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We should tip our hats to our AD for executing on what looks be a good hire. Anyone who thinks Akron isn't a great coaching opportunity is nuts. If you aim high, you hit high. If you aim low, you hit low. Guthrie aimed high. Hiring a good coach just takes a little more imagination than Ianello and Arth. Good grief.

Every player on Oregon's team was at least smart enough to get in college. They looked like a team that knew they were not as good as Utah coming into the game (Utah destroyed them less than a month ago). They tried hard at first then realized there was no hope. Players at that level know at some point during a game like that their cannot win.

Last night had nothing to do with on field coaching for either team. Utah has much better players than Oregon. Bigger, faster, stronger. They destroyed Oregon twice this season. Assuming Oregon's coaching would have been better, they would have been slightly less humiliated.

Utah destroyed Oregon 38-7 less than a month ago. What makes anyone think tonight would be any different?

Each player will be evaluated against a group of players the new coach brings in. It will create a new and different competition on the team. May the best players win. Nobody gets a break for time served.

Some have been down on the AD. I wish he was standing next to me so I could shake his hand and tell him he did a good job. I really didn't have much of an option about him before this. The Arth firing was a pretty low bar to clear in the competency category. I have been down on Dr. Miller because I thought his handling of the messaging of the goings-on at the school has been poor. The AD hire makes me feel less down about him. This is a good hire. Everyone should feel optimistic. I sure do.

This is a good point. Solich took over a horrible program, injected high standards, showed game day competency and turned that program. He was a real prick and the players responded.

Guys like him are a dime a dozen.

ND would never hire what amounts to a coordinator with his lack of name recognition. Weis had a big name coming from New England and Bob Davie had the support of Holtz. Ignoring Faust, you'd have to go really far back to find an unaccomplished name leading ND.

Luke Fickel should jump on ND. Then ND should enter the ACC full time. He would make them the league champion within the first two years.

Morehead..... I hope it's true. I thought he would be out of our league in terms of interest and price. Akron badly needs competency at the helm. His resume smells of more competency than any other coach in the division or even the conference. Some guys reach their level. Joe is a G5 head coach or a high level coordinator. If you want to lead, you become a head coach. If you want to follow, you stay a coordinator. Joe is a good leader. He did well at Fordham and MSU. He knows how to lead a team. He also developed a good list of QBs. For those who root for defense, his 2018 Bulldogs lead the nation in total defense. He was on a MAC Championship team at Akron so he knows what it takes. If this is true, and God I hope it is, there will be brighter days ahead.

He has the pedigree. Just kidding. Felt throwing out a useless cliche.

Now that's some road rash.

A reason to take the Akron job? The MAC East is so horrible that Kent can win it. With just a little competence and some decent recruiting, the next coach should be competing for the division championship in three years or less.

I know it seems fars off into the future, but I believe the Zips are on the verge of much better days. It has everything it needs to be successful and just needs some consistent winning with a competent coach. Once they win, they can then really make the University something that benefits the players, students, alumni, fans and general communities around Akron. This will be the difference between good and great.

Jim Grobe is still available.

Send me his number. I'll call him tomorrow.

I'm not certain this is a bad thing. Notre Dame Light wasn't working for us.

Arth wasn't irrationally fired. We aren't bad at the firing part. We are horrid at the hiring part.

Notre Dame connection. I've seen enough of that.

We can't afford the sexual harassment cases.

Ya, but would you be willing to bet both of your nuts?

MAC Championship, ACC coach of the year, offensive oriented, best available, success at FBS.

That's not my photo.

These two 5-6 teams play this weekend for the right to go to a horrible bowl game. In the category of "When Athletic Directors Strike": I'm sure almost nobody knows this, but Maryland left the ACC, where they have the most all time conference football championships still to this day (9). Granted, their last conference championships were in 2001, 83-85, but they still won. It doesn't matter where Rutgers is, they are still going to stink at the P5 level.