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The issue for BK is the lack of big wins. by Tex Francisco
Even if he had won most or all of Tulsa 2010, USF 2011, FSU 2011, Pitt 2013, and Northwestern 2014, I think he'd still essentially be the same coach. The games that could have changed his legacy were obviously Bama 2012, Clemson 2018, Clemson 2020, and Bama 2020, but also FSU 2014, OSU 2015, UGA 2017, and UGA 2019. Had he won a couple of those games, I think you can make the case that he had a national championship caliber team even without actually winning the NC. Holtz had several national championship caliber teams that didn't win the NC, like 89, 92, and 93. Even Kelly's best teams, while very good, were still clearly not NC-level teams.