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2010-2011 College Football Thread

steve2112 said:
I hope the idiots at Texas don't interfere with the hiring process. I think Mack Brown has earned the right to hire who he wants.
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You don't understand the situation very well. Those idiots are involved in everything. Same thing at A&M.

MacDawg said:
Anybody else ready to flush 2010 down the toilet and start next year?
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Hell no! This is the best season I've gotten to experience in more than a decade, so I'm going to savor the **** out of it. Plus, TCU (my grad school alma mater as of 1:00 tomorrow) is going to the Rose Bowl!

Oh, and A&M is ranked in hoops, too. I'm loving it.
 
MacDawg said:
Anybody else ready to flush 2010 down the toilet and start next year?

The Dawgs have a favorable schedule
And a QB with a year under his belt
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No way. From 5-7 to 8-4 in the toughest division in the country. First win at Florida since 1965. First win vs. Georgia (sorry :)) in a long time. First New Year's Day bowl since 1999. I'm savoring this for as long as I can.

Murray is going to be a great QB for Georgia. I really dread going between the hedges next year.

Hell no! This is the best season I've gotten to experience in more than a decade, so I'm going to savor the **** out of it. Plus, TCU (my grad school alma mater as of 1:00 tomorrow) is going to the Rose Bowl!
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Great minds think alike! :) Our hoops team sucks this year, and our baseball team has been sucking the past couple of years, so this is about it. It's some kind of unwritten rule that if one of our teams is good, the others have to suck. 2007 was the exception. That year, we went 7-5 and went to the Liberty Bowl, the basketball team went to the NCAA tourney, and the baseball team went to the College World Series. Amazing year.

Oh yeah, congrats on getting that grad degree.
 
steve2112 said:
It's some kind of unwritten rule that if one of our teams is good, the others have to suck.
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Same thing at A&M. Ever since basketball has gotten good again in the last 7-8 years, football has been mostly dreadful.

2006-07 was the only year where every team performed well (in the regular season, at least). Football went 9-3 in the regular season (the three losses were by a combined 10 points) but then got blown out by Cal in the Holiday Bowl, which was a bummer. But basketball went 27-7 and made the Sweet Sixteen. Baseball went 48-19, won the conference tourney, and made the Super Regionals.

I'm hoping this year ends up the same way (with better postseason results...at least in football) because the hoops team is young but getting better every game. If they win today against Arkansas (A&M is favored by 8 or so), they should finish the nonconference slate at 13-1 with several quality wins. And baseball, which lost in the Regional Championship Game in Miami last year, should be better after returning almost everyone.

Exciting times.

steve2112 said:
Oh yeah, congrats on getting that grad degree.
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Thanks. It's going to be weird to be done.
 
MacDawg said:
I was always happiest when I was in school working towards something
When I finished my Masters, I couldn't resist and had to keep going for my Doctorate

It will seem awkward, but try to replace your focus with new and meaningful goals
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Thanks for the advice; I feel the same way about being in school and having a goal. I just started a new job, so that will keep my focus for a while, but the lure of a doctorate is strong so I may end up back in school eventually anyway.

What did you get (or are you getting) your PhD in?
 
IgnatiusTheKing said:
Hell no! This is the best season I've gotten to experience in more than a decade, so I'm going to savor the **** out of it. Plus, TCU (my grad school alma mater as of 1:00 tomorrow) is going to the Rose Bowl!

Oh, and A&M is ranked in hoops, too. I'm loving it.
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Congrats on the grad degree. Now you never feel that same loyalty to the school were you got your grad degree as were you got your first undergrad.

I know I will follow TTU but could care less about where I am getting my CS degree.
 
Looks like it is official now
When is the last time a conference's "Coach of the Year" was forced out?

Report: Ralph Friedgen forced out

Maryland is forcing football coach Ralph Friedgen out.

Friedgen, the Baltimore Sun reported, was told by university officials he cannot coach the team next season.

Friedgen, who is in his 10th season, has been asked to retire but had not agreed to do so, the newspaper said. If he does not retire, Maryland can buy out the final season of his close to $2 million-a-year contract.

Friedgen was named the Atlantic Coast Conference coach of the year after his team finished 8-4 this season. The Terrapins were 2-10 in 2009.

