College Football 2006/2007 Bowls: Keep it going!

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Tamanon said:
Well I guess this is sort of explaining why Lakeland had been so damn dominant. Wonder how many other of the top schools do that here.....I think Nease and St Augustine are clean, but what do I know?
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The year after Tebow leaves and Nease is slapped with a 6 year probation.

Luckily, the kids from these schools that Meyer taps have been pristine at UF when it comes to conduct and grade.
 
How anyone could leave such an exciting font behind is beyond me

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Welcome to the Triangle, TOB; I look forward to your thrashing at the hands of the Gamecocks in 2008 and 2009
 
Yeah, I actually gave a little fist pump when I heard the TOB news. It couldn't happen to a classier program and a classier bunch of fans (Heavy sarcasm present here).

Ehh... I suppose some BC fans are decent, but by and large they are a bunch of pompous jerks. The only thing I need to say about them is that as a fanbase, they are willing to go on Navy message boards and taunt them.
 
Great news about O'Brien going to NC State.. Jimbo Fisher had been contacted about the job as well. Come to Sunny Florida, Jimbo!
 
Stewart Mandel's bowl rankings. :lol

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/stewart_mandel/12/05/bowl.rankings/index.html

4) Sugar (Jan. 3): LSU (10-2) vs. Notre Dame (10-2). The game should be a boon to New Orleans' ravaged economy. Not only will Irish fans descend on the city, but there's also a decent chance they'll be hitting the Bourbon Street bars by halftime.
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9) Holiday: Cal (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (9-3). On the list of rare sights in Southern California, a team running the option -- as the Aggies like to do with QB Stephen McGee -- ranks right up there with real breasts and 12 inches of snow.
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19) Meineke (Dec. 30): Navy (9-3) vs. Boston College (9-3). Tom O'Brien must have it easy recruiting. I promise if you come to BC you'll have the chance to go 9-3 and play in a mid-level bowl. No really -- I can guarantee it in writing.
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22) Emerald (Dec. 27): UCLA (7-5) vs. Florida State (6-6). This one will be worth it just for the halftime interview with Bobby Bowden -- when he's asked how his team plans to gain its second first down.
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Sirpopopop said:
Yeah, I actually gave a little fist pump when I heard the TOB news. It couldn't happen to a classier program and a classier bunch of fans (Heavy sarcasm present here).

Ehh... I suppose some BC fans are decent, but by and large they are a bunch of pompous jerks. The only thing I need to say about them is that as a fanbase, they are willing to go on Navy message boards and taunt them.
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Well, if it's any consolation, his new job is at Thug U Jr.
 
ToxicAdam said:
Alabama offered Nick Saban 5 million a year for 5 years, plus a 5 million dollar signing bonus!


He turned it down. :lol
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:lol I LOVE IT

Die Bama, die. Your ego will finally suffer.
 
I haven't seen any news stories about that but :lol if it's true. The folks in Tuscaloosa are going to have to do something extreme like burn an effigy of Bear Bryant before anyone will consider the job.
 
ToxicAdam said:
Alabama offered Nick Saban 5 million a year for 5 years, plus a 5 million dollar signing bonus!


He turned it down. :lol
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:lol holy shit that is a lot of money. I guess when you stop paying players to come to your school there is some extra money laying around.
 
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16186668.htm

Saban rejects Alabama's offer of 10 years, $50 million plus $7 million bonusBy ARMANDO SALGUERO
asalguero@MiamiHerald.com
Dolphins coach Nick Saban has declined a lucrative contract from the University of Alabama, which offered him a pay hike and a signing bonus to leave Miami and become the Crimson Tide's head football coach.

The preliminary offer from Alabama athletic director Mal Moore included a $5 million a year salary for seven years with three option years included. There would also be a signing bonus of $7 million.

After practice, Saban confirmed that Alabama had approached his agent, Jimmy Sexton, who said thanks but no thanks. Saban also said he never interviewed or spoke directly with Alabama officials.

Saban told his players Thursday morning he is not leaving. The coach also told owner Wayne Huizenga on Sunday he was not interested in Alabama.

Saban signed a five-year contract with the Dolphins in January 2005 that averages $4.5 million per year.
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There is already damage control going around with Alabama and now Saban's agent saying this is not true.
 
