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Topic: Can we talk about football?

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utee94

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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #56 on: July 22, 2022, 11:25:17 AM »
I'd take 1-3 in the last 4. need to beat Iowa, I live here.

I'd give up a loss to Purdue to get the win over the Sooners

8-4 would be wonderful

Definitely pulling for corn over the dirt burglars! :)

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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #57 on: July 22, 2022, 11:47:42 AM »
corn gets much more support these daze than we did back in the 90s
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #58 on: July 30, 2022, 10:37:34 AM »
Which first year coach will be the first fired?

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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #59 on: July 30, 2022, 11:07:02 AM »
Which first year coach will be the first fired?
Florida or Washington.
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #60 on: July 30, 2022, 11:15:27 AM »
Florida or Washington.
Because we don't accept mediocrity.  
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #61 on: July 30, 2022, 11:16:07 AM »
that's why most coaches are fired - everywhere
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #62 on: July 30, 2022, 12:03:00 PM »
Ranking the 50 best defenses in college football history

https://archive.ph/MQTEN#selection-14769.0-14769.56



16. 2009 Nebraska
Head coach: Bo Pelini
Scoring defense: 10.4 PPG
Record: 10-4 (14th in the AP poll)

There was no stopping Ndamukong Suh during his dominant career at Nebraska. Matthew Emmons/USA Today SPORTS
The Cornhuskers boasted only one All-American in 2009, but he happened to be the best defensive player of the 2000s. Ndamukong Suh commanded constant double- and triple-teams and still racked up 20.5 TFLs and 12 sacks as Nebraska held 10 opponents under 300 yards and held its last two, Texas (Big 12 championship game) and Arizona (Holiday Bowl), to a combined 311 yards and 13 points.
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #63 on: July 30, 2022, 02:18:13 PM »
Not sure how they omitted Arizona's Desert Swarm in 92 and 93.  Around 230 total yds allowed per game.
At least they weren't generic and listed the 65 Spartan defense instead of the famed 66 team's.
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #64 on: July 30, 2022, 04:44:50 PM »
Because we don't accept mediocrity. 
... And the new hire just won't be good. 

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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #65 on: July 30, 2022, 04:50:14 PM »
It came up on another thread, but the 4th down Miller run in the 2014 Big Ten title game was an interesting piece of pure "football."

The call was tactically better than a straight handoff. But it wasn't trusting talent in a certain way (well, to picking a pure downhill runner's pure talent). They had better numbers to the boundary, and end up missing the play on a sort of ridiculous effort from the OLB. 

But it was also a bit of having only one outcome and one version of the choice. If they run right into a 6-man front, with the defense accounting for every gap and the safeties likely triggering down, and Hyde gets stopped, folks are lamenting just running up the middle with all the options they had. 

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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #66 on: July 30, 2022, 05:53:37 PM »
Because we don't accept mediocrity. 
Are you expecting this?

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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #67 on: July 30, 2022, 07:36:55 PM »
that's why most coaches are fired - everywhere
Then why does Frost still have a job?
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The 3 hired in the same season:
34-15  Mullen
18-25  Chip Kelly
15-29  Frost
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Two of those programs accept mediocrity.  
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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #68 on: July 30, 2022, 08:18:00 PM »
If your standard is Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer, then you go out and hire a guy named Billy Napier, then you've officially accepted mediocrity. 

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Re: Can we talk about football?
« Reply #69 on: July 30, 2022, 08:57:03 PM »
If your standard is Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer, then you go out and hire a guy named Billy Napier, then you've officially accepted mediocrity.
My favorite is judging a HC before he's coached a game for your school.  It's like grading a draft before the players have suited up.  It's brilliant.
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