I agree that the durkin thing is gross, and I hope after some pressure he is let go, but your hard on for hating saban is so funny
Why is it funny to hate a man who treats his players as disposable resources, has no compunctions about fucking them over if he benefits, but will put on airs of false piety if a player tries to make a move that benefits them but not Saban?
Nick Saban is the incarnation of everything wrong with the NCAA.
I mean, he grooms more NFL talent than any other coach in the NCAA, per year, every year. He was so proud of jalen hurts that he was on the verge of tears after the SEC championship. His players generally have nothing but positive things to say about him, even after they graduate.
Does nick saban take advantage of a broken system, yeah, he does. So does every coach playing at that level. The system should be fixed, players should have more freedom, and they should be paid. but that isn't unique to saban in any way.
He's undeniably the best coach of the modern era, and his track record not just overall but in tough games attests to it. He's not the devil.
Former Maryland coach DJ Durkin has spent a few days in Tuscaloosa observing Alabama’s football program and has not been hired in any capacity, according to Nick Saban.
Here is Saban’s full statement:
“DJ Durkin is spending a few days with our staff in Tuscaloosa from a professional development standpoint. He has not been hired in any capacity at The University of Alabama. He is simply observing our operation as many other coaches have done through the years.”
Former Maryland coach DJ Durkin has spent a few days in Tuscaloosa observing Alabama’s football program and has not been hired in any capacity, according to Nick Saban.
Here is Saban’s full statement:
“DJ Durkin is spending a few days with our staff in Tuscaloosa from a professional development standpoint. He has not been hired in any capacity at The University of Alabama. He is simply observing our operation as many other coaches have done through the years.”
Still utterly unacceptable. Durkin should have been turned away at the gate.
In an interview with 10TV’s Dom Tiberi, Meyer revealed that he will be co-teaching a course on character and leadership at Ohio State’s Fisher College of Business. He will be teaching alongside lieutenant colonel Charles Buchanan, a military veteran of 15 years and a lecturer who leads 11 different classes with titles that are some variation of “How To Be A Leader Of Men.”
Meyer announced earlier this month that he would be stepping down as head coach of the Buckeyes after the Rose Bowl on January 1, and handing things off to Ryan Day—the assistant coordinator who took charge of the team after Meyer’s suspension earlier this season. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith hinted during Meyer’s retirement press conference on December 4 that there were plans to keep the coach around campus in some capacity, but Meyer told NBC4's Jerod Smalley that the decision to commit to this new career path came only after he consulted his family, the school’s athletic director, and God.
BOWL PICK'EMS PART 2: THE AWKWARD MIDDLE CHILD CAUSE THE SCHEDULE REMAINS WEIRD
Reminder: all bowl games are Against-the-Spread, and because these are all non-NY6 games, they will all count for one point. This set of picks are due December 26th at 1:30 PM EST.
Boston College vs. #25 Boise State (-2.5) - LIVE FROM DALLAS, IT'S THE COTTON BOWL SERVPRO FIRST RESPONDER BOWL! Boise State had a solid year, but considering they lost a home game to Fresno State in the MWC Championship game, it probably falls short of the always-high expectations. Boston College, meanwhile, was on the road to a really good season until a 3-game skid to end the year let them finish at 7-5 yet again. Now, to be fair, two of those losses came to Clemson and Syracuse, but they sandwiched a loss to a bad Florida State team. The strengths of both teams (BC's defense and Boise's offense) match up pretty well, so that should be fun to watch, at least, and both teams can just pretend they're playing in the actual Cotton Bowl game if they really want to. In fact, I bet that's what Steve Addazio told his team.
Minnesota vs. Georgia Tech (-5.5) - LIVE FROM DETROIT, IT'S THE QUICK LANE BOWL! Minnesota row'd the boat hard enough to win Paul Bunyan's Axe and would like you all to know that. The bigger story in this game is that Paul Johnson will be coaching his last game at the helm of the Yellow Jackets, as he is stepping down after the game. Frankly, while it's hard to say he made Georgia Tech into a collegiate power, he did make them into a fun, weird program, and college football could always use more fun and weird.
