Official College Football Week 2 Thread

[Izulde]

There's no more inept game coach than Bobby Hauck. On top of a 58-13 asspounding by Arizona, on one play, with UNLV down 24-6, they went out to punt... and there was no punter there.

So can not wait for this clueless shitbag to be fired. Not a bad recruiter, but can not coach this level at.all.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Watch a UMass game. Please. I'm actually curious how you would describe the level of ineptitude at this point - our best quarterback was the 3rd best quarterback on his HS team. A Massachusetts HS team that finished 4-6.

My brain struggles to comprehend how that's even possible to allow to happen.

Then I think about how awful Georgia State is & figure it must not be all that hard to accomplish after all.

[Lathum]

Cincinnati Bearcats QB Munchie Legaux leaves game with injury - ESPN

feel terrible for the kid, he is really fun to watch

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

Watching the BYU run game tonight was almost orgasmic. 550 yards!

Absolutely, it was great to watch!

[Poli]

Brandon Bourbon scored for Kansas last night. I may have woke the baby celebrating it!

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Just watching him more closely today, I swear he reminds me of a player that's either playing sick or recovering from being sick. He looks physically off to me.

Clowney grew up 15 minutes or so from me.

Played at one of the 3 4-A high schools in the next town over. His HS head coach now coaches my local HS (Coincidentally the one he graduated from and his mom taught at for 40+ years) and is also a very close childhood friend of one of my step dads.

Wow thats wordy. Sorry. Anyway he repeatedly told us in HS the kid was a freak but "never once worked out in high school" Said he never lifted weights once, but he "didnt need to"

Whenever I heard those stories I figured his college coaches would get that out of him. Well fast forward to this late summer.

A contact of mine is SC D-Coordinator Lorenozo Ward's neighbor. He swears that in a summer conditioning drill Ward instructed Clowney to run with the DBs. (The drill was allegedly to run a 10-20-20-10 shuttle, and the fastest person each time was done and the remaining players kept running until everyone had been fastest. Allegedly to give the most conditioning work to the players who are the slowest and need the most work.) because he was too fast to get work with the DL group. Clowney refused. Ward allegedly told him it wasn't a request it was a demand and Clowney reportedly walked off the field. Apparently the exchange created quite a stir inside the SC locker room as Ward wanted to suspend or even dismiss Clowney and Spurrier over ruled him. But again the sotry resurfaces that Clowney refuses to work out much if at all.

Weird stat for you:
UGA's offense averaged 8.3 yards per play when Clowney was on the field and 2.8 yards per play when he was not on the field.

[TroyF]

Not denying anything you said CUTiger, but pass rushers are notoriously streaky players. They can go five games without a sack and then have 7 in the next two. All of the stories like that will get out to the NFL scouts and if they are true, his draft position will be impacted.

[HomerSimpson98]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

As an outsider, maybe the intensity goes more towards HS football than college in that state? And, fwiw, all 3 of the programs you list have had a terrible stretch in the past 20 years. Great programs will always rebound, and usually do so faster than others, but every team has its down years.

As in an insider of the state, let me say this is a big "hell no". For better or worse, Mack gets the axe after this season after another 8-4 or so year, which would fall under the "disaster" folder if you have one created. Were it up to me, I would give Mack a 10-year extension, but the Texas Exes I know are already losing their shit over this BYU beating. This was his make-or-break year, especially considering the successes of "little brother" on the Brazos. And with the college football universe centered in College Station all week, this fact won't be lost on Texas Big Money. Even in yet another down year in the Big 12, you can see a few more losses on the horizon.

Lots of problems at Texas but the big one is needing someone to come in and break up the country club atmosphere Mack has created. They aren't tough and they aren't physical. Too much raw talent there for them not to get more out of what they do, especially in the trenches. But there is no superior athletes like VY or Huff or DJ there anymore to push the team more than the coaches (outside of Chizik or Muschamp did). I thought Johnathan Gray and his leadership/determination/work ethic would be a step in that direction, but he doesn't play defense and The Major keeps trotting Bergeron and Brown out there too often.

[CU Tiger]

Was going to post this somewhere else, but not sure where it fits.

Really crazy story yesterday in Clemson's walk through against SC State.
85 players saw action, but none were more interesting than Chad Kelly (rFr QB) and Sam Cooper (So TE)...

Both players tore their ACLs in Clemson's spring game 21 weeks ago.... Ive had that surgery 3 times....I cant imagine running MUCH LESS PLAYING 21 weeks later.

I wonder what kind of deer antler spray the Tigers found?

[cartman]

That didn't take long. Manny Diaz is no longer DC at Texas. They've brought back Greg Robinson.

Texas Longhorns reassign defensive coordinator Manny Diaz - ESPN

[Buccaneer]

You better hope they don't make Greg Robinson a head coach.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

You better hope they don't make Greg Robinson a head coach.

Nope. But he did get some good results as a DC at Texas before he headed to Syracuse.

