Coaches Hot Seat

Coaches Hot Seat


Houston Nutt at Ole Miss


Ole Miss has always had a short leash with head coaches and this season will mark back to back losing seasons in Oxford. Fans and Alumni will not stand around and do nothing forever. I expect for Nutt to be fired following the season


Rick Neuheisel at UCLA


I hate putting slick Rick in this conversation because I think he is a good football coach. I think the real reason he hasn't done well at UCLA is because of UCLA's commitment level to football. I don't think they invest enough in the program to make it successful. I hate it but Rick will be fired at years end and UCLA will be on the coaching search again and the program will find itself in a hole as usual.


Frank Spaziani at Boston College


This one is pretty easy to describe...Boston College has went from a respectable team that won 8 or 9 games a year to possibly the worst team in major college football. They have no talent at any position and couldn't beat Duke. Expect BC to have a short leash here and cut Spaz ASAP.


Paul Wolfe at Washington State


Paul has been under the spot light at Wazzu since day one. The Alumni and Fans have been yearning for years past with great Wazzu QB Ryan Leaf , and being annual competitors for a chance to play in the Rose Bowl Game. It hasn't came to pass under Wolfe until this point, but I don't feel if as this is all his fault. What I am basing this upon is how damn hard it is to get players to Pullman Washington. Pullman is in the middle of nowhere with absolutely nothing to do anywhere close. The weather is awful it never gets much hotter then 85 degrees but It only does that in Aug. The Average Temp for the year in Pullman is 58. IT RAINS AND SNOWS A LOT 21 inches of rain and 28.5 inches of snow. So I guess you get my point Pullman well sucks and why would you want to go play college football in Pullman. With all that said I am among those that wish that Washington State was a national contender again. I grew up watching them in big games. Washington state plays Oregon State as of writing this piece they are 3-3 and with a win today will be 4-3. If the win today they still have UTAH and CAL on the Schedule and those are both winnable which could give the cougars a bowl game birth and save Wolfe's job. 


We have already saw Mike Stoops at Arizona get canned I wanted to say that I hate it for Stoops because Arizona is another job where the Football program isn't as committed as they should be. Stoops lost 80% of his offense last off season and it is just hard to reload at a place like Arizona. I wish Stoops the best of luck. Arizona will not hire a sexy name they will stay safe and Stoops will get a nice coordinator job and eventually another head coaching job.  If although Arizona wants to go after a big name I could see Rich Rodriguez landing here


Speaking of Rich Rodriguez he will be one of the bigger names available in the off season. I can already see him at a place like Arizona. I think though that if Ole Miss fires Houston Nutt then it would be very conceivable for them to hire Rich. I think Ole Miss looks at Miss State with the spread offense and sees Rich's offense fitting that mold.


The biggest name that will be on the block will be Urban Meyer
and the School that I think is the front runner is Penn State. I think Coach Paterno will be even excepting of Meyer taking his spot this off season. I think Meyer would be a wonderful fit for Penn State and if Meyer was to get this job I would serve warning to the rest of the B1G because a Storm would be brewing in Happy Valley.

Top 10 Week 8

1. LSU


2. ALABAMA


3. OKLAHOMA


4. OKLAHOMA STATE


5. WISCONSIN


6. STANFORD


7. BOISE STATE


8. CLEMSON


9. OREGON


10. ARKANSAS

AD TOP 15 Week 7

AD TOP 15 Week 7

As of this week I will no longer be posting fifteen teams. Only about five teams really have a realistic shot at making a trip to the national championship game. I will though include a top ten just in case of complete disaster

1.   LSU

2.   ALABAMA

3.   OKLAHOMA

4.   WISCONSIN

5.   OKLAHOMA STATE

6.   STANFORD

7.   OREGON

8.   BOISE STATE

9.   CLEMSON

10.                     MICHIGAN

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

VA TECH

ILLINOIS

KANSAS STATE

GEORGIA TECH

ARKANSAS

AD TOP 15 Week 6

1.   LSU
2.   ALABAMA
3.   OKLAHOMA
4.   WISCONSIN
5.   OKLAHOMA STATE

6.   STANFORD

7.   BOISE STATE
8.   OREGON
9.   CLEMSON
10. MICHIGAN

11. GEORGIA TECH

12. TEXAS

13. NEBRASKA

14 .ARKANSAS

15. AUBURN

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

KANSAS STATE

WEST VA

ILLINOIS

SOUTH CAROLINAARIZONA STATE 

10/1/11 picks

Where We Stand

So where do we stand now four weeks into the college football season?

We have seen LSU beat Oregon (Neutral Site) and West Virginia in Morgantown.

We have seen Alabama beat Penn State in Happy Valley and dismantle Arkansas at home.

We have seen Oklahoma look impressive on the road in a mad house vs Florida State.

We have seen Notre Dame turn the ball over and over again only to recover with two straight wins to be 2-2.

We have seen Ole Miss get hammered by Vanderbilt and that really has lit a fire under Houston Nutt's seat.

We have seen Robert Griffin the 3rd carry Baylor into the AP top 25. He is 70 of 82 with 13 touchdowns and NO interceptions

We have seen how bad is bad like Boston College-They lost to Duke who Lost to FCS Richmond. Or Minnesota who played step by step with USC but lost to North Dakota State.

We have seen why Purdue is now Purdon't. You CAN NEVER GET pounded by RICE.

We know that both Oklahoma and LSU have to play Serious games in the future. Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State and LSU vs Alabama

We know that college football is better when Michigan is better. Love or hate they are compelling. Same goes for Notre Dame.

It actually does suck that USC isn't eligible for postseason play because watching them win or lose just doesn't matter.

We know that the BCS Championship will not include Boise State. 1-loss BIG XII or SEC or PAC 12 Schools are just more appealing and have played better competition.

I defer to Heismanpundit.com for Heisman talk and their article can be found here. I really like Marcus Lattimore and Justin Blackmon.   http://heismanpundit.com/2011/09/27/the-hp-heisman-watch-week-4-2/

Coaches currently on my coach of the year short list. I like Dabo Swinney,Paul Johnson,Brady Hoke,and Ron Zook so far.

Just a few of my thoughts so far. Comment and Enjoy!

AD Top 15 Week 5

1. LSU

2. OKLAHOMA

3. ALABAMA

4. WISCONSIN

5. OKLAHOMA STATE

6. BOISE STATE

7. STANFORD

8. OREGON

9. NEBRASKA

10. SOUTH CAROLINA

11. VA TECH

12. CLEMSON

13. FLORIDA

14. TEXAS A&M

15. MICHIGAN

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
GEORGIA TECH
TEXAS
HOUSTON
ILLINOIS