NCAA football, 2013-14

[Ed Anger]

  @ Kiffin

[PDH]

And thus the joy of being a Wyoming fan.  That thud you heard was the Cowboy offense falling almost as fast as the defense - both hitting rock bottom in a very short space of time.  A couple of hours lightning delay, the lightning apparently giving Texas State super powers, and robbing the Wyoming team of any confidence it could have had.

Good teams win the games they are supposed to win, bad teams lose them.  Wyoming wins just enough of them to instill hope in supporters, then loses big to crush the hopes of those fans in Brown and Gold who had hoped that maybe...just maybe...this was the year.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Some USC fans think this gives USC a distinct edge in the coach-hiring race they presume will occur with Texas.  I'm not convinced.  I think the two schools are looking for different kinds of coaches, and will have only one or two candidates in common..

I think you're right that they'll be looking for different types of coaches, but I don't really see how this would give them any sort of advantage even if that wasn't the case.  It's not like they're going to be able to hire a sought after guy before bowl season anyway, which is when Texas would also be looking for a coach.

This is, of course, making the big assumption that Texas will fire reassign Mack.   Earl Campbell is now publicly talking about how it's time for a change, along with Chris Simms and Jimmy Johnson, so that's interesting. 

[Eddie Teach]

I predict he beats Oklahoma this year and gets a reprieve.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Stoops, the jerk, will probably throw that game in an effort to keep Mack around for a while longer.   

[grumbler]

I think you're right that they'll be looking for different types of coaches, but I don't really see how this would give them any sort of advantage even if that wasn't the case.  It's not like they're going to be able to hire a sought after guy before bowl season anyway, which is when Texas would also be looking for a coach.

This is, of course, making the big assumption that Texas will fire reassign Mack.   Earl Campbell is now publicly talking about how it's time for a change, along with Chris Simms and Jimmy Johnson, so that's interesting. 

Their reasooning seems to be that, since they are openly looking for a coach now, they can talk to the candidates and get their arguments across first.

I don't see a head coach candidate being swayed by who talked to him first, though.  These guys have been around for a while, and will look at the respective deals dispassionately. 

Anyone who would accept a USC offer before Mack Brown's apotheosis wouldn't have been a candidate for Texas, anyway.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Yeah, that doesn't really make much sense, unless they're going after some sort of NFL guy who.....doesn't have a job right now?  As you say though, I don't see why anyone that would be in the running for both of those jobs wouldn't want to talk to both of them. 

Some stuff from Twitter about the firing:

InsideUSC @InsideUSC
#USC A.D. Pat Haden met with advisers in tiny room during third quarter of ASU loss. This where decision was made to fire Lane Kiffin

InsideUSC @InsideUSC
Lane Kiffin got pulled off the team bus at Los Angeles International Airport by Pat Haden when he was fired

InsideUSC @InsideUSC
Pat Haden, J.K. McKay, Steve Lopes, Mark Jackson (#USC administrators) met with Lane Kiffin at LAX parking lot to dismiss him

InsideUSC @InsideUSC
I'm told Lane Kiffin told the bus to wait but then #USC administrators told it to go back to campus without him

InsideUSC @InsideUSC
I heard Lane Kiffin left his bag on team bus because he thought his meeting with Pat Haden would be brief and routine matter

Didn't even let him back on campus. 

[grumbler]

(snip) Didn't even let him back on campus. 

Actually, they did, of course.  They just didn't let him ride back with the team.  Kinda bush league.

Kiffin apparently packed his shit up today.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I meant to fire him.  Anyway, they've got Ed Orgeron as their interim HC.  Gives me the opportunity to post this once again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n1KPQmdddY

[Ed Anger]

I meant to fire him.  Anyway, they've got Ed Orgeron as their interim HC.  Gives me the opportunity to post this once again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n1KPQmdddY

[Eddie Teach]

As you say though, I don't see why anyone that would be in the running for both of those jobs wouldn't want to talk to both of them. 

The hot Texas sun perhaps.

[PDH]

As you say though, I don't see why anyone that would be in the running for both of those jobs wouldn't want to talk to both of them. 

The hot Texas sun perhaps.

(apologies to Valmy)  When I went to the the game there it was too fucking hot to think.

[MadBurgerMaker]

   A coach that couldn't function if it got hot outside would be hilarious. 

[Ed Anger]

I'd like to know how Urban Meyer survived wearing those jackets in the heat. Or Tressel with his Sweater Vest in those early season balmy days.

[PDH]

Cool pacs in his armpits.