Top Group of 5 Head Coaching Jobs According to ESPN

[Herd In the Plains]

Better than being stuck in the CUSA corne.
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Queenie with another strong post.

lap it up, lap it up queenie coog

 

[CougarKing]

Herd in the plains, didn't you have enough when I owned your ass in the other thread?

 

[WVinUSAF]

Do you honestly think the University of Texas would allow another Texas school in?

 

[flairforherd]

Originally posted by CougarKing:
The ESPN article in the OP flat out mentions Houston as a prime Big 12 candidate.

It's all about location, not program quality. You're confusing one with the other.

I've said many times on this board that Marshall's biggest drawback in terms of growth and conference affiliation is something it can never change: its physical location.

 

[awebbOH]

Originally posted by riflearm2:
Sam, your envy over anything placed higher than Marshall continues to paint you as the board moron.

When Boise falls to earth? They've been able to keep up that "act" for 16 seasons with three different coaches. After that long, it isn't an act, but a realistic portrayal of their program. All top programs stumble; look at Florida, Alabama, Texas, michigan, and Ohio State over the same 16 years. Yet, Boise has gone much longer than those without stumbling. And claiming they are in the middle of nowhere? Those who rave about the state of West Virginia (in defense of marshall) talk about the beauty of the mountains and outdoor appeal. Boise blows away Huntington in those categories. Those who have lived in Boise and left, absolutely hated having to leave it.

UCF's campus is phenomenal. Their master plan has been fulfilled perfectly. The restaurants, shopping, and gyms they have on campus are great. Their dorms, class buildings, and athletic facilities are very, very nice and right in the heart of the campus. The activities they always have for their students and community is great. As a Marshall alum, I would be thrilled if Marshall had just a small fraction of what UCF does as an overall university. If I were a high school athlete being recruited, it would be very hard to turn down UCF. I was there yesterday and amazed at everything they have to offer. Oh, and the erector set joke is tired and inaccurate. As a brand new stadium, they hadn't had the time to complete all of the aesthetics of it when those jokes started. With the added brick on the outside and the ring of lighted palm trees, it is a nice looking stadium.

houston has a brand new stadium, a new coaching staff, in a great recruiting area, in a better conference, in a better city to recruit to, can afford far better salaries, and averaged more fans than Marshall this year. So, tell me again why they shouldn't be ahead of Marshall on the list?

SMU has the potential to be a great job. Their stadium is in the middle of campus in a beautiful and wealthy part of a great city. The campus is beautiful, the alums are wealthy, and they pay well. It is a great recruiting area. They can pay well. Their attendance has been awful. The new coaching blood came in and stole a bunch of recruits from schools they had been losing to recently. That has great potential.

Agreed.

 

[riflearm2]

not to derail this thread, but the tampa baseball team (which i mentioned earlier) beat the philadelphia phillies yesterday 6-2. every year, there are a bunch of exhibition games played between college teams (almost always D1) versus MLB teams in spring training. the last time a college team beat an MLB team was in 2011 (miami hurricanes over the marlins). but, tampa's win yesterday is one of those extremely rare victories over an MLB team.

granted, the phillies only played 4 guys on their 40 man roster, but even with that, it is damn impressive for a college team (especially a D2 team) to beat a lineup of some big leaguers and the rest minor leaguers. it isnt like tampa put their A game out there. they threw five different pitchers in order to get a bunch of guys work. plus, they had to use wood bats which they arent used to. they hit a grand slam with 2 outs late in the game to win it.

with being jammed in a downtown campus and at the D2 level, that is a program a lot of D1 schools should be trying to replicate.

 

[pdbailey]

Originally posted by HerdFan73:
Problem with SMUs potential is they've always had a nice campus, tons of cash and wealthy alums in a fertile recruiting area. Yet, 1-11, not like there have really been any new developments there.

I agree, they may have money and be in a great recruiting area, but they are far down on the list of Texas schools in terms of stature in the state of Texas in football, and even with a Coach like June Jones, the best they could do was a non-championship year at 8-5 in CUSA. I actually consider SMU a bad job in FBS football overall, as one of there former players even said, "I played in front of larger crowds in HS".

