FC/OT: ESPN’s List of 10 Unbreakable College Football Records….
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Records were meant to be broken doesn’t matter. Freaking Gretzky’s record was impossible and it was broken this year.- what say you?
- Oklahoma’s 47-game winning streak
- Barry Sanders’ 2,628 rushing yard season in 1988
- Florida State’s top-5 finishes
- Oklahoma’s wishbone onslaught, averaged a staggering 472.4 rushing yards per game in 1971
- Florida quarterback John Reaves throwing an NCAA-record nine interceptions in 1969
- Derrick Thomas’ 27 sacks for Alabama in 1988
- Oklahoma’s Antonio Perkins being the first and only player in NCAA history to score on three punt returns in a game (2003)
- USC running back Marcus Allen logging five straight 200-yard games in 1981
- Patrick Mahomes FBS record with 819 yards of total offense (vs. Oklahoma, 2016)
- Nick Saban’s 100 consecutive wins over unranked opponents.
Why do you think this "bothers me so much"? I just stated an opinion and moved on. I actually forgot about this post until you asked another question. I have been called flakey before but not because of anything Penn State or sports related.
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ESPN needed to be absolutely sure of what happened in order to report the story the way they did. They were not sure, yet they destroyed lives with their reporting.
As a result, we all have a free pass to bash that cesspool of a media institution as much as we would like to.
If you choose to give them the benefit of the doubt, good for you. I tend to base my view of ESPN on their consistent actions over the past 15-20 years.
The writer might honestly think that Mac Brown will get another head coaching job next year and win 12 games per year until he retires at 84. Oh wait, that wouldn't get him to 409.
Sorry, I don't think it was the writer's honest opinion. I think he just wanted to avoid any controversy by including Paterno on the list..
P.S. I think the coach with the best chance to get more than 409 wins would be somebody like Marcus Freeman at ND because he's only 39 years old. Of course he would have to coaches another 40 years. The longest tenured coach in ND history is Knute Rockne at 13 years.
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409 is unbreakable for many reasons, but if you caveat with ‘at one school’ it’s a unicorn. Bowden, Saban, Bryant, and Warner - none really *that close* - all won at multipl schools. Writer may not be biased but he’s being disingenuous for sure. Guess he could qualify this as ‘team/program/individual’ records which may not include coaching records.
Did you see that Disney/ESPN CEO Bob Iger changed the name of his soccer team from Angel City Football Club to Immigrant City Football Club?
There's a lot of politics in that organization.
You're fighting with yourself, again? Who lost, besides the rest of this board that had to read it and try to figure out what's happening?
So everyone who knows you are a moron, are actually using nics! They are one poster…too funny! You forgot my boy JD, he KNOWS you are a lunatic!
Based on the limited social media posts I have seen from him, he seems like a sensible guy.
I don’t think they whiffed Ro; I think they intentionally omitted it.
like you?
Good you posted this. I was thinking, 9 interceptions is a record? Thought many QBs, especially those on passing teams, have thrown way more than 9 interceptions in a season. But 9 in a single game ... WOW!
Supposedly he actually threw 10, but a defensive penalty overturned one.
Is fishing a sport? What about curling?It’s a sport in the same way that Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Facts.
How about 49 consecutive non-losing football seasons. I think that’s right up there with 409.