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[perfectchaos007]

I think it's a strong hire by Texas.

It's not just strong, It's charlie strong

 

[cdyhybrid]

UW staff with one position still open, titles subject to change:

QB/OC - Jonathan Smith
RB/RC - Keith Bhonapha
OL - Chris Strausser
WR - Brent Pease
TE - TBA
DC - Pete Kwiatkowski
DL/ST - Jeff Choate
LB - Bob Gregory
DB - Jimmy Lake

 

[jjasper]

Chip Brown ‏@ChipBrownOB 6m
Jim Harbaugh and Nick Saban are among candidates new #Texas coach Charlie Strong beat out for the job. Both would have accepted if offered.

bwahahahahahaha

 

[JHall]

While I'm disappointed we never offered Strong, I hope he does well at Texas. I have a lot of respect for him and what he does.

 

[zyxwvu4321]

So after all this, apparently Strong hasn't made up his mind yet? Not a good start for Patterson if this falls through.

 

[Tamanon]

Well, Charlie Strong tells his coaching staff he hasn't accepted the offer yet, guess Texas is going to have to go with it's second choice, Mike Krzyzewski.

 

[truly101]

Things I saw on Twitter:

Ohio state allowed 500 yards 3 times this season, as many as previous 12 combined.

Louisville has contacted Duke about David Cutcliffe.

lol. Cutcliffe would leave Duke for Alabama and thats about it. And I don't see Bama ever offering him unless they needed a transitional coach between Saban and the next big splash.

 

[HeisenbergLannister]

Not a surprise that the hang up is Charlie refusing to break up with Clint Hurtt.

 

[bucknuticus]

@Darrin_White 9h
Ohio State QB Braxton Miller hurt throwing shoulder on Orange Bowl's fifth play, said pain was a 9.5

Really wish we could have seen Kenny if Braxton was hurting so bad....

 

[Limedust]

Chip Brown ‏@ChipBrownOB 6m
Jim Harbaugh and Nick Saban are among candidates new #Texas coach Charlie Strong beat out for the job. Both would have accepted if offered.

Well, damn. We dodged a bullet, there.

 

[Monroeski]

Charlie Strong to Texas would be interesting. On one hand, he's the anti-Mack in many ways--hard-nosed, non-coddling, doesn't care about what the media says, isn't obsessed to the point of distraction trying to control them, relentless recruiter with a lot of motor.

On the other hand, he really has zero Texas HS ties at all. So he'll need to do a lot of work there, and hire some good recruiting guys that do have connections. You can't fly high in recruiting this state without the HS coaches, and just being the new guy at Texas isn't an automatic slam dunk.

Texas has a class ranked at the top of the Big XII and anywhere from 9-13 nationally right now, and that's after multiple disappointing seasons with a coach who's basically been a lame duck for years. Tech recruited Zaycoven Henderson harder than anybody and high school coaches love our staff and he still committed to UT while outright acknowledging that he didn't even know who their head coach would be next season.

Strong will have no problem recruiting there from day one if he's hired no matter who the staff is and what their connections are. They're Texas. Hiring a staff that already has connections would be great but isn't nearly as important there as for every other school in the area.

 

[cashman]

Strong was really great at building relationships with florida hs coaches, and there's no reason he couldn't do the same at Texas.

 

[StoOgE]

Texas has a class ranked at the top of the Big XII and anywhere from 9-13 nationally right now, and that's after multiple disappointing seasons with a coach who's basically been a lame duck for years. Tech recruited Zaycoven Henderson harder than anybody and high school coaches love our staff and he still committed to UT while outright acknowledging that he didn't even know who their head coach would be next season.

Strong will have no problem recruiting there from day one if he's hired no matter who the staff is and what their connections are. They're Texas. Hiring a staff that already has connections would be great but isn't nearly as important there as for every other school in the area.

Also Mack "Coach February" Brown had zero ties to the state when he got here.

 

[sooperkool]

Anybody watching the All-American Bowl?

 

[Draxal]

Also Mack "Coach February" Brown had zero ties to the state when he got here.

So did Mackovic.

 

[cashman]

And Mackovic managed to get some pretty decent talent to come to UT

 

[jjasper]

lol. Cutcliffe would leave Duke for Alabama and thats about it. And I don't see Bama ever offering him unless they needed a transitional coach between Saban and the next big splash.

I don't even know if he would take the Bama job if offered (not interim). Dude does not want anything to do with the pressure that comes with a big time job. Duke is perfect for him.

 

[Yaboosh]

Worst field ever in the FCS champ game.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Now we have a Cal legion of moderators.

 

[bucknuticus]

@AndySlater: Source: Al Golden to inform team today that he is leaving to Penn State

 

[Yaboosh]

Huh, I guess I stand corrected. I thought it was just Penn St delusions of grandeur.

Lol at Golden being a delusion of grandeur. What has Al Golden done to justify that?

 

[bucknuticus]

Lol at Golden being a delusion of grandeur. What has Al Golden done to justify that?

