College Football - Championship Week

[CubinNY]

Swarbrick said he made the decision to keep Weis after talking with Notre Dame's president, the Rev. John Jenkins.

 

and after reviewing how much it would cost to buy out weis' contract, i'm guessing.

 

It wouldn't shock me if that played a big part.

 

I was hoping they'd fire Weis just so that they'd tempt Urban Meyer with mega money.

 

It's pretty much the main reason Weis is being kept. If they win less than 9 games next year, I think he's gone, and they'll back a dumptruck full of money up to everyone. Meyer, Saban, Stoops, Belotti, Kelly, whomever.

They'd be better to go after a Tressel type of coach (lower division, proven winner = less money) and try to rebuild from the ground up. If Wies's recruiting is up to what the "experts" say it is than whomever replaces him should have a lot of talent to mold.

 

ND fans don't want Tressel (or his type). OSU fans only put up with him because the team wins consistently, not because he's a good coach.

As per usual, you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

 

Tressel was a proven winner at the lover division and they could get him cheaply AND THAT WAS THE REASON THEY WENT AFTER HIM. They were paying a huge salary buyout for Cooper and could have gotten pretty much anyone for the right price. When he got to OSU he changed the culture of the football team almost immediately. One of his first acts as head coach was to get rid of several high profile players who failed to go to class. After he replicated things at OSU they gave him a nice contract.

 

OSU fans don't put up with him. He's a great coach and he's won at every level.

 

ND and their fans would be well served to find someone like Tressel.

[Derwood]

Swarbrick said he made the decision to keep Weis after talking with Notre Dame's president, the Rev. John Jenkins.

 

and after reviewing how much it would cost to buy out weis' contract, i'm guessing.

 

It wouldn't shock me if that played a big part.

 

I was hoping they'd fire Weis just so that they'd tempt Urban Meyer with mega money.

 

It's pretty much the main reason Weis is being kept. If they win less than 9 games next year, I think he's gone, and they'll back a dumptruck full of money up to everyone. Meyer, Saban, Stoops, Belotti, Kelly, whomever.

They'd be better to go after a Tressel type of coach (lower division, proven winner = less money) and try to rebuild from the ground up. If Wies's recruiting is up to what the "experts" say it is than whomever replaces him should have a lot of talent to mold.

 

ND fans don't want Tressel (or his type). OSU fans only put up with him because the team wins consistently, not because he's a good coach.

As per usual, you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

 

Tressel was a proven winner at the lover division and they could get him cheaply AND THAT WAS THE REASON THEY WENT AFTER HIM. They were paying a huge salary buyout for Cooper and could have gotten pretty much anyone for the right price. When he got to OSU he changed the culture of the football team almost immediately. One of his first acts as head coach was to get rid of several high profile players who failed to go to class. After he replicated things at OSU they gave him a nice contract.

 

OSU fans don't put up with him. He's a great coach and he's won at every level.

 

ND and their fans would be well served to find someone like Tressel.

 

You don't listen to Columbus sports radio or read Columbus sports journalism. Tressel recruits well because his in-state competition is several levels below OSU (Akron, Toledo, Ohio, Cincy). His play-calling is terrible and he fails to show the ability to make in-game adjustments. The guy has been successful, but he's not some amazing coach that everyone should be clamoring for.

[CubinNY]

Swarbrick said he made the decision to keep Weis after talking with Notre Dame's president, the Rev. John Jenkins.

 

and after reviewing how much it would cost to buy out weis' contract, i'm guessing.

 

It wouldn't shock me if that played a big part.

 

I was hoping they'd fire Weis just so that they'd tempt Urban Meyer with mega money.

 

It's pretty much the main reason Weis is being kept. If they win less than 9 games next year, I think he's gone, and they'll back a dumptruck full of money up to everyone. Meyer, Saban, Stoops, Belotti, Kelly, whomever.

They'd be better to go after a Tressel type of coach (lower division, proven winner = less money) and try to rebuild from the ground up. If Wies's recruiting is up to what the "experts" say it is than whomever replaces him should have a lot of talent to mold.

 

ND fans don't want Tressel (or his type). OSU fans only put up with him because the team wins consistently, not because he's a good coach.

As per usual, you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

 

Tressel was a proven winner at the lover division and they could get him cheaply AND THAT WAS THE REASON THEY WENT AFTER HIM. They were paying a huge salary buyout for Cooper and could have gotten pretty much anyone for the right price. When he got to OSU he changed the culture of the football team almost immediately. One of his first acts as head coach was to get rid of several high profile players who failed to go to class. After he replicated things at OSU they gave him a nice contract.

 

OSU fans don't put up with him. He's a great coach and he's won at every level.

 

ND and their fans would be well served to find someone like Tressel.

