Crazyhole

And those guys have bigger calves than our players biceps. If all you're going to focus on is the belly then we just have to agree to disagree. But you're wrong.

That's why they are talking about increased penalties for coaches who recruit players from other schools. Under that requirement, a player would have to end his scholarship at his school before making contact with a coach from a different school. The only issue with it would be 3rd party representatives making contact and being able to investigate those situations. I would hope that if they do make this change, the punishment for tampering would be at least a 1 year ban for the coaching staff who broke that rule.

It isn't as much the bellies as it is the arms and more so the chests.

Don't make this about me koolaid man. Smashing walls isn't enough for you? Now you think you have to smash other people's pride?

Kirk ferentz is the only active d1 coach at the same school since 1999. Gary Patterson is 2nd, being hired in 2000. Coming in at 3rd, frank solich, being hired in 2005 by Ohio.

Prepare to be surprised.

Damn. I was going to reply but now it's at the end. I better up my BBS skills.

I love these types of expectations from the talking heads. It'll make it that much more fun when we win 10 and go to a new years bowl game next year.

I would amend the thread title to "great blocking=great success". Having great linemen is a wonderful advantage, but blocking schemes can make up for having a lower tier of talent on the line. The right scheme can make up for quite a few deficiencies, as we are going to see next season.

Wow, you are old. What was it like when they signed the magna carta?

Hell, my dad took a job as a telemarketer so he has something to do in the tractor while it drives itself.

Well it's different than it was in the 80s and 90s when there were a lot of coaches aging out of the business. Bowden, Paterno, Osborne, Edwards, etc were the last generation. Since then, there have been a lot of changes in the game and that has led to a lot of coaches cycling out due to the inability to adapt. At this point, I'd say 10 years is long term, but as things sort themselves out we will start to see another era of 20+ year coaches in the near future.

Not only that, but the university staff can help the local high schools develop the type of players they want.

We didnt break the contract. Part of the contract is the ability to fire the employee prior to term and the specifics on how things go from there were laid out for both parties. Riley HAS broken his end of the contract because 1. He didn't pursue comparable employment and 2. He didn't secure market value wages for his new employment. Bo took a head coaching job at a lower level school and received the same contract value as the man he replaced. That would be tough to argue in court. If he had taken that job and received 1/4 of what his predecessor did then it would have been a different story, but that's exactly what Riley has done.

Probably true, and I'm not saying that we will move into the top 20, I'm just saying it's possible. If you look at who's behind us, only 2 teams have enough spots left that have a legitimate chance of passing us. Ahead of us, between 35 and 18, only 3 teams aren't already nearly full or complete classes. Now obviously the likelihood of signing 4 more 4 stars isn't real high, but after seeing what frost did in just 2 weekends of visits (9 signees), it isn't out of the realm of possibility. If I were a betting man i would put money on a top 25 class this year, which is remarkable.

Bad pub for what? We fired the coach who brought us out worst season in 50 years. He then proceeded to screw us with a contract that is less than 25% of the going rate. Litigating is only bad if you're being a jerk. We wouldn't be a jerk here, we would be holding a jerk accountable.

Not sure that I buy that article. TAMU is by far the richest athletic department in the country of schools that report earnings. Not sure if they were just focusing on football or leaving out licensing rights but there's no way that list is correct.

Notre dame is no lower than the 2nd most profitable and likely at the top. They don't release their budget numbers and even if they did, it would be a modified number after the money they kick back into the university.

I used the class calculator and added in 4 of the 4 stars that are visiting over the next 2 weeks and it brought us to 18. I don't expect it, but it wouldn't surprise me

It has to. I can't imagine the average salary of a d1 assistant coach is under 100,000, let alone an assistant head coach.

Yep. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen and would be an easy win for the university. It's almost as obvious as if he were to work for 1$ per year and is an obvious breach of contract. If they choose to pursue it (they wont) it could negate the entire buyout clause.

This class is important not just from a physical talent standpoint, but also because they are coming in with confidence in the staff and the system. That confidence should affect the players from the previous 4 years in a good way. From a strictly talent perspective this class probably looks about as good as it's ranking: mid 30s. That being said, the group isn't complete and 5 weeks ago we were in the low 70s so it's a huge upgrade already. By the 24/7 class calculator we have a really good shot at ending up with a top 20 class. That in itself is an amazing feat.

Imagine the effect it would have had on Jordan Stevenson. He burned his redshirt only to find out he wasn't ready to compete and it screwed up his confidence. If we could have given him 4 games to find out where he was without losing a whole year just for meaningless action he may have benefited from it and worked harder to improve instead of just giving up.

Martinez and it's not even close. Just think about how good he could have been if we actually had a qb coach during his years. Seriously, did he just work with beck during practice?

We had a very highly rated running back a couple of years ago that could have benefited from this. It would have saved him from the ineptitude of our coaching staff.