2013 College Football Season

**smokymountainrain** · 12-09-2013, 04:52 PM

Originally posted by cougjunkie View Post

6 Heisman finalists this year

AJ McCarran
Jameis Winston
Jordan Lynch
Tre Mason
Johnny Manziel
Andre Williams

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No real surprises there, but I'd have Mariota and Petty there instead of Mason and McCarron.

**beefytee** · 12-09-2013, 05:19 PM

Originally posted by BigFatMeanie View Post

What was the name of the coach from Montana (or was it Montana State) that was perennially successful in FCS but only lasted a few seasons at Wyoming? Is there any reason to think that this coach will be any different? Is there any reason to think that Wyoming will ever be able to overcome the built-in limitations to their program of demographics and geography? Even if the coach is able to overcome those limitations for a season or two, the limitations will win out in the end as the coach eventually leaves for greener pastures (e.g. Joe Tiller).

Utah State has the exact same limitations as Wyo although the demographics have been improving for Utah State over the past few years with 27K enrollment compared to 12K for Wyo. Neither school can do anything about their geography.

Joe Glenn wasn't exactly a perennial success in FCS. He was head coach for 3 years and won 1 national championship. Montana had had 15 or so years of success prior to him. Craig Bohl's been at NDSt. for 10 years.

He was at Wyoming for 5 years and did improve Wyoming significantly over his predecessor. His biggest issue was he was never able to parlay his winning seasons into a better coaching gig.

**Pelado** · 12-09-2013, 05:34 PM

Originally posted by BigFatMeanie View Post

What was the name of the coach from Montana (or was it Montana State) that was perennially successful in FCS but only lasted a few seasons at Wyoming?

He was held accountable.

**TripletDaddy** · 12-09-2013, 05:39 PM

Athlon ranks "must see" bowls from 1-35. The HUNG is ranked 11.

http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sp..._head_15264053

11. Fight Hunger – BYU (8-4) vs. Washington (8-4) – Dec. 27 at 9:30 p.m. ET
The Fight Hunger Bowl should be one of the better pre-New Year’s Day matchups this season. Washington finally got over the 7-6 mark with a solid 8-4 record in 2013, but instead of building on this year's success in 2014, coach Steve Sarkisian left for USC. The Huskies were able to pull Chris Petersen away from Boise State, which is easily one of the top hires of the BCS era. Regardless of the coaching situation, Washington will be a tough opponent for BYU. The Huskies ranked second in the Pac-12 in total offense (514.3 ypg), and running back Bishop Sankey is expected to be a postseason All-American (147.9 ypg). The Cougars went 2-4 against BCS competition this season, but Bronco Mendenhall’s defense ranks 21st nationally in points allowed (21.3), while quarterback Taysom Hill is a dangerous dual-threat option. BYU has been vulnerable in the secondary, and it’s critical for linebacker Kyle Van Noy to get pressure on Washington quarterback Keith Price. - See more at: http://athlonsports.com/college-foot....3GqLJu3N.dpuf

**Omaha 680** · 12-09-2013, 11:43 PM

I'm thinking of heading down to Philly for Army/Navy on Saturday because I've never been to the game and it's kind of on my list as a CFB fan. Anyone been that can say if it is worth it? I'm about a two hour bus ride or 90 minute train ride away so if I'm ever going to do the game now would be the time.

**Paperback Writer** · 12-09-2013, 11:48 PM

Originally posted by BigFatMeanie View Post

What was the name of the coach from Montana (or was it Montana State) that was perennially successful in FCS but only lasted a few seasons at Wyoming? Is there any reason to think that this coach will be any different? Is there any reason to think that Wyoming will ever be able to overcome the built-in limitations to their program of demographics and geography? Even if the coach is able to overcome those limitations for a season or two, the limitations will win out in the end as the coach eventually leaves for greener pastures (e.g. Joe Tiller).

Utah State has the exact same limitations as Wyo although the demographics have been improving for Utah State over the past few years with 27K enrollment compared to 12K for Wyo. Neither school can do anything about their geography.

