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[IrishSpartan]

Wow

 

[TNUtoNotreDame]

Wow

Interesting...Hope he is not in poor health.

 

[NDPhilly]

Dodged a giant expensive bullet there

 

[TorontoGold]

Let me say something many will not say, I am glad we have Denbrock.

 

[calvegas04]

Let me say something many will not say, I am glad we have Denbrock.

Very brave of you

 

[TorontoGold]

Very brave of you

It’s a tough job, but somebody needs to say it. Remember my sacrifice

 

[irishff1014]

Let me say something many will not say, I am glad we have Denbrock.

He has been good so far. And has done a good job getting the wide receivers open.

 

[ColinKSU]

Wow

It has to be hard to coordinate an offense around a QB who is guaranteed to get injured three weeks into the season and keeps getting extra years of eligibility because he refuses to get a real job.

 

[ulukinatme]

Gotta wonder if Ludwig and Klein maybe regret not coming here. Obviously Klein is doing alright for the moment, but could have been here last year when they struggled and be doing better for himself. I'd rather have Denbrock regardless, although I'm a bit worried that sticking with Riley isn't going to showcase our WRs much and we'll continue to struggle to bring talent in.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

 

[Giddyup]

Weee love you Andy Ludwig! Andy Ludwig for analyst or this board will meltdown again.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

East Carolina has fired Mike Houston, following yesterday's loss to Army. The Pirates were 27-38 in Houston's 5+ seasons in charge and were 3-4 this season. While they did make it to bowl games in 2021 and 2022, they have been just 5-14 since. Houston was never quite able to replicate the success he had at James Madison, prior to taking the East Carolina job in 2019.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Oklahoma fires offensive coordinator Seth Littrell after second straight blowout loss

The former North Texas coach was in his first season running the OU offense.

sports.yahoo.com

He has now been fired from the first OC job he landed after being fired as an HC. He's 46 years of age. Interesting to see where his career trajectory goes now. He began his career as an RB coach at TT under The Pirate Mike Leach.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Southern Miss fires coach Hall after 14-30 mark

Will Hall, who went 14-30 over four seasons at Southern Miss, was fired as head coach Sunday. Reed Stringer will take over as interim head coach.

www.espn.com

 

[MacIrish75]

Whole lotta Purdue folks are itching to see Ryan Walters pop up on this list. Can’t say I disagree. Purdue needs to go back to the well of “crazy offensive innovator” in their next HC, whenever that occurs. Walters felt like a weird reach from the jump—kind of like a Dollar Tree MFMF type vibe.

 

[Giddyup]

Isn’t this year 2? Purdue needs to give him more time or face the backlash… am I doing it right?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Whole lotta Purdue folks are itching to see Ryan Walters pop up on this list. Can’t say I disagree. Purdue needs to go back to the well of “crazy offensive innovator” in their next HC, whenever that occurs. Walters felt like a weird reach from the jump—kind of like a Dollar Tree MFMF type vibe.

I don't know about firing him after/during Year 2. That could really put them on a path they'd rather not go down.

If they do, he's probably at the top of the DC hiring list even over Dave Aranda. Illinois is doing what they're doing defensively based a lot on what Walters left behind.

One name already coming up for ECU is the LSU OC Joe Sloan. He played QB at ECU.

 

[Huntr]

Rice HC out

 

[Irish#1]

Rice HC out

They certainly were patient with him.

 

[Irish#1]

Whole lotta Purdue folks are itching to see Ryan Walters pop up on this list. Can’t say I disagree. Purdue needs to go back to the well of “crazy offensive innovator” in their next HC, whenever that occurs. Walters felt like a weird reach from the jump—kind of like a Dollar Tree MFMF type vibe.

Points for Dollar Tree MF.

I don’t see Purdue canning Walter’s so quickly, especially after he already fired the OC. He’ll probably get one more year.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Rice might be looking at some of these other G5 success stories and said they've had enough. It's a hard job, but they're right in the middle of very rich recruiting grounds.

 

[ColoradoIrish]

Rice might be looking at some of these other G5 success stories and said they've had enough. It's a hard job, but they're right in the middle of very rich recruiting grounds.

Had a college teammate coach at Rice for a few years, it's kind of amazing the difficulty they have being good considering the location. They should be able to grab enough talent based on their location and school pedigree to be more of a presence among the G5 schools

 

[stlnd01]

Had a college teammate coach at Rice for a few years, it's kind of amazing the difficulty they have being good considering the location. They should be able to grab enough talent based on their location and school pedigree to be more of a presence among the G5 schools

Do they just not invest in football? B/c they could totally be the Stanford of Texas if they wanted.

It's striking how the academically-strongest schools in the deep South are so not good at football.
Like with Stanford, Northwestern, Duke, Wake, BC, they have their ups and downs and they're not going to win a national championship, but at least they're generally competitive P4 programs. Whereas Vandy (historically) sucks, Tulane's a mid G5 and Rice is irrelevant. Are there not 80 football players in Texas who'd love to get a good education?

 

[ColoradoIrish]

Do they just not invest in football? B/c they could totally be the Stanford of Texas if they wanted.

It's striking how the academically-strongest schools in the deep South are so not good at football.
Like with Stanford, Northwestern, Duke, Wake, BC, they have their ups and downs and they're not going to win a national championship, but at least they're generally competitive P4 programs. Whereas Vandy (historically) sucks, Tulane's a mid G5 and Rice is irrelevant. Are there not 80 football players in Texas who'd love to get a good education?

This was a few years ago and I asked that same question. From the sounds of it the school as a whole just doesn't value having a good football program like that. I dunno if it's financials or what, it's just not a priority for them

 

[Punky]

This was a few years ago and I asked that same question. From the sounds of it the school as a whole just doesn't value having a good football program like that. I dunno if it's financials or what, it's just not a priority for them

Rice has one of the largest endowments in the country, lots of oil money there. Financials are NOT the problem.

 

[IrishSpartan]

Curious to see when the Cignetti race will begin. I think Rhett Lashlee will also be a big name but, SMU will probably over pay to keep him. I wouldnt be surprised to see a lot of open head coaching positions this off season.

Curious to see who will be the big names being looked at:
Cignetti
Lashlee
Will Stein
Matt Campbell
Pete Kwiatkowski
D'Anton Lynn
Andy Kotelnicky
Glenn Schumann
Ryan Grubbs

 

[ColoradoIrish]

Rice has one of the largest endowments in the country, lots of oil money there. Financials are NOT the problem.

I just don't think they view it as worth the money.

 

[Bluto]

I just don't think they view it as worth the money.

I really enjoy college football but I’m not sure what purpose sports programs serve at the majority of colleges these days given the costs associated with building, running and maintaining the sports facilities.

 

[NDohio]

I really enjoy college football but I’m not sure what purpose sports programs serve at the majority of colleges these days given the costs associated with building, running and maintaining the sports facilities.

Take a look at how Alabama's out of state enrollment exploded during the Saban years. Their tuition increases were above the national average as well. It may not make sense for certain colleges/universities, but to simply dismiss it is not right either.

 

[texbender]

On the pro side, Mike McCarthy definitely feeling some heat with a very disappointing start too the season. Especially since in last year of contract.