Maryland faces East Carolina (6-6) on Dec. 29 in the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman.

Texas Tech coach Mike Leach is a likely target of Maryland's coaching search, the Sun reported.
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MacDawg said:
I was always happiest when I was in school working towards something
When I finished my Masters, I couldn't resist and had to keep going for my Doctorate

It will seem awkward, but try to replace your focus with new and meaningful goals
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So do we call you Dr. MacDawg? Dr. Dawg? :)

MacDawg said:
Looks like it is official now
When is the last time a conference's "Coach of the Year" was forced out?

Report: Ralph Friedgen forced out
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We did it in 2008, sorta. Sylvester Croom won the SEC coach of the year in 2007 after we went 8-5 and won the Liberty Bowl. He was fired...errr he "resigned" after the 2008 season. Of course, the fact that he went 13-33 in his other 4 seasons played a big part in that.

But firing the current coach of the year? Wow. I know he's been up and down the past few years, but I didn't think it warranted firing him.
 
MacDawg said:
^^^^
Don't rush it, but don't put it off forever either ;)
Shhhhhh, I finished my Doctorate in Ministry (DMin) at Dallas Theological Seminary
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That's awesome, congrats, Doc. There were a few of those graduating from Brite Divinity yesterday.

I'm in the process of applying to start a PhD next fall (2011) but I'm not going to make up my mind about whether or not to actually do it until I see where (and if) i get in, and how this new job pans out.
 
I know some folks around here would support this. Check out this article called the Academic BCS. It's rearranging the BCS standings based on academics. They used graduation rates and the NCAA's APR (Academic Progress Rates) to rank the teams. Your BCS Title game would be...Stanford vs. Boise State. I kinda like this one, too. We would be #15.
 
steve2112 said:
I know some folks around here would support this. Check out this article called the Academic BCS. It's rearranging the BCS standings based on academics. They used graduation rates and the NCAA's APR (Academic Progress Rates) to rank the teams. Your BCS Title game would be...Stanford vs. Boise State. I kinda like this one, too. We would be #15.
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Hoo-boy :p
As if the BCS isn't already a mess
But never fear, Obama said he would get a playoff, and now Cuban has joined in
I am sure it is just around the corner now
 
steve2112 said:
I know some folks around here would support this. Check out this article called the Academic BCS. It's rearranging the BCS standings based on academics. They used graduation rates and the NCAA's APR (Academic Progress Rates) to rank the teams. Your BCS Title game would be...Stanford vs. Boise State. I kinda like this one, too. We would be #15.
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that would be intersting. I know at TTU the football team has a better graduation rate than the school itself or at least did during Leach's term.
 
MacDawg said:
Hoo-boy :p
As if the BCS isn't already a mess
But never fear, Obama said he would get a playoff, and now Cuban has joined in
I am sure it is just around the corner now
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Yep, the feds can fix up anything. (Having been a federal employee for years, I found that one very hard to type)

I just thought it was interesting that the SEC even dominated the academic BCS with 5 teams in the top 25. So we aren't just a bunch of football playing rednecks. :p

Rodimus Prime said:
that would be intersting. I know at TTU the football team has a better graduation rate than the school itself or at least did during Leach's term.
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This is often the case. Athletes in general often have to face tougher academic standards than the general student population. I had a couple of semesters that probably would have gotten me kicked off an athletic team (especially that sub 2.0 semester I had once).
 
steve2112 said:
This is often the case. Athletes in general often have to face tougher academic standards than the general student population. I had a couple of semesters that probably would have gotten me kicked off an athletic team (especially that sub 2.0 semester I had once).
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It is a double edge sword under NCAA rules athletes have to be making so much progress towards there degree after they cross a certain number of hours (sophomore generally) Now that rule can and does screw over a lot of athletes in the sports that are not revenue generating and I know some of the revenue genarting.
Reason I choose the nonrevenue generating is I have a sister playing under a scholarship in one of those sports. Her roommate also on scholarship is force to ride out a major she does not want because she was force to declare so early to to the hours from HS and she can not change to something else. My sister is happy with her major but could never explore another option that she might of like because when she was a freshman that choose seems like way to long (6 year and leave with a phd, no bachlor or master.) but lets face it to a 18 year old 6 years is a long time. Now she is nearing the end of the road and it does not seem so long.
 
