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Re: Ranking the top college football coaching jobs

Lennie Collins — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:30:07 -0000

I think the game starts at 6 PM. Texas wins by 40+ points. Enjoy the game. Stay cool. I will be enjoying my "singles retreat" my church is having. Seton is actually on 34th and Medical Parkway!

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1Tomcat — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:07:25 -0000

Heck man I avoid IH-35 all together, I come up from the south Airport Blvd, cut across at Manor Rd' we usually park behind the Baseball field on the street.
This Saturday I'm not sure of kickoff time, but we will leave several hours before kickoff- for sure. The folks at the tailgate are really cool folks, the only bummer is those dang porta-cans- shoot its got to be 110F in those things. Hey you mentioned that you work at a medical center perhaps Seton over on 32nd street. I got my hand sewed up one time over there and they did a pretty good job even replaced part of my thumb. I went to Brakenridge one time and they sewed up my head after I busted out a windsheild on a 58 chevy. Stay away from the small town hospitals- they scare me.
Peace out
Adios Tomcat

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1Tomcat — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:50:12 -0000

Hey c-dogg Yall will have fun at College Station Texas home of the 12th man just ask La Monroe & Fresno
They have an awesome home field advantage- its lookin like a big one
Gigem-Aggies

Re: Ranking the top college football coaching jobs

Lennie Collins — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:42:09 -0000

Trust me...I would love to meet ya. I work about 4 miles from where the football teams plays. My son also lives near that area. I avoid that area an I-35 though on gameday.

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1Tomcat — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:29:58 -0000

Take Care Man- We only attend one,two sometimes three per year, I just lucked out because of a music gig- I got a free pair for this Saturday.
Heck ole Howard has been talking noise- its looking more & more like a purty good one.
Hookem-Horns
Adios Tomcat

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Lennie Collins — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:12:09 -0000

Hey 1Tomcat...William did back out of a home & home series with the Miami Hurricanes and that was the reason he gave. I saw the press conference. I also know that he avoided a game with Notre Dame and chose North Carolina State in a College Kickoff Classic and North Carolina State beat Texas. Only National Title games mean something to me. I would love to meet you, seriously BUT I am leaving 08/29 heading to Grapevine, Texas for a retreat my church is having. I doubt that I will catch ANY OF THE GAMES Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. If you come back for any other of the Texas games I would love to meet you. You will see me before I will see you because I wear my Crimson & Cream gear EVERY Saturday. Take care and Oklahoma will be the Big 12 Champions...again!

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1Tomcat — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:49:06 -0000

Kansas Mark Mangino-- nations best no doubt

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1Tomcat — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:03:16 -0000

I remember that Rice game that I attended when the MOB Marching Owl Band formed a huge car at halftime and they said ole Darel Royal hit a bump in Miami and the front tire went flat.
I don't recall Texas backing away from anybody including Ohio State and Arkansas. Its kinda lunacy in a way for a fan of a particular team to criticize their opponents schedule. Wouldn't not favor your particular teams schedule to play a team that quite frankly,probably plays one of the nations toughest schedules. Texas in 2008 plays 3 teams that finished 07 in the top ten and 9 teams that went bowling
Texas Schedule 2008
Florida Atlantic 2007 Sun Belt Champs 8-5 Bowl winners

@ UTEP C-USA 2007 4-8

Arkansas SEC 2007 8-5 lost to Missu-Cotton Bowl

Rice C-USA 2007 3-9

@ Colorado B-12 2007 6-7 lost to Bama - Independence Bowl

Oklahoma B-12 chumps 11-3 lost to West Virginia

Missouri B-12 2007 12-2 Bowl Winners beat Arkansas-Cotton

Oklahoma State B-12 2007 7-6 Bowl winners beat Indiana-Insight

@ Texas Tech 2007 9-4 Bowl winners beat Virgina Gator Bowl

Baylor B-12 2007 3-9

@ Kansas B-12 2007 12-1 Bowl winners beat Virginia Tech-Orange

Texas A&M 2007 7-6 lost to Penn State- Alamo bowl

@ Kansas City Big-12 Champ game against Missu,KU,Colo or Neb

Big bowl game against anybody AZ st, Iowa,USC, Mich whoever and win

Hey Lennie I'll be at The Luling Longhorn Garcia Bud Lite tailgate party, we are located on the south east side of DKR Memorial, we are sponsered by Bud Lite and we have Luling City Market sausage- look for the big burnt orange tent with the banner, we will be there Aug 30 prior to kickoff- come on by and say hello, eat a ring of sausage. You can recognize me because I'll be wearing burnt Orange
Adios Tomcat

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PittsburghTiger — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:26:09 -0000

ND's is at the top of the list because the coach can block the sun!

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1Tomcat — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:52:50 -0000

Ya Kev Austin Tx is like 800,000 probably over 1.5 million with surrounding counties- Austin traffic sucks- the secret is to stay off of IH-35 if at all possible, leave real early whether headed north into town or south into town in the morning, like avoid driving between 0645 and 0830 if at all possible and in the evenings don't even think about trying to leave town in any direction at 1700 forget it, get on the road about 300 pm and go on city streets through all those lights and say a prayer and hopefully you might make it out alive.
I went to the Capitol city twice last week and its really a test of ones nerves, way too many a-holes on the road who don't value human life.Whats really funny are these real aggressive ones who weave back and forth, from lane to lane, like they are in a big hurry, then after all their craziness they are stuck at the light right by me and haven't gained 1 second off of their trip.
Be Safe ,Be courteous, drive friendly ??