 

[houston_herd_fan]

Metro populations

according to the following government website

http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/cph-t/cph-t-5.html

Houston metro area -- 5,920,416
Huntington metro area 364,908

This are from the 2010 census data.
So Houston metro area has a little more than 16 times the population

don't know why you would blast me for my claim of a much greater population since it strengthens your argument. I guess some people have to be the only person who is correct and can't stand it when someone does not agree with them

 

[BroncoFiesta]

Originally posted by The Real SamC:

Boise State Community's act we have seen. ESPN would like the "little engine that could" story to remain in one place. It doesn't. It moves around. And when Boise State Community falls to earth, and it will, it returns to being a nothing truck drivers and plumbing trade school in the middle of nowhere.

It's amusing how people keep predicting a "fall to Earth" for our program. It just shows who isn't paying attention. Newsflash: our football program has been a consistent winner since Lyle Smith took over in the 1940's. Our program has survived two major upgrades in the level of competition (JuCo to FCS, FCS to FBS) and countless coaching changes, while winning national titles in two out of the three levels we've played at - and in the one level we haven't won one yet, we at least have won three BCS/NY6 bowls, which is the next best thing. While Marshall recruits players who can barely spell the word "cat," Boise State "Community" just hired away the director of Harvard's Innovation Lab to establish a new Innovation and Design school.

Keep up the ESPN conspiracy theories, though... you'd think those would have stopped when we beat a top-10 team in the nation (who would have blown Marshall out, BTW) in the Fiesta, proving that we deserved to be there on our own merits.

 

[HerdFan73]

Originally posted by BroncoFiesta:

Originally posted by The Real SamC:

Boise State Community's act we have seen. ESPN would like the "little engine that could" story to remain in one place. It doesn't. It moves around. And when Boise State Community falls to earth, and it will, it returns to being a nothing truck drivers and plumbing trade school in the middle of nowhere.

It's amusing how people keep predicting a "fall to Earth" for our program. It just shows who isn't paying attention. Newsflash: our football program has been a consistent winner since Lyle Smith took over in the 1940's. Our program has survived two major upgrades in the level of competition (JuCo to FCS, FCS to FBS) and countless coaching changes, while winning national titles in two out of the three levels we've played at - and in the one level we haven't won one yet, we at least have won three BCS/NY6 bowls, which is the next best thing. While Marshall recruits players who can barely spell the word "cat," Boise State "Community" just hired away the director of Harvard's Innovation Lab to establish a new Innovation and Design school.

Keep up the ESPN conspiracy theories, though... you'd think those would have stopped when we beat a top-10 team in the nation (who would have blown Marshall out, BTW) in the Fiesta, proving that we deserved to be there on our own merits.

Would have blown Marshall out....Arizona beat C-USA bottom feeder UTSA by 3. That is all

 

[TIREPUNK]

This got Sam C to STFU.....ouch

Originally posted by riflearm2:
Sam, your envy over anything placed higher than Marshall continues to paint you as the board moron.

When Boise falls to earth? They've been able to keep up that "act" for 16 seasons with three different coaches. After that long, it isn't an act, but a realistic portrayal of their program. All top programs stumble; look at Florida, Alabama, Texas, michigan, and Ohio State over the same 16 years. Yet, Boise has gone much longer than those without stumbling. And claiming they are in the middle of nowhere? Those who rave about the state of West Virginia (in defense of marshall) talk about the beauty of the mountains and outdoor appeal. Boise blows away Huntington in those categories. Those who have lived in Boise and left, absolutely hated having to leave it.

UCF's campus is phenomenal. Their master plan has been fulfilled perfectly. The restaurants, shopping, and gyms they have on campus are great. Their dorms, class buildings, and athletic facilities are very, very nice and right in the heart of the campus. The activities they always have for their students and community is great. As a Marshall alum, I would be thrilled if Marshall had just a small fraction of what UCF does as an overall university. If I were a high school athlete being recruited, it would be very hard to turn down UCF. I was there yesterday and amazed at everything they have to offer. Oh, and the erector set joke is tired and inaccurate. As a brand new stadium, they hadn't had the time to complete all of the aesthetics of it when those jokes started. With the added brick on the outside and the ring of lighted palm trees, it is a nice looking stadium.

houston has a brand new stadium, a new coaching staff, in a great recruiting area, in a better conference, in a better city to recruit to, can afford far better salaries, and averaged more fans than Marshall this year. So, tell me again why they shouldn't be ahead of Marshall on the list?

