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Patterson at TCU just signed an extension, with rumor being that Kelly is working on one. My friend in the office just joked that it's funny how no one was signing extensions last week when Notre Dame had a coach.

I think it's assume whichever of Iowa/PSU doesn't get a BCS gets the CapOne. makes sense. CapOne gets, what, a 4th place SEC team this year? (with Bama/Florida in the BCS and LSU in the Cotton)? Ole Miss is going to the Cotton vs Oklahoma State. LSU will probably end up in the CapOne.

Really? I don't watch ND more than 3 times a year and am not that familiar with their defensive personnel. But the guy was an extremely successful DC whom Notre Dame fans were thrilled to hire. He took a reasonably talented defense and made them look absolutely stupid, week in and week out. Kyle McCarthy, Manti Te'o, Raeshon McNeil, Robert Blanton, Ethan Johnson, Kapron Lewis-Moore...these aren't world-beating names, but they sure as hell aren't members of a group that should rank in the bottom third of FBS defenses and manage to lose 4 different games in which ND scores 27 points or more. And yes, I was thrilled to get him too. Mea culpa.

As good as Jimmy Clausen is, he will leave ND without a winning regular season. Which can be blamed entirely on Jon Tenuta, the single worst assistant Notre Dame has had in my conscious life.

Here's to the Saints starting 15-0 and the Colts losing a game so that NBC flexes us into Sunday night so the entire country can watch my Panthers get defenestrated.

There's nothing clearly wrong with Kelly. But Stoops would be a home-run hire as opposed to Kelly's solid down-the-line double. JMO.

Why? Stoops has a title ring. He's been to like half the national title games since the BCS was instituted. He has coached 2 QBs, 1 of whom clearly didn't have pro-football chops, to a Heisman Trophy, almost coached AD to a 3rd, and until this injury-riddled year had done nothing but pile up 9 and 10-win seasons. And he's done all that at one of the top-tier programs. His resume is top notch but I think you have to temper it with the fact that Oklahoma didn't really deserve to be in any of the last three BCS title games Stoops took them to. On top of that he didn't win any of them and they weren't especially competitive games either. There's two other BCS losses in that time frame and he's lost 4 out of the last 5 against Texas. At this point, I'll worry about winning the big games when we can get to them. Stoops has shown he can get to them. And how did Oklahoma not deserve their bid in the 04 BCS title game? They were a clear #2 behind USC. They were ranked #1 the time before that (sketchy perhaps, but still).

Why? Stoops has a title ring. He's been to like half the national title games since the BCS was instituted. He has coached 2 QBs, 1 of whom clearly didn't have pro-football chops, to a Heisman Trophy, almost coached AD to a 3rd, and until this injury-riddled year had done nothing but pile up 9 and 10-win seasons. And he's done all that at one of the top-tier programs.

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Which really isn't all that bad of a fallback option. Meh. Cincy has no running game and no defense. Kelly openly admitted he entered the Illinois game trying to outscore them. Seems like if we wanted someone that fit those criteria that we already had him. Granted, Kelly has succeeded greatly at Cincy, but so did Rodriguez at WVU (also in the Big East). I'd be hopeful for Kelly but not overly confident if he was the guy.

No worries, Weis is white and arrogant so no one will run around trying to credit him for the next coach's success (if he has any). Stoops just said he'll be at Oklahoma next year, so that might be scuttled. espn.com mentioned Butch Davis. No way. He wouldn't even consider the Tennessee job last year. Notre Dame is obviously more prestigious than UT, but I think Davis is pretty settled in at UNC. Yeah, I don't think Davis has any big incentives to go to ND. It's not like he hasn't already proven he can do it on the big stage (at Miami).

No worries, Weis is white and arrogant so no one will run around trying to credit him for the next coach's success (if he has any). Stoops just said he'll be at Oklahoma next year, so that might be scuttled. espn.com mentioned Butch Davis. No way.

I believe Michigan's already said Rodriguez will coach there next year.

No worries, Weis is white and arrogant so no one will run around trying to credit him for the next coach's success (if he has any). Stoops just said he'll be at Oklahoma next year, so that might be scuttled.

Rob Ianello, recruiting coordinator, is the interim coach.

CubinNY post about "decided schematic advantage", "X's and O's", "genius", or something else coming within next 15 minutes. Anyway, good luck to him going back to being an NFL offensive coordinator, his true calling. Meanwhile, I await (hopefully) Stoops.

Ivan Maisel just tweeted that Ole Miss will play in the Cotton Bowl again.

Back on track for my team, so far the highest-scoring team of the week. Me and dew are the two highest-scoring teams and we're in 5th and 6th. This is very weird.

Go Hawaii.

This will be the thread for all college football discussion between now and the bowl games, including non I-A playoffs and Army-Navy. The following info is for this week only. MAC Championship Game in Detroit – 8 pm Friday, ESPN2 Central Michigan vs Ohio C-USA Championship Game – 12 pm, ESPN2 (21) Houston at East Carolina SEC Championship Game in Atlanta – 3:30 pm, CBS (2) Alabama vs (1) Florida ACC Championship Game in Tampa – 8 pm, ESPN Clemson vs (10) Georgia Tech Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington, TX – 8 pm, ABC (22) Nebraska vs (3) Texas Top 25 games --------------------------- (5) Cincinnati at (15) Pittsburgh (12 pm, ABC) New Mexico State at (6) Boise State (3 pm, ESPN 360) (16) Oregon State at (7) Oregon (9 pm Thursday, ESPN) Arizona at (18) USC (3:30 pm, ABC) (19) California at Washington (6:30 pm, FSN Northwest) (23) West Virginia at Rutgers (12 pm, ESPN) Games of interest ---------------------------- Fresno State at Illinois (12:30 pm, BTN) San Jose State at Louisiana Tech (2 pm, ESPN 360) Wisconsin at Hawaii (11:30 pm, ESPN2) Other nationally available games ------------------------------------------ Arkansas State at Western Kentucky (7 pm Thursday, ESPN 360) Florida Atlantic at Florida International (7 pm, ESPN 360) South Florida at UConn (8 pm, ESPN2) I-AA playoffs --------------------------------- William & Mary at Southern Illinois (12 pm, ESPN 360) Stephen F. Austin at Montana (2 pm, ESPN 360) New Hampshire at Villanova (3:30 pm, ESPN 360) Appalachian State at Richmond (7 pm, ESPN 360) D-II Semifinals --------------------------------- Carson-Newman at Grand Valley State (3:30 pm, ESPN) California (PA) at NW Missouri State (8:30 pm, CBS College) Other nationally available games outside I-A ------------------------------------------------- Southern at Texas Southern (2 pm, ESPNU)

Story of my football teams in 2009: Carolina is 4-7, the team I have to live in the same area as is 11-0 with 3 Houdini escape jobs in a row, and yet my team is still picking after they do first in the draft, due to my team's own stupidity. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The ACC's BCS bid must be taken away ASAP. That conference has been horrible for quite some time now.

September 2010 can't come fast enough.

Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh trying to out-douche each other is the most intriguing race in the Pac-10 this season.

Same game every [expletive] week. Every [expletive] week. The ONE time we need the offensive line to step the [expletive] up and block somebody. 3 1/2 quarters they're a machine on the line and the last 2 drives they stop blocking. I seriously can't [expletive] believe this anymore. Go home Charlie.