11-28-2010, 09:32 PM | #451 | |
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NCAA College Football BCS Standings Week 14 - ESPN Wisconsin goes to the Rose Bowl unless something freaky happens considering both teams are done. Stanford is #4 so they have to be taken in the top five BCS games.
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11-28-2010, 09:43 PM | #452 |
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And Gruden appears ready to be the next coach at the U
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11-28-2010, 09:51 PM | #453 | |
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11-28-2010, 10:06 PM | #454 |
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You think they can afford him? I know he will get back into coaching someday and I think he'd make a great college coach. But the NFL money is much better and I'm sure someone will throw a truckload at him at some point.
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11-28-2010, 10:10 PM | #455 | |
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11-28-2010, 10:14 PM | #456 |
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Iowa threw $3 million at Ferentz. Private contributors made up any difference the University couldnt/wouldnt pay. With all the other things Ferentz makes close to $ 4 million.
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The U doesn't have a very large donor base so going $3 mil is a fairly big deal for them. The U is a really odd school. Facilities aren't the best, no on campus stadium, small donor base, and a private school. Yet they're right in the middle of arguably the most talented area for high school football in America so it makes up for all of that. |
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Michigan Wolverines vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Recap - September 13, 2008 - ESPN
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11-28-2010, 10:35 PM | #459 | |
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Nah they have a large contingent of very rich NFL alumnus who will throw money wherever it is needed. |
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11-28-2010, 10:36 PM | #460 | |
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It may be that you could have, but don't kid yourself that people didn't have good reason to think so, given Petrino's lengthy history of being a complete turd. You only would have taken those bets yourself because of your homerism.
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11-28-2010, 10:46 PM | #461 | |
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It also helps you stick around when somebody gift wraps you Mallet.
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11-28-2010, 10:51 PM | #462 | |
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Its just that college football doesn't rank high on the consciousness out here - I mean, we have 6 different pro teams in the area (Giants, A's, Niners, Raiders, Warriors, Sharks) and Stanford is a pretty elite college / not that sports focused (off-hand, it may be the most top of the line academic institution that's a player in CFB, against institutions like Southern Mississippi School of the College Football Players ). Amongst those who care around here, Cal has a significantly bigger alumni base. |
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11-28-2010, 11:00 PM | #463 | |
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But Stanford has also done a poor job of marketing the program for a long time, only in the last year or two starting to figure out how to do so. And you'd think that more casual football fans in the area would gravitate towards Stanford football given their success and the nice new stadium. Especially considering the 49ers haven't been very good for quite a while now, and Cal lately has slid back to mediocrity. |
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11-28-2010, 11:04 PM | #465 | |
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Plus, Stanford fans can afford the travel and tickets. They're not overseas in Greenpeace or the Peace Corps or running "herb stores" like Cal fans.
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11-28-2010, 11:05 PM | #466 | |
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I've always said he'd be a great college coach but I think he'd be better off holding out for a better offer. |
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Even with Miami being down the last several years, they have a ton of talent year in and year out, they just haven't had a coach to bring it all together. I would still consider it to be a top end job, up there with USC, Nebraska, Michigan, etc... |
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Not going to get into it, but a lot of the reason people did it was because of the smear job by the Falcons and ESPN. He's not a job-hopper at all, but everyone sure thought he was just because of that stupid campaign. I'm not kidding myself at all, here. Look at his head coaching history. This is his 3rd job. Louisville and Atlanta were his first two head coaching jobs. And do you remember all the snide comments about how he would be gone if the "right offer" came along, etc? Nothing but a smear job. I understand there is some angst over him leaving a note on his way out, but if you remember, he asked to meet with the team and was told no. Funny, that was never mentioned on ESPN. Of course, he had to leave when he did because it's when college jobs were open. Bah, I said I wouldn't get into it. I will leave with this: Houston Nutt is 10x the turd Petrino is and people love him to death. It's annoying and not at all to do with homerism. If you think I just automatically love all Arkansas coaches, you are just wrong. |
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Honestly, I think both Petrino and Nutt are turds. It doesn't do either one good to be compared to the other.
