Sophomore Coach Update

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Pat Forde ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2644402

After the 2004 season, the coaching carousel spun as wildly -- and in some cases as unpredictably -- as it has in years. Most of the coaching Class of '05 has 20 games under its belt by now, which seems like a suitable point for a progress report:


Rollin': Charlie Weis (26), 16-4 at Notre Dame; Urban Meyer (27), 16-4 at Florida.

Upgradin': Terry Hoeppner (28), 9-11 at previously awful Indiana; Dick Tomey (29), 8-10 at even more awful San Jose State; Ty Willingham (30), 6-14 at former train wreck
Washington; Bronco Mendenhall (31), 12-8 at Brigham Young.

Stallin': Les Miles (32), 17-4 at loaded LSU; Mike Sanford (33), 3-16 at UNLV; Hal Mumme (34), 2-18 at New Mexico State.
Bombin': Ron Zook (35), 4-16 at Illinois; Ed Orgeron (36), 5-15 at Mississippi; Walt Harris (37), 5-14 at Stanford.

 

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Les Miles is stallin'???

17-4 (Better than Weis or Meyer)

He went 11-2 last year with a 3 point loss in OT and 20 point loss to UGA in the SEC Championship Game. He beat Miami by 37 in the Peach Bowl.

This year he's lost by 4 to Auburn and by 13 to the Gators. LSU might well go 11-2 again in '06.

Yes, his team has talent but if losing 4 games is stallin' what would it be called if he was undefeated? Mediocre?

 

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BGIF says it all.

Completely rediculous and warped sense of thinking. 17-4 isn't good enough?

All that is wrong with college football.

Bronco Mendenhall will do a great job down the road.

 

[maison bleu]

I haven't heard much grumbling from the natives around here about Miles' shortcomings.

LSU was preseason top five, but that had a lot to do with whipping Miami in last year's bowl game. And we've seen how little beating Miami had come to mean. LSU is too inconsistent on offense when they can't physically overwhelm their opponents. They got no finesse game.