NCAA Football 2015

[grumbler]

Michigan, Duke, and Boston College are all averaging less than 10 points allow per game, which is pretty amazing--as you say, 1940s stuff.  BC only has a 3-3 record to show for it, but when you lose 9-7 and 3-0, well, obviously it doesn't take many points to beat you, and playing 2 FCS opponents will help keep your PA low, too.

Duke is the one among those that surprises me.  Yeah, one of their games is against SC Central, but two were against what were (at least then) top-20 teams.  Cutcliffe has been building towards this, but I didn't expect them to be nearly this (apparently) good this season.

[alfred russel]

Also, there are a fuckton of good games next weekend.

UCLA Stanford
FSU Louisville
Baylor West Virginia
Miami Virginia Tech (nope, it isn't 2000 anymore)
Alabama aTm
Oklahoma Kansas State (nope, it isn't last weekend anymore)
Michigan Michigan State
Florida LSU
Notre Dame USC
Ohio State Penn State
Utah Arizona State
Oregon Washington (to answer the question: how hard can you beat a corpse infected with dysentery without contracting it?)

[MadImmortalMan]

So, Gameday will be in Ann Arbor for the MSU game next week.  But, if things go as expected, won't they really want to be there for the OSU game Nov 28?  Does Gameday ever repeat at a location in a season?  Or, are they just taking the bird in hand?

As of now, it's the game between highest-ranking opponents. At air time, it may not be.

[grumbler]

As of now, it's the game between highest-ranking opponents. At air time, it may not be.

How can the rankings change between now and air time?  Don't all of the ones they use for these things come out on Sundays?

[alfred russel]

Sark is going on a leave of absence from USC.

[MadImmortalMan]

As of now, it's the game between highest-ranking opponents. At air time, it may not be.

How can the rankings change between now and air time?  Don't all of the ones they use for these things come out on Sundays?

Between now and Nov. 28th I meant.

[Valmy]

Sark is going on a leave of absence from USC.

Alcoholism is an ugly thing.

USC really has to rethink its screening and vetting process for football coaches.

[alfred russel]

Sark is going on a leave of absence from USC.

Alcoholism is an ugly thing.

USC really has to rethink its screening and vetting process for football coaches.

Random internet rumor I've seen is that he showed up to the football offices hammered and in no condition to coach.

The thing is, he coached there as a coordinator. He should have been a known quantity. If this is really the deal, USC probably should and probably will fire him. His wins and losses already had him on something like a hot seat, and he was never a popular hire. What will it do to recruiting to have a limbo type of situation if he isn't fired?

[Valmy]

Lane Kiffin was an assistant there as well. One would think they knew what a douchebag he was.

Both of those hires were manifestly stupid. I don't get what they are doing there.

[katmai]

Dorsey,

He is going through divorce, and there to my knowledge was never any issues with him and being drunk while at UDub, so either he hid it really well or it is something that has become an issue since moving down to 'SC

[grumbler]

As of now, it's the game between highest-ranking opponents. At air time, it may not be.

How can the rankings change between now and air time?  Don't all of the ones they use for these things come out on Sundays?

Between now and Nov. 28th I meant.

Oh.  Yeah, that's the "bird in the hand" part I mentioned.

And it turns out that Gameday went to FSU twice last year (Clemson and Notre Dame) so my earlier impression was incorrect.  They'll be back for The Game, I am sure.

[grumbler]

Dorsey,

He is going through divorce, and there to my knowledge was never any issues with him and being drunk while at UDub, so either he hid it really well or it is something that has become an issue since moving down to 'SC

Dunno.  There were some rumblings on some of the Husky sites that he was getting a lot of strange and had an alcohol problem (those only coming to wider light since the news he was shitcanned... er, suspended).  While they are totally unsubstantiated, they indicate a possible problem while Sark was at UDub. 

I don't think any team has done less with more than USC since he got there (although in that he was just carrying on recent USC tradition).

[sbr]

Dorsey,

He is going through divorce, and there to my knowledge was never any issues with him and being drunk while at UDub, so either he hid it really well or it is something that has become an issue since moving down to 'SC

Dunno.  There were some rumblings on some of the Husky sites that he was getting a lot of strange and had an alcohol problem (those only coming to wider light since the news he was shitcanned... er, suspended).  While they are totally unsubstantiated, they indicate a possible problem while Sark was at UDub. 

I don't think any team has done less with more than USC since he got there (although in that he was just carrying on recent USC tradition).

Yep, it seems to be a pretty well known secret that Sark was a hard drinker and partier, and had been for a while.  I didn't hear anyone who was surprised at his Salute to Troy banquet shenanigans, maybe the magnitude but not that he showed up so smashed he had an ass of himself.

[katmai]

I've never read any such reports, so would love links to such things.
Biggest complaint was what was reiterated this past week, good at recruiting, but on game day was out coached too often, didn't have team prepped.

[grumbler]

Here's some stuff from 2013.  Take it for what it's worth, which isn't much other than to show that rumors did exist. http://hardcorehusky.com/forums/#/discussion/4114/the-official-sark-s-nights-on-the-town-thread