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Fair enough. I will actually take this, since until now, most people (not saying you) didn't realize the latter and thought he was the freakin' bees' knees. Last edited by MJ4H : 11-29-2010 at 08:08 AM. |
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11-29-2010, 10:16 AM | #475 | |
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I'm just wondering if you will be saying the same thing if/when Petrino bolts Arkansas for a higher profile job.... |
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11-29-2010, 10:23 AM | #477 | |
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Saying what same thing? There is nothing there that I would take back if he left for another job, no. However, I also don't think that will happen for awhile. His reputation as a "job-hopper," again, is basically just made-up. He called this season the most enjoyable year he's ever coached recently. He also has a much more relaxed and personable demeanor in his press conferences than he had at his previous two jobs. I like to think he actually likes it here. Heaven knows we like him (and we liked him when he was 4-7 here, not just because he has us in position for a BCS bowl after only 3 seasons). And I don't care who thinks he's a turd. Last edited by MJ4H : 11-29-2010 at 10:24 AM. |
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11-29-2010, 10:35 AM | #479 | |
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You mean having the permission to leave jerked out from under him by an owner trying to save public face after his star QB got sentenced to jail? The owner that wouldn't let him meet with the team to tell them he was leaving, then used the only thing he could do (leave them a note) as ammo for a public smear campaign? I'm not sure exactly what he should've done when a job he really wanted came open and he was given permission to pursue it and then had it taken away from him after he'd already decided he wanted it. People may not like that he did what was best for him and his family, but I wouldn't really care if people liked it or not if I was him. I honestly think he's one of the top 10 coaches in the country, easily. I would personally put him at minimum top 3, but I'm trying to be a little conservative. I'd be foolish to not think he might go to a higher profile job someday (not the NFL, though, obviously). Trust me when I tell you we will do everything humanly possible to make sure he retires here, though. Last edited by MJ4H : 11-29-2010 at 10:38 AM. |
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I mean seriously... it wasn't as if Petrino was thought to be a saint when the Falcons hired him. There were seriously grumblings about him trying to backstab his way into the Auburn head coaching job when Tuberville was coach, before he landed with Louisville. And not like Louisville was all that thrilled how he left that position, especially after he kept talking to other teams about jobs the entire time he was there.
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Urban Meyer Nick Saban Gary Patterson Chris Petersen Mack Brown Bob Stoops Chip Kelly Brain Kelly(yes, I know this looks not as good after this year) Jim Tressel So Bobby Petrino is a minimum 3rd in that list being on the conservative side. Again, due to Mallet being gift wrapped for Arkansas it's the only way that team is 9-2 this year and they come across as just a decent SEC team without him.
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Yes, he is as far as I'm concerned*. I like the gift-wrapped Mallett, thing, I've been hearing lately, as if he's the only one with a talented player on his team. I guess you missed the backup QB** going 13 of 14 in the 2nd half of the Auburn game, too (yes I know he ended the game with 2 interceptions in desperation time). Petrino is largely responsible for his success, you know. He has a track record for developing QBs. Would you be surprised if I thought we were going to be better next year, even after Mallett goes pro? We won't be starving for QB talent. *some of those I kind of chuckle at the thought of being better than Petrino, frankly (Mack Brown). The two on that list that give me pause about saying the best are Saban and Peterson, if you were wondering. The rest, no. **I'm on record as thinking Tyler Wilson should be our 3rd QB, not our backup, by the way. Most people have been able to see as a result of those couple of appearances that our offense isn't going to drop off dramatically when we have a different quarterback. Last edited by MJ4H : 11-29-2010 at 11:56 AM. |
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It's weird how if a coach quits for a different job, he's a horrible person. But if a team/college fires the coach it's cool. Seems kind of one sided.
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I said I didn't want to get into it and then got right into it. I hate myself sometimes. Last edited by MJ4H : 11-29-2010 at 11:53 AM. |
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Your homerism on this topic is pretty bad. It's cool, it is what's fun about being a fan of a college program. But if this were about Gary Pinkel being 10-2 and Pinkel had screwed over some NFL team you would definitely be laughing about anything that MBBF wrote. |
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I don't think I've ever really thought ill of a coach who left to go somewhere else unless they found ways to really mishandle it. Coach Fran leaving 'Bama comes to mind.
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Hardly. Gary Pinkel is a great coach and if he had been mistreated, I'd be right in his corner. I understand your concerns about my homerism, but in this case, I believe it is just because I see how he operates up-close several times a week so I have a lot of information about how he runs the program. You are free to disagree, of course, and I completely understand why. It's funny that you said what MBBF wrote instead of what you or one of the other Missouri fans. Personal issues with him have nothing to do with what I would think about Gary Pinkel. Last edited by MJ4H : 11-29-2010 at 12:10 PM. |
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lol I would take Saban and Peterson over Petrino any day of the week. Peterson, especially, is a helluva coach and would be winning national championships already if he was at a BCS school. |
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Are we really arguing whether secretly interviewing for jobs and leaving the day after your team plays in it's 13th game as a head coach is kosher? Oh, I guess he wasn't up to trying to fulfill his contract when things got tough, but he's the poster boy for a spine-less vagina.
But poor him, he was forced to leave a note because the team that hired him and gave him a contract wasn't thrilled that he had been shopping for jobs behind their back and left in the middle of a season. Poor him and the amazing smear job by the Falcons brass. The amazing thing is that we are much better off without him. He is/was a mediocre coach and there is no way the Falcons would've been a playoff team with him.
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