Patterson: Horned Hope
January 7th, 2011 at 7:32 PM ^
What about his brother?
January 7th, 2011 at 8:01 PM ^
That's uncalled for. Even more vitriol, in a more classy fashion, can be attributed by this astonishing epithet...
"Harbaugh, may you lose to the Detroit Lions." Then spit on the ground.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:00 PM ^
Would be a great choice.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:00 PM ^
come on down. Probably the single best plug-in and get it fixed pure football coach out there.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:01 PM ^
January 7th, 2011 at 6:06 PM ^
Patterson beat Hoke by 3 points at TCU. Considering the relative positions of those two programs, score that a victory for Hoke.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:07 PM ^
You obviously didn't pay attention to the actual game.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:16 PM ^
No - I didnt see the game, but any 3 point game is competitive. Keep in mind SDSU was total shit two seasons ago.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:18 PM ^
in the same way that Lloyd Carr's Michigan teams often beat inferior opponents by a shockingly small margin.
January 7th, 2011 at 8:14 PM ^
Lloyd Carr's record = 122-40 (.753)
Michigan all time winning pct , which is #1 IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL (.735)
Rich Rodriguez record = 15-22 (.405)
Wake up, learn math, and stop hating on Lloyd Carr.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:45 PM ^
but TCU had a 19-point lead with 9 minutes to play. (7 minutes, actually, but SDSU got the ball with 9:05 on the clock.) That's not competitive, really, that's Patterson in who-cares mode.
Sure, San Diego State deserves credit for taking an early lead, but they didn't really do much else until the game was all but decided.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:23 PM ^
quarter though? SDSU punch them in the mouth, bad.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:38 PM ^
This is the opposite of the shit reasoning that stubborn supporters of RichRod used all the time. When someone would question the offense we would put up towards the ends of our losses this year to make the game seem a little more respectable than it was, their defense would be "we have one of the top offenses in the country and we were coming back in the end." SDST scored some garbage points at the end. It seemed to me that is what our offense would do at the end of our games against MSU, Iowa, PSU, etc.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:07 PM ^
I am sure Patterson and Hoke thought the same thing when Patterson was holding a Rose Bowl trophy.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:09 PM ^
San Diego State was down 34-14 at halftime and scored 14 points in the 4th quarter to make the game close.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:24 PM ^
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January 7th, 2011 at 6:43 PM ^
they were greatly over rated .
January 7th, 2011 at 7:51 PM ^
thank you for recognizing this. Patt had his monster TCU team and Hoke had his crappy SDS team full of 2* and the game was close.
Point, Hoke.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:10 PM ^
Hoke on short list for Stanford coach.....per espn.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:18 PM ^
If they pass on the guy will we finally realize he isn't qualified for this job?
January 7th, 2011 at 6:43 PM ^
I wasn't stumping for Hoke, just passing along info.
We had a better coach than the pool of coaches that I have been hearing about.
January 7th, 2011 at 8:00 PM ^
If those who were calling for RR's head b/c Harbaugh was out there would have changed their tone if they had seen this whole scenario playing out like it is. My guess is that the main reason people wanted RR gone so fast was b/c of the sexy possibility of JH being our coach.Sure, the wins-losses didn't help RR's situation, but that was just a way for those against RR and for JH to argue the point rather than the reason for the point.
I guess all I'm trying to say is, if we knew a week ago what we know now about this coaching search, would those trying to push for a RR fire in the hopes of a JH hire have changed their opinions at all?
January 7th, 2011 at 8:40 PM ^
January 7th, 2011 at 9:47 PM ^
A lot of people. I have to believe that keeping RR for a 4th year and hiring a new, proven DC was the best option if Harbaugh didn't come here. Talk about putting the cart before the horse.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:18 PM ^
We're going to mess around for so long we're going to miss out on Brady Hoke. We rule!
Just kidding. I'm not in full panic mode...yet.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:22 PM ^
we better pull our heads out of the sand quick or some of our options may just start to disappear...
and FWIW, I really don't think Hoke would be the worst option we could persue.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:32 PM ^
Since he is coaching in San Diego he is probably pointing towards In and Out Burger. If you had the choice between that and BK you will choose In and Out every time.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:37 PM ^
Damn 403 error.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:50 PM ^
January 7th, 2011 at 7:10 PM ^
is always Big Kahuna burger.
January 7th, 2011 at 7:19 PM ^
They do make a tasty burger.
January 7th, 2011 at 7:34 PM ^
Next time I am up in Flint I will give it a try.
January 7th, 2011 at 7:56 PM ^
You won't want to leave Flint. Good food, good peoples......
January 7th, 2011 at 7:39 PM ^
I agree In n' Out is one of the best.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:01 PM ^
He's not from Michigan. I heard Hoke was coming with Tom Brady and Charles Woodson as offensive and defensive coordinators. Only a Michigan graduate could possibly coach the Michigan Wolverines.
Except Bo. And Fritz Crisler. And Fielding Yost. Other than that, impossible.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:18 PM ^
I know your being sarcastic but Hoke didn't graduate from Michigan, I believe he graduated from Ball State.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:36 PM ^
He coached here, which makes him a Michigan Man. Unless he doesn't win, which he did--as a position coach.
January 7th, 2011 at 7:57 PM ^
Does coaching here make someone a Michigan Man? Then Gerg is a Michigan Man. Yeah.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:02 PM ^
I wouldn't say he's the frontrunner. No recruiting experience in the midwest which Brandon all but said is a must - and I can't imagine him leaving a virtually automatic BCS bid next year in the Big East.
I think at this point Hoke/Miles are the frontrunners with Patterson and potentially from what I'm hearing Gruden as long shots.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:04 PM ^
He recruited in the same places as Texas, Oklahoma, Ok. St., and Nebraska, had a better record than all, won a Rose Bowl against a team that steamrolled us with an aggresive blitz friendly defense, and finished #3 in the country. How is he not a front runner?
January 7th, 2011 at 6:13 PM ^
The more I hear him talk about defense the better I like him. But it is true that Brandon laid out midwest recruiting experience as a pre-requisite, (wrongly IMO) so he clearly doesn't have that.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:22 PM ^
I would think his coaching name prestige would pull some recruits in. The man will get it done. He has worked with a lot less talent with a lot more results. Once the wins start rolling in, so will mid-western recruits.
What recruiting advantages does Brady Hoke have in the mid-west?
January 7th, 2011 at 6:30 PM ^
do more with less talent....sounds familiar for some reason.
Hoke has lots of midwest recruiting ties. He was here for a number of years remember?
Having said that, I think Patterson is a good choice.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:35 PM ^
Yea. Do more with less talent, plus defese minded, plus proven he can beat B1G teams, plus can recruit in Texas (sweet talent pool), plus he isn't Hoke. Hoke only has ties from when he was here last time at Ball St. He probably wouldn't jump off the page for 4 and 5 star studs. Gary Patterson: "I won a Rose Bowl and was one or two plays from a national championship."
January 7th, 2011 at 6:31 PM ^
I think GP would be a smooth transition from our spread to TCU's spread, as well as the 4-2-5 with the current defensive players.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:08 PM ^
"no recruiting experience in the midwest." Wouldn't that have applied to Harbaugh and Miles as well?
I do agree that Hoke/Miles are the actual frontrunners, but not for the right reasons.
Edit: Obviously Miles has experience from 15 years ago, but does that really count?