Wore a white shirt and tie


O it gets better!


@AndySlater: Source: Miami to consider Greg Schiano, Rob Chudzinski, and Butch Davis to replace Golden

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Lol at Golden being a delusion of grandeur. What has Al Golden done to justify that?

Eh he's somewhat kept Miami afloat during the NCAA debacle.

Similar situation with PSU, but I think PSU will recover much quicker. They've already been solid the last two seasons.

 

[Yaboosh]

Wore a white shirt and tie


O it gets better!


@AndySlater: Source: Miami to consider Greg Schiano, Rob Chudzinski, and Butch Davis to replace Golden

Lol, NFL rejects and a rehash. Have fun with that Miami.

 

[Lambtron]

Worst field ever in the FCS champ game.

This field is straight trash, it's embarrassing.

 

[Karakand]

Now we have a Cal legion of moderators.

Hide yo' Joe Ayoob jokes.

 

[Purple Cheeto]

lol. Cutcliffe would leave Duke for Alabama and thats about it. And I don't see Bama ever offering him unless they needed a transitional coach between Saban and the next big splash.

I do think that moving from one basketball school to another would be a lateral move at best.

 

[jjasper]

Yeeeeeeesssss.

...

Don't get any ideas, there'll never be a UT mod as long as I'm around to stop it!

Probably for the best nothing good comes from Tampa.

 

[Draxal]

Lol, NFL rejects and a rehash. Have fun with that Miami.

Chud would be a good hire from his NFL experience but I'm not sure about his college ties.

 

[Lonestar]

Someone suggesting that Strong is holding out, perhaps wants the Miami job, was waiting on Al to leave

 

[bucknuticus]

@GerdOzone 6m
Joe Mixon said the win over Alabama sealed the deal for him to Oklahoma. Some say single games don't matter...

Top RB in the nation

 

[cashman]

No, I mean the people who were going on about Penn St being one of the best jobs or whatever, and how obviously someone at Tha U would jump in a second.

Not that Golden is an amazing coach or something.

He played at Penn State so there's that.

 

[bachikarn]

 

[Quake1028]

Golden is a good coach, seems to be by all accounts a stand up guy. I guess the call of his alma mater was too strong, even worth jumping right back into sanctions for.

 

[Balphon]

Now we have a Cal legion of moderators.

What a wonderful day to be a Cal Bear?

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Houston came back and tied it with Vandy.

 

[timetokill]

:jnc

 

[Draxal]

Ohhhhhh.

Ayup, and besides that while Miami does have the best recruiting area in the country their fan support is anemic and they could use some better support fromthe college itself (facilities are no where as good as they should be).

 

[StoOgE]

So did Mackovic.

Yeah,

Mackovic never recruited any good players.

 

[Lonestar]

Now Vandy is leading by 10, with the ball and 5 minutes left

 

[mre]

@GerdOzone 6m
Joe Mixon said the win over Alabama sealed the deal for him to Oklahoma. Some say single games don't matter...

Top RB in the nation

LOL

That's horseshit. Mixon was never coming here.

 

[cashman]

LOL

That's horseshit. Mixon was never coming here.

Probably nothing to do with bama losing, but more to do with OU winning.

 

[Lonestar]

He's the #1 rb? LF is.

 

[ag-my001]

Congratulations to North Dakota State for winning the NCAA Football Championship, again. Towson (State) was the local favorite, many of my friends went there, but the football gods clearly wanted three championships in a row. In I-AA, at least.

 

[cdyhybrid]

He's the #1 rb? LF is.

#1 on the West Coast, but yeah, not sure what ranking they're going by.

Edit:

Stewart Mandel ‏@slmandel 1m
Vanderbilt now has as many bowl wins in the past two seasons as Tennessee's had in the past 12.

Yikes.

 

[Lambtron]

Congratulations to North Dakota State for winning the NCAA Football Championship, again. Towson (State) was the local favorite, many of my friends went there, but the football gods clearly wanted three championships in a row. In I-AA, at least.

It's going to be funny to watch people hop off the bandwagon here when they aren't a completely dominant team next year.

 

[Draxal]

#1 on the West Coast, but yeah, not sure what ranking they're going by.

They're probably about the same, it's very hard to compare running backs unless they supremely good like AP was.

 

[perfectchaos007]

It's going to be funny to watch people hop off the bandwagon here when they aren't a completely dominant team next year.

Just because their coach left for Wyoming doesn't mean they will suddenly fall off. The foundation laid at NDSU should have them set for at least a few more years regardless of coach. Will be interesting to see how Wyoming fares in the next few years. If they start having 11 win seasons then Craig Bohl may be on his way to being a future hall of fame coach

 

[bachikarn]

LOL

That's horseshit. Mixon was never coming here.

I think it made him pick OU over UCLA.

 

[StoOgE]

Noooooo how did this happen

Excellent.

Now how do I change everyone's tag to something pro Charlie Strong?