[MrBug708]

Greg Robinson? haha Re-tred central.

[MrBug708]

Updated–Former Triton Football Player Nick Pasquale Killed After Being Struck by Vehicle | San Clemente Times

Sad stuff for the UCLA program

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Matthean

Isn't USC done with their NCAA penalties after this year? Seems like a perfect time to bring in a new coach knowing it might take a couple years to restock the talent pool.

There is some excellent talent. The coaching/playcalling (on offense) is the issue. Kiffin has to go... now.

[MrBug708]

USC is solid going forward at most places other than OL.

[Matthean]

I guess I'm just wondering more about depth. They had great recruiting classes but where limited to 15 guys. That has to catch up with you at some point.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Matthean

I guess I'm just wondering more about depth. They had great recruiting classes but where limited to 15 guys. That has to catch up with you at some point.

They have 3 quality QB's (who have been neutered by the playcalling/coaching), at least 4 quality RB's, 3 quality TE's (who are banged up), 4 quality WR's (including arguably the most talented WR in the nation) with 2 more who are hurt and have potential but may never develop due to their injuries. I agree with Bug that the OL depth isn't good but it isn't horrible - they have a lot of highly recruited guys who haven't developed. DL is full of talent as is the linebacking corp. CB is a real question mark but S is loaded with talent and Su'a Cravens could be special - if he keeps getting coaching. Pendergast has been a great hire, but Kiffin has to be fired. Need an interim head coach. Let Helton call plays as OC - he did well with a few different offenses that he turned into top 25 offenses despite having lesser talent.

There are a lot of prominent alumni calling for Kiffin to be fired and there is a lot of chatter that he has lost the team. I'm hoping Haden won't drag this out like he did with the basketball coach.

[MacroGuru]

Based upon everything i have seen over the years, Kiffin must suck a mean cock in order to stay on....

[DeToxRox]

So is it true that Manny Diaz wasn't fired, but instead moved to a new position within the athletic department?

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

So is it true that Manny Diaz wasn't fired, but instead moved to a new position within the athletic department?

That sounds like Mack Brown. He probably gave him a raise too.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

So is it true that Manny Diaz wasn't fired, but instead moved to a new position within the athletic department?

He's no longer the Defensive Coordinator. That's how Texas has handled situations like these in the past. When Brown came in, Mackovic was still employed by the team until his contract ran out, then he went to Arizona. Same for David McWilliams when Mackovic came in, and McWilliams is still on the staff.

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by Eaglesfan27

They have 3 quality QB's (who have been neutered by the playcalling/coaching), at least 4 quality RB's, 3 quality TE's (who are banged up), 4 quality WR's (including arguably the most talented WR in the nation) with 2 more who are hurt and have potential but may never develop due to their injuries. I agree with Bug that the OL depth isn't good but it isn't horrible - they have a lot of highly recruited guys who haven't developed. DL is full of talent as is the linebacking corp. CB is a real question mark but S is loaded with talent and Su'a Cravens could be special - if he keeps getting coaching. Pendergast has been a great hire, but Kiffin has to be fired. Need an interim head coach. Let Helton call plays as OC - he did well with a few different offenses that he turned into top 25 offenses despite having lesser talent.

There are a lot of prominent alumni calling for Kiffin to be fired and there is a lot of chatter that he has lost the team. I'm hoping Haden won't drag this out like he did with the basketball coach.

4 wrs isn't close to enough.
I'd argue lb depth isn't great but is good, front line talent is there, depth isn't.
I'm not sure the is a good 5 Ol much less 9-11.

And Kiffin...the waste of cellular DNA himself.

Plus I hear the s&c program needs some re work.....because of LK

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

front line talent is there, depth isn't.

Funny but that sounds kinda familiar to me somehow

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Funny but that sounds kinda familiar to me somehow

Not sure what you mean?

If that's aimed at Clemson, I'd say for the fist time in a decade there isn't first line talent on this team, but little to no depth from first to third string.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by TroyF

Well, didn't expect that one. As I said in the previous post, I don't see how anyone can defend Kiffin at this point, though I'm sure Cowherd will try.

blasted him today, basically called for his job

[JPhillips]

Kiffin isn't working out.

I didn't see that coming.

[Logan]

SI.com takes Saban to Texas joke as news | September | 2013

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

Not sure what you mean?

If that's aimed at Clemson, I'd say for the fist time in a decade there isn't first line talent on this team, but little to no depth from first to third string.

Dammit, I had a feeling you'd misunderstand that, and then I thought "nah, he'll remember my Tennessee fandom & get it".

Kiffie's brief time in Knoxville left the cupboard almost comically bare, a handful of high profile signings/commits that didn't work out very well & nothing else behind them.

[Logan]

I had forgotten about this until just reading a mention of it now (probably because when Rutgers plays an FCS school, I tend to have a few more adult beverages than normal at the tailgate)...but on Saturday, Norfolk State twice punted on third down.

We block a ton of kicks but that was a little crazy.