California vs. Texas Christian (EVEN) - LIVE FROM PHOENIX, IT'S THE CHEEZ-IT BOWL! Honestly, that's all you really need to know here. The former Arizona Bowl has rebranded itself with a sponsorship from a hip, relevant brand that the youth of today love. I for one cannot wait for the Cheez-It cracker and the straight-man scientist guy to offer sideline reports from a commandeered Boogermobile, all while Marshawn Lynch sits in the booth chowing down on a box of White Cheddar Cheez-Its (also, I feel you should know that I looked at two different rankings of Cheez-It flavors, and while Thrillist ranked them as the best flavor, Food & Wine had them dead last. These things are CONTROVERSIAL, Y'ALL).
Temple (-3.5) vs. Duke - LIVE FROM SHREVEPORT, IT'S THE WALK-ON'S INDEPENDENCE BOWL! That's right, it's the only bowl game sponsored by walk-on football players, who already don't have much in the way of financial support from the schools but somehow have enough money to sponsor a bowl game! Hope you enjoyed that bit of humor, because I used a lot of it up in that Cheez-It bit back there.
Miami (-3.5) vs. Wisconsin - LIVE FROM THE HEART OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S THE NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL! There's only one thing I really need to say here, which is that these two teams met last year during bowl season as well, but that was in the Orange Bowl and hahaha boy this ain't that huh?
Baylor vs. Vanderbilt (-3.5) - LIVE FROM HOUSTON, IT'S THE ACADEMY SPORTS + OUTDOORS TEXAS BOWL! This year's Texan participant: Baylor, and while I'm sure Matt Rhule is a nice guy, I'm still at the point where I wish the program would get swallowed up by a sinkhole. Vanderbilt seems to be having one of their best seasons since James Franklin left, which I'm just going to assume is true because I'm not going to go check on that. If you're keeping track at home, then yes, I will spend more time looking up Cheez-It flavors than Vanderbilt's historical records, and I think you all expect and demand that level of commitment.
Purdue vs. Auburn (-3.5) - LIVE FROM NASHVILLE, IT'S THE FRANKLIN AMERICAN MORTGAGE MUSIC CITY BOWL! Boy, talk about two programs who are in wildly different headspaces. In one corner, you have Auburn, which started the year in the top 10 and got a big neutral site victory over Washington, before everything fell to the wayside, all culminating with Gus Malzahn apparently keeping his job though literally everyone involved would like to move on at this point. In the other corner, you have Purdue, which managed to beat the everloving shit out of Ohio State, and then manage to keep Jeff Brohm from leaving to take over at his alma mater. Seriously think about it, though: Purdue fans are more excited about football things than their Auburn counterparts.
#16 West Virginia vs. #20 Syracuse (EVEN) - LIVE FROM ORLANDO, IT'S THE CAMPING WORLD BOWL! On the one hand, boy it really feels like West Virginia deserves better than this game. They were legitimately fun to watch this year, especially with Will Grier looking like a legitimate Heisman candidate all year. Instead of getting a fun bowl game, they're instead heading to Orlando, and Grier is making the smart decision to not play in a meaningless game and instead prepare for the draft. Syracuse, meanwhile, had a really fun breakout year, especially when Eric Dungey turned into a cult hero with his neverending antics and fun play, and their three losses make complete sense; two of them are to CFP teams, while the third came against Pitt, aka the Most Important Team in College Football. Without Grier, I don't know how fun this will be, but what are you honestly doing on December 28th at this time anyway?
#24 Iowa State vs. #13 Washington State (-3.5) - LIVE FROM SAN ANTONIO, IT'S THE VALERO ALAMO BOWL! And speaking of teams who deserved better: Wazzu! The Cougs were right on the cusp of a CFP argument before they did what they always do, Couging it in the Apple Cup to lose the division, and eventually conference, to Washington, and then getting left out of the NY6 games in favor of *checks notes* Florida, who is bad, and LSU, who can't play offense. And I get it, the Pac-12 did not cover itself in glory this year, but this was a very fun team that Mike "Just Asking Questions" Leach put together. Oh yeah, and I've spent all that time and not even gotten to Iowa State, which was also really fun to watch this year, and capped it off by extending actual good coach Matt Campbell and putting more money into the program. The Iowa State coaching staff still only gets paid about 1/8th of what richest man in Iowa Kirk Ferentz makes each year, which is a number I made up but you all know damn well you'd believe it.
