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2010-2011 College Football Thread

dmr727 said:
I received a fantastic routing today. It allowed me to give the bird to the two things that annoy me the most - the University of Oklahoma, and fans of Texas A&M. At the X, I flipped off Norman on the left, and IgnatiusTheKing to my right. :p:p
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Yeah but don't you think you should have been paying closer attention to what you were doing instead of obsessing over us? ;)

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einmusiker said:
cringe
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Huh? UT-Austin has one of the best business schools in the nation, and to have a GPA that high while also playing football for four years is pretty impressive*, if you ask me.







*Maybe not as impressive as Michael Hodges's magna cum laude (3.82 GPA) in Sports Management and Marketing Master's degree (4.0 GPA); and perhaps not as impressive as Ryan Tannehill's 3.59 in Biology; but impressive nonetheless.
 
IgnatiusTheKing said:
Huh? UT-Austin has one of the best business schools in the nation, and to have a GPA that high while also playing football for four years is pretty impressive*, if you ask me.







*Maybe not as impressive as Michael Hodges's magna cum laude (3.82 GPA) in Sports Management and Marketing Master's degree (4.0 GPA); and perhaps not as impressive as Ryan Tannehill's 3.59 in Biology; but impressive nonetheless.
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It is more the fact that it is business.

As for GP 3.5 is an impressive GPA for almost anyone much less an athlete who have a lot less time to attend to their studies.

A joke in the College of Engineering is Limit as GPA approaches 0 = BA (Business Administration). Sad part is how true that joke seems to be is I knew a lot of engineering majors who could not hack it in engineering but did great in school of Business. (Yes I do not hold a high opinion of a BA degree as a primary degree. GREAT supplemental degree.)
 
MacDawg said:
Four Heisman Finalists

I would love to see Luck win this and hear the outcry from Newton, his Dad, Auburn, et. al. about what an unjust travesty it is
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As a Stanford fan, I couldn't be more proud of Andrew Luck. He's the total package as a player, a great student and a fantastic person. He is mature and grounded in a way few student athletes are. That, and he throws a mean hit downfield. Ask Cal and USC.

If five years ago someone told me Stanford would have two different Heisman finalists in consecutive seasons, I would have suggested he start taking his meds again. What a fantastic ride it's been.

Jim Harbaugh just won the Woody Hayes Award for best coach of 2010. Maybe that'll scare Michigan away for good. :D
 
Urban Meyer is a punchline and (probably) a liar. The fact that his reason, for the second year in a row, is that he wants to spend more time with his family, is garbage. He will be coaching again, and I would not be a bit surprised if it was next season. Certainly he won't be out of coaching for two years, though.

As for the Florida job, if I were a Miss St fan or a Louisville fan, I would be very worried right now.
 
IgnatiusTheKing said:
Urban Meyer is a punchline and (probably) a liar. The fact that his reason, for the second year in a row, is that he wants to spend more time with his family, is garbage. He will be coaching again, and I would not be a bit surprised if it was next season. Certainly he won't be out of coaching for two years, though.

As for the Florida job, if I were a Miss St fan or a Louisville fan, I would be very worried right now.
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Yeah, I'm thinking Mullen more than Strong

Don't be surprised if Meyer ends up in Denver with Tebow though
Stranger things have happened
 
IgnatiusTheKing said:
Urban Meyer is a punchline and (probably) a liar. The fact that his reason, for the second year in a row, is that he wants to spend more time with his family, is garbage. He will be coaching again, and I would not be a bit surprised if it was next season. Certainly he won't be out of coaching for two years, though.

As for the Florida job, if I were a Miss St fan or a Louisville fan, I would be very worried right now.
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We are, we are. The boards are blowing up. One of the pay sites is saying Mullen has already been contacted by Florida.

MacDawg said:
Yeah, I'm thinking Mullen more than Strong

Don't be surprised if Meyer ends up in Denver with Tebow though
Stranger things have happened
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I don't think the spread option will work in the NFL. :)
 
steve2112 said:
I don't think the spread option will work in the NFL. :)
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Nor do I, and neither did the "fun and gun", but that didn't stop Washington from hiring Spurrier

I don't blame Urban for stepping down
I think it was ludicrous for the Gators to expect him to balance football and a family

Wait... you mean other coaches have to do that too????
 
Great article by Pat Forde of ESPN

Meyer should have left last season

Some excerpts...

But let's be honest: Didn't he just waste Florida's time for the past year?

Coming back last winter assured the Gators only one thing: They would sign the No. 1 recruiting class in the country. And while that certainly is significant, the program backpedaled through a brutal 2010 season that took its toll on all involved.