SMU has the potential to be a great job. Their stadium is in the middle of campus in a beautiful and wealthy part of a great city. The campus is beautiful, the alums are wealthy, and they pay well. It is a great recruiting area. They can pay well. Their attendance has been awful. The new coaching blood came in and stole a bunch of recruits from schools they had been losing to recently. That has great potential.

 

[jocktalker]

Is The Real Sam C really Chuck Landon' s 'board name? Same bombastic style--same indifference to facts. Just sayin.

 

[The Real SamC]

I do not respond to riflearm's posts. He was caught lying when he had his childish tantrum about the bowl game. Nothing he says is of any value.

As to "indifference to facts"

1 - LINK PLEASE

or

2 - S T F U

/thread

 

[riflearm2]

Originally posted by The Real SamC:

I do not respond to riflearm's posts. He was caught lying when he had his childish tantrum about the bowl game. Nothing he says is of any value.

As to "indifference to facts"

1 - LINK PLEASE

or

2 - S T F U

/thread

For those who don't recall what Sammy is referring to by claiming I am lying . . . Like this thread, he was getting abused in that thread with his lies and inaccurate attempts at facts. Instead of typing his entire quote to respond to, I copy-and-pasted it. While doing so, I deleted half of a sentence he had typed which didn't change the meaning of his comment on any way at all. In order to save face in the thread, he kept bringing up that "lie" of mine. Typical shenanigans by the moron who gets called out almost every time he posts.

 

[anon_0314hp8ssprnn]

Originally posted by riflearm2:


I also toured the university of tampa's campus. They are D2 and don't play football. Being a very urban campus, I didn't expect much. I was completely wrong. It was one of the best campuses I have ever seen. The quality of their athletic buildings are astounding. The dorms and food options are absurd. They have a huge, beautiful building which was once a premier hotel built in 1890 as classrooms. Their baseball, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, and basketball facilities are all on campus downtown and all done well. I took pictures of what they have in their athletic building. It trumps plenty of FBS football playing schools. The tampa river runs through campus which allows for an even more unique setting. They have a boathouse which students live in on the water which allows them to watch dolphins in the river while having the tampa skyline hundreds of yards in the background. Their outdoor pool is a great spot on campus. It's a pretty expensive private school, but I still don't know how they can afford all they have with such a small enrollment. I was told that they have three #1 teams in the nation in D2 right now including baseball.

At on time the University of Tampa played D1 Football as an Independent. They discontinued the program in 1974. Tampa produced 11 year veteran Freddie Solomon who played for the Dolphins and 49ers. He played QB at Tampa.

 

[The Real SamC]

Originally posted by riflearm2:

NO LINK.

LINK PLEASE.

Facts? rifle threw a childish tantrum about the bowl. He was, not counting his sock puppet IDs, a minority of one. He spewed out lie on lie, was called on it, and rather than STFU, just went with the theory that saying everybody else was a liar would cover the fact that:

- He is a liar.

- He got called on it. Not, first or just, by me, but by all regular posters.

Now,

LINK PLEASE.

Or STFU.

(rifle, under his own name or one of his sock puppets will say this or that. But no links. Because only one link to a liar exists. To the liar, rifle.)

 

[riflearm2]

Originally posted by The Real SamC:

LINK PLEASE

we both know it doesnt exist since it is no longer an active thread. there were plenty of people who read it and remember it. you got abused. you spouted off a bunch of inaccurate statements, like always, bashing all of the bowls and teams Marshall could have faced. i used facts (and posted links) showing why you were wrong. a half-dozen people jumped in laughing at you for all of the false info you provided . . . but you are used to it by now.

