2013 College Football off-season

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"(One assistant) raises his hand and says, 'Coach, I'd do this. Just promise not to poke me in the eye.'"

:lol:

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That's a very old joke. The "assistant coach" is a blonde in the version I heard.

[OleMissCub]

Comparing the major conferences signing classes (Rivals ratings).

 

ACC (twelve teams)

5 - five stars

37 - four stars

 

Big 10 (twelve teams)

4 - five stars

54 - four stars (16 from Michigan and 16 from OSU)

 

Big XII (ten teams)

0 - five stars

31 - four stars (9 from just Texas)

 

Pac-12 (twelve teams)

6 - five stars (5 from USC)

53 - four stars

 

SEC (fourteen teams)

14 - five stars

118 - four stars (the bottom four teams MSU, Mizzou, KU, and Ark had just 10 four stars between them)

 

*Notre Dame ended up with 4 five-stars and 14 four-stars

 

Teams that ended up with 0 five stars and 0 four stars:

GA Tech

Duke

Wake Forest

NC State

Boston College

Iowa

Minnesota

Colorado

[snoodmonger]

Comparing the major conferences signing classes (Rivals ratings).

 

ACC (twelve teams)

5 - five stars

37 - four stars

 

Big 10 (twelve teams)

4 - five stars

54 - four stars (16 from Michigan and 16 from OSU)

 

Big XII (ten teams)

0 - five stars

31 - four stars (9 from just Texas)

 

Pac-12 (twelve teams)

6 - five stars (5 from USC)

53 - four stars

 

SEC (fourteen teams)

14 - five stars

118 - four stars (the bottom four teams MSU, Mizzou, KU, and Ark had just 10 four stars between them)

 

*Notre Dame ended up with 4 five-stars and 14 four-stars

 

Teams that ended up with 0 five stars and 0 four stars:

GA Tech

Duke

Wake Forest

NC State

Boston College

Iowa

Minnesota

Colorado

 

What a horrible recruiting year for the Big 12. Well, that's good for KU. I'm pretty excited about our class, too. A lot of top juco guys who can add instant talent. And many of them of 3 to play 2 and/or were dec grads.

[WrigleyField 22]

His point is that the sec reputation allows you to lose a game and still make the bcs title game. He wants the same luxury in the big ten and so he wants all the schools to improve so that his chances at a title are better. He could give a [expletive] what any big ten teams puts into facilities or coaching.

Other than better facilities and coaching -> better recruiting -> chance to lose a game and still get to national championship.

Maybe I'm completely off-base, but I have to think the facilities at a place like Michigan are pretty similar to any SEC school not named Alabama.

 

Meyer can whine all he wants, but it's pretty simple. SEC schools are located where most of the top talent is, and most of the kids in that football-crazy region grow up thinking Florida/Alabama/Georgia/Auburn is the ultimate prize. The same way every kid in Ohio grows up idolizing OSU players (and continues to idolize them as adults). It's always going to be difficult to persuade kids to go somewhere else where there's no regional tie.

It certainly seems like midwest isn't keeping their guys if thats the theory you want to go with though. Other than maybe Ohio State because Ohioans are obnoxious human beings.

 

 

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[Warpticon]

That's a very old joke. The "assistant coach" is a blonde in the version I heard.

 

So you're saying this is an...Urban legend?

[KingCubsFan]

His point is that the sec reputation allows you to lose a game and still make the bcs title game. He wants the same luxury in the big ten and so he wants all the schools to improve so that his chances at a title are better. He could give a [expletive] what any big ten teams puts into facilities or coaching.

Other than better facilities and coaching -> better recruiting -> chance to lose a game and still get to national championship.

Maybe I'm completely off-base, but I have to think the facilities at a place like Michigan are pretty similar to any SEC school not named Alabama.

 

Meyer can whine all he wants, but it's pretty simple. SEC schools are located where most of the top talent is, and most of the kids in that football-crazy region grow up thinking Florida/Alabama/Georgia/Auburn is the ultimate prize. The same way every kid in Ohio grows up idolizing OSU players (and continues to idolize them as adults). It's always going to be difficult to persuade kids to go somewhere else where there's no regional tie.

It certainly seems like midwest isn't keeping their guys if thats the theory you want to go with though. Other than maybe Ohio State because Ohioans are obnoxious human beings.

 

 

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Looking at the top 100 from the Midwest this year, only 4 of the top 20 and 10 of the top 50 (depending on how you define the Midwest) left the region. Michigan alone had 8 of the top 20.

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RT @PaulMyerberg: Ohio State sends out an advisory saying a turtle never bit Woody Hayes in the privates.

 

No comment on whether Woody accepted the asst coach's offer

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Louis Nix is the greatest athlete ever. His twitter is what Norm MacDonald's wishes it could be.

 

"Hate when I eat the last bite and didn’t notice it was the last bite so I couldn’t mentally prepare myself and get any closure."

[Cubswin11]

Good

 

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says Big Ten officials recently agreed to stop scheduling nonconference games against FCS programs.

 

"The nonconference schedule in our league is ridiculous," Alvarez said on WIBA-AM in Madison, Wis. "It's not very appealing ...

 

"So we've made an agreement that our future games will all be Division I schools. It will not be FCS schools."

[Derwood]

Does that mean the SEC teams will now schedule 3 per yet instead of 2?

[rawaction]

Good

 

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says Big Ten officials recently agreed to stop scheduling nonconference games against FCS programs.

 

"The nonconference schedule in our league is ridiculous," Alvarez said on WIBA-AM in Madison, Wis. "It's not very appealing ...

