BuckeyeFan19 wrote:

ILoveCleveland wrote:

dirtysouthbucks wrote: Rockne
Bear Bryant
Woody Hayes
John McKay

Looks good, except I have Frank Leahy instead of Knute Rockne.

Why?

Frank Leahy won 4 national Championships at Notre Dame in 11 years as Head Coach.

Between 1946 and 1949, the Fighting Irish never trailed in a game, and didn't lose a game either.

KurzND wrote: Rockne, Leahy, Ara, Holtz. 

But in all seriousness, there are so many coaches it is hard to pick just 4. 

Personally, I can say I can't put Bryant up because he went 0-4 vs ND losing 2 times to each Ara and Devine. Can't put up Bo because he never won a title. Can't put up Yost because he was an ass hole.

Bo doesn't belong.

Bear definitely does. Four games don't mean much. If Alabama plays ND in four different years, they could have been 4-0. Bear won six NCs in 19 years.

By that logic, Bo should be on the list, since Bo was 5-4-1 against Woody in the Ten Year War, by virtue of the 1969 upset & a few other things.

Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Jim Tressel, Urban Meyer

1. Woody Hayes
2. Jim Tressel
3. Earl Bruce
4. Urban Meyer

...ok, so I'm a homer

KurzND wrote: Rockne, Leahy, Ara, Holtz. 

But in all seriousness, there are so many coaches it is hard to pick just 4. 

Personally, I can say I can't put Bryant up because he went 0-4 vs ND losing 2 times to each Ara and Devine. Can't put up Bo because he never won a title. Can't put up Yost because he was an ass hole.

"Can't put Bryant up????"

You know, there is a lot more to it than beating Notre Dame

Chiefloincloth wrote:

KurzND wrote: Rockne, Leahy, Ara, Holtz. 

But in all seriousness, there are so many coaches it is hard to pick just 4. 

Personally, I can say I can't put Bryant up because he went 0-4 vs ND losing 2 times to each Ara and Devine. Can't put up Bo because he never won a title. Can't put up Yost because he was an ass hole.

"Can't put Bryant up????"

You know, there is a lot more to it than beating Notre Dame

Yes, Bryant MUST be one of the 4.  No doubt!

Parseghian has to be in the discussion.

He had a winning record at Northwestern.

When he was there he was 3-3 against Woody, and 4-0 against Notre Dame!

His first year at ND he was a minute away from a NC in the LA Coliseum against USC after taking over a Notre Dame team that was 2-7 the year before and hadn't been as good as 6-4 in five years.

Hayes,Rockne,Osborne,Bowden. I would leave Bryant off b/c he was complicit in racist practices for the first 20 plus years of his career.

stxbuck wrote:

I would leave Bryant off b/c he was complicit in racist practices for the first 20 plus years of his career.

Bear was maybe the most important figure in SEC desegregating.

Brought USC with their Black athletes to Birmingham  and take a loss in '70 (42-17) to show Alabamans and rest of Dixie.

1. Joe Paterno
2. Bobby petrino
3. Pete carrol
4. Butch davis

MajorHoople wrote: Bear was maybe the most important figure in SEC desegregating.

Brought USC with their Black athletes to Birmingham  and take a loss in '70 (42-17) to show Alabamans and rest of Dixie.

Yeah, I don't know all the history of how the SEC desegregated, but I do know what Bear did. It worked too.

You all forgot the great Jimmy McGinty.

WOODYRULES wrote: You all forgot the great Jimmy McGinty.

He was a pro coach.

It's interesting how much regions play into opinion.

Unless I missed it, not one person mentioned Bud Wilkinson or Darrell Royal.

I am not sure either one is on the mountain, but I think they certainly belong in the conversation.

NatiBuckeye wrote: It's interesting how much regions play into opinion.

Unless I missed it, not one person mentioned Bud Wilkinson or Darrell Royal...

Wilkinson was mentioned twice on the first page of the thread.

I would just put up 4 lee corso heads

dirtysouthbucks wrote: Rockne
Bear Bryant
Woody Hayes
John McKay

I could live with this.....it represents most of the major college football areas really well except for the TX and OK areas....and you can't please everybody.

Does Paterno make the list if all the BS never happens?  Damn Joe, why.

ufovr8td wrote: Does Paterno make the list if all the BS never happens?  Damn Joe, why.

Not top 4 for me.

Rockne
Wilkinson
Hayes
Bryant