tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post4757092781008432909..comments2024-03-22T05:48:26.129-05:00Comments on Braves & Birds: I'm as Happy as a Little GirlMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08365733949431139562noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-23280499295987167002009-08-26T20:53:42.408-05:002009-08-26T20:53:42.408-05:00nice share, great article, very usefull for us...t...nice share, great article, very usefull for us...thank you<br /><a href="http://blog.cicurug.com/stop-dreaming-start-action/" rel="nofollow">Stop Dreaming Start Action</a> | <a href="http://blog.cicurug.com/rusli-zainal-sang-visioner/" rel="nofollow">Rusli Zainal Sang Visioner</a> | <a href="http://pulsa-secure.com/kenali-dan-kunjungi-objek-wisata-di-pandeglang/" rel="nofollow">kenali dan kunjungi objek wisata di pandeglang</a> | <a href="http://pulsa-secure.com/mengembalikan-jati-diri-bangsa/" rel="nofollow">mengembalikan jati diri bangsa</a>sukabumihttp://blog.cicurug.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-2130351653360775982007-12-19T12:37:00.000-05:002007-12-19T12:37:00.000-05:00Utah returns everyone. This includes their 3 best...Utah returns everyone. This includes their 3 best players who received medical redshirts, which explains their early season problems. A very good team by the end of the season this year, should be much better next year with the return of their 3 best players in addition to all of their starters returning. Again, I'll be shocked if Utah is not favored and does not win. Tough way to start out for Rodriguez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-47940677915531801802007-12-19T12:35:00.000-05:002007-12-19T12:35:00.000-05:00>If the fake punt was the obvious >call, then why ...>If the fake punt was the obvious >call, then why wasn't Georgia ready >for it?<BR/><BR/>Depending on who you talk to (I'm going with some eyewitness accounts here), there were some on the Georgia sideline who were calling for a defense against the fake before the play. Word on the street was UGA *not* lining up to defense the fake nearly cost an assistant a job. We'll never know with certainty, because there are certain lines Richt won't cross so we'd never hear about it officially.<BR/><BR/>I do know we'd been burnt IIRC not once but twice that year on fakes already. And that I was in a jam-packed CJs watching, and everybody in CJs was screaming to watch for the fake.<BR/><BR/>Regardless of what happened, UGA screwed the pootch, and it's history.peacedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474788565660706482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-90125966538412376142007-12-19T12:28:00.000-05:002007-12-19T12:28:00.000-05:00Why would anyone think that Utah would be favored ...Why would anyone think that Utah would be favored over UM? Their best win was what? They beat a putrid UCLA team, a putrid Louisville team, and an underachieving TCU team.<BR/><BR/>Michael,<BR/><BR/>What is your take on the Parcells hiring for the Falcons? I think it is pretty obviously a great hire as of now. It will be interesting to see what happens to Rich McCay, and who we hire as the new GM.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08900626421346698194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-20615028147157289302007-12-19T11:44:00.000-05:002007-12-19T11:44:00.000-05:00If the fake punt was the obvious call, then why wa...If the fake punt was the obvious call, then why wasn't Georgia ready for it? And I totally agree with Kenneth that Lloyd would have punted, regardless of whether his defense had any prayer of holding on the final drive.<BR/><BR/>Anon, Michigan won't be great next year, but they won't be THAT bad. (Hunter, if that was you, consider the gauntlet thrown down.)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365733949431139562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-49876445166161413112007-12-19T09:14:00.000-05:002007-12-19T09:14:00.000-05:00Looking forward to the Rodriguez era starting off ...Looking forward to the Rodriguez era starting off 0-1 when Utah goes into the Quiet House and punks them. I'll actually be shocked if Utah is not favored in that game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-45589767740435066052007-12-19T09:10:00.000-05:002007-12-19T09:10:00.000-05:00The fake punt call was a great call, because 99% o...The fake punt call was a great call, because 99% of all coaches would have done the conservative thing and punted the ball. At the end of the game after they lost the coach would simply lay blame at the feet of his players or defensive coordinator. This is what coaches do. If that play did not work all of the blame would have been on Coach Rod; that is why it was a great call. I hate nothing more than conservative play calling.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08900626421346698194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-46441359158673105212007-12-18T23:07:00.000-05:002007-12-18T23:07:00.000-05:00Maybe so, but Lloyd Carr *still* would have punted...Maybe so, but Lloyd Carr *still* would have punted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-59415498768163802592007-12-18T14:38:00.000-05:002007-12-18T14:38:00.000-05:00Can't blame you for your excitement, this looks li...Can't blame you for your excitement, this looks like it could potentially be a great hire for UM. One point of contention though, and that's when you call Rodriguez's onside kick vs. Georgia 'ballsy'.<BR/><BR/>The only thing the sUGAr Bowl fake punt proves is that he isn't an idiot.<BR/><BR/>Everyone watching that game knew that if D.J. Shockley got his hands on the ball again, WVU would blow the biggest lead ever in a major bowl.