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You are patently ridiculous. Can you show me where being a superior coach makes a difference in being an AD? Maybe, in addition to my musings that PJ's personality and approach would be perfect at the U to be a successful AD, we should make Coyle the Football coach, since you have to be a...

Actually, it isn't. When the U decided to deemphasize sports because of the feeling it was detracting from the primary purpose of the University, a leading academic institution. Go back and look at the press at the time. They U was making a stand in the face of increasing focus and importance...

I could explain it to you, but I cannot understand it for you.

Except that (new) walk-ons aren't a thing anymore.

Agree with your ranking. As for Mason's NC schedules, that's why I only look at B1G games when comparing Mason and PJ.

Most of our passing game recently has been the attempt to simulate a running game. The short passes/screens are because of how poorly the O-line has played outside of the Nebraska game.

AAK was mobile. Really nice kid, too. Spent a little time at the State Fair with my son back in the day. Made my son's day. He didn't need to do that.

He was one of the best assistant coaches at the U in the last 30 years. If he was still in his prime, this Oline would be better than it is right now. He was also one of the best recruiters in the state of Minnesota.

I'll be just fine, thanks. I'm of a generation in which I can point out my thoughts and disagree with someone without curling up in a ball in the corner if I don't get my way. As I've said many times before, PJ has more wins against ranked opponents in the B1G than Mason did in the same amount...

Check the winning percentages of the teams he played in the B1G. Check how many times he played both Michigan and Ohio State, vs. how many times previous coaches did over the same period. He significantly benefited from playing in the West Division. Doesn't mean he didn't deliver on the softer...

C'mon man, the Admin took the bold stance that athletics was getting to big in 1961 which catapulted us to the top of college football. it's the kind of leadership that has gotten us where we are. Jack is just towing the line that commitment to improvement, revenue, and relevance are not...

Yes, with input from the coach. PJ wears the capris. All. The. Time. It's his choice. I don't care, but you can't blame that particular fashion choice on Nike.

Goal wasn't to get you. You're not wrong that most of the bowls we've been in have been Johnny Come lately bowls that didn't exist in the hey day of bowl games. I'd add the Holiday Bowl to the list of meaninful bowls - having grown up on the West Coast it was similar to the Rose as the Citrus...

FIFY if you believe that none of the bowls between the 62 Rose Bowl and 20 Outback Bowl were better than the Outback Bowl. I think the team that played in the 15 Citrus Bowl may disagree with you. The Citrus Bowl has always been a better bowl destination than the Outback (now Reliaquest) Bowl...

what, no year zero? He took over a program in signficant decline. Of all the coaches in the world that should get a little grace in the first season, Nick Saban is number 1. Belicheck is in the top 10. Because of his lack of college experience, next year better be a big step forward, or then I...

An 8-4 Michigan won't play in the Pinstripe bowl.

Thanks for sharing this. This was interesting to read through and I appreciate your bringing it up. Admittedly, my attempts were not nearly as in depth as Dr. Colley's. I toyed with redoing this using his formula, but did not for two reasons. 1) My goal was not to rank the teams in total as...

When I started this exercise, the goals was to get some sense of how to consider the results of the relative strength of the teams to each other when any one team plays 9 conference games, not playing the other 8. So it's a strength of schdule of a sort. As the year went on, I tweaked it when...

Never said no one was trying. But just because you really want to and you really work hard, doesn't change the results. As we saw in the Nebraska game, this team is much better than it's performance on the field in every other game. DT's inablity to stay healthy isn't something that can't be...

based on the way the season has played out, it appears that is accurate using the methodology I am using. Their resutls of their head to head won't figure into the final, but it will shift a little based on how next weekend falls out.