The Blue Board

Bo by a long shot.

If I'm being fair, I have to agree on this one.

Bo for 24

BO NEVER WON A NATIONAL TITLE
BO NEVER WON A NATIONAL TITLE
24 YEARS OF SHAME
NEVER WON THE GAME

HIS WOLVERINES WERE ALWAYS LOSERS
HIS WOLVERINES WERE ALWAYS LOSERS
THEY WOULD ALWAYS CHOKE
DREAMS GONE UP IN SMOKE

ONE FOR 24
TWO FOR 24
THREE FOR 24
FOUR FOR 24
FIVE FOR 24
SIX FOR 24
SEVEN FOR 24
EIGHT FOR 24
NINE FOR 24
TEN FOR 24
ELEVEN FOR 24
TWELVE FOR 24
THIRTEEN 24
FOURTEEN 24
FIFTEEN 24
SIXTEEN 24
SEVENTEEN 24
EIGHTEEN 24
NINTEEN 24
TWENTY 24
TWENTY ONE 24
TWENTY TWO 24
TWENTY THREE 24
BO FOR 24

Yet he still handed it to Woody during the 10 years war.

Wish Bo was still around, his influence on kids even now can't be overstated. Just would be a great guy to have around the team and program.

Alvarez took a Wisconsin program that was nonexistent and turned it into a B10 contender. He made it to 3 Rose Bowls in 16 years (and won all three) during a time period when UM and OSU were otherwise dominant in the B10. If he coached at a better school or in the ACC or Big East, he would have a record comparable to Beamer's. In fact, he stepped down from the HC job right when he had built things up and firing on all cylinders. He easily could have coached another 10 years and might have come closer to winning a title if he had. He is the only coach in the B10 with a winning record against Tressel (3-1). I wouldn't put him on the same level as Bo, but definitely would put him in with the others. IMO not hiring Barry Alvarez when Lou Holtz retired is one of the biggest mistakes ND has made in the past 20 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Alvarez

Dabo...He'll be ineligible for this list next year, of course.

No one has mentioned John Cooper. Also, not sure what the criteria is for making the list, but no mention of Chris Petersen or Gary Patterson either. ???

A bigger problem could be a lack of interest in the job as well.

When you looked at a USC, Alabama, or Texas that have had some down years before being brought back to the heights of success, you could always point to a solid recruiting base.

That isn't the case for Notre Dame. They have to hit on so many guys nationally because they just aren't there in the midwest, and the ones that are have grown up now with the B1G being bigger than Notre Dame instead of the other way around.

It is beginning to be a job in which I am not sure the administration has what it takes to make winning a priority anymore. If they want to sit back on their history and be pround of that, I am OK with that. There is a lot of rich tradition at the service academies as well and I enjoy that aspect of things as well, but if they want to compete like they used to, they need to decide what their priorities are really going to be and go with it. You have to change with the times, or you get left behind.

Eddie Robinson (unless we are only considering FBS coaches)

Too shady to differentiate between his actual coaching prowess and illicit activity.

Well he does have several Super Bowls, so I am sure a college championship did not matter to him.