double-elimination bracket with semifinal losers going for 3rd, but could change on how these early threads go. Which coaches do you think should be included in this bracket? Don't have to rank them, just list.

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The main purpose of this thread is to filter out those who will not be in the 16-man bracket. We will have two "Bracket Builder" threads and a "Seeding" thread. The seeding thread will be another thread like this thread, but will use the results to determine the seeds in the tournament. Vote...

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Vote for the maximum 8 coaches you feel are the greatest on this list of 18 coaches. The top 12-16 (depending on results) will make the Seeding thread. Poll is open for 4 days. Will be able to vote and change vote until close. These 12 coaches from Bracket Builder #1 thread advances to the...

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Poll - HooplaNation's All-Time Greatest CFB Coach Tourney - Seeding Thread

This thread will determine which 16 will make the tournament and what seed they receive. Coaches winning percentage will decide tie breakers. You have 4 days to vote for 8 coaches. Here is what the bracket looks like.

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[Cowboyinexile]

Meyer never surpassed Satan. Bowden circa 1993 was the shit.

This should be close but Bowden had an aura that Meyer touched but couldn't surpass.

 

[fishinabarrel]

Bowden certainly has the longevity. Also, I always liked the story of how he asked the NCAA if West Virginia could wear green jerseys and play Marshalls last game of the season against Ohio after the plane crash. (The NCAA, already the sucky organization it is today, said no)

However, Meyer was a winning machine and did it at every single stop a long the way. National championships at two different schools plus that winning pct. Gonna give him the edge

 

[Peter Gozintite]

I feel like Bobby Bowden coached my entire life, and his teams were damn good for a long time. Urban is a slimy dude, that pretends to be a straight arrow, with a heaping helping of "holier than thou". Meyer has had tremendous success, at multiple stops, but I feel like he had so much shit in his wake, that he isnt as good of a coach, as he is a slimy recruiter. Cant vote for him.

 

[Blackshirts BLVD]

That was a tough one.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Florida State was nothing before Bowden got there. He turned them into a powerhouse that lasted for decades. The string of top 5 finishes is impressive.

Urban is a great coach, but he’s not better than Bowden

 

[outofyourmind]

That run for FSU was incredible
I voted for Bowden.

 

[Wamu]

winning percentage: Meyer- .854 / Bowden- .740
bowl game winning percentage: Meyer- .800 / Bowden: .682
national titles: Meyer- 3 /Bowden- 2

Yeah I know Bowden has a lot more total wins (357 in 40 years / 187 in 17 years). And bowl games (22-10-1 / 12-3). Could flip a coin and pick either of them. The tiebreaker for me is Meyer's record vs. that community college in ann arbor. Going more with my fandom than objectivity for this pick.

 

[outofyourmind]

Had to go with Bowden just because of that run he had.

 

[MarkOU]

I choose Bowden because none of his players ever murdered anyone. I'm sure @HammerDown will agree with that.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Are Vandy fans allowed to vote?

 

[Red_Alert]

Y'all convinced me to change my vote to Bowden.

Florida St had a couple flash-in-the-pan solid teams 'pre-Bowden', but he took them to the consistent dynasty level they became.

The best argument for Urbs is that he did the same thing Spurrier had already done at Florida and the same thing that Tressel had already done at Ohio St.

Check out this 1964 Florida St squad though.

(9-1-1) and capped it off with a bowl win over the Sooners.