Patience is a Virtue, Pittsburgh
Patience is a virtue, just not here. Not in Steve Pederson’s office, site — both at Nebraska and Pittsburgh — of two of the most unceremonious firings and most disastrous hirings in recent college...
View ArticleThe Best Laid Plans Go Often Askew
To Rich Rodriguez, the view of Michigan Stadium as he walked onto the field via his new team’s locker room and long, poorly-lit tunnel was “beautiful.” To then-athletic director Bill Martin, landing a...
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Grading Michigan’s Coaching Move
What’s left to be said? It didn’t work. It was always destined to fail, though that’s easy for one to say after the fact. Count me among those who were completely on board, if not at first than at...
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No. 29: Michigan
Arrogance is unhealthy, but there’s nothing wrong with confidence. It was the latter, not the former, that sparked Brady Hoke’s incredulous response to a question about rebuilding during the recent...
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These Guys Are Also (Always) Available
But what if Mississippi did want to nab a proven coach? As offered earlier this morning, it would be difficult for the university to wrestle a current B.C.S. conference coach from his current...
View ArticleArizona, Greg Byrne Reel in Rodriguez
Within an hour of last night’s announcement, Rich Rodriguez was trending nationally on Twitter. Not in Arizona, not in Phoenix, not in Tucson — or Tempe — but nationally, from coast to coast, which is...
View ArticleOne Key Spot Still Unfilled at Arizona
Rich Rodriguez has been making the rounds, glad-handing here, making speeches there, but has been able to squeeze four coaching hires into his busy schedule, three on the offensive side of the ball....
View ArticleThe Year in Review: U.C.L.A. (6-8, 5-4)
Urban Meyer aced his hires, as most expected, and Kevin Sumlin brought no slouches to Texas A&M, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Paul Chryst brought the band with him to Pittsburgh,...
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No. 71: Arizona
This time, Rich Rodriguez isn’t tiptoeing through the front door. There was never a comfort level at Michigan, where Rodriguez was pressured by the idea that he had to prove himself not just on...
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Pick 10, F.B.S. Notebook: Week 2 (Sept. 8)
Let’s not beat around the bush: this isn’t a great week. I mean, it’s great – better than what we’re used to, better than any non-football weekend – but it’s not great, all things considered. There’s...
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