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RazzMaTazz — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:32:57 -0000

Wow! I missed that one. I hate ND, but you're right. They need to be at or near the top as far as prestigious coaching jobs-- althought it's been tarnished lately.

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RazzMaTazz — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:29:06 -0000

Everybody expects Schiano to take over Penn State, and I think he'd be a great choice. But Grobe would also be a great hire for Penn State-- and about 98% of Division I schools. I wish Clemson would hire him. If Grobe won the ACC with Wake's football tradition and resouces, I'm sure he could have done it years ago (and probably repeatedly) at Clemson.

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aVoiceInSC — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:00:34 -0000

IF he, in fact, does do it, then you'll be absolutely right.

For what it's worth I think this season is huge for the program. This year's recruiting class wasn't stellar, and the best part was actually from last year. He needs to get another solid class in Columbia, and this year's results could determine a lot there.

As one of my coworkers (a long time Carolina fan and grad) says, "Carolina has always been able to hang with anyone with their first 22, the problem arises when they have to go deeper into the lineup." If Spurrier can remedy that, you might be proven correct.

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aVoiceInSC — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:50:05 -0000

By the way, I was responding to your comment, "None of these coaches would even consider leaving for "Mighty Clemson"". None includes Iowa.

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aVoiceInSC — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:47:25 -0000

A.) He took a shot at my team, and I took one at his team. Nice logic.

B.) Don't come back. If you can't appreciate natural beauty then you need to stay in the concrete jungles.

C.) We'd take Iowa to the cleaners this year. Anyone who thinks that a coach would leave Clemson to go to Iowa is horribly mistaken. The only way they'd have a prayer to get a coach from us, is if we let him go.

By the way, Calvin Johnson had a great game against us the last time he played us, didn't he? Using the logic of handpicking one performance, CJ, James, Woody Dantzler, and 4 of the last 7 say hello as well. After this season, make that 5 out of the last 8.

A little cranky because GT will be lucky to have 7 wins this year, are we?

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Ramblin' Gator — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:52:35 -0000

It pains me to acknowledge that ND is a high-level coaching job, but I don't believe they deserve the #1 spot on the list. Urban Meyer had his choice of positions 3 years ago, and he passed on ND to coach at UF, despite his prior interest in the ND position. If ND is truly #1 on that list, they should be able to attract a proven BCS-caliber coach without having to pay a king's ransom to get him. Taking an NCAA-unproven OC from the NFL tells me ND had lowered their aspirations a bit.

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Ramblin' Gator — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:40:21 -0000

Me too!

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GT_Chris — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:13:07 -0000

A) Woody Hayes coached Ohio State. Im not sure what that has to do with the University of Iowa.

B) Ive been to Clemson and it was podunk. If not for the hills it would look just like the middle of Indiana or Ohio.

C) Iowa played in a BCS game after the 2002 season, and beat LSU in the Citrus Bowl after 2004. The last time Clemson played in a bowl better than the Gator Bowl was a Citrus Bowl appearance in 1991.

In conclusion, Climpsun fans are even more delusional than Alabama fans. At least Bama won a NC in the 90's. The only thing the Purple Tigers have done in the last 15 years is choke. Maybe this is the year that changes, maybe not.

By the way, Kerry Watkins, Calvin Johnson, Tashard Choice, and 3 of the last 4 say hello.

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Justin98 — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:08:16 -0000

Zac, so you're admitting you lied to make your comments sound more important, man, you sound like Billary Clinton here. Sniper fire on the UM campus? Miami doesn't even play in the Orange Bowl anymore, so that's a moot point as well. And Dolphin Stadium facilities are top notch. The 'Canes on-campus facilities are on the rise.

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grcunning — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:48:10 -0000

No, I agree with you on Iowa, and probably Wisc and A&M as well

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Ramblin' Gator — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:27:59 -0000

This ranking is way too subjective. It fails to account for what I like to call "The Zook Effect".

It's almost impossible to follow a legend into even the most desirable coaching situations. Imagine how much scrutiny will be placed on Pete Carroll's successor, someday. Jimbo Fisher is now staring down the barrel of this gun.

There are exceptions to The Zook Effect, most notably Les Miles who has been at least as good and possibly better than Nick Saban.

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Ripdogg — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:12:29 -0000

you are an idiot. Tradition today isnt worth the three wins it was in the 60's the 70's and early 80's. Notre Dame is not the top job in the Country. There admission standards alone make it the toughest place to recruit. They do not allow the coaching staff to work to there abilities. They are not in a conference. The only thing they have is there money deal and tv package. And if this playoff thing ever happens you will see Notre Dame become the next member of the big east or big ten.

As for who is number one? Right now it would have to be Ohio "bcs loser" State. They have facilities, 100,000 plus at the horse shoe, a conference bid every year, coaching, and they get the kids to come there. I like the texas pick, I think alabama, usc and florida should be in the top five also. Other then that does it really matter. No other schools float my boat. Clemson is a place that is very interesting to me. I think they might be the sleeper this year in the Championship Chase.

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U.of S.C.1978 — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:53:07 -0000

Ok, I'll end all this speculation so that we can move on to the next topic. A real coach wants a challenge, in addition to a nice check, good facilities, etc., etc. I submit that Mr. Spurrier has the Ultimate coaching job. No winning tradition, but all the tools. When he gets his NC at USC, the whole damn world will sit up and say, "the OBC could have done it anywhere". You heard it here first.

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Kevin @ Fanblogs — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:53:06 -0000

Say what you want... I still can't wait for Miami - UF.

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aVoiceInSC — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:41:55 -0000

Since we have that all out of our systems, do you still think that Iowa is a better job than Clemson, or even Auburn or Virginia Tech?