2018 College Football thread

[Meacon Keaton]

UNC pulls an NFL and hires an old man retread in Mack Brown instead of a young bright offensive mind.

[Maxx]

Local sports radio was talking about it, because its a big deal with Texans and they were speculating Kingsbury could join him as an offensive coordinator 

[gunnar hendershow]

Mack Brown, Kliff Kingsbury, and Gene Chizik together on the same team? Wild stuff.

Going for Mack Brown is weird because it basically concedes that your program's goal is to win 7 a year, make a bowl, and repeat the following year. I know he's like the greatest football coach in Tar Heels history, but maybe let it stay that way?

[Meacon Keaton]

46 minutes ago, damsher hatfield said:

Mack Brown, Kliff Kingsbury, and Gene Chizik together on the same team? Wild stuff.

Going for Mack Brown is weird because it basically concedes that your program's goal is to win 7 a year, make a bowl, and repeat the following year. I know he's like the greatest football coach in Tar Heels history, but maybe let it stay that way?

It reeks of the Bengals potentially going with Hue Jackson or when the Rams hired Jeff Fisher. Or Kansas hiring Les Miles. Old man in charge thinks looking backward is the way to go forward. 

The head coach of Appalachian State, right there in North Carolina, Scott Satterfield, is from North Carolina, and has had three straight 9-win seasons at a school that wasn't even in the FCS level until 2014. But no, go for the 67-year old who hasn't coached in five years. I'm sure he'll bring something new the table...

[DMN in the House]

This is basically what we were all saying about Herm at ASU and he did fine.

If it's a move to set up the next move, while saving some money (they owe Fedora like $12mil a year) then it's fine. If it's the plan, then it's probably a bad plan.

[Meacon Keaton]

Herm's only had one season. And 7-5 is average. The only reason it's thought of as good is because we all expected him to completely shit the bed. 😛 I'll be curious to see once he loses one of the best receivers in the country and recruits his own players into the program. 

Maybe the Mack Brown hiring will succeed and I'll eat crow. But if I were a UNC fan or alum, I'd be livid. He, like you suggested, seems more like a placeholder instead of someone to take the program forward. And in a time where there's literally one championship caliber team in the ACC, I'd be jumping through hoops to find that coach that could make us the second.

[GhostMachine]

I don't see Mack Brown lasting more than two years. Not even, if a really hot commodity coach becomes available or the team has a losing record his first year.

Speaking of old coaches, I wish Bobby Petrino's career as a head coach would end. He should be an OC for life.

[gunnar hendershow]

On 26/11/2018 at 23:12, GhostMachine said:

I don't see Mack Brown lasting more than two years. Not even, if a really hot commodity coach becomes available or the team has a losing record his first year.

Speaking of old coaches, I wish Bobby Petrino's career as a head coach would end. He should be an OC for life.

He might be done. I don't think there's a lot of people lining up to hire him.

[DMN in the House]

On 26/11/2018 at 20:10, Meacon said:

Herm's only had one season. And 7-5 is average. The only reason it's thought of as good is because we all expected him to completely shit the bed. 😛 I'll be curious to see once he loses one of the best receivers in the country and recruits his own players into the program. 

Maybe the Mack Brown hiring will succeed and I'll eat crow. But if I were a UNC fan or alum, I'd be livid. He, like you suggested, seems more like a placeholder instead of someone to take the program forward. And in a time where there's literally one championship caliber team in the ACC, I'd be jumping through hoops to find that coach that could make us the second.

Don't forget that UNC's athletic department has gone through a lot of shit in the last few years, and continue to do so, so they aren't really in position to do the things you really need to do to compete at that level.

I like it as a stabilizing move, it will really depend on who the OC is and if there's a HCIW, and who that is.

[Meacon Keaton]

Anybody else sludging through this Pac-12 championship?

 

...just me?

[DMN in the House]

32 minutes ago, Meacon said:

Anybody else sludging through this Pac-12 championship?

 

...just me?

Not even the rest of the Pac12 want to watch Purple Dawgs and Utes.

[Meacon Keaton]

14 minutes ago, DMN said:

Not even the rest of the Pac12 want to watch Purple Dawgs and Utes.

As noted by the quarter-full Levi Stadium.

 

[DMN in the House]

6 minutes ago, Meacon said:

As noted by the quarter-full Levi Stadium.

 

I'd be way more interested in the other Washington team. Rose Bowl Cougs is the next best thing to a home game on January 1st.

[Meacon Keaton]

4 minutes ago, DMN said:

I'd be way more interested in the other Washington team. Rose Bowl Cougs is the next best thing to a home game on January 1st.

A Mike Leach-led Cougs in the Rose Bowl with Ryan Leaf on the sidelines please. 

[Meacon Keaton]

Last week of college football betting in Delaware.

Meacon’s bets with potential $500 on the line:

Oklahoma -1.5

Georgia +19.5 

Boise State +3.5

Pittsburgh +33.5

Northwestern +20.5

Virginia Tech +.5

California +8.5

[gunnar hendershow]

I like the Pittsburgh bet. They're still getting blown out but probably only by 4 TDs.

I went out with my fiance and her friend last night for drinks and some food and I was pretty hype to watch the MAC Championship (it's the Big 12 but colder!) and they went and turned the TVs over to the Pac-12 snoozefest.

[Meacon Keaton]

This Texas/Oklahoma game has been about as entertaining as their first game, despite having like forty less points.

[Meacon Keaton]

Tua is already going into the injury tent in the SEC title game. His knee is acting up again.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Wonder if his dad beats him for that too.

[Maxx]

So if Alabama loses, who gets screwed over so they can have their legally mandated playoff spot this year?