Alabama 8 . . . UGA 2

Questions for the folks that read and participate on this board.

Why does Alabama have (8) National Championships and UGA has (2)? Championships under the guidance of Coach Bear Bryant and Coach Nick Saban. Saban has two at Alabama and one at LSU, not counting the LSU championship in the overall even though Saban has won 3.

Thought about that and tried to come to some kind of reasoning.

In between Bear Bryant and Nick Saban, the mighty Tide had good football teams, no national championships.

Along that line, UGA was national champion in 1942 and then again in 1980. Bulldogs had some very good teams through the years, however no national champions. If we are going to have a national champion every 38 years, guess we have to wait until 2018.

There have been serious coaching failures at both schools, and some coaches that I guess can be called mediocre at both universities.

I do understand that a lot of things have to go right for a team to win the national championship. Fumbles, lucky bounces, few injuries and on and on. All teams face these issues.

Somehow Alabama has figured a way to overcome these common problems, 8 times. Don’t think that it is because the State of Alabama has better football talent than say, State of Georgia, believe most would agree that Georgia is producing more and higher rated talent that Alabama.

Things that make me wonder on occasion. . . . .Solutions or suggestions anyone . . . .

Almost time for Mark Richt to take the podium at SEC meetings, headed that way.

EDit: Alabama has 13 National Championships. Just looking at two coaches and their results.

Time for Richt to man up and be a coach not a friend.

Jarvis jones well spoken young man glad USC let him go HOW ABOUT THEM DAWGS!

Just on the surface....how about COACHING ?

Buc, that's a good point. Looking back at it . . .

Richt, like Dooley, has had NUMEROUS chances to win it all. Dooley - '68 (? I think), '80, '81, '82. Only succeeded once. Richt in 2002, blew that chance. 2007, let's face it, one blown game, skipped over at the end of the season, we can call that one a "blown chance" if we want to (we could also call that "screwed" if we want to). Bear Bryant? Coached at a completely different time, but that's no excuse. If you look back at his tenure, he didn't blow many of his opportunities, regardless of which way the leather bounced.

My take is this - Alabama's reputation as one of the all time football power houses did not make Bear Bryant, it was the other way around. His legacy is the reason 'Bama draws the top players, even out of our state - add Saban and his success to the equation, and that just gets amplified.

In my worthless opinion, the only way to "fix" it is to first identify the next Bear Bryant and MAKE him come to UGA by making him an offer that only a crazy fool would turn down. We are the second most profitable school in D1 football, so budget is not the issue. Willingness is. I think it's that simple. Don't tell me UGA doesn't have the money to play with. Go out and get a Saban or Meyer or Miles (not that I think we can get any of them specifically) or Peterson or Patterson or whoever. Ball bouncing . . . forget that . . . money talks, other stuff walks.

wlayton wrote: Just on the surface....how about COACHING ?

Yep coaching...............but playing for a legend such as The Bear helps in recruiting. Saban has 3 NC's and will soon if not already be a legend. Why could UGA have not have lured him away from Miami instead if Bama. We have just as much money and tradition as anyone else. Just imagine if Saban came to UGA instead of Bama..........oh my.....

This is off the subject just like what he said in case you didn't get to see it here it is.

Arby Jones Quotes from media day like what he said about CTG and Georgia.

georgia.scout.com/2/1203686.html

This is the video

espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/46644/vid...eorgia-de-abry-jones