You know I generally have the opinion portal, NIL etc are fine and not as bad as people think for us but I’ll say this for programs like Stanford and NW, it may be bad. I say you’ll lose players and you can get players. I don’t know how easy it is for those 2 and maybe Duke to get players and turn a roster. I think requirements could be harder to get accepted into school and bring transfers in.
Is Dirk Koetter the coach in awaiting at Auburn after they fire Harsin. Then they will fire Koetter, and he can go back to Boise State? They can make a show about it:
Syracuse will be off that list- they play NC State this week.
A tweet I posted just above showed some of the potential "good on paper" matchups coming up next week. Hopefully a good number of them live up to it.
Rutgers has scored 22.8 points per game. Take out Wagner, and that's 14.7points per game.
I'm glad RU has a bye.
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Any thoughts on what exactly has made this year click for UCLA?AP Top 25 Takeaways: Interims go 4-0; Alabama misses Bryce
Maybe making a coaching change less than halfway through the season isn't such a terrible idea. After an unprecedented spate of early season firings, teams with interim head coaches went 4-0 this weekend in major college football.
| 2018 | UCLA | 3–9 | 3–6 | 5th (South) | |||
| 2019 | UCLA | 4–8 | 4–5 | T–3rd (South) | |||
| 2020 | UCLA | 3–4 | 3–4 | 5th (South) | |||
| 2021 | UCLA | 8–4 | 6–3 | T–2nd (South) | NC Holiday | ||
| 2022 | UCLA | 6–0 | 3–0 | ||||
| UCLA: | 24–25 | 19–18 |
I’ve watched a few of Stanford games this year. This is a different Coach Shaw. He seems very disinterested and has made some very questionable coaching moves. It’s almost like he wants out.
I don't play close enough attention to them but DTR has taken it to another level this year in the games I've seen. He looks real good throwing and running when necessary. Their total offense/scoring offense is top 10 this year. I think they got a new DC this year (Bill McGovern) as well and I think their defense has improved. Like I say strong offense and at least mediocre defense and you have chance to make noise. McGovern has improved their D beyond what Kelly's buddy Azzinaro did. I think they're top 30-40 in some categories vs 70s prior to him. They're physical too, this isn't some "wimpy" team the way they play. It's not like Kelly's Oregon teams. Utah under Whittingham is a tough physical team and UCLA matched them if not bettered them in that category yesterday.Any thoughts on what exactly has made this year click for UCLA?
Chip Kelly's record:
2018 UCLA 3–9 3–6 5th (South) 2019 UCLA 4–8 4–5 T–3rd (South) 2020 UCLA 3–4 3–4 5th (South) 2021 UCLA 8–4 6–3 T–2nd (South) NC Holiday 2022 UCLA 6–0 3–0 UCLA: 24–25 19–18
Their QB (a senior) has been with UCLA since Kelly's first year, 2018.
Rough first year. Nice statistical year in 2019, but did not translate to wins. Let's skip 2020, covid year.
2021, RB Zach Charbonnet transferred in from Michigan, where he only got 19 carries the previous year. Seemed to be a win-win for Michigan and UCLA, which is nice (I suppose).
Thompson-Robinson had a nice year in 2021, and he seems to have elevated his game this year. UCLA hit the transfer portal hard, and the football program tweeted about it, but Kelly called that a mistake.
One other thing. Their OL/OC left to become the OL coach at Ohio State at the end of 2021, and now Kelly is the OC again (maybe that never changed).
Chip Kelly says UCLA's ‘Transfer U’ tweet was a mistake, 'shouldn’t have gone up'
After the UCLA Football social team tweeted out a Transfer U graphic, coach Chip Kelly said it was a "mistake" that "shouldn't have gone up."awfulannouncing.com
One more thing on Chip Kelly. He was definitely on the hot seat after starting out 10-21 his first 3 years.
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Not all of them do, as we've witnessed at RU for decades.