New Miami coach Manny Diaz has fired the entire offensive staff and strength and conditioning coach Gus Felder, he said during his introductory press conference on Wednesday.
Diaz, hired on Sunday after 18 days as Temple head coach, said letting go of Thomas Brown, Jon Richt, Todd Hartley, Stacy Searels, Ron Dugans and Felder was one of the hardest decisions he had to make. But he felt it was necessary to get Miami moving in the right direction on offense.
"The word I want to be is cutting edge," Diaz said about his plans for revamping an offense that ranked No. 104 in the nation in 2018.
So... Tua is bringing 405 family members. I genuinely can't figure out, even considering 9-10 siblings per generation on both sides, how this can happen
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Ohio State is replacing defensive coordinator Greg Schiano with a pair of new defensive coaches, one of them a longtime assistant from rival Michigan.
Former Wolverines defensive line coach Greg Mattison and former San Francisco 49ers assistant Jeff Hafley will join the Buckeyes as co-defensive coordinators, the school announced Monday afternoon. The significant shake-up to the coaching staff comes at the conclusion of Ryan Day's first week as the program's new head coach.
The amazing thing is this is the second time Greg Mattison has left Michigan to become DC at a major rival. The first was a move to ND after the 1996 season. Hopefully the same mojo is working next year as it did in 1997.
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The pregame is worse than i could have imagined. It started with the worst boxing analogy i have ever seen and then move right into reporting how the Clemson coach is going to go preach to his players and lead them in prayer.
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I mean, he grooms more NFL talent than any other coach in the NCAA, per year, every year. He was so proud of jalen hurts that he was on the verge of tears after the SEC championship. His players generally have nothing but positive things to say about him, even after they graduate.
Does nick saban take advantage of a broken system, yeah, he does. So does every coach playing at that level. The system should be fixed, players should have more freedom, and they should be paid. but that isn't unique to saban in any way.
He's undeniably the best coach of the modern era, and his track record not just overall but in tough games attests to it. He's not the devil.
To be fair AH has a hateboner for the entire system, it’s just that Saban is the perfect avatar of that system.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Still utterly unacceptable. Durkin should have been turned away at the gate.
Not. Enough. Drugs.
Reminder: all bowl games are Against-the-Spread, and because these are all non-NY6 games, they will all count for one point. This set of picks are due December 26th at 1:30 PM EST.
Boston College vs. #25 Boise State (-2.5) - LIVE FROM DALLAS, IT'S THE COTTON BOWL SERVPRO FIRST RESPONDER BOWL! Boise State had a solid year, but considering they lost a home game to Fresno State in the MWC Championship game, it probably falls short of the always-high expectations. Boston College, meanwhile, was on the road to a really good season until a 3-game skid to end the year let them finish at 7-5 yet again. Now, to be fair, two of those losses came to Clemson and Syracuse, but they sandwiched a loss to a bad Florida State team. The strengths of both teams (BC's defense and Boise's offense) match up pretty well, so that should be fun to watch, at least, and both teams can just pretend they're playing in the actual Cotton Bowl game if they really want to. In fact, I bet that's what Steve Addazio told his team.
Minnesota vs. Georgia Tech (-5.5) - LIVE FROM DETROIT, IT'S THE QUICK LANE BOWL! Minnesota row'd the boat hard enough to win Paul Bunyan's Axe and would like you all to know that. The bigger story in this game is that Paul Johnson will be coaching his last game at the helm of the Yellow Jackets, as he is stepping down after the game. Frankly, while it's hard to say he made Georgia Tech into a collegiate power, he did make them into a fun, weird program, and college football could always use more fun and weird.
California vs. Texas Christian (EVEN) - LIVE FROM PHOENIX, IT'S THE CHEEZ-IT BOWL! Honestly, that's all you really need to know here. The former Arizona Bowl has rebranded itself with a sponsorship from a hip, relevant brand that the youth of today love. I for one cannot wait for the Cheez-It cracker and the straight-man scientist guy to offer sideline reports from a commandeered Boogermobile, all while Marshawn Lynch sits in the booth chowing down on a box of White Cheddar Cheez-Its (also, I feel you should know that I looked at two different rankings of Cheez-It flavors, and while Thrillist ranked them as the best flavor, Food & Wine had them dead last. These things are CONTROVERSIAL, Y'ALL).
