Paul Johnson - Hall of Famer

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swampsting said:
Heard a few other things from his Zoom call with media.
He'd live in Statesboro if it were warmer in the winter there.
His daughter is teaching voice classes at Grand Canyon University and is working on her PhD, so she may be leaving her opera career soon to start a family - which means he might be a grandfather in a couple of years. He said, "they tell me that's the best club to be in."
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With six grandkids grown,and the first great grandson due in July, I fully agree it's the best club to be in!
 
Glad to see CPJ get a well deserved honor. I personally enjoyed watching his team at GT and Navy. A fan for years. Loved the way he took good players and made them into great players in many ways beyond football. Never got to meet him personally but still respected his coaching. Heck, even in the losses we rarely got blown out or embarrassed. And those death marches at the end of games - priceless.
 
justafan said:
Nice accomplishments, but more games played in season in modern era. Fewest losses in a season would be a better metric
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As soon as we get more coaches winning 11 games on the flats we can use the: Fewest losses in a season would be a better metric, to Rank TOP 5 seasons. But since 1951, unfortunately that list is it. But Ranking these 1-5 would look like this for me:
1952
1990
1951
2014
2009
 
GTFLETCH said:
As soon as we get more coaches winning 11 games on the flats we can use the: Fewest losses in a season would be a better metric, to Rank TOP 5 seasons. But since 1951, unfortunately that list is it. But Ranking these 1-5 would look like this for me:
1952
1990
1951
2014
2009
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I saw all of these teams play and agree with your list. One additional comment: although they had what was almost a fluke loss to Tennessee, I'd probably place the 1956 team third on your list in terms of greatness.
 
GSOJacket said:
I saw all of these teams play and agree with your list. One additional comment: although they had what was almost a fluke loss to Tennessee, I'd probably place the 1956 team third on your list in terms of greatness.
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Agree. If you include 10-win teams, you will add 1998, 1956, 1947, and 1928 (MNC).

Also, I'd also add the 1917 Heisman team that went 9-0-0. It was as good as they could be. Those teams from the end 1914 to the beginning of 1918 did not lose for 33 straight games, tying only 2 in that span. Their records were:
  • 1914: 6-2
  • 1915: 7-0-1
  • 1916: 8-0-1
  • 1917: 9-0-0
  • 1918: 6-1
Total for those 5 years was 36-3-2. Wow!
 
GSOJacket said:
I saw all of these teams play and agree with your list. One additional comment: although they had what was almost a fluke loss to Tennessee, I'd probably place the 1956 team third on your list in terms of greatness.
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I think I remember someone posting a week of so ago that Dodd considered the '56 team his best, and I have read that elsewhere also.
 
stinger78 said:
Agree. If you include 10-win teams, you will add 1998, 1956, 1947, and 1928 (MNC).

Also, I'd also add the 1917 Heisman team that went 9-0-0. It was as good as they could be. Those teams from the end 1914 to the beginning of 1918 did not lose for 33 straight games, tying only 2 in that span. Their records were:
  • 1914: 6-2
  • 1915: 7-0-1
  • 1916: 8-0-1
  • 1917: 9-0-0
  • 1918: 6-1
Total for those 5 years was 36-3-2. Wow!
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And from 1950 to 1956, Tech under Dodd went 64-13-3, Talk about WOW!
 
mack said:
didnt like his attitude but he won.........our mistake is we knew soon teams would figure the 30 out and we had no throwing game or defense.He surly deserves to go into the Hall of Fame..........hiring Jeff to replalce him was a no brainer
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Teams didn’t figure the triple option out. The NCAA repeatedly changed the blocking rules to cripple the ability to run it effectively.
 
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