Florida was a Zookian 7-5. It floundered for an offensive identity in Year 1 without Tim Tebow and Year 2 without coordinator Dan Mullen. A defense that had been in the top five nationally in points allowed the previous two seasons slid to 31st in Year 1 without coordinator Charlie Strong.

There were more off-the-field problems, a continuing issue at Florida that makes Meyer appear to be much more talk than walk when it comes to player discipline and conduct.

And don't underestimate the impact of Cam Newton on Meyer's personal misery index this season. In a season in which Florida was hindered by shaky quarterback play, a former Gator was taking the nation by storm at Auburn.
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In fact, all that makes you wonder about the timing of this announcement. Aren't college football's best players scheduled to receive an armload of hardware Thursday at The Home Depot College Football Awards?

Would Meyer be petty enough to purposefully upstage them?

Well, would he?

The players gathered in Orlando, Fla., to be honored for a season of great play and good deeds can thank Meyer for bumping them off center stage. As if the millionaire coaches don't always have things their way at the expense of the players.
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He should have walked off and become a family man last year, because the time since then has only damaged his record and his reputation.

I remember looking at Meyer's family at his unretirement/leave-of-absence/I'll-be-back news conference in New Orleans. Wife Shelley appeared to be trying to put a brave face on grave disappointment -- like she couldn't believe that her Hamlet husband wasn't sticking to his commitment to his kids to retire.
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If those things are true, and Meyer is ready to enter a rewarding new phase of life as a paternal bleacher creature, watching his three kids play sports, so be it. Wish him godspeed and good health after an ironic Outback Bowl matchup with Joe Paterno -- the most burnout-proof coach in history.

But if Meyer suddenly shows up in Denver to coach Tebow, he's a con man of the highest order. If he changes his mind and comes back to Florida before it hires someone else, he's a diva even Favre would disdain. If he takes another job a year from now, his family will know once and for all where it ranks in his personal hierarchy of needs.

Guess we'll wait and see who the real Urban Meyer is.
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The short list of Replacements

Now that Urban Meyer is stepping down as Florida's coach (again), the obvious next question: Who's next in line to coach the Gators?

Here's your proverbial short list (in alphabetical order):

Jon Gruden: What job does Gruden's name not come up for? A color analyst on "Monday Night Football," Gruden was linked to the Miami job last week, before taking his name out of consideration by affirming his commitment to ESPN. He won a Super Bowl as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and has strong ties throughout the state of Florida.

Dan Mullen: Could be one of the first calls Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley will make (or probably has already made). Mullen has done a terrific job in two seasons as Mississippi State's head coach, and the Gators' offense hasn't been the same since he left as their offensive coordinator.

Chris Petersen: Foley had great success the last time he went out West and brought in an innovative coach with an exciting brand of offense. Meyer came to Florida from Utah. Petersen has built a powerhouse at Boise State. He's had chances to go elsewhere in recent years, but hasn't budged. This may be the job that changes that.

Bobby Petrino: In his third season at Arkansas, he has the Hogs in a BCS bowl game for the first time in school history. He's one of the top offensive minds in the game and was on Foley's radar when Meyer was hired back in 2005. Giving Petrino the keys to Florida's recruiting machine could be scary for the rest of the SEC. He does have a sizeable buyout, more than $3 million if he leaves before the end of this year.

Bob Stoops: Maybe he's settled in at Oklahoma for good. Maybe not. Like Petrino, Stoops was another one of the names you heard prominently when Meyer got the job. He makes a lot of sense. Stoops definitely knows his way around the Florida program, having been Steve Spurrier's defensive coordinator in the 1990s, and he also has a good relationship with Foley.

Charlie Strong: Like Mullen, Strong is another former Meyer assistant who has done well in his first head-coaching gig. He has Louisville in a bowl game in his first season. Strong consistently put out dominant defenses at Florida and is also a fabulous recruiter. Bringing him back would make for a very smooth transition.

Kyle Whittingham: The Gators had success with one coach from Utah. Why not take a shot on the guy who replaced Meyer at Utah and has continued that success? The only difference with Whittingham is that he has a defensive background.
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steve2112 said:
Not to harp on the Newton thing, but there is a good reason why everybody who is not an Auburn fan thinks they are guilty as hell in the whole Newton thing. Check out this article discussing Bobby Lowder, former CEO of Colonial Bank and chairman of the Auburn Finance Committee and a major athletic booster. Oh yeah, he is also a long-time member of the Board of Trustees. It's a long article, but worth the read.
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This is an amazing article. I sincerely hope that college football isn't dragged down to a corrupt disarray of total dishonesty. Maybe it already has been!
 
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