Running Regular Season 2010 College Football Thread

There's certainly no doubt NDSU was the better-coached team Saturday in Lawrence.

 

I will just add, do not fuck with Craig Bohl. Guy's a pretty good coach.

 

I immediately became a believer in Craig Bohl after watching those two NDSU games at Minnesota. Agreed.

 

East Carolina just won 51-49 on a game-ending TD. The last 10 possessions ended in touchdowns. Freaking wow.

 

It should have been 52-52 going into overtime, but Tulsa coach Todd Graham is a moron and his cute 2-point after attempts early in the game didn't work. They missed on 3 of them, 2 of which they had to attempt because they bungled the first one.

Great game if you're a fan of no defense. When I'm watching CUSA teams, I enjoy the shootouts

 

Two thoughts:
1. Is it really so surprising that cupcakes would be safe in Lawrence now that Mangino is no longer there? (Ba-zing!)

2. Good thing Turner Gill decided to take the names off of the back of the jerseys. That was Nostradamus-esque.

 

Attn: Oklahoma



This wasn't a wise decision.

 

I wondered that myself. Here's the answer:

http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/dec/20/gilbert-had-football-in-his-blood-from-the/

 

Even after Saturday's loss, I still wouldn't go crawling back to Mangino. I know some good people in the athletic department, whose job was to protect him, and he drove them away by treating everyone he crossed with a complete lack of respect. He might have recruited well, he might have won a BCS game, but the guy put a lot of people through hell for no good reason.

Re: Gill, I'll give the guy some time. Bad loss, granted, but I don't think anyone expected a bowl game from this team, not with Reesing, Briscoe and Meier gone from an offense that rolled teams the last three years. I just figured 4-8 with North Dakota State being one of those wins. Guess we might need to recalculate that.

 

The Big 12 is a mess. If you don't have a school bolting for another conference, or trying to, you have players trying to get a coach ousted, and/or struggling against FCS or low-major programs at home!
Is Kansas State the most sane program left?

 

I would never, never, ever fire a coach after one game. Don't care if it's Michigan losing to Appalachian State or Mississippi losing to Jacksonville State or whatever. Hell, I would never fire a coach after one YEAR solely based on wins and loses. You commit to a person when you hire them and either you don't hire them in the first place if you have doubts or you believe in them enough to stick with them through thick and thin.

What I was saying earlier was that I did not feel Turner Gill was a good head coach... then or now. I would have chosen a different candidate. That's all.

 

I find your definition of "sane" intriguing.