Maybe the Stanford DB was from Europe and thought he was playing European football? 🤷♂️
Year 4 is a critical one. Clawson solidified that .500ish overall and in conference record in year 3 at WF. Stoops did it in year 4 at UK. Leach made it in year 2 but solidified it in year 4 at WSU. Looks like he might have struck it in year 2 at Miss St given last year and now this year his 3rd. Jonathan Smith at Oregon State hard to say yet but he got that last year in year 4 and this year might be another .500ish year in year 5. He's 4-2 currently.One more thing on Chip Kelly. He was definitely on the hot seat after starting out 10-21 his first 3 years.
But this seems familiar, and maybe a lesson that with the maturation of talent and transfers, things can turn around dramatically:
"The coach had presumably been on the hot seat the past two seasons, but a COVID-19-shortened 2020 campaign, an 8-4 record in 2021 and UCLA accumulating $100 million of debt over the past few years stood out as reasons for the Bruins to retain Kelly despite his 18-25 record overall. It would have cost the university $9 million to fire Kelly earlier this offseason, but it decided to welcome him back on the new, reworked deal instead."
While the season has been frustrating for RU fans, it is absurd to even think about firing a head coach in his 3rd year, especially at Rutgers.
Details of Chip Kelly's Contract Extension With UCLA Football Revealed - Sports Illustrated UCLA Bruins News, Analysis and More
The Los Angeles Times has reported the final details for the coach's newest deal with the Bruins, from the salary to bonuses and buyout terms.
While he's from Wisconsin, don't see Leipold going to Wisconsin. You may have been the one who posted it, but didn't Leipold tweet something about it being not good form to fire a coach averaging more than 9 wins per year after Chryst was fired?
See? Buffalo doing MUCH better since Leipold left!!!! 😜
| 2015 | Toledo | 1–0 | 0–0 | T–1st | W Boca Raton* |
| 2016 | Toledo | 9–4 | 6–2 | 2nd (West) | L Camellia |
| 2017 | Toledo | 11–3 | 7–1 | 1st (West) | L Dollar General |
| 2018 | Toledo | 7–6 | 5–3 | T–2nd (West) | L Bahamas |
| 2019 | Toledo | 6–6 | 3–5 | T–5th (West) | |
| 2020 | Toledo | 4–2 | 4–2 | T–2nd (West) | |
| 2021 | Toledo | 7–6 | 5–3 | 3rd (West) | L Bahamas |
| 2022 | Toledo | 4–2 | 2–0 | ||
| Toledo: | 49–29 | 32–16 | * Promoted to HC for 2015 bowl game |
Well he's never been below .500 overall in a season and just one season below .500 in conference so far. There's something to be said for that. Every year can't be an awesome one and I don't know how Toledo compares to other MAC programs. His record so far actually reminds me of Gary Pinkel, another Toledo coach who was a solid coach for Mizzou when he stepped up.
You continuously impress with your deep knowledge of coaches. Gary Pinkel- a name I'm not familiar with. But looked at his Mizzou record. 4-7 an 4-7 is first 2 years, then 8-5 and then 5-6, all while in the lowly Big 12!!
Well Google is your friend lol, I have vague memories of who has done what and then quick lookup to verify haha.
Leipold will hit .500 this year ? He is already at 5 wins. Will go way past .500 in year 2 .
I'm aware of how many wins he has. You'd think he'd go a bit beyond 6 wins being at 5-1 now but you never know how seasons go and if Daniels can return this year or not might have an effect. So I very conservatively say .500. If more than that then good for them. I've said in other threads 6-8 wins.
He has much tougher sledding the rest of the season (and he was 2-10 last year), especially if his #1 QB is out injured. But remember, at Rutgers, that is no excuse for losing, nor will it be for Leipold and Kansas. This is why guys like me don't get all giddy at short term trends (see Babers at Syracuse or Mel Tucker at Michigan) when viewing other coaches, nor do I get despondent over the record of our current coach. Truth be told, there are concerning aspects of the performance of Rutgers this year, but there is still time to address/fix them. If the silly penalties/false starts and the offense with the constant substitutions with no production continues, I will smash my scarlet glasses.
How could you not know who Gary Pinkel is? He almost became RU’s head coach after Terry Shea. He was on Mulcahy’s short list along with Greg Schiano. I remember a lot of fans lobbying for the former, but of course zzRU opted for Schiano.
Not that young, but was kind of out of it during the Shea/Graber years for a variety of reasons.
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