Temple (-3.5) vs. Duke - LIVE FROM SHREVEPORT, IT'S THE WALK-ON'S INDEPENDENCE BOWL! That's right, it's the only bowl game sponsored by walk-on football players, who already don't have much in the way of financial support from the schools but somehow have enough money to sponsor a bowl game! Hope you enjoyed that bit of humor, because I used a lot of it up in that Cheez-It bit back there.
Miami (-3.5) vs. Wisconsin - LIVE FROM THE HEART OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S THE NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL! There's only one thing I really need to say here, which is that these two teams met last year during bowl season as well, but that was in the Orange Bowl and hahaha boy this ain't that huh?
Baylor vs. Vanderbilt (-3.5) - LIVE FROM HOUSTON, IT'S THE ACADEMY SPORTS + OUTDOORS TEXAS BOWL! This year's Texan participant: Baylor, and while I'm sure Matt Rhule is a nice guy, I'm still at the point where I wish the program would get swallowed up by a sinkhole. Vanderbilt seems to be having one of their best seasons since James Franklin left, which I'm just going to assume is true because I'm not going to go check on that. If you're keeping track at home, then yes, I will spend more time looking up Cheez-It flavors than Vanderbilt's historical records, and I think you all expect and demand that level of commitment.
Purdue vs. Auburn (-3.5) - LIVE FROM NASHVILLE, IT'S THE FRANKLIN AMERICAN MORTGAGE MUSIC CITY BOWL! Boy, talk about two programs who are in wildly different headspaces. In one corner, you have Auburn, which started the year in the top 10 and got a big neutral site victory over Washington, before everything fell to the wayside, all culminating with Gus Malzahn apparently keeping his job though literally everyone involved would like to move on at this point. In the other corner, you have Purdue, which managed to beat the everloving shit out of Ohio State, and then manage to keep Jeff Brohm from leaving to take over at his alma mater. Seriously think about it, though: Purdue fans are more excited about football things than their Auburn counterparts.
#16 West Virginia vs. #20 Syracuse (EVEN) - LIVE FROM ORLANDO, IT'S THE CAMPING WORLD BOWL! On the one hand, boy it really feels like West Virginia deserves better than this game. They were legitimately fun to watch this year, especially with Will Grier looking like a legitimate Heisman candidate all year. Instead of getting a fun bowl game, they're instead heading to Orlando, and Grier is making the smart decision to not play in a meaningless game and instead prepare for the draft. Syracuse, meanwhile, had a really fun breakout year, especially when Eric Dungey turned into a cult hero with his neverending antics and fun play, and their three losses make complete sense; two of them are to CFP teams, while the third came against Pitt, aka the Most Important Team in College Football. Without Grier, I don't know how fun this will be, but what are you honestly doing on December 28th at this time anyway?
#24 Iowa State vs. #13 Washington State (-3.5) - LIVE FROM SAN ANTONIO, IT'S THE VALERO ALAMO BOWL! And speaking of teams who deserved better: Wazzu! The Cougs were right on the cusp of a CFP argument before they did what they always do, Couging it in the Apple Cup to lose the division, and eventually conference, to Washington, and then getting left out of the NY6 games in favor of *checks notes* Florida, who is bad, and LSU, who can't play offense. And I get it, the Pac-12 did not cover itself in glory this year, but this was a very fun team that Mike "Just Asking Questions" Leach put together. Oh yeah, and I've spent all that time and not even gotten to Iowa State, which was also really fun to watch this year, and capped it off by extending actual good coach Matt Campbell and putting more money into the program. The Iowa State coaching staff still only gets paid about 1/8th of what richest man in Iowa Kirk Ferentz makes each year, which is a number I made up but you all know damn well you'd believe it.
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Just looked at the score
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HOLY SHIT
Army's pretty much re-enacting Sherman's March to the Sea with Houston, apparently.
In that there was no aerial movement involved? Because with seven minutes left Army has attempted (and completed!) all of four passes.
Of course they have. The only surprise is that he wasn't instantly made AD.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
So... Tua is bringing 405 family members. I genuinely can't figure out, even considering 9-10 siblings per generation on both sides, how this can happen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
*Troy is my second favorite team.
edit- that was a very rapid bounce back, and not entirely unsurprising.