September 15th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
but those other teams don't have [#Harbaugh #It's Happening tm2015, all rights reserved, no recording or redistribution, violations punishable by law] roaming their sidelines.
September 15th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^
in recruiting. Especially the first three. I'd even guess that it's gotten harder to pull top players out of Texas.
September 15th, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
Yeah, it's not like we've ever been a big player in Texas recruiting. The final years of the Carr era aside, that is and I'm like 45% sure that was because Lloyd and Mack were the same person.
September 15th, 2015 at 12:22 PM ^
a brief second of split screen in the 04-05 Rose Bowl in which they clearly are in different places at different times. Refutes the theory.
September 15th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
friggin hate the longhorns... That's why.. :)
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People have been saying that about Texas forever. Their problems didn't start at Patterson. Mack Brown went to just four BCS bowls in 16 years there. That's a brutal ratio for the resources at UT.
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Unless Brown is like ... well, you know who I'm going to say.
September 15th, 2015 at 9:47 AM ^
I sent his resume ahead to Toys R Us.
September 15th, 2015 at 9:50 AM ^
I sent in Dave Brandon's resume this morning.
September 15th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^
Geoffrey the giraffe says hello.
September 15th, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^
Oh silly Geoff!
September 15th, 2015 at 9:50 AM ^
Prevail and Ride's take on this.
September 15th, 2015 at 9:52 AM ^
Note to future CEO types - You do not know everything in the world and are not the best at everything in the world, and therefore it is wise to not be a controlling weinerschnitzel in every aspect of your department/organization looking for a bunch of "yes men." You will eventually piss nearly everyone off who isn't only there for the $$$, and virtually everyone will praise your departure.
This is coming from someone who is currently working for an organization with a Patterson/Brandon type in control, and all of those who know what the heck is actually going on in this organization (and most of those who don't) are eagerly waiting his retirement at the end of next year. This stuff is real.
September 15th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
(Unless your name is Jim MF Hackett).
September 15th, 2015 at 10:18 AM ^
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September 15th, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
But is it OK to be a spicy weiner?
September 15th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^
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September 15th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^
in the professional ranks, so his moves make sense for pro teams. He doesn't understand the college game and the reasons people go to/ watch/ root for UT.
I guess his actions make more sense than Brandon's in that Patterson was successful doing the same things at other sports organizations, while Brandon was slinging sub-par Pizza.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Patterson_(sports_executive)
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September 15th, 2015 at 4:03 PM ^
the reason the vast majority of UT fans cheer for UT is exactly the same as the reason they cheer for the Dallas Mavericks. College sports are not a sacred cow (pun very much intended) uber alles, for a lot of people it's just the name on the jersey that draws them in.
September 15th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^
Perhaps Dave Brandon will hire him as an executive at Toys R Us.
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September 15th, 2015 at 10:01 AM ^
You must be young, because USC had a pretty mediocre 1990s before Cheat Carroll, as did Texas before Mack Brown. Tennessee is pretty much a mirror image of UM, in that they had their own Lloyd Carr in Phil Fulmer - a very good coach who won an NC, then got a bit stale, then got replaced by a series of failures...
September 15th, 2015 at 10:16 AM ^
So I grew up with all those teams in the top 10 every year. It's been really weird to see several of the historical programs falter as programs like Oregon, Michigan State, TCU, Baylor, and Boise State exceed their wildest expectations.
September 15th, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
Texas was pretty mediocre for about 25 years until Mack Brown showed up. Michigan fans being angry about Lloyd Carr getting 9-3 seasons out of 11-1 talent were grateful in the sense that, hey, at least we're not Texas.
And Oklahoma was bad in the 90s. The media could care less about the Red River Rivalry then.
LSU was pretty awful for a huge chunk of the 90s as well.
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September 15th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
USC did have that one good year (1995) with Keyshawn Johnson when they went to the Rose Bowl and beat Northwestern. But even that team lost to UCLA and got smoked by ND.
Speaking of 1995 Northwestern, I always thought Gary Barnett was a hell of a football coach. As a person, not so much.
September 15th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
Notre Dame also.
September 15th, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
I know - 20 yearsa ago if you told me these programs will be reglated to 2nd, 3rd tier bowls and never sniffing the top 20 for many seasons...and replaced by TCU Baylor Clemson.
Same can be said for Florida, Colorado and Nebraska who used to be top 10 teams.
September 15th, 2015 at 10:18 AM ^
is it that surprising? They have no built in recruiting area. The state of Colorado maybe sends 3-5 players to power 5 programs in a year. Most of the surrounding states are even worse - Wyoming, South Dakota, New Mexico. The states that send more have blue blood programs - Nebrasa, Oklahoma, Texas, that CU has to compete against. Outside of a 10-15 year run from the early 90's to the early 00's, Colorado hasn't done much in football.
September 15th, 2015 at 11:03 AM ^
but they have legalized weed. Is that a draw?
September 15th, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^
Huh? Have you NOT been to Boulder?!?!
It's a crime they recruit as poorly as they do... good school/academics, Front Range weather is the best weather there is where there isn't palm trees. Colorado has been completely overrun by Californians in the last 10 - 15 years and there is talent there. Why CU doesn't show recruits the mountains, the beautiful campus and all the pretty coeds from LA and Phoenix is beyond me. If CU knew what the hell they were doing, they'd have players beating down the door to play there.
Colorado hasn't done much in football recently but only due to their own incompetence. Nothing else.
September 15th, 2015 at 6:59 PM ^
I see that you went back and downvoted every post I ever made. That takes alot of time to do. You have some serious mental issues along with your anger problems. You need some help. Talk about keyboard warrior and troll. You seem like a very bitter person from your posts. I feel very sorry for you and the life you must have.
September 15th, 2015 at 10:12 AM ^
And Alabama, which was pretty atrocious for a little while there. Sadly, it seems like the only program that is basically immune from this is OSU, which has prertty unquestionably been the most consistent program of the past few decades. Their time is coming, I hope.
September 15th, 2015 at 10:21 AM ^
I'm hoping they make a disastrous hire when Meyer is eventually fired (for what I don't know yet, but all their coaches get fired).
Maybe someone that wants to install a completely different system, something akin to what happened here in 08. That would be good.
It's their turn to suck now.
September 15th, 2015 at 11:36 AM ^
Meyer will be the one who avoids getting fired. But I could see him eventually give the NFL a shot.
September 15th, 2015 at 9:54 AM ^
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You think Strong will stay?
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I know a guy who's available who would probably walk all the way to Austin for the job...
