Because hey, National Signing Day is upon us. Feast your eyes upon proto-Megatron wide receivers from Missouri going to...Missouri! Also, be sure to note the new rules to the Fulmer Cup.
I was very concerned that Greg Shiano's quick departure from Rutgers was going to blow the 2012 recruiting class, but that did not happen. Yay! By all accounts this class is their best yet and only one verbal commitment changed their mind. I am a bit unsure that lifelong assistant Kyle Flood is the right person for the job (I think the AD was under the gun to get someone ASAP), but we will see. It's not so much how he does this year, or even the year after, but how well the program is in 4 or 5 years.
I"m not an alum but since they are the local college team I'll point out that Washington did pretty well to end up around #20 or so and that the Pac12 was second to only the SEC in the number of teams in the top 25 recruiting class rankings.
Initial reports that TCU had ALL THE DRUGS turns out to be a bit inflated. EDIT - Cut and pasted from my Qt3 post - just wanted to see it that would work (it does).
Rich Schools upset they may have to promise prospective slaves...umm student atheletes multi-year deals. The new rule passed and withstood an attempt to override, just barely.
Weird how big this story has gotten. Petrino lied to his bosses, is married, and is a dick, I'll still be surprised if he gets fired. Consequences ain't never gonna be the same.
Probably a combination of a slow sports news season, sensational story, and a chance to interview rednecks. They never pass up that opportunity. I agree with all of the above, however winning buys you a lot of credit to spend. I do think if Malzhan was available he'd be shitcanned.
Him lying (or lying by omission) put the Jeff Long (the Arkansas AD) in an untenable position. If Petrino had a track record of being a reasonably decent guy, I think Long would have written it off as a 'isolated incident' and taken the hit in recruiting for a couple of years. As it is though, Petrino is not only a lying-about-an-affair guy, but lying-about-hiring-your-girlfriend-on-your-staff guy, and generally considered by most other people to be a dick. You can be a dick, but you can't be shown to be a lying dick and still be a major college football coach. Do I think he's the best coach we've had since at least Ken Hatfield or Lou Holtz? Sure, most definatly. At least Petrino didn't get fired or pushed out by a meglomaniac that always feared getting his reputation eclipsed. He just thought with the wrong head. EDIT: Holy shit he gave her $20,000. WTF were you thinking man?
$3.5million/year job is gone. He was fired for cause so he won't get paid the rest of his contract. His family life (wife, four kids) has to be in tatters. His reputation...? Bwaaa ha ha ha. Nice going Bobby.
Shit, I'd worry about lawsuits at this point if I were him. You know there are some lawyers whispering in people's ears. Hilarious.
Oh, I'm sure there is. And it might even be a major. But the more likely scenario is that a small school gives him a shot.
So, I saw a bunch of college presidents finally did what I and millions of people said they should do, and I have to see a picture of them smiling and slapping each others dick like they cured cancer.
College Fooootbawll - starts Thursday! I'll watch Wazzu at BYU and tune into The Northern Arizona vs Arizona State game*. *Why? Because this.** *** **** **please do not share link with Brian Rubin, his head asplode. *** My college sucked. ****Why does ASU not have the best program on the planet, who isn't going to go there?
It annoys me to no end that Penn State has somehow become a sympathetic team and I'm happy that Ohio beat them. And I was a bit surprised to find that I've turned on Hawaii this year. I just can't support a Mountain West team.
That's not the worst Gangnam parody I've seen. Over 3m views on YouTube as well. Though I don't quite get why they edited out "sexy" from the refrain.
The Kurt Flood era is off to a good start at Rutgers with a 3-0 start, but good christ they are an undisciplined bunch. In those 3 games they have had 11 penalties in each fucking game. I don't want to watch the Raiders junior league. Damn.
Ahhh crap, Beano Cook died. He was awesome on the ESPN College Football podcast. Funny cranky old college football dude.
I'm forced to admit (for the first time in over a decade) that Notre Dame is actually relevant as a football team.
Only if other teams stumble, at least insofar as the national championship goes. Notre Dame only has one decent team left on their schedule, and USC lost again today. So they aren't going to get much of a boost the rest of the way.
Speculation on Auburn's next head coach starts now. I imagine Chizik will be gone after Dec. 2012, which is when the buyout on his contract goes down to a measly $7.5 million.
University of Texas' legendary coach Darryl Royal passed away recently. (How legendary? They play in Darryl K. Royal Memorial Stadium). Royal, in addition to being a general badass who brought national championships to the school, was one of the early pioneers of the wishbone offense. Anyway, this was the first play from scrimmage for the Horns this weekend against Iowa State: Well played, Mack Brown, well played. PS: I didn't get to actually see this live because nowhere has the fucking Longhorn Network. Dammit.
Seriously, now we have to rely on fucking Lane Kiffin and USC to deflate the massive ND egofest that's about to come our way?
