2014 College Football Thread

[ConcernedParent]



Last week I predicted Kiffin's days were numbered at USC. Last night, the home-game crowd was chanting "Fire Kiffin!" at the end of the Trojan's upset loss to WSU.

I seriously doubt the Trojans will even finish the season bowl-eligible.

Hahahah. I was at SC today visiting friends and they had "Fire Lane" (as in the no parking sign) stickers all over campus including on that stupid statue.

No pass longer than 8 yards is pure comedy.

 

[SixOhNine]

Looks like the wronghorns have fired manny "the second coming" Diaz already.BZZZZZT

Which coach is the most logical choice to replace Mack Brown?

They're going to throw some SERIOUS. *******. MONEY. at someone. I would absolutely love to see them getting into a bidding war with Bama over Saban - it would be so fun to watch.

The coming "How do we get rid of Mack and who do we get to replace him?" crisis at UT is going to be insanely entertaining.

 

[RedLantern]



It doesn't take much to be bowl eligible. I wouldn't be shocked to see a 7-5 or 6-6 season followed by a bowl loss, though.

It's harder in the pac-12, where you play 9 conference games, and you already lost at home to one of the worst teams in the conference. Also, USC's remaining non-conference games are, Boston College, Utah State, and Notre Dame*. So not really cupcakes for non conference foes.




* They get to play 13 regular season games because they played at Hawaii.

 

[grundletaint]



The coming "How do we get rid of Mack and who do we get to replace him?" crisis at UT is going to be insanely entertaining.

I've been in austin since right after he was hired and it's always entertaining. There are many people who see through him and recognize his ineptitude. There are also a bunch of ******* homers who have no clue and always try to shift the blame to his staff. Diaz got thrown under the bus and I feel bad for him. Mack has fostered a ***** culture and his team is comprised of a bunch of cream puffs who quit when things get tough.

It's glaringly obvious that the problem with their program starts at the top (Dodds included). Mack was a ****** coach before he was saved by Vince Young/Colt McCoy, and he's been a ****** coach ever since they left.

I can't see Saban wanting to come to Austin for 2 big reasons:

1. He wants complete control of his program and that ain't gonna happen at Texas. Too many cooks in the kitchen in most things here in Texas (see Jerry Jones, et al). It's a statewide mentality.

2. He's old and he finally has a program built to his specs. I can't see why he'd want to throw that away and start from scratch, even with the promise of more money. Plus, I think he prefers SEC style football and doesn't want to go **** with a bunch of cutesy spread offense ****. On top of that, there are too many happy-hippy-yogacycle fuckwits here and his head would explode.

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

The hot coaching prospects for a school like Texas are not coaches at other established powers. They're the coaches of traditionally second-tier schools that have moved their school into the top tier. Think Louisville coach Charlie Strong.

 

[MrG]



The hot coaching prospects for a school like Texas are not coaches at other established powers. They're the coaches of traditionally second-tier schools that have moved their school into the top tier. Think Louisville coach Charlie Strong.

Yes, agreed, and I also agree with grundletaint that it's almost impossible to picture Saban going to Texas, mostly for the reasons he listed. My first thought when someone mentioned the possibility of Saban going anywhere was, "why in the world would he leave Alabama at 60+ years old when he's built an empire in Tuscaloosa?"

I know football is a big deal in Texas; it's a big deal here in Georgia, too. But I don't think anyone who doesn't live right next door can quite grasp what Crimson Tide football means to Alabamans. It's next level, and I can't see any reason Saban would give up what he has for another college job.

 

[MrG]

Interesting bit of trivia I saw in an article:

For the first time since Sept. 11, 1976, Texas, USC, Florida and Notre Dame all lost on the same day.

Also, only one of those teams lost to a then-ranked opponent.

 

[Texasmade]



I've been in austin since right after he was hired and it's always entertaining. There are many people who see through him and recognize his ineptitude. There are also a bunch of ******* homers who have no clue and always try to shift the blame to his staff. Diaz got thrown under the bus and I feel bad for him. Mack has fostered a ***** culture and his team is comprised of a bunch of cream puffs who quit when things get tough.

It's glaringly obvious that the problem with their program starts at the top (Dodds included). Mack was a ****** coach before he was saved by Vince Young/Colt McCoy, and he's been a ****** coach ever since they left.

I can't see Saban wanting to come to Austin for 2 big reasons:

1. He wants complete control of his program and that ain't gonna happen at Texas. Too many cooks in the kitchen in most things here in Texas (see Jerry Jones, et al). It's a statewide mentality.

2. He's old and he finally has a program built to his specs. I can't see why he'd want to throw that away and start from scratch, even with the promise of more money. Plus, I think he prefers SEC style football and doesn't want to go **** with a bunch of cutesy spread offense ****. On top of that, there are too many happy-hippy-yogacycle fuckwits here and his head would explode.

The only thing that would make Saban go to Texas is $. He could basically name any outrageous amount and they would pay it. I'm talking like $12M+ a year and Texas would pay it without blinking.

 

[MrG]

I just Googled Nick Saban to see what his current salary is, and the first link that came up was "Report: Nick Saban to visit Texas" at SI. I thought, "no way" and clicked the link, which led me to a 404 error. Then I Googled "nick saban visit texas," and the first link was again the SI article, followed by a more recent article from Awful Announcing entitled "SI.com takes Saban to Texas joke as news"

 

[nerdykarim]

That's actually kind of hilarious. (link)

Granted Finebaum's tweet doesn't read as sarcastic at first glance, but this is when logic is a helpful thing. Saban and Alabama are playing A&M in Texas this weekend.

 

[edinatlanta]

wtf gsu isn't bad enough to make espn's bottom 10 rankings. we don't get no respect I tells ya...

 

[MrG]

Just wanted to commend you two on your solid work this week in the SF pick 'em.

On account of my ability to make it all the way to week two without failing to submit my picks, Uga IX's Brown Spots has jumped out to a commanding lead.

 

[nerdykarim]

Damn it. This is what I get for not bothering to figure out how to have it send updates to my gmail address.

 

[JLibourel]



It doesn't take much to be bowl eligible. I wouldn't be shocked to see a 7-5 or 6-6 season followed by a bowl loss, though.

I don't think so. Unless Kiffin can really turn this team around, I predict the Trojans will finish no better than 3-9 or 4-8.

This might well be their worst season since 1957, when they finished 1-9.

 

[SixOhNine]



I've been in austin since right after he was hired and it's always entertaining. There are many people who see through him and recognize his ineptitude. There are also a bunch of ******* homers who have no clue and always try to shift the blame to his staff. Diaz got thrown under the bus and I feel bad for him. Mack has fostered a ***** culture and his team is comprised of a bunch of cream puffs who quit when things get tough.It's glaringly obvious that the problem with their program starts at the top (Dodds included). Mack was a ****** coach before he was saved by Vince Young/Colt McCoy, and he's been a ****** coach ever since they left.

Jesus, yes.

I've been saying that since he was coach at UNC. He recruited great talent, then coached them to be good. That's why he never won an ACC title, and that was back in the easy days, when you could just about coast to a title by not losing to Clemson.

The only reason the Longhorns won a National Title is because Vince Young wouldn't let them roll over and die in the fourth quarter. He turned all Brown's ****** busted plays into gold and carried that team to a win.