 

You don't listen to Columbus sports radio or read Columbus sports journalism. Tressel recruits well because his in-state competition is several levels below OSU (Akron, Toledo, Ohio, Cincy). His play-calling is terrible and he fails to show the ability to make in-game adjustments. The guy has been successful, but he's not some amazing coach that everyone should be clamoring for.

That's asinine. Since when do radio hosts and sports writers decide anything? His record at every level speaks for itself.

[Derwood]

they don't decide things, but they express opinions about what's going on. You act like people can't be dissatisfied with a coach regardless of his record.

[Exile on Waveland]

they don't decide things, but they express opinions about what's going on. You act like people can't be dissatisfied with a coach regardless of his record.

 

And you're acting like Ohio State fans are in any way rational.

[Derwood]

they don't decide things, but they express opinions about what's going on. You act like people can't be dissatisfied with a coach regardless of his record.

 

And you're acting like Ohio State fans are in any way rational.

 

no less rational than any other fan base

[Mephistopheles]

Guys the biggest game, BCS wise, might be Cincinnati versus Hawaii this weekend.

 

In the Colley Play God feature, right now Texas is sitting #1, Oklahoma sitting #2, Alabama sitting #3 and Florida sitting #4.

 

If we enter Oklahoma over Missouri and Florida over Alabama, Texas drops to #2, Oklahoma moves up to #1 and Florida slides up to #3. However, if we add Cincinnati losing to Hawaii, then Oklahoma drops from #1 to #3 and Florida goes from #3 to #1. If you think that has a very little chance of happening. Consider their Sagarin predictor. despite being top 15, Cincy's is 77.06 #36 in the country. Hawaii's is 63.05 and has been rising like crazy. Sure they're a good two touchdown favorite, but their intensity has been peaking lately. They have losses are to Oregon State, Florida, Boise State and a (at the time) solid San Jose State team. They're certainly capable of knocking off Cincy this weekend. On the BCS scale this game has as much importance as any other game this weekend.

[Hosak8]

New Head Coach Lane Kiffin meets with QB commit Tahj Boyd to tell him that he will honor his commitment, but that he is not a good fit for Kiffin's system. Boyd has now decommitted from Tennessee and will open it back up.

 

Before anyone asks, this has nothing to do with the Matt Barkley rumors that have been swirling on the internet. THose rumors are unfounded, and Barkley will enroll at USC at semester's end.

[NOLA]

BTW from SEC country, big news swirling all over that Tubberville is GONE from Auburn. AU officials met with reps for Bobby Petrino at Arkansas and Leach from Texas Tech to gauge their interest. Petrino said absolutely NO, but Leach said he would be very interested if the job became open. Finebaum on his radio show down in Bammer says that prompted Auburn to give the pink slip to Tommy T. Also more questionable sources say Tubberville is thinking about Mississppi State. As the SEC turns...

 

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/12/tommy_tuberville_is_out_as_aub.html

[SpongeWorthy]

What the hell is going at Auburn? I don't follow the program particularly closely but Tuberville's body of work speaks for itself. Doesn't he have one of the very best records in college football against ranked opponents?

[NOLA]

What the hell is going at Auburn? I don't follow the program particularly closely but Tuberville's body of work speaks for itself. Doesn't he have one of the very best records in college football against ranked opponents?

 

I only follow the SEC closely, but I can tell you that there are some serious back door dealings in this part of the football world. The boosters have always hated Tommy T, and now that Bama is back to national prominence, enough was enough. AU vs. Bama is a HUGE rivalry. Also, TT was always flirting with other jobs (see Arkansas, Clemson, Nebraska, etc). It's the same reason (among many others) Arkansas soured on crazy ass Houston Nutt. Again as I said in the previous post, don't be surprised if TT goes to Miss St.

[SpongeWorthy]

Yeah some cursory reading has led me to believe that the powers that be at Auburn don't exactly take a shine to Tuberville. Still, if the UA/AU rivalry is that huge (which I don't doubt) why would Auburn want to fire the man who has been the biggest nemesis of Alabama in the history of the series?

 

They want to keep up with Alabama but who's out there that's going to become another Saban? Personally, I think Tuberville's already in that class. He doesn't have the mega wattage star power that's going to bring in top 5 classes every year but he's had some truly great years and lots of good ones. Now after one mediocre campaign they're tossing him?

 

And yeah, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Tuberville takes another job in the SEC. He won't be out of work for long and he shouldn't be. He's a good coach.

 

Edit: And I should add that Tuberville accomplished a hell of a lot more at Auburn than Nutt did at Arkansas and however strained the relationship he has w ith Auburn it doesn't seem nearly as severe as what Nutt put the Razorbacks through. That whole episode was a circus.

[NOLA]

Yeah some cursory reading has led me to believe that the powers that be at Auburn don't exactly take a shine to Tuberville. Still, if the UA/AU rivalry is that huge (which I don't doubt) why would Auburn want to fire the man who has been the biggest nemesis of Alabama in the history of the series?