Dawgs exploring possibilities to schedule home and homes with Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Notre Dame

Report: UGA hopes to schedule Midwestern football powers

Imagine the Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State or Penn State football team at Sanford Stadium. It could happen, if the UGA athletic director can pull it off.

Preliminary talks are under way with the Midwestern schools for one or more of them to join the Bulldogs' schedule, but it could be several years before the kickoffs, UGA AD Greg McGarity confirmed to the Dawgs247 website.

“We’d love to do a home-and-home with a Big Ten or Midwestern school that has a rich tradition,” McGarity told the website. “We’re going to work as hard as we can to make that happen. Hopefully, within the next year, we’ll be able to have something in writing.”

McGarity said the potential match-ups would happen several years down the road.

None of the four possible opponents McGarity cited have played in Sanford Stadium. The Bulldogs have traveled to Ann Arbor, Mich., twice before and have met the other three teams in bowl games.

The Bulldogs won the 1980 national championship by beating the Fighting Irish in the Sugar Bowl.
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Happy Birthday JoePa! :p

Joe Paterno turns 84 years old

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- No special plans for Joe Paterno on his 84th birthday -- just two Penn State practices.

The Nittany Lions spent Tuesday drilling in the morning and afternoon in Clearwater, Fla., as they get ready for the Outback Bowl against Florida on Jan. 1. Penn State is preparing this week at the spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies before moving to Tampa this weekend.

It's not all business for JoePa -- he will at least get a birthday cake at the team dinner Tuesday night.

Major college football's winningest coach is wrapping up his record 45th season on the sideline.

He's also the all-time leader in bowl wins with 24. Paterno is under contract through the 2011 season.
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iSaint said:
Ok, sorry, duh. So it rearranges the current BCS standings into academic rankings. Thought it was a new overall ranking.
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It got posted, but nobody really discussed it or made much of it I guess :)

In other news... here is a list of this year's salaries for assistants in the SEC

SEC's highest paid assistants

The price of bringing in quality assistants in college football just keeps soaring, and there's never been a better time to be a coveted assistant in the SEC than right now.

Just ask Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn, who turned down a chance to be the head coach at Vanderbilt last week and received a raise at Auburn that will pay him in the $1.3 million range annually.

Tennessee defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is in play at Texas. He was already making $600,000 with the Vols and could see his salary jump to $1 million or more if he lands the Longhorns' defensive coordinator's gig.

In fact, six of the SEC's 12 defensive coordinators made $500,000 or more this season. For perspective, at least 31 FBS head coaches didn't make $500,000 this season.

According to a recent study by USA Today, seven of the top 11 assistant coaching salaries from the 2010 season belong to SEC assistants, one of those being recently hired Florida head coach Will Muschamp. He made $907,000 this season at Texas and was college football's highest paid assistant coach. He will earn an average of $2.7 million as the Gators' head coach.

Here's a look at this season's highest paid assistants:
Will Muschamp, Texas defensive coordinator -- $907,000
Kirby Smart, Alabama defensive coordinator -- $762,350
Todd Grantham, Georgia defensive coordinator -- $760,600
Ellis Johnson, South Carolina defensive coordinator -- $706,650
John Chavis, LSU defensive coordinator -- $700,000
Kevin Steele, Clemson defensive coordinator -- $681,000
Nick Holt, Washington defensive coordinator -- $650,004
Norm Chow, UCLA offensive coordinator -- $640,000
Justin Wilcox, Tennessee defensive coordinator -- $600,000
Gus Malzahn, Auburn offensive coordinator -- $500,000
Tyrone Nix, Ole Miss defensive coordinator -- $500,000
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Justin Wilcox is a very good defensive coach who would be a very able replacement for Muschamp at Texas. He would be wise to ditch Tennessee while he can because, while Texas might be having some issues right now, the program overall (not to mention the head coaching situation) is for more stab in Austin than it is in Knoxville. I know Tennessee had little choice, but I'm still a little dumbfounded that Dooley was the best they could do.

Interesting note on Wilcox, he actually interviewed for the A&M DC job last year, but was never offered because Sherman was smitten with Tim DeRuyter (then the DC at Air Force). I actually wanted Wilcox more than I wanted DeRoot, but Sherman looks awfully smart right now for getting his man.
 
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