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Maybe Canada's best running back got himself into the dog house for doing something none of us have heard about?



I'm quite certain Canada is not playing to lose, for cripe pete. He's hoping for a head job.

Nah, he was out there. But Maryland get held to 16, really 15 plays in the half. He was targeted on a pass on the first drive, but dropped it, and was set or a handoff, but the snap was high and the QB had to fall on it. 

What?
I'm critical. On here. That's not "mad".
I was happy with Bell, but only when we had Piggy. Once the quarterbacks went down, I thought he did a terrible job at adjusting to Max.
I was critical of Canada before he got here and listed why before the season started.
My thoughts have come to fruition.
Are you telling me that if your best running back didn't touch the ball until the end of the 3rd quarter, you wouldn't question your offensive coordinator?
It doesn't surprise me though. The same people who praise His abilities as an offensive coordinator don't believe Ty Johnson is a good running back.

See, I read that last paragraph, and I see mad. Maybe chippy. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's the way most fans interact with sports. A lot of bombast and swings of emotion. It's not bad, but it does make things seem very dramatic. 
I didn't even say you shouldn't be questioning the OC. But if we read it through your lens, everything would always be very up or very down. Things are usually in the middle. 
That said, the part of the post that you didn't quote (possibly because it did not raise strong emotions) was that I said, we might just be overrating him. He's creative, but not that effective. I promised the breakdown, let's have it. 
At IU
2007 61st
2008 84th
2009 87th
2010 66th
At NIU
2011 18th
At UW 
2012 26th
At NC State
2013 92nd
2014 40th
2015 43rd
At Pitt
2016 3rd
At LSU 42nd 
IU there's a hand behind your back. At UW QB situation was a mess, so that's kinda impressive. Overall, a little better than I expected, but he has been occasionally very good or great, often just OK. Anyway, in five, maybe six games, he won't be your problem. So cheers to that. 

See, I read that last paragraph, and I see mad. Maybe chippy. And there's nothing wrong with that.

He made a valid counter point to your assertions,maybe someone else is uppity/snippy.He is right unless there were disciplinary/injury reasons.Why did a useful force of the offense not get the rock to late.Was he used to disguise or as a diversion that long?As Paul Brown once said if you have a big gun you shoot it.Dragging out stats from different seasons/programs/opposition doesn't pertain to that comment and  proves nothing.I'm not saying Canada sux at all and for the most part would take a chance on him if Urbz left.Iowa clearly had the upper hand in talent against Maryland.So many X a coach can't do a lot i.e. Frost at UNL.With the right parts however there might be hell to pay.There have also been a lot of great asst coaches or coordinators that don't always translate to HC.Canada like Warriner sure has moved around the last 5-6 seasons.What's up with that?attitude or looking for opportunity?

It's should be a fun day of college football.  I'll miss most of it, because my daughter has a soccer tournament.  Her first game is at 1:15, but we are supposed to get there at noon.  Clearly the coach has no respect for the structures of college football.  So I'll be trying to check in on here and on the games from a cold, rainy field, and otherwise be fantasizing about being warm by a television.  

Should be back to watch OSU give up 50 to Purdue, though.

You should post something like this the morning of Nov. 24th.

all Coaches are busy, I give them a break

but sportswriters?  There are plenty of them out there.  If they are too busy or uninterested to give their ballots more than a few minutes a week, they should decline the offer.  Let some other sportswriter with more time and energy fill out a ballot

I would guess most of them are giving good effort, but it's not easy as we know.

Why would any sportswriter give this more than 5 minutes of his attention and effort?


And, today, none of this matters anyway for them, not one bit.  Not a tiny iota of importance.

because it's his responsibility
if the writer doesn't think it matters he should decline the opportunity
one of the Husker beat writers has a weekly column where he publishes his ballot and explains his reasoning
if that is too much to ask then allow another writer the opportunity, if the AP can't find enough qualified writers that will give a decent effort, then abolish the poll.

Why would any sportswriter give this more than 5 minutes of his attention and effort?

First of all, his vote is a small fraction of the final, so if he really goofs, it doesn't much matter anyway, and there is no penalty for it.  The dude is probably watching the major games of the weekend, not how a couple of teams that are 5-3 played beyond the score.

I never spent more than 5 minutes on my own efforts, probably not more than 2.  You get down past 15th and you start thinking "eh, whatever".

Well if one is specifically a CFB beat writer/columnist like to think they might get a bit deeper.Ya I'd look into variables like injuries,Bosa for instance(before the Purdue pansing).Depends on how many power 5 undefeateds also IMO.You have a point though,after 15 not too many critiquing with a fine tooth comb.Now if it was like an old school math test where you had to show your work,then decline the opportunity.But up to 12-15 give it a look as your readership might depend on it