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[Andy]

June Jones has signed a 5 year, $10 million contract with SMU.

 

how can someone write that article and never once type out "Southern Methodist University'"? What if a casual fan thinks this is Southern Miss? Dumb

 

Isn't Southern Miss USM?

It is indeed, and USM's coach didn't leave.

[dew1679666265]

June Jones has signed a 5 year, $10 million contract with SMU.

 

how can someone write that article and never once type out "Southern Methodist University'"? What if a casual fan thinks this is Southern Miss? Dumb

 

Isn't Southern Miss USM?

It is indeed, and USM's coach didn't leave.

 

He actually did. USM's coach was forced to resign and they hired Oklahoma State's offensive coordinator to replace him. And then OSU hired Trooper Taylor away from Tennessee. :evil:

[Derwood]

June Jones has signed a 5 year, $10 million contract with SMU.

 

how can someone write that article and never once type out "Southern Methodist University'"? What if a casual fan thinks this is Southern Miss? Dumb

 

Isn't Southern Miss USM?

 

maybe. it's just a pet peeve when writers use the acronym seven times in an article and never spell it out. it's lazy

[Jon]

Matt Limegrover and six other assistant coaches are leaving SIU to join Jerry Kill at NIU.

 

I was hoping NU would at least take a look at Limegrover. Hopefully they did.

[TruffleShuffle]

i liked the good hawai'i team, but given the poor facilities and non-existent recruiting budget at hawai'i, i can't blame jones for leaving. plus his salary is getting doubled.

 

smu is really committing themselves to finally recovering from the death penalty. hope it works out for them.

[E.J.]

Looks like Michigan is hiring Jay Hopson from Southern Miss as it's new defensive coordinator. I don't know anything about him, but after reading his bio it sounds like he could be a good choice. I guess we'll see.

[dew1679666265]

i liked the good hawai'i team, but given the poor facilities and non-existent recruiting budget at hawai'i, i can't blame jones for leaving. plus his salary is getting doubled.

 

smu is really committing themselves to finally recovering from the death penalty. hope it works out for them.

 

Watching them over the past couple of years, I've started to really like the way they play. Don't know if it was more June Jones or the team, but I began pulling for them a little this year.

 

Wonder who they're looking at for a new head coach?

[Jon]

i liked the good hawai'i team, but given the poor facilities and non-existent recruiting budget at hawai'i, i can't blame jones for leaving. plus his salary is getting doubled.

 

smu is really committing themselves to finally recovering from the death penalty. hope it works out for them.

 

Watching them over the past couple of years, I've started to really like the way they play. Don't know if it was more June Jones or the team, but I began pulling for them a little this year.

 

Wonder who they're looking at for a new head coach?

Well, they won't have an AD to conduct the search. Herman Frazier is stepping down tomorrow.

[dew1679666265]

i liked the good hawai'i team, but given the poor facilities and non-existent recruiting budget at hawai'i, i can't blame jones for leaving. plus his salary is getting doubled.

 

smu is really committing themselves to finally recovering from the death penalty. hope it works out for them.

 

Watching them over the past couple of years, I've started to really like the way they play. Don't know if it was more June Jones or the team, but I began pulling for them a little this year.

 

Wonder who they're looking at for a new head coach?

Well, they won't have an AD to conduct the search. Herman Frazier is stepping down tomorrow.

 

Dang. Turnover like crazy. I'm going to have to watch another coaching (and AD now) search.

[Flames24Rulz]

i liked the good hawai'i team, but given the poor facilities and non-existent recruiting budget at hawai'i, i can't blame jones for leaving. plus his salary is getting doubled.

 

smu is really committing themselves to finally recovering from the death penalty. hope it works out for them.

 

Watching them over the past couple of years, I've started to really like the way they play. Don't know if it was more June Jones or the team, but I began pulling for them a little this year.

 

Wonder who they're looking at for a new head coach?

 

I'm not afraid to admit it. I jumped on Hawaii's bandwagon. I love the way they play and I hope that doesn't really change even with Jones' departure.

 

He's got a huge task in front of him at SMU. If he can turn that program around to where it once was, he's going to have a pretty good lasting legacy.

[shnsajax]

i liked the good hawai'i team, but given the poor facilities and non-existent recruiting budget at hawai'i, i can't blame jones for leaving. plus his salary is getting doubled.

 

smu is really committing themselves to finally recovering from the death penalty. hope it works out for them.

 

It would be nice to see them come back. If anything I would expect them to come to the level of the U of Houston, and not much more.

 

Would be cool if they hired Craig James and Eric Dickerson.

[dew1679666265]

i liked the good hawai'i team, but given the poor facilities and non-existent recruiting budget at hawai'i, i can't blame jones for leaving. plus his salary is getting doubled.

 

smu is really committing themselves to finally recovering from the death penalty. hope it works out for them.