Wyoming will never be a football power but remember this is the Mountain West conference - every school appears to have geographical limitations. And compared to N. Dakota St., Wyoming should be easier to recruit. Utah St.'s former coach is now at Wisconsin so it's not unreasonable to think Craig Bohl might be able to parlay the Wyoming job into something better should he choose. If he stays at Wyoming for a decade like he did at N. Dakota St., I think he will make Wyoming more than respectable in the MW.

**San Juan Sun** · 12-10-2013, 09:41 AM

In my necks of the woods, this would get you arrested:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10111471/south-carolina-gamecocks-jadeveon-clowney-gets-speeding-ticket-driving-110-mph

**USUC** · 12-10-2013, 12:53 PM

Looks like Mack Brown will be retiring after the bowl game.

Edit: Maybe even before the bowl game.

**TripletDaddy** · 12-10-2013, 12:56 PM

Where do you store your Heisman?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/how-heisman-trophy-winners-have-stored-their-hardware/2013/12/06/d972cac6-5d17-11e3-be07-006c776266ed_story.html

**USUC** · 12-10-2013, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by USUC View Post

Looks like Mack Brown will be retiring after the bowl game.

Edit: Maybe even before the bowl game.

Maybe not

Bruce Feldman ‏@BFeldmanCBS 2m

Mack Brown to 247: "I'm in FL recruiting. If I had decided to step down I sure wouldn't be killing myself down here." Said not stepping down

as a side

Bruce Feldman ‏@BFeldmanCBS 14m

Just got this text from a college coach: "Great quote by Mack 'killing himself"..That's what other people call 'working'"

**USUC** · 12-10-2013, 03:37 PM

Originally posted by Surfah View Post

So who replaces Petersen at Boise? Apparently Harsin has a buyout of $1 million. Arkansas State seems to be a great stepping stone school right now. Hugh Freeze, Gus Malzahn, Brian Harsin?

Word is that Harsin withdrew his name from consideration. Its down to Koetter and Tedford. Footballscoop says its going to be Dirk Koetter, they are just working out the details.

**TripletDaddy** · 12-10-2013, 08:06 PM

Originally posted by USUC View Post

Maybe not

as a side

He's gone. Again.

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http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Texas-Longhorns-coach-Mack-Brown-set-to-step-down-reports-say-121013

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**Jeff Lebowski** · 12-10-2013, 08:14 PM

Adios, Mack. You seemed like a genuinely good guy. May you have a happy retirement. We will always remember 2005.

**USUC** · 12-10-2013, 08:25 PM

Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post

He's gone. Again.

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefoot...rts-say-121013

Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

Adios, Mack. You seemed like a genuinely good guy. May you have a happy retirement. We will always remember 2005.

And Saban the next coach of Texas?

**Jeff Lebowski** · 12-10-2013, 09:47 PM

Originally posted by USUC View Post

And Saban the next coach of Texas?

That's the word on the street.

I liked this article:

Now who could the next Longhorns coach be? Could it be … SABAN?!!

http://austin.culturemap.com/news/sports/12-10-13-now-who-could-the-next-longhorns-coach-be-could-it-be-saban/