Cyan said:
:lol

Damn they're desperate.

So... who do they go after next? My money's on Mike Price. :lol
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I actually hear they found a mosquito on the Alabama practice field preserved in amber over the past 30 years whose last meal was Bear Bryant.
 
egads, that has to be bullshit. No college coaching job is worth 5 mill a year...right???

Alabama hasn't been relevant for a few years, why the hate? HATERS!
 
Looks like Bama is going to rope in Rich Rodriguez.

Man... you would think they have to pay the price for jetting Shula out like that, but instead they seem to be rewarded for their actions.
 
Sirpopopop said:
Looks like Bama is going to rope in Rich Rodriguez.

Man... you would think they have to pay the price for jetting Shula out like that, but instead they seem to be rewarded for their actions.
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I don't know. The entire situation is ****ed up. I never knew what to think of Shula's ability to coach, but I was willing to give him another year. I don't get the "seem to be rewarded" comment though. EXPLAIN.
 
Well, ESPN thinks a bidding war might start, depending on how far Miami wants to go after RR.

5 ****ing million a year, blah, that's overpaying to me. NFL money. Anf for Mr. S??? Why not just offer Parcells 15 mill a year.
 
Sirpopopop said:
By jetting out Shula a year early, you beat Miami to the punch for a great head coach.
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I really like RR, but we'll see how he does in the SEC. Once this fad offense (yeah, I said it) becomes more commonplace and easier to defend, we'll really see how good of a coach he is.
 
Damn, if 'Bama could land Rich Rodriguez that would be a major coup. Though it means we'll have one less cadre of SEC homers that can't hate on the Big East. :lol
 
Karakand said:
Damn, if 'Bama could land Rich Rodriguez that would be a major coup. Though it means we'll have one less cadre of SEC homers that can't hate on the Big East. :lol
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Hey we will find a way..............

:lol The big east sucks now they lost their best coach
 
The Big East proved itself to me. I had more fun watching Louisville/WVU and Louisville/Rutgers than pretty much any SEC game.
 
jjasper said:
:lol The big east sucks now they lost their best coach
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:lol

Lonestar said:
The Big East proved itself to me. I had more fun watching Louisville/WVU and Louisville/Rutgers than pretty much any SEC game.
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Our basketball coach cut his teeth in the Big East at Pitt so I know where you're coming from, brother. :lol
 
jjasper said:
Hey we will find a way..............

:lol The big east sucks now they lost their best coach
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:lol big east more like big least :lol

It's great to see the Big East come into its own after the ACC defections. It's funny how their star has risen and the ACC's has fallen over the past couple of years.
 
impirius said:
:lol big east more like big least :lol
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:lol Yeah I know


impirius said:
It's great to see the Big East come into its own after the ACC defections. It's funny how their star has risen and the ACC's has fallen over the past couple of years
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Yeah it is I think games with west virgina, rutgers, and louisville were some of the best of the year and above anything the ACC produced this year.
 
Sitting here wondering, maybe the reasons I enjoyed those 2 games, was because those were 2 of the latter games I saw with Dad...

But really, those were fun. Watching the punt return, fumble TD by Ville against WVU was great, and pulling for Rutgers was easy.
 
impirius said:
:lol big east more like big least :lol
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More like Big Easy am i rite? :lol

impirius said:
It's great to see the Big East come into its own after the ACC defections. It's funny how their star has risen and the ACC's has fallen over the past couple of years.
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Textbook case of football karma if one were a believer in such things.

Lonestar said:
But really, those were fun. Watching the punt return, fumble TD by Ville against WVU was great, and pulling for Rutgers was easy.
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I think whoever at the Big East decided to make Thursday night the Big East's deserves major props. If those games had happened on a Saturday morning we probably wouldn't have discussed (or even watched) them very much.
 
Let me just say that if Reggie Nelson does not win the Jim Thorpe award tonight, then there is something seriously wrong with this world.
 
So Pacific 10-Age, let's talk offensive trends in the conference. The West Coast Offense definitely became king after the NCAA cut scholarship numbers since it let programs keep good run games with less talent on the offensive line. Is that still the case?

