Urban Meyer to step down

[FirstTimer]

How long until the NCAA cracks down on Florida and all this has a Pete Carrol leaving USC feel to it?

 

[Realist]

I guess Gran was right when he was talking to Fisher. (My sig) :smug:

How long until the NCAA cracks down on Florida and all this has a Pete Carrol leaving USC feel to it?

This would bring me much joy

 

[Maize]

How long until the NCAA cracks down on Florida and all this has a Pete Carrol leaving USC feel to it?

That is kind of what I am thinking now. He leaves before things get ugly at Florida. I think his health definitely played a factor as well, but I think he stays out of coaching for a year or two. He will definitely be back, a coach with his type of personality will not stay away for too long.

 

[Sportsbuck]

Unless you really want to be asinine and give Gene Chizik credit for anything that went on this year at Auburn. We saw what he's capable of when left to his own devices when he was at Iowa St.

If anybody at Auburn deserves credit for this season its Cam Newton.

 

[NAHSTE]

Not to disparage Mullen because I think he's a great head coach and he's done a great job winning games with the crap pile that Croom left him but where will he be watching the NC game from while Malzahn is coaching in it?

Unless you really want to be asinine and give Gene Chizik credit for anything that went on this year at Auburn. We saw what he's capable of when left to his own devices when he was at Iowa St.

Funnily enough, Chizik has more of a shot at the UF job than Malzahn. Chizik is a UF alum.

Malzahn needs to prove himself at a lower-profile program before a major school like Florida takes a crack at him.

 

[Maize]

Vanderbilt would not be a bad place for Malzahn to land. But it is too soon and he is too unproven to coach at Florida. Malzahn did have great success as a high school Head Coach, but the jump to Gainesville is too much.

 

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Yeah I guess it was Cam Newton who put up those insane numbers at Tulsa too...

Yeah, because success as a coordinator at Tulsa is ALWAYS a surefire sign that a guy can handle one of the most prestigious jobs in college football.

 

[Sportsbuck]

Yeah I guess it was Cam Newton who put up those insane numbers at Tulsa too...

Last year with Chris Todd running the show Auburn went 8-5.

Without Cam Newton, Auburn is a 6-7 win team this year. He accounted for over 60% of his team's offensive yardage, and scored 48 of their 70 total offensive touchdowns on the year. He was the only quarterback to see significant PT, and ran the ball nearly 100 times more than Auburn's top running back.

To be honest its not like Malzahn even really got creative with the offensive this year... all they did was run some variation veer, QB draw, and the zone read 80% of the time and mix in the occasional run/pass option with the rare designed pass play, and Cam Newton did the rest. Hell, most were surprised when they weren't running the inverted veer, that was their bread and butter play.

Malzahn is a good offensive coordinator though, and has shown that in each of his stops, whether at Arkansas, Tulsa (Although Tulsa does rank #5 in the nation in total offense this year without him, and did before him as well), and now at Auburn.

No matter how big your hard on for Malzahn is Glen, Cam Newton made this Auburn team. He is this Auburn offense. He's that rare player that can take a 6-7 win team and take them to the national title game. Malzahn is a good offensive coordinator from what I've seen in the past, remains to be seen how good of a head coach he is, but there's no question about it, Cam Newton deserves the credit for this Auburn team's success.

 

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Last year with Chris Todd running the show Auburn went 8-5.

Without Cam Newton, Auburn is a 6-7 win team this year. He accounted for over 60% of his team's offensive yardage, and scored 48 of their 70 total offensive touchdowns on the year. He was the only quarterback to see significant PT, and ran the ball nearly 100 times more than Auburn's top running back.

To be honest its not like Malzahn even really got creative with the offensive this year... all they did was run some variation veer, QB draw, and the zone read 80% of the time and mix in the occasional run/pass option with the rare designed pass play, and Cam Newton did the rest. Hell, most were surprised when they weren't running the inverted veer, that was their bread and butter play.

Malzahn is a good offensive coordinator though, and has shown that in each of his stops, whether at Arkansas, Tulsa (Although Tulsa does rank #5 in the nation in total offense this year without him, and did before him as well), and now at Auburn.

No matter how big your hard on for Malzahn is Glen, Cam Newton made this Auburn team. He is this Auburn offense. He's that rare player that can take a 6-7 win team and take them to the national title game. Malzahn is a good offensive coordinator from what I've seen in the past, remains to be seen how good of a head coach he is, but there's no question about it, Cam Newton deserves the credit for this Auburn team's success.

I agree, but also want to point out that Auburn has an absurd amount of graduating seniors. Something like 28 seniors. So it's really easy to win when you have a veteran OL and the best athlete on the field. Totally agree with the perceived complexity of this offense. It's essentially just an inverted veer, with Cam serving as the dive back. Oh yeah, and they run no-huddle. Cool.

Not very complex, just very effective when you have 28 seniors and the best player money can buy.