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Guest -> RE: Gopher Football (10/20/2010 9:52:17 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Ryan Buckingham
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ORIGINAL: Miles K
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ORIGINAL: Jim Frenette
PA this morning threw out the name Scott Linehan as next Gopher coach. This could be just like Pete Carroll leaving the NFL and back to college. It is food for thought
Miles VT lost to a DII team right after they lost to Boise St
They lost to James Madison....I think James Madison is Division I FCS and has a very good program. The defeat to Boise State by VT was devastating....they should have beaten James Madison. And Oregon State, a preseason top 20 team has now lost 3 games..............in other words, Boise State went out and strengthened their non conference schedule....VT has been one of the top programs in the country the past 10 years, Oregon State has been a very good program.....and the year Boise State has things in place, the two schools they had on their non conference schedule have laid eggs so should Boise State be penalized?
If you represent one of the BCS conferences, you would say damn right.
I say if Boise State is soooooo overhyped and not in the same category of the teams from the "great conferences", then let's have a playoff system so the Ohio States can show everyone how pathetic the Big Ten really is. It is not the conference of strength in football that it was when Ohio State and Michigan dominated with Woody and Bo.
And Oklahoma, undefeated and moving up in the polls, squeaked by Utah State in its opener 31-24 in Norman. UTAH STATE for crying out loud. A slight step above NDSU, SDSU and USD.
Everyone needs to take a step back and look at college football.......the playing field has been leveled tremendously since the BCS schools are limited to 90 scholarships and the FCS schools get 60 scholarships.
Does anyone really think that the University of Indiana's football program is light years ahead of the Bison of NDSU?
Maybe the Gophers should hire Lee Corso.
In 1974, UND went into Memorial Stadium and faced the Gophers with an option QB and a very good wide receiver. The Sioux led at halftime, 21 to 14. In the second half, Gophers moved Rick Upchurch from wide receiver to the backfield......they simply pitched Upchurch the ball and no one on the Sioux team had the speed to catch someone with world class speed that Upchurch possessed. The Gophers won the game 42 to 30....but the Sioux had amassed as much yardage as the Gophers (yes, I realize it was the Cal Stoll era). The Sioux manhandled the Gophers defensive line in the first half.
That was a time when DI programs were not limited in scholarships and DII programs were way behind DI.
There is a much more level playing field today.
Boise State would run the table in the Big 10.
As far down as the Gophers are, it really should not take too much to make them competitive in the Big 10. It should not require a Miracle Worker.
Good, because we won't be hiring one. I don't care who they hire, the guy will not be a Miracle Worker. He will however be in charge of what SHOULD be a good program year in and year out. We now have the state of the art stadium, we are the only D-I school in the state, and are in a BCS conference. We have some decent young talent. We'll have Gray and most of the rest of the offensive skill positions back. The defense is very young as well.
The talent here, if properly coached, should be enough to be at least .500 in the Big Ten, in 2011.
I agree completely.........Brewster was clearly in over his head....good recruiter but where was his record of running a program?
The person needs to have had at least been successful as either a defensive coordinator or offensive coordinator where his role has involved supervision of various coaches. I would like some head coaching experince as well but we might not get that. At the least, coordinator experience.
And I agree....the U of M has too much to offer to settle for mediocrity in its football program.
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