Arizona: Not really sure on this one. Anyone got an idea how to characterize it? Mike Stoops obviously isn't running that side of the team.
Arizona State: Spread (I'd imagine whoever comes in next keeps that in place.)
Cal: Spread
Oregon: Diet spread option
Oregon State: Pro-style
Stanford: Did they have an offense this year? I don't really think so.
UCLA: West Coast Offense (I'd argue it's evolved into a possession offense though.)
USC: Pro-style
Washington: West Coast Offense (Not sure what they ran after Isaiah Stanback went down for the year.)
Wazzu: Spread

So it seems like there's been a pretty big shift to the spread which accomplishes a similar goal as the West Coast Offense (opening up a run game with less talent on the line) while at the same time being much easier for players to grasp. Very interesting indeed, though it's not particularly surprising.
 
Biletnikoff award.....I'm assuming Samardzija....although Calvin Johnson really needs to get a better QB:P

I was wrong, Johnson did get it.
 
Karakand said:
So Pacific 10-Age, let's talk offensive trends in the conference. The West Coast Offense definitely became king after the NCAA cut scholarship numbers since it let programs keep good run games with less talent on the offensive line. Is that still the case?

Arizona: Not really sure on this one. Anyone got an idea how to characterize it? Mike Stoops obviously isn't running that side of the team.
Arizona State: Spread (I'd imagine whoever comes in next keeps that in place.)
Cal: Spread
Oregon: Diet spread option
Oregon State: Pro-style
Stanford: Did they have an offense this year? I don't really think so.
UCLA: West Coast Offense (I'd argue it's evolved into a possession offense though.)
USC: Pro-style
Washington: West Coast Offense (Not sure what they ran after Isaiah Stanback went down for the year.)
Wazzu: Spread

So it seems like there's been a pretty big shift to the spread which accomplishes a similar goal as the West Coast Offense (opening up a run game with less talent on the line) while at the same time being much easier for players to grasp. Very interesting indeed, though it's not particularly surprising.
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I thought Arizona ran a shotgun based offense for the most part. I didn't watch them play much but from what I remember they ran one of those shotgun offenses where you spread the field and then either option hand off to the RB on a sweep or fake the hand off and throw a pass.

ASU I don't remember them using the shotgun at all. Mostly single back sets with 3/4 WR.

Stanford was a wanna be Pro Style I guess. Their QB seemed decent but he had no one to throw to, no one to block for him and a RB who wasn't very good.

I think UW kept their offense the same for the most part after Stanback went out. They just took the option plays out and had Bonnell throw a bit more often.

To me it does feel like a lot more Pac 10 schools have added the shotgun over the last few years. For some of the schools this seemed like a way to overcome smaller RBs, and weaker Olines.
 
bluemax said:
To me it does feel like a lot more Pac 10 schools have added the shotgun over the last few years. For some of the schools this seemed like a way to overcome smaller RBs, and weaker Olines.
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Yeah, at the very least the shotgun has become a key formation lately. I guess I'm kind of painting with a broad brush when I draw that out as indicating a shift to the spread but life is boring until the bowls and trolling has lost its edge so...

edit: After re-reading your Arizona observations I'd say they were pretty correct. The 2 games of theirs I watched worked primarily out of the 'gun.

Cyan said:
The addition of Dunbar meant that we added some spread elements, but it's really more of a West Coast/ Spread hybrid.
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So it's a "Ted-Spread". :D
 
Karakand said:
Where are you hearing that?
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It was on the ticker during the Alabama/ND bball game there was also details about the Bama offer to Rodriguez, something about 12million and a 2million buyout

Edit: Ok it is a 6 year $12 million deal (so 2 million a year) and they will pay the 2 million to buy out Rodriguez's contract at WVU
 
Lonestar said:
They are now saying RR has accepted the offer.
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Well wiki believes it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Rodriguez
Rich Rodriguez (b. May 24, 1963 in Grant Town, West Virginia) is the current head football coach at University of Alabama.[1]
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Here is the link at the [1]: http://www.southernsportstonight.com/article.asp?IDNum=493

Rich Rodriguez will be named the new head football coach at the University of Alabama in a Friday press conference. The West Virginia coach will take over the Crimson Tide program vacated by Mike Shula, who was fired two weeks ago.
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