ESPN on BT COY: It would be nearly impossible to ignore Kill if MN beats UW

[BleedGopher]

per ESPN:

Next week, the Big Ten will hand out its individual trophies, as well as reveal the all-conference teams. And the media and coaches are going to have a hard time deciding on the coach of the year award.

On one hand, you have Urban Meyer, who has led a very young Ohio State team to a 10-1 record while developing freshman J.T. Barrett into a Heisman Trophy contender on the fly. Eventually, a Buckeyes coach has to win this thing again, right? It hasn't happened since Earle Bruce took home the hardware in 1979, and that's silly.

On the other hand, how do you overlook what Jerry Kill has done at Minnesota? He has the Gophers sitting at 8-3, with a chance to win the West Division by beating Wisconsin this week. It would be nearly impossible to ignore Kill for the award if Minnesota does win that game and forces a rematch with Ohio State in Indianapolis. The Gophers are 16-7 in their last 23 regular-season games and 9-4 in their last 13 Big Ten contests. Remarkable stuff, especially considering a lot of people thought Kill would not return to the sidelines after last year's health issues.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/111549/big-ten-morning-links-77

Go Gophers!!

 

[play hard]

Great job of coaching these young men! Jerry deserves coach of the year ! Only four years after the Brewster mess is remarkable!

 

[MaxyJR1]

NM

 

[BarnBoy]

Ohio state is currently 10-1.

I bet a random college football fan could get them to at least 9-2 with the talent and ammunition they have. Pluck a guy off the street. Put him in a reality show: "Ohio State: You're the Coach, Season 1"

 

[SJUgopher]

I think either would be a fine choice. The homer in me leans Kill given the turnaround and me being a homer but hard to discount Meyer. Granted the bench is much deeper at tOSU, but remember they lost a Heisman candidate at QB during camp and are still in playoff contention.

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

Ohio state is currently 10-1.

I bet a random college football fan could get them to at least 9-2 with the talent and ammunition they have. Pluck a guy off the street. Put him in a reality show: "Ohio State: You're the Coach, Season 1"

Don't forget, in college sports, a big part of coaching is talent acquisition. Meyer has done an excellent job at that.*


*Just playing Devil's Advocate

 

[killme]

Saw this theory presented Saturday morning, I think on BTN pregame: if the coaches switch sidelines would the outcome be the same?