2017 College Football Thread

[GhostMachine]

He's another one who has been mentioned, and part of the `let's bring up anyone who ever played for the Vols' crap.

 

[Meacon Keaton]

Dave Doeren has now declined the Tennessee job. So that's an Oklahoma State, Purdue, and NC State head coach that has said no to the Vols now. 

[GhostMachine]

I'll take the Vols' coaching job, and only charge them 50,000 a year. 

[gunnar hendershow]

At what point do they call Butch Jones and go, "Just kidding! You're still the coach!"?

[Meacon Keaton]

Tennessee AD John Currie has been "dismissed". I hope they have a lot of fire departments in Knoxville, because that place is burnin'. 

[GhostMachine]

Supposed to be a press conference at 4pm. Apparently the last person Currie had interviewed for the job was Mike Leach. That's reason enough alone to fire him.

They've also said that Phil Fulmer will be taking a more active role in the search for a new coach. 

 

 

[Meacon Keaton]

I'm telling you. Mike Leach is not a bad option and he's much better than what you're likely going to end up with at this point. Anybody that can make Texas Tech and Washington State a Top-20 program could do very, very well at Tennessee. But good luck with a hire that you'll be firing in another five years.  

[Maxx]

Seriously.  Go compare Leach's seasons at Tech and Washington to Tennessee's seasons during those spans.  He was just as, if not more successful than the Vols were, and he did it with far less recruiting resources.  I have no earthly idea where you've gotten the idea that Mike Leach is a bad coach from, there's no evidence to support it.  He got fucking Texas Tech to a #1 ranking.

[Meacon Keaton]

Jimbo to Texas A&M 

[The Buscher]

 

[Meacon Keaton]

Nevermind the fact that Jimbo's buyout was like $35 or $40 million last I heard. 

[DMN in the House]

5 hours ago, GhostMachine said:

Supposed to be a press conference at 4pm. Apparently the last person Currie had interviewed for the job was Mike Leach. That's reason enough alone to fire him.

They've also said that Phil Fulmer will be taking a more active role in the search for a new coach. 

 

 

LOL.

Tennessee has never been the job Vols fans think it is. You would have been lucky to get Leach, but I guess since Tee Martin was a Vol who'll let Fulmer walk all over him that's somehow better.

The Fisher contract makes me feel really, really, really fucking great about the Kelly hire. Great value for UCLA.

[Your Mom]

Stanford vs. USC? Worth it?

[Meacon Keaton]

Just now, The Chiksrara Special said:

Stanford vs. USC? Worth it?

Yeah it should be. USC's quarterback Sam Darnold may be the #1 pick in the draft.

[Your Mom]

Oh that's cool. I might check it out then

[gunnar hendershow]

Lane Kiffin's A+ trolling of Tennessee fans sustains me.

Phil Fulmer basically sabotaged this entire coaching search just to get himself installed as AD, for what purpose? They have no idea if he'll be good at that job. They are just so desperate to return to glory days that never truly existed. They had 2 years under Manning and 1 with Martin and then more or less a decade of being 2nd best to Florida. And before the Fulmer years you have to go all the way to Neyland himself. But they could be a great program if they focused small. Build up properly, stockpile good recruiting classes, and just don't let the fact Alabama is better than you get to your head. Saban isn't immortal.

But college coaching salaries are astronomical. It's to an absurd degree, and the fact they keep talking about integrity when these coaches are almost all the highest paid state employees in their respective states is shameful .At this point you have no excuses for not paying players, or at the least letting them sell their autographs and likenesses and what not.

[Meacon Keaton]

I really hate Darnold (mainly because he's a Trojan) but god damn he's tough as hell. 

[Your Mom]

I missed the whole first quarter but I'm watching now. The main difference so far is I don't know anybody. I mean I guess Darnold but barely so I have no idea what to expect here.

[Meacon Keaton]

Just know that USC is very fast and very athletic. Stanford is very strong and physical. 

Stanford's quarterback Costello is a pimply faced dork who just so happened to throw all over Notre Dame's secondary last week as if we didn't even know teams were allowed to use the forward pass.  

Oh and Stanford's running back Bryce Love is one of the best running backs in the country and he ran for his 17th touchdown of the season earlier in the game. 

[Your Mom]

I have nothing going on tomorrow so I might go full lazy slob and watch all the games 

I didn't know these are played on neutral sites. Makes sense though I guess. Although if there are standings shouldn't the higher ranked get a home game?