 

Watching them over the past couple of years, I've started to really like the way they play. Don't know if it was more June Jones or the team, but I began pulling for them a little this year.

 

Wonder who they're looking at for a new head coach?

 

I'm not afraid to admit it. I jumped on Hawaii's bandwagon. I love the way they play and I hope that doesn't really change even with Jones' departure.

 

He's got a huge task in front of him at SMU. If he can turn that program around to where it once was, he's going to have a pretty good lasting legacy.

 

That's kind of what I feel bad about - being accused of being a bandwagoner. Thing is, I'm not becoming a fan because of their success but because of the way they play and the game atmosphere.

 

I watched every Hawaii game I could this year and their atmosphere during games is solid. The fanbase seems excited and really gets into the games (it seems).

 

I'll still live and die with Tennessee, but I'm rooting for Hawaii from now on too. And like you Flames, I hope they keep the run and shoot in place.

[Jon]

I watched every Hawaii game I could this year and their atmosphere during games is solid. The fanbase seems excited and really gets into the games (it seems).

A little too excited. I could never root for Hawai'i with their fanbase. The negative media attention they've received, albeit sparse, has certainly been well deserved by all accounts I've read.

 

Obviously it's not all of their fans, but it's a bad place for visiting fans to watch a game because of an ever-present group.

[Guest]

I watched every Hawaii game I could this year and their atmosphere during games is solid. The fanbase seems excited and really gets into the games (it seems).

A little too excited. I could never root for Hawai'i with their fanbase. The negative media attention they've received, albeit sparse, has certainly been well deserved by all accounts I've read.

 

Obviously it's not all of their fans, but it's a bad place for visiting fans to watch a game because of an ever-present group.

Ahh, I guess I'm not the only one who has read about a certain group of Raider-like* Hawaii fans at home games.

 

*Apologies, soccer.

[Flames24Rulz]

I watched every Hawaii game I could this year and their atmosphere during games is solid. The fanbase seems excited and really gets into the games (it seems).

A little too excited. I could never root for Hawai'i with their fanbase. The negative media attention they've received, albeit sparse, has certainly been well deserved by all accounts I've read.

 

Obviously it's not all of their fans, but it's a bad place for visiting fans to watch a game because of an ever-present group.

Ahh, I guess I'm not the only one who has read about a certain group of Raider-like* Hawaii fans at home games.

 

*Apologies, soccer.

 

I've heard about this too. Can anyone enlighten on this some more?

[jersey cubs fan]

June Jones has signed a 5 year, $10 million contract with SMU.

 

how can someone write that article and never once type out "Southern Methodist University'"? What if a casual fan thinks this is Southern Miss? Dumb

 

Isn't Southern Miss USM?

 

maybe. it's just a pet peeve when writers use the acronym seven times in an article and never spell it out. it's lazy

 

But it's SMU. It's practically the name. SMU and USC are the two schools that are most readily indentifiable by their acronyms. I really don't think it's lazy.

 

By the way, first paragraph:

DALLAS -- Staying at Hawaii would have been the easy choice for June Jones. It was the challenge of rebuilding a tattered football program that led him to take the coaching job at Southern Methodist, which stumbled to a 1-11 record this season.

Edited January 8, 2008 by jersey cubs fan

[Guest]

I watched every Hawaii game I could this year and their atmosphere during games is solid. The fanbase seems excited and really gets into the games (it seems).

A little too excited. I could never root for Hawai'i with their fanbase. The negative media attention they've received, albeit sparse, has certainly been well deserved by all accounts I've read.

 

Obviously it's not all of their fans, but it's a bad place for visiting fans to watch a game because of an ever-present group.

Ahh, I guess I'm not the only one who has read about a certain group of Raider-like* Hawaii fans at home games.

 

*Apologies, soccer.

 

No offense taken. Most Raider fans are idiots. I wouldn't attend a Raider home game if I wasn't wearing white/silver/black.

[TruffleShuffle]

But it's SMU. It's practically the name. SMU and USC are the two schools that are most readily indentifiable by their acronyms. I really don't think it's lazy.

 

except that everyone in the Southeast thinks that USC refers to South Carolina.

[Jon]

I watched every Hawaii game I could this year and their atmosphere during games is solid. The fanbase seems excited and really gets into the games (it seems).

A little too excited. I could never root for Hawai'i with their fanbase. The negative media attention they've received, albeit sparse, has certainly been well deserved by all accounts I've read.

 

Obviously it's not all of their fans, but it's a bad place for visiting fans to watch a game because of an ever-present group.

Ahh, I guess I'm not the only one who has read about a certain group of Raider-like* Hawaii fans at home games.

 

*Apologies, soccer.

 

I've heard about this too. Can anyone enlighten on this some more?

They have a history of starting fights, throwing things, and shouting insults at innocent fans of the other team. Visiting bands have been an especially easy target for throwing things.

