Rawls if he can hang onto it, I'd guesss
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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 33 weeks 5 days ago | Not a fan. |
That is all. |
| 35 weeks 4 days ago | The expansion of the conferences |
and the accompanying expansion of in conference play will eventually force Notre Dame's hand. The Big 10 is moving to a 9 game conference schedule. The ACC is now at 14 members and moving toward 16, which almost demands expansion of its conference schedule. Assuming the Pac 12 does likewise, which seems a safe bet given the talk of a Pac-16, a good swath of Notre Dame's opponents will not have room for a marquee (cough) non-conference opponent such as Notre Dame. For example, consider Notre Dame's 2011 schedule if you were to eliminate its Big 10, ACC and Pac 12-16 opponents: vs. South Florida
vs. Air Force
vs. Navy
Not the kind of schedule that fans/viewers like, not the kind of schedule for which NBC shells out big money. They should join the Big 10 and the Big 10 should welcome them. I appreciate that the Big 10 has been able to preserve a contiguous footprint--neither the ACC, PAC 12 can say that--but I would nevertheless love to see Texas in the Big 10.
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| 1 year 25 weeks ago | Agreed. |
The 2005 season included victories over Penn State ("New Math" classic), Michigan State and Iowa. Moreover, while it's never enjoyable to lose to OSU, at the least the game was competitive. None of that can be said about the 2010 season. |
| 1 year 26 weeks ago | I don't think Spielman's commentary was over-the-top. |
The following is, regrettably, entirely accurate: "Everybody is saying, 'Well, they're all young, they're all coming back.' Well, yeah, they're all coming back. It's on the worst defense in the NCAA they're all coming back. Is that so exciting for you? It's bad. (Nose tackle Mike) Martin is the only guy that could start at Ohio State -- the only guy that could start. He would roll in there. He's a good player. But other than that, these guys would be excellent special teams guys." |
| 1 year 26 weeks ago | Can't be certain |
that it would be the shortest and surest path back. I'm just running out of patience. Every team has injuries. The recruiting, attrition and poor play are on the coaching staff. Just looking at the other program records cited above, I'm of a mind that if something good were going to happen, or something other than a middling Big 10 team were going to happen, it would have happened by now, and it hasn't. For yet another example of how the right person at the helm can make a difference, look at Greg Robinson's last gig: Syracuse. Syracuse was absolutely terrible under Robinson and did not so much as sniff a bowl let alone a winning record. Robinson's replacement, Doug Marrone, suffered a huge amount of attrition and inherited some inferior Big East talent. Yet in year two of his tenure the Orange are 7-4 and bowl elligible. |
| 1 year 26 weeks ago | You are absolutely correct . . . |
Here are the records of coaches in their first three years at historically dominant Division I programs
Bob Stoops at Oklahoma coming off of a 5-6 season under John Blake 1999: 7-5 2000: 13-0 (National Champions) 2001: 11-2
Nick Saban at Alabama coming off of a 6-7 season under Mike Shula 2007: 7-6 2008: 12-2 2009: 14-0 (National Champions)
Pete Carrol at USC coming off of a 5-7 season under Paul Hackett 2001: 6-6 2002: 11-2 2003: 12-1 (National Champions)
Urban Meyer at Florida coming off of an 7-5 season under Ron Zook 2005: 9-3 2006: 13-1 (National Champions) 2007: 9-4
Mack Brown at Texas coming off of a 4-7 season under John Mackovic 1998: 9-3 1999: 9-5 2000: 9-3
Jim Tresell at OSU coming off of an 8-4 2000 season under John Cooper 2001: 7-5 2002: 14-0 (National Champions) 2003: 11-2
Bo Pellini at Nebraska coming off of a 5-7 season under Bill Callahan 2008: 9-4 2009: 10-4
Michigan obviously belongs in this group. Lloyd Carr coming off of an 8-4 season under Gary Moeller: 1995: 9-4 1996: 8-4 1997: 12-0 (National Champions)
I don't dislike Rich Rodriguez, and I want him to win. The simple fact is, however, that he hasn't (3-9; 5-7; 7-5*), and as the above records amply demonstrate, you can field a winner, a national championship team no less, in your first three years. I take no pleasure in writing this, but right now Michigan is Minnesota under Glenn Mason: 1997: 3-9 1998: 5-6 1999: 8-4 |
| 1 year 26 weeks ago | I think the fact that we |
I think the fact that we haven't been competitive against the top teams in the conference is the problem.Could not agree more. Sub-.300 record in the Big 10 since RR took over at the helm. Michigan has exactly ZERO wins against MSU, PSU, Iowa and, barring a miracle, OSU. My expectations at the start of RR's tenure were that Michigan would have multiple victories against against that group of teams. Is that really out of line? |
| 1 year 26 weeks ago | I do not know Jim Harbaugh |
but he strikes me as the kind of guy who would want the pressure of being the head coach of Michigan or an NFL team like his brother. |
| 1 year 26 weeks ago | Right on |
Bo coached at OSU and Mo was a team captain there IIRC. That doesn't bother me, but I suspect he's happy with his broadcasting gig. |
| 1 year 26 weeks ago | The staff should be able |
to identify admissions issues before signing day. That's on the coaching staff. |
