2010 College Football Thread: As The BCS Turns

[Immortalfire]

Lmao @ Harbaugh blowing off Michelle Tafoya and Rece Davis

Congrats Stanford

 

[Mister J]

I think it's so disrespectful, and just ****ing stupid, to ask Harbaugh if he's leaving right before or right after the game. Exactly what do you expect the man to say? It's obvious where his focus is. I'd have cursed Tafoya out; maybe asked her if she knew where Erin Andrews was.

So, Stanford takes on TCU next, right? No. Oh yeah.

 

[Immortalfire]

Ever since the Les Miles incident in 07, I've made it a habit to roll eyes and laugh at the media's BS claims that they "know" someone is in their last game at a school, and are about to take another job.

Chris Mortensen doesn't know this is Harbaugh's last game any more than I know Molly Qerim's phone number.

 

[TMC1982]

At least before the BCS, you can argue that 3/4 (and five if you count the Cotton Bowl) had national title implications (even though it still wasn't a playoff) on the line in some shape or form for the most part:
BCS has ruined bowl-game tradition - The Denver Post

 

[Immortalfire]

Looks like RichRod is out at Michigan. What a shocker.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5988308

 

[BlackLantern]

color me surprised and flabbergasted


so anyone think Harbaugh takes that job?

 

[Dr. Evil]

color me surprised and flabbergasted


so anyone think Harbaugh takes that job?

Yes. The Harbaugh Bowl may have to be delayed for a while.

 

[rdh007]

As a Michigan fan, I have to say (type?) that it's embarrassing that the fanbase's (actually boosters) whining has resulted in the dumping of a winner for what looks like Brady friggin' Hoke. Will Michigan wait the six years Ball State did? "Chardonnay Blue" wins again.

Hey, I met Bo Schembechler's third cousin once...think I could get the OC job?

Idiots.

 

[Mister J]

I was OK with Rodriguez getting more time, provided something have been done about that defense (Goodbye, Greg Robinson). Alternatively, Richie could get the boot if they landed a big name. The rumor mill says otherwise right now, especially with Captain Comeback seemingly headed to the NFL (which is another phenomenon I don't get).

 

[Raiden]

color me surprised and flabbergasted


so anyone think Harbaugh takes that job?

I don't think Harbaugh will coach his alma mater. It'll be either staying at Stanford (if Luck returns) or go to the NFL for bigger paycheck and higher visibility.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I was OK with Rodriguez getting more time, provided something have been done about that defense (Goodbye, Greg Robinson). Alternatively, Richie could get the boot if they landed a big name. The rumor mill says otherwise right now, especially with Captain Comeback seemingly headed to the NFL (which is another phenomenon I don't get).

NFL teams hope that he can be as good of an NFL coach as his brother.

 

[BlackLantern]

ok so apparently the AP is reporting that RichRod is NOT fired....yet

allegedly he and the Michigan AD are meeting tomorrow morning

 

[Byrd Man]

So they're pretty much gonna wait until Harbaugh says he's interested before kicking RichRod out the door? Guess they gotta keep all their bases covered.

 

[Immortalfire]

Dammit Arkansas

 

[Byrd Man]

Pretty good game, though....well from what I saw. I turned it at halftime, figured it was over. Sucks they lost after coming back. From what I saw, those receivers couldn't catch a VD if they tried to. Too many drops.

 

[Ironfan72]

Go Buckeyes!!! Great Game and great opponent, finally beat a SEC team, two BCS bowl wins in a row over Oregon and Arkansas.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Yeah, WR's were dropping key plays left and right. DT had the best hands of the night.

 

[Spider-Fan]

That's my Bucks

 

[claydogg]

I'm so happy rich rod is gone,, I hope U of M gets "Les Miles" now.

 

[BlackLantern]

He's not gone yet, at least not officially

the NCAA really needs to update these rules on what student athletes can or cannot accept, they need to address this use of runners and "hostesses", it seems like the NCAA rules for this stuff are so f'ng patchwork because they are so busy playing catch up

 

[Immortalfire]

Pretty good game, though....well from what I saw. I turned it at halftime, figured it was over. Sucks they lost after coming back. From what I saw, those receivers couldn't catch a VD if they tried to. Too many drops.

Yeah, for what seemed the first time ever, Mallett's guys couldn't catch anything. I was very surprised by that

 

[Immortalfire]

ESPN is now saying for real this time..that RichRod has been canned. Really. They mean it this time.

 

[claydogg]

Yeah I guess they wanted to make him sweat it out like all michigan fans like myself did with his 108 ranked defense..

and his kicker that was 4 for 15..... anyways I guess he still gets 3.5 million for destroying a 33 in row bowl apearance team.

 

[BlackLantern]

for realz, realz?

 

[claydogg]

new prospects for U of M coach

brady hoke

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/562273-...ady-hoke/page/1


les miles

Has there ever been a more polarizing coach in college football?

Les Miles is the luckiest man alive. Les Miles is a genius play caller, an idiot, a great man. Les Miles eats grass. Les Miles doesn't know a hole in the ground from his sassafras.

In the last six years, Les Miles has been described as anything from a completely oblivious boob to a conquering hero of national championship fame.

Truth be told, he could be all of those things and a lot more. Yet, if you ask key members of the athletic department, particularly those who see the profit and loss statement, you might hear the only relevant description of LSU's oft-criticized head coach.

"Les Miles is the most valuable college football coach in America."

Is that right? We know he is one of the most expensive at $3.8M per year through 2014, but is he really worth that kind of dough?

Some LSU fans, and not a "conservative reporter"-type minority of sport media pundits, don't think so. At 10-2, in a year when LSU beat more ranked teams than any other top-10 team, there are still some calling for his ouster.

That doesn't make sense when you consider that Miles has the highest winning percentage of any coach in LSU history. By any traditional method of evaluating coaches, Miles is 'Hall of Fame' great.

How Valuable is Les Miles?

Miles is judged not by the 61 victories, but the 17 losses. The victories are not judged even by the result but the margin and if you didn't win by a lot, you might as well have lost.

If a player is better than expected (Jacob Hester), he was just over looked by recruiting services. But if he is not yet performing at the level of his initial hype (Russell Shepard), then it's because Miles and crew can't evaluate or develop talent.

If a player doesn't execute, it is because Miles didn't coach him up. On the other hand, when players do execute, it's because they were just great to begin with.

When Miles won in his initial years, it was because he inherited Nick Saban's players. Yet this year, without a single Saban recruit and with a still struggling offense, LSU traverses one of the most difficult schedules in the country and it’s because LSU recruits talent that wins despite him.

Is your head spinning yet?

Mine too, but we still haven't addressed the question of Miles' value as a coach. What does he bring to the table?

According to Les Miles, "The full measure of success is to graduate and win championships."

Since 2005, when Miles took over the program, LSU's Football team has increased its APR—Academic Progress Rate, a measure the NCAA uses in determining a school's compliance with academic regulations—from 923 to 960 in 2009, which ranks in the top four in the SEC.


A Proven Winner

Miles has two SEC West crowns, an SEC and a National Championship to his credit.

The team is poised to receive its fourth major (New Year's Day or greater) bowl invitation this year.

Under his leadership, LSU's recruiting has finished only once outside of the top 10, finishing No. 11 in 2005, when Miles was hired with less than a month to go before National Signing Day.

LSU is currently projected to finish in the top five for the fourth time in Miles' six years in Baton Rouge.

Miles also runs, what is by all accounts, one of the cleanest programs in the increasingly ill-reputed toughest conference in the country.