When the rumors started getting hot and heavy two months ago, they were without much hair. A regent talked to an agent. A Hicks had lunch with Mack Brown. That was it. It seemed headed the way of the “Rick Perry is gay” rumor, proven wrong when he bailed on a Kathy Griffin show to catch Kings of Leon on Conan. But several websites are quoting well-connected sources as saying that Nick Saban will be the next coach at the University of Texas. This follows the viral Orangebloods report that Mack Brown would resign. The writing on the wall was Banksy big. There’s never been a better time for Nick Saban, the only coach to win college football national championships with two different programs, to go for a third. The richest plantation in college sports would make Saban, who already makes $200,000 a year more than Coach Brown’s $5.4 million, college football’s first Six Million Dollar Man. Nick Austin! You see, when you pay the players like SXSW volunteers, with an education instead of a badge, you can throw a lot more money at the coaches. And the University of Texas is the New York Yankees with professors. Even after a couple seasons of unrest, it seems a little strange that this will really be Mack Brown's final season at Texas, where he won a national championship in 2005 and would’ve won another in 2009 if Colt McCoy’s trick shoulder didn’t pick one helluva time to act up. Coach Brown never really got over that heartbreaking loss — to Saban and Alabama — and the next year a joyless, shell-shocked, Garrett Gilbert-led Longhorns team went 5-7. Mel Gibson’s acting career didn’t fall so fast. The 2011 season wasn’t “Hangover 2,” but it wasn’t exactly return to glory either, with a win over Cal in the Holiday Bowl making an 8-5 final record. The next season Texas finished 9-4, but like the previous year, included a blowout loss to Oklahoma. That will always get the entitled, parking lot sausage-turners in burnt orange calling for heads to roll. When Texas stumbled early in 2013, it seemed pretty certain that Mack Brown was singing to the swans. But the ridiculed Horns rebounded, winning six conference games in a row, including a 36-20 upset of OU, who are set to play Saban’s Tide in the Sugar Bowl. Strange thing happened en route to Bama’s three-peat. Saban called for a field goal, which turned into a kickoff, and the Auburn player ran back for a touchdown on the final play of the game. Auburn beat heavily favored Alabama on Bo Jackson’s birthday, and Charles Barkley is still partying. There’s never been a better time for Nick Saban, the only coach to win college football national championships with two different programs (LSU in 2003, Bama in ’09, ’11 and ’12), to go for a third. In the past week, photos of a house in Lakeway that Saban’s realtor-wife Terry has allegedly bought have surfaced on the Internet. I mean, Bama Brown of KVET posted it, and his name is BAMA! The richest plantation in college sports would make Saban college football’s first Six Million Dollar Man. When DeLoss Dodds retired last month, Mack Brown lost his biggest supporter. The odds of Mack Brown coaching Texas next year are about the same as Ryan O’Neal taking the reins of the Ransom Center. Even if Texas beats heavily favored No. 10 Oregon in the Alamo Bowl Dec. 30, they’ll end up 9-4. And 10-win seasons are the standard, which Mack Brown set, at Texas these days. If Earl Campbell has his way (which, as the only monument with his own golf cart, he doesn’t), former Texas All-American safety Jerry Gray, now making about 800 large as Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator, will become the Horns’ first African-American head football coach. But it’ll be Saban, I think. Basing this hunch on little more than the weekend I spent in Tuscaloosa a few years back. T-loose has all the bad things about a college town and gets nothing cool out of being a liberal outpost in a beet-red state. If Alabama Shakes are on tour, there goes the music scene. The Sabans have been married since he was 20 and his wife was 19. It’ll be 42 years on Dec. 18. They’ve never stayed any place too long, in the past 15 years going from Michigan State to LSU to the Miami Dolphins (where Saban had his only losing season as coach, in 2006) to Alabama. It’s time for another change of scenery. And Saban, of Croat descent from West Virginia, has said that the only place he’d go after Alabama was Texas. It hasn't been officially announced — and things can always change — but when Texas fields a team next year, they’ll be the Croatians 11.

Other coaches rumored to be courted by Team Bevo are Mike Gundy of Oklahoma State, who I’m pretty certain is over 40 and not yet 50 (Saban is 62) and Auburn coach Gus Malzahn, who recently signed a big contract extension, but those don’t mean anything because they always have an escape clause. If Earl Campbell has his way (which, as the only monument with his own golf cart, he doesn’t), former Texas All-American safety Jerry Gray, now making about 800 large as Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator, will become the Horns’ first African-American head football coach.

But it’ll be Saban, I think. Basing this hunch on little more than the weekend I spent in Tuscaloosa a few years back. T-loose has all the bad things about a college town and gets nothing cool out of being a liberal outpost in a beet-red state. If Alabama Shakes are on tour, there goes the music scene.

The Sabans have been married since he was 20 and his wife was 19. It’ll be 42 years on Dec. 18. They’ve never stayed any place too long, in the past 15 years going from Michigan State to LSU to the Miami Dolphins (where Saban had his only losing season as coach, in 2006) to Alabama. It’s time for another change of scenery. And Saban has said that the only place he’d go after Alabama was Texas.

2013 College Football Season

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