 

"So we've made an agreement that our future games will all be Division I schools. It will not be FCS schools."

 

Who the hell is IU going to beat now? I guess there's always the teams that are new to the FBS.

[Butterscup1679666578]

That really sucks for FCS schools. Hopefully this doesn't become a thing, because their budgets are maintained because of those road trips to FBS schools.

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Hopefully it actually sticks. Though it's funny to hear the guy that sets Wisconsin's schedule complain about OOC SOS.

[E.J.]

Hopefully it actually sticks. Though it's funny to hear the guy that sets Wisconsin's schedule complain about OOC SOS.

 

Eh. I don't think Wisconsin is any worse than any other FBS team other than Notre Dame. They all have crap OOC schedules.

[SouthSideRyan]

Good

 

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says Big Ten officials recently agreed to stop scheduling nonconference games against FCS programs.

 

"The nonconference schedule in our league is ridiculous," Alvarez said on WIBA-AM in Madison, Wis. "It's not very appealing ...

 

"So we've made an agreement that our future games will all be Division I schools. It will not be FCS schools."

 

Who the hell is IU going to beat now? I guess there's always the teams that are new to the FBS.

 

Tim Beckman should make it at least 8 games into next season.

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Saw some pretty funny Photoshop work with this one.

 

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Reuben-Foster-Sleep-2.jpg

[OleMissCub]

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[Guest]

http://www.insidesocal.com/usc/2013/02/15/usc-morning-buzz-17/

 

According to sources within the USC football program, former running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu found out he was fired via the Internet and Trojans coach Lane Kiffin has not spoken to him since he was dismissed.

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If Lane is trolling the Trojans, I'm impressed. Otherwise, his everyove continues to baffle me.

[Formerly Snayke]

Comparing the major conferences signing classes (Rivals ratings).

 

ACC (twelve teams)

5 - five stars

37 - four stars

 

Big 10 (twelve teams)

4 - five stars

54 - four stars (16 from Michigan and 16 from OSU)

 

Big XII (ten teams)

0 - five stars

31 - four stars (9 from just Texas)

 

Pac-12 (twelve teams)

6 - five stars (5 from USC)

53 - four stars

 

SEC (fourteen teams)

14 - five stars

118 - four stars (the bottom four teams MSU, Mizzou, KU, and Ark had just 10 four stars between them)

 

*Notre Dame ended up with 4 five-stars and 14 four-stars

 

Teams that ended up with 0 five stars and 0 four stars:

GA Tech

Duke

Wake Forest

NC State

Boston College

Iowa

Minnesota

Colorado

 

Good golly bulls balls the SEC is amazing. God almighty I wish there was no filter so I could express what we're going to do to college football next season.

[OleMissCub]

 

Good golly bulls balls the SEC is amazing. God almighty I wish there was no filter so I could express what we're going to do to college football next season.

 

fwiw, the shakedown within the SEC this year

 

Alabama

4 five-stars

13 four-stars

 

Florida

2 five-stars

14 three-stars

 

LSU

2 five-stars

15 three-stars

 

Ole Mi$$

3 five-stars

9 four-stars

 

Auburn

2 five-stars

9 four-stars

 

Texas A&M

0 five-stars

15 four-stars

 

Georgia

0 five-stars

15 four-stars

 

South Carolina

0 five-stars

8 four-stars

 

Vanderbilt

0 five-stars

5 four-stars

 

Tennessee

0 five-stars

5 four-stars

 

Mississippi State

1 five-star

2 four-stars

 

Arkansas

0 five-stars

4 four-stars

 

Kentucky

0 five-stars

3 four-stars

 

Mizzou

0 five-stars

1 four-star

[Guest]

What a shitty list: http://www.stadiumjourney.com/news/02-01-2013/252/college-football-stadium-experience-rankings-2012

 

Indiana!?

[Guest]

If Lane is trolling the Trojans, I'm impressed. Otherwise, his everyove continues to baffle me.

 

Enjoy - here are the highlights:

 

LA Daily News[/url]"]Kiffin's comment offered no insight into why Polamalu was fired. But several sources inside the football program said Kiffin and Polamalu's fallout occurred two days before the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

 

According to sources, Polamalu yelled at Kiffin and the pair had a heated argument on the evening of Dec. 29. Kiffin arrived at a Sun Bowl news conference the next morning with a scrape on his forehead, but sources said that was not related to his argument with Polamalu.

 

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Sources said Polamalu didn't realize he was in trouble until an administrator called him on national signing day (Feb. 6) and told him not to attend a recruiting dinner held at the Galen Center that night.

 

Two days later, Polamalu found out he was fired when he read reports on the Internet. Kiffin never called him and still hasn't spoken to him regarding his dismissal, sources said.

 

A former Pacific-12 Conference coach who knows Kiffin and Polamalu said Kiffin probably felt "threatened" by his sometimes outspoken assistant.

 

"(Kiffin) knew Kennedy was a no-nonsense guy and saw through the way things are done and isn't afraid to speak up," the coach said. "So he made a change.

 

"Maybe he was worried Kennedy might talk (about the program) and Kiffin wanted complete loyalty."

 

Sometimes I wish Lane Kiffin wouldn't do so many Lane Kiffin things because it's going to get him fired rather quickly.

[SouthSideRyan]

When Floyd Stadium was expanded to its current 30,788 seat capacity in 1997, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that MTSU would join the ranks of the ACC or SEC within the decade, but that has not happened.

 

http://www.onlinearsenal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9145&d=1344012845

 

#snood