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2012 D1 BCS thread

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J.D. said:
Dont think he's interested in that...he wants to coach.
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He may want to coach but I agree that at some point you have to look at the distraction this must cause.
I worry about the guy and I'm not a player or even an alumni, I can't imagine what it does to his players focus knowing that at any moment, their coach could have a seizure and be gone for the game or worse.
He may need someone to tell him it's time to step aside for his own health and the good of the program.
 
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MavHockey14 said:
The thing the Gophers don't have is true, loyal fans. It's tough to do in a city with an NFL team, but they had to have had about 30,000 fans today actually in the stadium for Senior Day against a decent team to move to 7 wins. For example, coming off of two 7-5 years, and having a 4-7 football team, and Kinnick Stadium is jam packed yesterday, albeit with 8-10,000 Nebraska fans, but still. 60,000 Iowa fans.

What kid wants to go to a school that schedules cucpcakes for non conference schedules, and gets beat up in front of a half full stadium, as well as one that is notorious for letting more than 10,000+ fans from Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, etc?
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Joe Salem
Lou Holtz
John Gutekunst
Jim Wacker
Glen Mason
Tim Brewster

Since Cal Stoll was fired for being .500 - yep, there used to be standards here - MN has had two actual football coaches - Mason & Holtz. Two. Since 1978. And the record proves this out as they've had two guys in so far over their heads (Salem & Brewster) it was comical, one guy remembered more for introducing Minnesotans to the term geezo-beezo (Wacker) than anything his teams did, and one so boring (Gutekunst) I can't remember anything about him or what he did other than he didn't win.

Doesn't say a lot about our AD's, does it.

Personally I like Kill, like what he's done so far, and obviously want him to do well; and Lord knows he has a monumental job to turn MN into a good football team, let alone a very good one. However, the his health issues have been eroding at my confidence and I have to admit I will be watching the University of Houston with great interest.
 
Greyeagle said:
Joe Salem
Lou Holtz
John Gutekunst
Jim Wacker
Glen Mason
Tim Brewster

Since Cal Stoll was fired for being .500 - yep, there used to be standards here - MN has had two actual football coaches - Mason & Holtz. Two. Since 1978. And the record proves this out as they've had two guys in so far over their heads (Salem & Brewster) it was comical, one guy remembered more for introducing Minnesotans to the term geezo-beezo (Wacker) than anything his teams did, and one so boring (Gutekunst) I can't remember anything about him or what he did other than he didn't win.
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You could argue, then, that the Gophers still have standards since Mason went 64-57 and was fired for allowing too many big comebacks and never getting over the hump from good to great. I still think that was the right decision, they just made a terrible hire shortly thereafter.

Wacker was a great lower-division coach, but Minnesota was much too big of a challenge.
 
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Spaziani out at BC
Pinkel out at Mizzou
Embree out at Colorado

Pinkel surprises me...
 
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When I think of Colorado football, I think of this nugget from Dan Hawkins.

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alfablue said:
Man, that second half was horrible. Once Robinson scored his TD, OSU seemed to know exactly what he was going to do.
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Robinson showed great athleticism on the long TD, but the truth is that either of two Buckeye defenders should have wrapped him up. While the gain would have been substantial, the play probably would have been forgotten with a sound tackle. Instead, both defenders tried to blow him up and wound up taking each other out of the play. But for the stakes involved, it would have been almost comical.

Seems like Al could have been a lot more creative with the pair in at the same time.
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Agree with you and J.D. on this, and yet I wonder: How much more was really available in the bag of tricks? Two quarterbacks on the field at the same time? At first blush, that sounds like unlimited possibilities. But when it became clear that Denard couldn't throw, period -- the range of options became more normal. Also, remember that Michigan was forced into the two quarterback scheme a few games ago due to the elbow injury. It's not like they spent an entire season devising a complex system to harness the talents of two very different QB's.

Finally, Toussaint's unavailability at RB further served to limit the options. No disrespect to the back-up, but it seemed that Toussaint was badly missed.

Oh, well. OSU played killer D in the 2nd half- enough that they were in position to be way up- but Michigan's bendable D held in for just 6 points- they did pretty well, all things considered.
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Agreed. From my vantage point, Michigan was trying to pull a mild upset. Throughout the second half the Wolverines were one big play away from doing so. Playing it close to the vest seems justifiable under those circumstances. Had they gone high risk, high reward, I'm guessing the Buckeyes would have capitalized on turnovers earlier in the proceedings. As it was, the Wolverines lost the turnover battle anyhow. But that's something you can only know in hindsight.

As someone who was in the stands, I can tell you that watching that game was a nerve-wracking experience. The stadium was louder for Nebraska, and for the matter louder for the comeback against Purdue. This one was sufficiently stressful the players felt the need to urge the crowd on. Not at all what you'd expect for 'The Game.' Although I felt the Buckeyes were the slightly stronger team throughout, I never felt safe until Hyde's First Down with 1:28 left. And even then the dominant emotion was relief rather than jubilation. I know there are no moral victories in the rivalry, but I give Michigan a ton of credit for staying in the game until the very end.

Last but not least, the stout defenses of the second half were actually more representative of the long-term rivalry than the higher octane play of the first half. While the play calling down the stretch can legitimately be second guessed, the real bottom line is that we saw classic Ohio State/Michigan Football in the second half.
 
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pgb-ohio said:
Robinson showed great athleticism on the long TD, but the truth is that either of two Buckeye defenders should have wrapped him up. While the gain would have been substantial, the play probably would have been forgotten with a sound tackle. Instead, both defenders tried to blow him up and wound up taking each other out of the play. But for the stakes involved, it would have been almost comical.
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What I really noticed- first to second half (and focusing on that play)- in the first half, Denard would get to the secondary before anything significant happened. And that one play, the "tie" that nullified themselves gave him a TD. In the second half, Denard didn't even make it to the line of scrimmage without being slowed. IF (and I know that was a big if) he could throw- that would have been interesting. But even if they tried that nice screen that worked against Iowa- where Denard leads Gardner on an option, but Smith (or another back) "seals" the back side and does a screen.... At least use Denard as a decoy sometime- especially when it was clear OSU's D was totally ready for him to touch the ball.

Alas, it was not to be.
 
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Delete the word "alas," and I agree. ;)

Also, running Denard between the tackles in an attempt to surprise the Buckeye defense was certainly a bust. Occasionally doing that to keep the defense honest makes some sense. But doing it in key short yardage situations proved to be exceptionally unwise.
 
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Silas Redd transferred from a 8-4 Penn State team to a 7-5 USC team. Cannot make it up!
 
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