NCAA Football Random Thoughts

[NAHSTE]

I would say probably Luke Fickell as well.

I was going to ask that. Even if this guy weren't clueless, I'd say the odds were long that he was retained. tOSU needs to bring in an established coach for next year.

Fickell sucks. Is he coaching himself off the staff altogether or will he be allowed to return to his assistant post next year?

 

[Sportsbuck]

Fickell sucks. Is he coaching himself off the staff altogether or will he be allowed to return to his assistant post next year?

There's no way Fickell would come back into a lesser position, regardless of how he does as head coach.

What you are seeing with the offensive staff is what happens when Jim Tressel, Darrell Hazell, as well as talents like Troy Smith and Terrelle Pryor aren't there to cover up the deficiencies. Jim Bollman flat out can't cut it. It's amazing how similar it is to Greg Davis at Texas. We've been bitching for years about getting a real OC/OL coach and now it seems like we're going to after this season.

I am willing to cut Fickell some slack though. He's never been a head coach before, is learning on the job, and is pretty handcuffed by what he can do given the fact that he's got Tressel's guys, not his own guys, controlling the offense. Defense is fine, and Fickell runs that side of the ball (With Heacock as well).

It's the offense that is a complete abortion. With a functioning offense, we're probably 5-0 right now. Granted, the defense got gashed by Miami, but we settled for FG's and passed for like 13 yards yet we were in it and driving to pull within 3 until Braxton fumbled it away in the 4th. Fick has to show that he is changing the hierarchy or getting more involved on that side of the ball, absolutely has to.

That said, I think the biggest factor in who coaches here next year is the NCAA decision.

If a guy like Urban Meyer wants to coach here, give him the job, the key to the city, and if he wants to build a Tebow statue on the 50 yard line let him do it.

The other realistic candidates (Bo Pelini, Tim Beckman, etc.) don't really stand out to me. We'd be better off sticking with Fickell if it comes down to it and let him hire a new offensive staff and see how that pans out (I say this in the scenario that he rights the ship and finishes well).

We're still only 5 games in. At this point, Fickell should not be retained. But there's a lot of football left. Who knows, this team could stun everyone (including me) and beat Nebraska. I'll wait to assess whether he should keep his job or not until the clock strikes double zeroes against Michigan.

 

[Cody]

Have you guys heard any candidates?

 

[Sportsbuck]

Have you guys heard any candidates?

For HC?

- Urban Meyer
- Bo Pelini
- Tim Beckman
- Luke Fickell

So far

 

[Fox1994]

That was a cool, very in-depth analysis Sportsbuck.

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SC won 48-41 over Zona, moves to 4-1. After losing by 21 to ASU (Pac-12 South favorites) there's nothing to play for but pride. Which really isn't too much different than how things already were, so I guess we'll see what happens...

Cal's up next and that's a big test of a game. Cal's only lost to Washington, and Washington's only lost to Nebraska. Notre Dame's going to be more of a challenging game than it has been for some time. We lost last year, but we really shouldn't have. It won't be as surprising if we lose this year, but I'd rather we didn't.

Stanford and Oregon are our most losable games, Colorado and Oregon are our most winnable. Homecoming against Washington is going to be very important.

This is a pretty interesting season for having nothing to play for. A lot of variables.

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UH beat Louisiana Tech 44-26, move to 3-2. Our current nickelback Mike Sellers told me the school sucked and that they had to change in the hotel because the locker room was disgusting; said that during the coach's halftime speech you could hear crickets chirping inside and shit. lol.

After a great opener against Colorado and then two disappointing away losses, I wasn't sure what to make of the season. Blowing-out UC Davis (56-14, we left at halftime when it was 49-0) is cool, but that's an FCS school. Beating Louisiana Tech doesn't prove too much either.

Looking at the remaining schedule, the Warriors close-out with three straight home games: Fresno, Tulane, and BYU.

BYU seems like the biggest threat, but they're 3-2, their wins over Ole Miss (14-13), UCF (24-17), and USU (27-24). But then they lost close to Texas after Ole Miss (17-16) and lost big to Utah (54-10). If you can barely beat Utah State, what does that mean? But then, USU's losses have all been close: four points to Auburn, one point in double-overtime to CSU, and then the three pointer to BYU.

Fresno's 2-3. They've lost by fifteen to Cal, thirteen at Nebraska, and by ten to Mississippi. They beat North Dakota (NORTH DAKOTA!) by five and Idaho by 24. Tulane's 2-3, their closest loss by 21... They beat Southeastern Louisiana by fourteen and beat UAB 49-10.

Between now and the home stretch, there's a bye this week, at SJSU, homecoming against NMSU the day after my birthday, at Idaho, home against USU, and at Reno.

All winnable games, but we'll see.

 

[cynismus]

wtf TCU to big 12?

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2011/10/tcu_bypasses_big_east_to_join.html

 

[Cody]

Wow, is there really a difference between the B12 and BE right now? Both looked doomed.

 

[Sharkweather]

Wow, is there really a difference between the B12 and BE right now? Both looked doomed.

bama:

 

[cynismus]

Wow, is there really a difference between the B12 and BE right now? Both looked doomed.

You're an idiot. Just stop.

 

[Swarley]

Wow, is there really a difference between the B12 and BE right now? Both looked doomed.

Very. Of the B12 teams and BE teams that will be in the same conferences next season, B12 has 5 ranked teams (not including A&M), and the BE has 1. Big difference. We may not have the best stability, but our conference is much much better football wise than the will be 6 team Big East.

TCU heads are meeting right now and are expected to accept Big 12 invite per ESPN.

 

[ryne candy]

Good pickup for SWC purist to see TCU come back.

 

[Sportsbuck]

 

 

[Woy]

 

[padman59]

 

uke:

 

[Tengo Juego]

I had no idea LaMike's injury was this ugly.
If you don't like bad breaks, etc, don't bother hitting the spoiler.

 

Sidenote: I very much prefer this color of green for Oregon. Also glad the wings are gone. Wasn't a fan of em.

 

[Saluki]

I had no idea LaMike's injury was this ugly.
If you don't like bad breaks, etc, don't bother hitting the spoiler.

 

Sidenote: I very much prefer this color of green for Oregon. Also glad the wings are gone. Wasn't a fan of em.

As bad as it looked, X-rays were negative.

 

[Cody]

Wow, Ok St. 56-7 over KU, IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

 

[Point Blank]

LSU's punter did Florida dirty. :rofl:

 

[BrntO4Life]

HOOK EM

 

[Swarley]

As a K-State fan, I have nothing but a shit eating grin on my face looking at that KU/Ok St score.