Biggest 1 Year Turnarounds

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Not that I have any expectation that we’ll bowl this year, I was curious about past teams that found success after being in the cellar. Here’s a pretty entertaining read.

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College Football Worst-to-First: The Biggest One-Year Turnarounds in History

There's something patently American about rooting for the underdog. After all, our nation was founded by history's greatest underdog story—a group of rag-tag militias and a ...
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I like that it starts out with GT ‘51. Granted, the prior ‘50 season (5-6) doesn’t seem all that dismal these days. …and I suppose things could always be worse.
 
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gt7282c@prism said:
Not that I have any expectation that we’ll bowl this year, I was curious about past teams that found success after being in the cellar. Here’s a pretty entertaining read.

syndication.bleacherreport.com

College Football Worst-to-First: The Biggest One-Year Turnarounds in History

There's something patently American about rooting for the underdog. After all, our nation was founded by history's greatest underdog story—a group of rag-tag militias and a ...
syndication.bleacherreport.com

I like that it starts out with GT ‘51. Granted, the prior ‘50 season (5-6) doesn’t seem all that dismal these days. …and I suppose things could always be worse.
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I think worst to first, for us, is a pipe dream. We simply don't have the coaching, talent, resources and schedule that would provide such a season. We have to have one of the top 5 hardest schedules. He just lost our best talents, in the portal. We have a QB that hasn't put 2 and 2 together yet. We have a terrible, and I using terrible loosely, defense. Just way too many headwinds, to remote thing we could end of first. I really think our goal should just not be last, this year. Our goal should be to get past the 3 win hurdle. Sadly, I think anything more than 3 wins will mean Collins hangs around. Just because of the Collins lovers and the fact GT sunk all their money into this loser.
 
South Carolina in 2000 is interesting to consider. They had gone 1-10 and 0-11 in the '98 and '99 seasons, getting outscored 278-87 in the latter. They went overnight from the doggest of the dog öööö to starting 4-0 with a win over Georgia, en route to an 8-4 season capped off with a 24-7 win over Ohio State in the Outback.

It is not impossible for us to turn a corner we're apparently nowhere near right now. It is already June and we ain't dead yet.
 
The Champ said:
A few years ago GT went from 3-9 to 9-4
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I would feel better if Geoff Collins would have already beaten a team that finished the season with a winning record. It was not a surprise to many when Tech went 9-4 in 2016, in 2015 they lost a lot of games by 8 points or less. In the Geoff Collins era 22-29 losses have been by double digits or more.
 
GTFLETCH said:
I would feel better if Geoff Collins would have already beaten a team that finished the season with a winning record. It was not a surprise to many when Tech went 9-4 in 2016, in 2015 they lost a lot of games by 8 points or less. In the Geoff Collins era 22-29 losses have been by double digits or more.
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And we had a guy named Justin Thomas. Also Shaw Mason and Dedrick Mills.

I think with Dedrick Mills Tech may go 9-3 or even 10-2 in 2017.
 
BigDanT said:
And we had a guy named Justin Thomas. Also Shaw Mason and Dedrick Mills.

I think with Dedrick Mills Tech may go 9-3 or even 10-2 in 2017.
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Yea that sucked about Dedrick and the drug situation, since UCF would not reschedule we only played 11 games, however K. Benson did rush for 1,000yds in 11 games that year, But I could see s scenario where D. Mills could help us against Tennessee, Miami, and UVA that year. Great Point!
 
Screw this one year thing.

Top 2-9 and 1-10 7 years later... with a 11-0-1 half a national championship right in the middle.
That is 1987 and 1994 with 1990 in between.

We were the Florida Marlins of college football before there were Florida Marlins and we couldn't just go buy a team every so often like they did.
1988 was 3-8 if you want to tighten it a year.
 
GTFLETCH said:
Yea that sucked about Dedrick and the drug situation, since UCF would not reschedule we only played 11 games, however K. Benson did rush for 1,000yds in 11 games that year, But I could see s scenario where D. Mills could help us against Tennessee, Miami, and UVA that year. Great Point!
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We lost two games that year that we shouldn’t have anyway- the Miami game was just a freak accident
And we had multiple chances to put game away with Tennessee
Plus just a serviceable kicker would have done the trick with Tennessee.
But with Mills we probably would have won a couple of more.
He was a drive extender and a clutch scorer
 
The Jacket said:
South Carolina in 2000 is interesting to consider. They had gone 1-10 and 0-11 in the '98 and '99 seasons, getting outscored 278-87 in the latter. They went overnight from the doggest of the dog öööö to starting 4-0 with a win over Georgia, en route to an 8-4 season capped off with a 24-7 win over Ohio State in the Outback.

It is not impossible for us to turn a corner we're apparently nowhere near right now. It is already June and we ain't dead yet.
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The difference is that after 98 they fired Brad Scott and hired Lou Holtz. His second season was the amazing turnaround you’re talking about.

Here obvs we went from a mediocre .500 team in CPJ’s final years to a woeful one in CGC’s first three years.

I like the idea of a turnaround but that’s usually connected to a coach being fired…
 
18in32 said:
The difference is that after 98 they fired Brad Scott and hired Lou Holtz. His second season was the amazing turnaround you’re talking about.

Here obvs we went from a mediocre .500 team in CPJ’s final years to a woeful one in CGC’s first three years.

I like the idea of a turnaround but that’s usually connected to a coach being fired…
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We fired more than one.
 
Bobby Ross didn't win a conference game his first two years, picking up a mess left by Curry's departure. Had a good year in '89, then a good but not great year in '91 following the championship year, and was gone by '92.
 
BallCoach said:
Honestly besides UGA what game is not winnable? Also put what games are we most likely to win from 1-12.
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Western Carolina
Duke
Virginia
Central Florida
FSU
Pitt
Virginia Tech
UNC
Ole Miss
Miami
Clemson
Georgia
 
I admire and appreciate the love and optimism some of you guys have for this team....

It's never impossible for us to turn around but it's just so far removed from reality that a whole college bell full of clear whiskey couldn't get me on your level.

We'll see what happens in 2 months.
 
Coaching can make a massive difference. In '94, the team checked out on B*** L**** and led to 1-10. In '95, O'Leary put together a ferocious D and a 6-5 turnaround which easily could've been 8-3 and a Peach Bowl bid if not for a couple 1 pt losses (a 4th qtr meltdown at Arizona and a knuckle ball FG against UGAg).
 
BallCoach said:
Honestly besides UGA what game is not winnable? Also put what games are we most likely to win from 1-12.
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Yes, but the corollary to that is - "Honestly, besides Western Carolina what game is not lose-able? "

Duke is a second nominee, but remember last year it took a last minute drive with a Hail Mary pitch and catch touchdown to come back and steal a win at Duke. I'm counting on it being the homecoming game.

For the record, I predicted 4 wins in the spring poll. In order of likelihood of a win

heavy favorite:
W.Carolina home - opener at Dodd

favorite:
Duke homecoming

tossup:
UVa home

underdog:
VPI away
UCF away
FSU away
Pitt away
UNC away
ThugU home

heavy underdog:
Miss home
Clemson home/neutral
dwags away
 
I’m too lazy to look this up but has a coach ever won three or less games their first three seasons and turned it around?

I know Beamer is trotted out as an example of “patience” but he won six in his third season.
 
knoxjacket said:
I’m too lazy to look this up but has a coach ever won three or less games their first three seasons and turned it around?

I know Beamer is trotted out as an example of “patience” but he won six in his third season.
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My guess is that the list of coaches to not win more than 3 games for 3 seasons, and get invited back for a 4th is pretty short
 
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