NCAA Football 2015

[Valmy]

Four years ago Texas A&M hoped to return to the rankings when they hired the head coach of the undefeated Houston Cougars.

Four years later Texas A&M is still unranked and the Houston Cougars are still undefeated. Maybe it was just Houston and Texas A&M and not the coach?

[alfred russel]

Four years ago Texas A&M hoped to return to the rankings when they hired the head coach of the undefeated Houston Cougars.

Four years later Texas A&M is still unranked and the Houston Cougars are still undefeated. Maybe it was just Houston and Texas A&M and not the coach?

According to the Sagarin Projections, aTm would be about a half point favorite if they met on a neutral field.

[MadBurgerMaker]

the undefeated Houston Cougars.

Houston got skullfucked by Larry Fedora's Southern Miss team in the C-USA championship game that year.  That was a helluva game.  They would have gone to the Fiesta Bowl or something like that if they had won. 

[Berkut]

With Arizona kind of imploding this year, I am wondering how Rich Rod is going to weather this - for now, I am guessing he is very safe. Arizona has been bad for a long time, so winning the Pac-12 south last year gives him a lot of room for error. Or at least some room for error.

I am wondering if there won't be a lot of pressure to ditch the 335 and Casteel though - which would be ironic considering NOT having Casteel is supposedly one of the reasons he could not succeed at Michigan...

[alfred russel]

I am wondering if there won't be a lot of pressure to ditch the 335 and Casteel though - which would be ironic considering NOT having Casteel is supposedly one of the reasons he could not succeed at Michigan...

I have a hunch he will never go for that. RR has his offense and his 335 defense. Pressuring a coach to switch assistants is one thing, but their core coaching philosophy is another.

I know it would be hard to quantify because there are usually euphemisms when assistants are pushed out, but it would really be interesting to see the future outcomes when a head coach is pushed into staff changes. My guess is that rarely are changes made that result in the program taking off and everyone living happily ever after.

[Berkut]

I am wondering if there won't be a lot of pressure to ditch the 335 and Casteel though - which would be ironic considering NOT having Casteel is supposedly one of the reasons he could not succeed at Michigan...

I have a hunch he will never go for that. RR has his offense and his 335 defense. Pressuring a coach to switch assistants is one thing, but their core coaching philosophy is another.

I know it would be hard to quantify because there are usually euphemisms when assistants are pushed out, but it would really be interesting to see the future outcomes when a head coach is pushed into staff changes. My guess is that rarely are changes made that result in the program taking off and everyone living happily ever after.

Yeah, that is actually a pretty good point.

That doesn't seem like a formula for anything but eventual failure.

If RR decides that it is time to retire the 335, he can do so himself in some fashion. Trying to force the issue cannot really have a good outcome. At best, it just means he starts listening to those east coast schools who are calling.

[alfred russel]

Vegas has released odds on the next Miami coach:

Butch Davis - 7/4
Mario Cristobal - 7/2
Rob Chudzinski - 5/1
Justin Fuente - 11/2
Greg Schiano - 8/1
Doc Holliday - 8/1
Frank Wilson - 9/1
Tom Herman - 9/1
Tommy Tuberville - 10/1

http://lsu.247sports.com/Bolt/Las-Vegas-releases-odds-for-next-Miami-coach-40570253

Butch!!!!

[Eddie Teach]

Doc Holliday - 8/1

That would be OK with me.

[alfred russel]

Doc Holliday - 8/1

That would be OK with me.

But what would derspeiss think?

[Eddie Teach]

He probably roots for the Clantons.

[grumbler]

I have a hunch he will never go for that. RR has his offense and his 335 defense. Pressuring a coach to switch assistants is one thing, but their core coaching philosophy is another.

I know it would be hard to quantify because there are usually euphemisms when assistants are pushed out, but it would really be interesting to see the future outcomes when a head coach is pushed into staff changes. My guess is that rarely are changes made that result in the program taking off and everyone living happily ever after.

Yeah, that is actually a pretty good point.

That doesn't seem like a formula for anything but eventual failure.

If RR decides that it is time to retire the 335, he can do so himself in some fashion. Trying to force the issue cannot really have a good outcome. At best, it just means he starts listening to those east coast schools who are calling.

One of the ironies is that Michigan's elite defense this year is a 3-3-5 defense.  That's the scheme they have the players* for, so that's what Harbaugh and Durkin are running.  I'd give the 3-3-5 some time to recruit for before scrapping it.  If Casteel is making a mistake, it's probably not recruiting the right guys for the line.  He always preferred smaller, faster guys, and that's not what Michigan has, so he's probably doing it a bit wrong.

*Jabrill Peppers as the HSP makes a big difference, admittedly

[Berkut]

I would say that losing Scooby Wright in the first game probaby doesn't help things much.

[Valmy]

Doc Holliday - 8/1

That would be OK with me.

The only thing he will find at Miami will be his tombstone.

[grumbler]

I would say that losing Scooby Wright in the first game probaby doesn't help things much.

It was fated.  The guy wins the Nagursky Trophy as a sophomore.  Where can he go but down from there?

[Valmy]

Wait there is a Big 12 game on Thursday night? In know TCU and WV recently were in conferences that did that on a regular basis but it sure is weird. Or at least I cannot remember the last time that happened.