What coaching rumors have you heard/read recently? Since week 1 we've been hearing and reading about the possibility of Lloyd Carr stepping down from the head job at Michigan and having LSU's Les Miles step in. I've also heard that Phillip Fulmer could be out of Knoxville if Georgia beats Tennessee this weekend, and that David Cutcliffe - former Ol' Miss head coach and the mind that crafted the two current Manning pro QBs - would step in to fill his very large shoes. Dennis Franchione at Texas A&M is catching some heat from his fanbase, both for the poor play on the field and the story that broke this week about his website charging $1200 to boosters for "inside information." What other coaching rumors have you heard about?
My Gators are going to have a tough one at Death Valley tomorrow night. I was incredibly pissed last week when we lost our first home game under Urban. I only have ONE expectation EVERY year. DON'T LOSE AT HOME. The play calling was atrocious. Why play a soft zone where Brandon Cox, who isn't a good QB btw, could easily make 7 yard passes that would turn into 15 yard plays? Why did the offense only rely on Tebow and Harvin? How come many plays had Tebow running up the middle? What the hell was our OC, Dan Mullen, thinking? I expected a max of 3 losses this season with at LSU and at USC being two of them. A random third in there, which is now of course the AU game. Btw, Spurrier is still the best gameday coach. Urban & Co have a while to go to get up with what Steve is doing up in Columbia. Man...he does a lot with such little [relatively] talent.
Btw, it's fairly obvious the SEC has been the best conference in recent years. Since 1992, there have been 15 completed seasons. Five of those 15 seasons crowned a champion from the SEC. A third. 1992 - Alabama (SEC) 1993 - FSU (ACC) 1994 - Nebraska (Big 8) 1995 - Nebraska (Big 8) 1996 - Florida (SEC) 1997 - Nebraska (Big 12) - Michigan (Big Ten) 1998 - Tennessee (SEC) 1999 - FSU (ACC) 2000 - Oklahoma (Big 12) 2001 - Miami (Big East) 2002 - Ohio State (Big Ten) 2003 - LSU (SEC) 2004 - USC (Pac10) 2005 - Texas (Big 12) 2006 - Florida (SEC) Big East and Pac10 have the fewest. No wonder everyone says those conferences are weak and aren't deep. At least this year, the Pac10 looks better than it has lately, but it's early to say. So far, only Cal and Oregon look to have a shot at the conference championship, but they'll probably finish with a couple losses each (Oregon already with one).
The Florida State - NC State game should be interesting; well, at least to me. This is the type of game where FSU used to use the opposing team as a practice squad. But, sadly, that has not been the case in recent years. This is why the game is probably the most critical yet. Yes, beating Alabama was an uptick. But they really need to win this game. They have the horses so if they lose, it will be the coaches fault. Dale
USC goes down, to STANFORD? They shouldn't be in the top ten. They have played very poorly all season, I don't care how deep they are or what they SHOULD be doing, they're not playing well and if you get beat by Stanford, you don't belong in the top 10. LSU is alone at the top after a nailbiter in Death Valley. Great game and win.
Don't do that, it was a great game that went down to the wire in a very hostile environment. That's as close to a national championship game as you'll find in October. (of course, it could never happen between two teams from the same conference, my point is the caliber of play and talent was as good as any bowl game)
Yeah, I think it became an instant classic. Just unfortunate a couple turnovers came at inopportune time for our guys. btw, for those who didn't know, Tebow did the phone thing after a TD because LSU fans found out his cell number. As you can imagine, his phone was flooded with calls.
But how about the last 25 years? Why is 15 the magic number? I agree the SEC is good, but how many players have gone pro as a percentage of players in the conference? The SEC might have the best percentage in that also (I do not know), but to me that would be a more accurate indicator of the strength of the conference. Alternatively, bowl records of the conferences would be a better indicator. If a conference has one really good team (the ACC 10 years ago for instance), then they might win several championships, but the conference overall is not necessarily strong. IF the SEC is strong every year they should have the best overall bowl record. Tough day yesterday for my hurricanes. I guess Kyle Wright thought our receivers were wearing light blue jerseys. At least we did not give up as we had done last year when we got behind by a big number. BT
Also, USC lost to Stanford because they are following (almost exactly) the same win / loss pattern as UM did three years earlier. Same strong championship win, same tough championship loss the next year (at the same number in the win streak at 34 I think), same loss the following year. They should lose two regular season games this year, then lose in the bowl game. Next year they lose 4 games. BT
It gets harder when you go further back because conferences have changed quite a bit since that time. 15 years because that was the year (1992) the SEC expanded from 10 to 12 teams by adding South Carolina and Arkansas and most conferences back then were close to as they are today. btw, as far as the state of Florida: 2006 Florida - NATIONAL CHAMPS 2002 Miami - (NC game) 2001 Miami - NATIONAL CHAMPS 2000 FSU - (NC game) 1999 FSU - NATIONAL CHAMPS 1998 FSU - (NC game) 1996 FSU - (NC game) 1996 Florida - NATIONAL CHAMPS 1995 Florida - (NC game) 1994 Miami - (NC game) 1993 FSU - NATIONAL CHAMPS 1992 Miami - (NC game) 1991 Miami - NATIONAL CHAMPS 1989 Miami - NATIONAL CHAMPS 1987 Miami - NATIONAL CHAMPS 1986 Miami - (NC game) 1985 Miami - (NC game) 1983 Miami - NATIONAL CHAMPS 24 seasons - '84, '88, '90, '97, '03, '04, '05 (7 seasons) - no FL team in MNC game. BCS bowl game records: 1. SEC - 9-4 (.692) 2. Pac10 - 7-4 (.637) 3. Big East - 5-4 (.555) three of those five wins were by Miami. One loss by Miami. 4. Big Ten - 8-7 (.533) 5. Big XII - 5-7 (.417) 6. ACC - 1-8 (.111) only one BCS bowl game win. FSU over VT in 2000. VT is now an ACC team.
UCLA lost to Notre Dame as well. Bad day for Southern CA college football fans. My girlfriend is quite excited though. She went to Cal. For a little while, it was looking like they'd be #1. This is what makes sports exciting!
Damn what a game last night. LSU showed why they are #1. Even missing 2 FG they won. Les Miles made a hell of a run of calls with 4th down. Never will understand why Florida let the clock run down with 90 seconds to go.
sounds like a plan to me. but I think you are taking something away from the Miami teams , they were 10 times better than the last few years of overrated USC teams.
ditto I've come to dislike OU a lot in recent years. I don't give two ****s if Stoops was our DC at UF under Spurrier. OU snubbed USC in 2003 and lost to LSU. OU snubbed AU in 2004 and lost to USC. They pay their players and give them cars. What a pos program.
I don't know about them paying their players and giving them cars but I do know they did not belong in the BCS title game in 03 or 04.