 

They want to keep up with Alabama but who's out there that's going to become another Saban? Personally, I think Tuberville's already in that class. He doesn't have the mega wattage star power that's going to bring in top 5 classes every year but he's had some truly great years and lots of good ones. Now after one mediocre campaign they're tossing him?

 

And yeah, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Tuberville takes another job in the SEC. He won't be out of work for long and he shouldn't be. He's a good coach.

 

Edit: And I should add that Tuberville accomplished a hell of a lot more at Auburn than Nutt did at Arkansas and however strained the relationship he has w ith Auburn it doesn't seem nearly as severe as what Nutt put the Razorbacks through. That whole episode was a circus.

 

I have my own personal thoughts on the Nutt situation, but will spare you. He is a snake oil salesman. As for TT and Auburn vs Bama, it's what have you done for me lately. The SEC is ridiculously competitive. The hot coaches/teams in the league now are Meyer at FLA, Nutt at Ole Piss, Saban at BAMA, and Petrino at Arkie. Auburn, Tenn, South Carolina are sorta stale news these days. LSU even has been down on Les Miles since Day 1. It's all about keeping up with the Joneses, and in the SEC it is dog eat dog. Sorta sick, but then again that is why it is consistently great.

[Mephistopheles]

Tuberville, yuck. Tuberville could find a job in a heartbeat if he does not want to take the year off. Miss State had better be on the phones.

[NOLA]

Tuberville, yuck. Tuberville could find a job in a heartbeat if he does not want to take the year off. Miss State had better be on the phones.

 

You're right, he will. Miss Sate has been in touch all day apparantly. All the rumors here are Mike Leach to Auburn. Presser tomorrow!

 

If AU were smart they would go hard after Charlie Strong. IMO, Leach will not win in the SEC, but then again the SEC is changing.

[Andy]

Meh, Weis coming back isn't good but it shouldn't be a disaster. If Brian Kelly ends up getting hired by someone else this off-season I will feel worse about it. Charlie being who he is, he'll probably make more efforts to shake things up this off-season, efforts that should include dumping John Latina as OL coach and Brian Polian as special teams coach. Hopefully it will also include addressing the fact that we basically have two defensive coordinators (Tenuta and Brown).

 

Once again by schedule alone ND will probably win 6 or 7 games in 2009. Nevada replaces San Diego State and Washington State (neutral-site in San Antonio) replaces @UNC, and besides that it's the same relatively weak schedule as 2008.

[Andy]

Ball State has turned down Boise State's request to play in the Humanitarian Bowl against the Broncos, and the BSU Bowl will not happen because Boise would rather play TCU in San Diego than go to a neutral site to play BSU.

 

I don't like this move for either BSU, but I like it for us less. Pounding a Minnesota/Illinois/Wisconsin in Detroit is not going to do anything for us.

[Mephistopheles]

problem is youll likely lose 2 of those 3 matchups

[Andy]

problem is youll likely lose 2 of those 3 matchups

That's absolutely ridiculous.

[Derwood]

problem is youll likely lose 2 of those 3 matchups

That's absolutely ridiculous.

 

not really. I watched BSU a few times this year and they did fine against the inferior talent of the MAC. Mediocre Big Ten teams are just more talented than MAC teams. It's hard to argue that.

[Andy]

problem is youll likely lose 2 of those 3 matchups

That's absolutely ridiculous.

 

not really. I watched BSU a few times this year and they did fine against the inferior talent of the MAC. Mediocre Big Ten teams are just more talented than MAC teams. It's hard to argue that.

I have no problem saying it's not a guaranteed win (my previous comment about beating those teams was just referring to the fact that a win wouldn't help us, not dismissing those opponents as pushovers). But to say we'd 'likely lose' to a team that should've lost to Cal Poly (Wisconsin) or a team that got beat by a team we crushed (Illinois) or a team that should've lost to NIU - who we crushed - and got crushed by Michigan (Minnesota) is a little unrealistic to me. I know this is all transitive and that's not overly predictive, but that's all I have to go on.

[Exile on Waveland]

Illinois isn't bowl eligible.

[Andy]

Illinois isn't bowl eligible.

Well then...I didn't know that.

 

Looks like the Motor City matchup would be Minnesota - Gophers are tied with Wisconsin for 6th but I assume the Badgers would get more attention for the 6th tie-in.

[Derwood]

Illinois isn't bowl eligible.

Well then...I didn't know that.

 

Looks like the Motor City matchup would be Minnesota - Gophers are tied with Wisconsin for 6th but I assume the Badgers would get more attention for the 6th tie-in.

 

You would have a decent shot against Minnesota, who started hot and then seemed to remember that they were Minnesota about halfway through the year

[Mephistopheles]

Actually, when Ohio State is officially the final BCS team, the Big Ten won't have enough bowl eligible teams to send someone to the Motor City Bowl. You're going to facing one of the lower ACC teams, probably NC State or Wake Forest.