[Jon]

Calling Raisin. What can you tell me about Chuck Bullough? It looks like Fitz has some interest in him, although it could be for LBers coach and not DC:

 

LA Daily News[/url]"]UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel spoke with USC assistant and former Bruins All-American linebacker Ken Norton Jr. about a return to Westwood, sources said, while UCLA linebackers coach Chuck Bullough met with Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald.

 

Norton was an All-American in 1987, and his status as a strong recruiter and as the linebackers coach at rival USC serves as a constant source of consternation for UCLA fans.

 

Where Norton fits into the landscape of Neuheisel's staff is uncertain, but it could be contingent on what happens with Bullough. Fitzgerald received permission from Neuheisel to speak with Bullough, and the two met during the ongoing coaches convention in Anaheim.

 

Northwestern has an opening for a defensive coordinator, but Bullough said that was not part of his conversation with Fitzgerald.

 

"I don't see that happening at all," Bullough said. "I'm excited to be at UCLA."

 

Bullough was born in East Lansing, Mich., and played at hometown Michigan State. When DeWayne Walker agreed to remain as UCLA's defensive coordinator last week, keeping Bullough was part of the agreement, and he was given a raise.

 

However, sources close to Bullough said he has a desire to return to the Midwest.

 

One possible scenario is for Bullough to leave and Norton Jr. to move back to his alma mater to be UCLA's linebackers coach and assistant head coach.

[shnsajax]

June Jones has signed a 5 year, $10 million contract with SMU.

 

how can someone write that article and never once type out "Southern Methodist University'"? What if a casual fan thinks this is Southern Miss? Dumb

 

Isn't Southern Miss USM?

 

maybe. it's just a pet peeve when writers use the acronym seven times in an article and never spell it out. it's lazy

 

But it's SMU. It's practically the name. SMU and USC are the two schools that are most readily indentifiable by their acronyms. I really don't think it's lazy.

 

By the way, first paragraph:

DALLAS -- Staying at Hawaii would have been the easy choice for June Jones. It was the challenge of rebuilding a tattered football program that led him to take the coaching job at Southern Methodist, which stumbled to a 1-11 record this season.

 

I would have thought it was the $10 Million, and the fact that he didn't seem to get along with the AD who was promptly let go once Jones left.

 

There was some kind of brief comment this morning on the radio about the Falcons having a high interest in Pete Carroll. I would be shocked if that happened, but thought it was worth mentioning.

[CuseCubFan69]

June Jones has signed a 5 year, $10 million contract with SMU.

 

how can someone write that article and never once type out "Southern Methodist University'"? What if a casual fan thinks this is Southern Miss? Dumb

 

Isn't Southern Miss USM?

 

maybe. it's just a pet peeve when writers use the acronym seven times in an article and never spell it out. it's lazy

 

But it's SMU. It's practically the name. SMU and USC are the two schools that are most readily indentifiable by their acronyms. I really don't think it's lazy.

 

By the way, first paragraph:

DALLAS -- Staying at Hawaii would have been the easy choice for June Jones. It was the challenge of rebuilding a tattered football program that led him to take the coaching job at Southern Methodist, which stumbled to a 1-11 record this season.

 

I would have thought it was the $10 Million, and the fact that he didn't seem to get along with the AD who was promptly let go once Jones left.

 

There was some kind of brief comment this morning on the radio about the Falcons having a high interest in Pete Carroll. I would be shocked if that happened, but thought it was worth mentioning.

 

If I were Pete I'd go to Washington or Miami before Atlanta. He certainly has a sweet gig at USC though and it's going to take a boatload of cash to get him away from there.

[Guest]

Calling Raisin. What can you tell me about Chuck Bullough? It looks like Fitz has some interest in him, although it could be for LBers coach and not DC:

 

Heh, was gonna post that. He's one of 2 assistants that Walker demanded be brought back as a condition of his re-signing. I don't know what to think about him since he has worked with pretty solid veteran college LBs (and behind a great DL) but the results were good. I don't think you can get him w/o promotion (even if he's a Midwestern guy) but I wouldn't mind his defection since it'd open the door to Ken Norton, Jr. returning to UCLA.

[Guest]

If I were Pete I'd go to Washington or Miami before Atlanta. He certainly has a sweet gig at USC though and it's going to take a boatload of cash to get him away from there.

 

Every year we hear Petey is going somewhere. If it isn't a California team in a good situation, I might believe the rumors.

[CuseCubFan69]

If I were Pete I'd go to Washington or Miami before Atlanta. He certainly has a sweet gig at USC though and it's going to take a boatload of cash to get him away from there.

 

Every year we hear Petey is going somewhere. If it isn't a California team in a good situation, I might believe the rumors.

 

 

Yeah, you're probably right but your coach Rick should take advantage of that if he can! Washington and Miami are both storied franchises though and Miami has nice weather much like California.