ping MikefromOhio;ABG(anybody but Gore); aft_lizard;
UAL sinks a bit further. Maybe this time they can hire just one coach this off season.
Cecil Hurt of the the Tuscaloosa News alluded to the fact he was just too darn stubborn to change his staff. He's an upstanding guy, no doubt about it. I feel bad in one sense, but hey he's 4 million richer, just hope his father doesn't trash the University of Alabama for a tough choice they had to make.
If Saban goes to Alabama and you hear of him getting shot in the scrotiods, I repudiate my culpubiliality as I am insanitary.
Tigs looked good last Fri., oh yeah.
When Bama was going through the "revolving coach" period I was very much in favor of Shula becoming their coach. I was willing to give the team a chance to get in shape. However, I want Bama to become the powerhouse they once were in college football (its been too damn long since they were one) and if it means Shula being replaced in order to accomplish this then I'm all for it.
God, I hope they don't hire Spurrier. Anybody but Spurrier.
Word I am getting through friends at Bama is that THey gave Mike an "OR ELSE" deal -- fire his assisstants or else they fire him. He stayed Loyal to his staff, so the school let him go.
Yes it has, but Steve Spurrier has already said he's not interested in another job, he's happy being a Gamecock. Besides, after yesterday's win over Clemson, I'm sure he's a bit more convinced Carolina will be able to compete for the SEC Championship sooner than later.
From LindysSports.com one week ago:
He is 0-19 when trailing going into the fourth quarter, which means two things: 1) he has not been able to rally his team to any come-from-behind victories, and 2) his teams have trailed going into the fourth quarter 19 times in that span. In four years, good teams don't trail 19 times going into the fourth quarter.
"0-and-4 against Auburn"
Nuff said!
And this is not in "Chat" because . . . . ?
Finebaum gets another scalp. Well, that's probably giving him too much credit but his show, while a guilty pleasure, is less about football and more about football-related politics.
Not to preach, but what Alabama fans can't seem to grasp is that they have the history, the name recognition, the fan base, etc. but since Gene Stallings gave them a final shot of oxygen they have been average at best. I'm not a Buckeye/Buckeye fan but Ohio State has finally put Woody Hayes where he belongs (i.e., in their hearts) and let Tressel run the program the way he sees fit - it's produced one national title and a second to come this year in all likelihood. Alabama should consider doing the same with Bear Bryant, as much as people respect and admire him (including me).
There is a destructive game of "you're not good enough for us" that seems to pervade the fan base (at least the vocal fanbase). Patience isn't an easy thing to learn but after a full decade of false dawns and letdowns one would hope that the fans might be willing to throttle back for at least a year or two.
I ask the same question I always ask of rabid college football fans (of which I am one): if every team is to go 10-2 every year, exactly which teams will provide the opposition for the 10 wins? There are only so many teams willing to be a weekly doormat.
The game of musical coaching chairs continues. Everyone wants a Messiah for a coach, but almost all just end up with a flawed human being.
Coaches aren't the problem. The college game itself is broken. The NCAA doesn't have the backbone to clean up the game, and make the athletes REAL students.
What a sorry and embarrassing spectacle to watch "grown-ups" act like children over the fortunes of their schools on the gridiron, especially under the guise of "intercollegiate" football.
It's a farm system for the NFL.......nothing more, nothing less.
Shula might be the best that Shalala and Co. can do down in Miami.
Time for Jackie Sherrill?
I Nick Saban related to the Buffalo Bills' former coach Lou Saban?
Hmmm...Bama went with Shula over Sylvester Croom years ago. I wonder if they'll reconsider Croom. His record's not that good, 9 and 25 over 3 years, but heck it's Mississippi State.