Originally posted by The Real SamC:

Facts? rifle threw a childish tantrum about the bowl. He was, not counting his sock puppet IDs, a minority of one. He spewed out lie on lie, was called on it, and rather than STFU, just went with the theory that saying everybody else was a liar would cover the fact that:

tantrum? i, along with many others in the thread, thought playing illinois would have been much better for Marshall's perception than yet another MAC team.

there was no lie on my end. as i already explained in this thread, much like i have in this post, i copied a large part of your ridiculous post. i then deleted part of it to embolden only the parts i was responding to. in one of the quotes, i deleted too much and then retyped it. in doing so, i typed "texas" instead of "dallas" which you had originally typed. it did absolutely nothing to change the intent of your post. i even admitted making that mistake, which again, didnt change anything about your post being incorrect. yet, instead of responding to all of the false information you were called out on, you acted like your typical mad-man self and kept harping on some "lie" because "texas" was inadvertently typed instead of "dallas."

the thing is, sammy, most people who are pricks on here put up a bit of an act for the entertainment aspect. people who know you have stated that this is no act on your end; you truly are a demented, delusional, loner who gets very few things right in your life, yet acts like what you present as fact is really the truth.

 

[The Real SamC]

You are a liar. During your tantrum you posted lies and later edited your posts to cover, after others (not me) had quoted your lies. You are a liar. You have no creditability on this board. Nothing you say matters.

You can write page on page. It doesn't matter. You don't matter. You are a liar.

 

[riflearm2]

Originally posted by The Real SamC:

You are a liar. During your tantrum you posted lies and later edited your posts to cover, after others (not me) had quoted your lies. You are a liar. You have no creditability on this board. Nothing you say matters.

You can write page on page. It doesn't matter. You don't matter. You are a liar.

"Link or STFU," psycho.

The only "lie" or edit was exactly like I explained. It was absolutely meaningless to the thread but was used by you to derail it, much like you have done in this thread, when everyone called you out for all of the false information you presented.

 

[Tim Hensley]

Cougs,

When you came courting, $2M couldn't get our coach (Bobby Pruett) to come to Houston. He took one look at the shithole and hightailed it back. Go back out in the canebrake whence you came from and git bit by a rattlesnake!

 

[Herdmeister]

Originally posted by Trebel06:
I moved to Orlando back in October. One of the first things I did was drive over and look around UCF because I had never been there. I walked away from my visit hating them even more than I already did and the reason why was pure jealousy.. That campus is one of the nicest campuses I have ever been on.. It's not even really a campus, it's like a small city. If UCF students never want to leave campus they could realistically do that and still be able to enjoy everything you can imagine a college student wanting to enjoy.. Really a fantastic looking school.

Originally posted by riflearm2:

UCF's campus is phenomenal. Their master plan has been fulfilled perfectly. The restaurants, shopping, and gyms they have on campus are great. Their dorms, class buildings, and athletic facilities are very, very nice and right in the heart of the campus. The activities they always have for their students and community is great. As a Marshall alum, I would be thrilled if Marshall had just a small fraction of what UCF does as an overall university. If I were a high school athlete being recruited, it would be very hard to turn down UCF. I was there yesterday and amazed at everything they have to offer. Oh, and the erector set joke is tired and inaccurate. As a brand new stadium, they hadn't had the time to complete all of the aesthetics of it when those jokes started. With the added brick on the outside and the ring of lighted palm trees, it is a nice looking stadium.

This post was edited on 2/27 3:18 PM by Trebel06

I agree. It would awfully tough to say NO to UCF. One of the nicest campus I have visited. SMU is very nice too, nothing like UCF. As you said, it's a small city. Everything on campus from barber shops, hair stylist, pharmacy to pizza joints.

 

[CougarKing]

Originally posted by Tim Hensley:

Cougs,

When you came courting, $2M couldn't get our coach (Bobby Pruett) to come to Houston. He took one look at the shithole and hightailed it back. Go back out in the canebrake whence you came from and git bit by a rattlesnake!

Instead of hiring Bobby Pruett, we hired Art Briles. So I think you may want to sit down, shut your mouth and know your role.