<BR/><BR/>It was the only call.Hobnail_Boothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02312299983915781696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-12913013635498904582007-12-18T10:27:00.000-05:002007-12-18T10:27:00.000-05:00VT without Beamer? Let's just say the ringing mem...VT without Beamer? Let's just say the ringing memory of my childhood was Chris Kinser's kick to win the '86 Peach Bowl. And it took Bruce Smith to get that far. I hope that Beamer's laid enough groundwork (both in terms of rep and facilities/school support) that they'll linger on as a top 15 team after he's gone but who knows. If they can keep Bud Foster afterward and he's capable of being a head coach, they shouldn't fall too far. But I don't think I'd have these hopes if, say, Beamer had left after the 2000 Sugar Bowl or something. I just don't think Rodriguez built enough of a legacy at WVA to last past these players.Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040111079726286477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-38078282666746548922007-12-18T08:47:00.000-05:002007-12-18T08:47:00.000-05:00If Saban goes to West Virginia, then the lesson wi...If Saban goes to West Virginia, then the lesson will be that the Alabama job is simply not worth the trouble. Saban will have become the second coach (after Franchione) to decide to get out of the fishbowl. Saban's image will take a hit as well.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365733949431139562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-41661881406855277552007-12-17T20:01:00.000-05:002007-12-17T20:01:00.000-05:00Nice post. Any thoughts on the rumors of Saban go...Nice post. Any thoughts on the rumors of Saban going to West Virginia?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-15255922802633588612007-12-17T15:55:00.000-05:002007-12-17T15:55:00.000-05:00Here you go:http://media.www.michigandaily.com/med...Here you go:<BR/><BR/>http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2004/10/08/Sports/Michigan.Football.Needed.A.Turnaround.Enter.Don.Canham-1425675.shtml<BR/><BR/>Paterno is the only guy who got an offer other than Bo. The part about Paterno recommending Bo might be wrong. I don't doubt that Canham talked to Ara and that Ara would have recommended Bo.<BR/><BR/>TMD: With those problems in mind, how were you able to turn the football program around?<BR/><BR/>DC: I was lucky because I had been on the (University of Michigan) staff for 17 or 18 years. I knew what the problems were and I had no doubt it my mind that we could do it. I knew I was going to hire a coach — I thought I was going to hire (Penn State coach Joe) Paterno, to tell you the truth because he was a friend of mine when I was a track coach. Paterno was the only guy I offered the job to. I saw Schembechler on TV the other day saying that I offered it to everybody in the country before I came to him, but that’s not true. I talked to everybody in the country, but the only guy I offered it to was Paterno.<BR/><BR/>TMD: Why’d you end up choosing Bo?<BR/><BR/>DC: He had the background, head coaching experience, knowledge of the Big Ten — he had worked at Northwestern and Ohio (State) and was a winner. His personality just struck me right away. I hired him 15 minutes after we began to talk. That was the turning point in my career as athletic director. That’s because he started winning right away, we didn’t have to wait four or five years — the reason was that (Schembechler’s predecessor) Bump Elliot had left him a lot of good material.<BR/><BR/>TMD: Going back to Paterno, what happened that kept him from coming to Michigan?<BR/><BR/>DC: I met Paterno, I think, on Dec. 5 in Pittsburgh. I was on my way to New York to go to the Hall of Fame dinner and Joe met me at a hotel. He’d only been coach (at Penn State) for three years, so he was just another great young coach in those days. Paterno was not as well known as some of the other guys that I was talking to. I’ve known Joe for 40 years and I like him very much personally — (at the time), he was going through his first bowl game that he’d ever gone to. He said, “Don, let me think about it, I’ll call you in three days” — so I went to New York and when I was talking to people, Bo’s name kept coming up. Three days later, Joe called me and said, “Don, I can’t make a decision until after the bowl,” and I told him I couldn’t wait until January to hire a football coach for Michigan. The next week, I hired Schembechler. He’s the one that impressed me the most at that time.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365733949431139562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-47268056072478330482007-12-17T15:49:00.000-05:002007-12-17T15:49:00.000-05:00ND/PSU, I'm pretty sure that Canham said in his au...ND/PSU, I'm pretty sure that Canham said in his autobiography that he consulted with Paterno, first to offer Paterno the job and then to solicit a recommendation. I'll double-check tonight.<BR/><BR/>Fox, if WVU's normal place is as a mediocre program, then what's VT's normal place without Beamer?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365733949431139562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-9593545894608876632007-12-17T14:48:00.000-05:002007-12-17T14:48:00.000-05:00Congrats, Michael--great hire. I'm just glad Rodri...Congrats, Michael--great hire. I'm just glad Rodriguez left WVA so they can return to their normal place as a mediocre program.Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040111079726286477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-46182009389814391032007-12-17T14:47:00.000-05:002007-12-17T14:47:00.000-05:00You should check your facts - Michigan originally ...You should check your facts - Michigan originally wanted Ara Parseghian as their coach and not Joe Pa. It was Ara who recommended Bo as the good head coaching cnadidate for the Michigan job when he turned it down and decided to stay at Notre Dame. Bo was an assistant for Ara at Miami of Ohio. Bo even mentions Ara'a recommendation for the Michigan job in his book "Bo".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com