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Former Faust coaches:Bob JunkoMike WoodfordAndy UrbanicHal HunterGerald Carr was last seen at UB, but I'm not sure he is there anymore.Chris BallFaust had some really good young position coaches during his time at UofA. A lot of the coaches moved up into the coaching ranks even into the NFL. Had the University administration even had the smallest of clues at the time, we would not have been stuck in the mud for 20 years.

If you add 1/4 cup of sugar per pound of ground beef, you can make a home made Swensons burger.

That's odd. It's giving ME the strangest urge to PM the great GP1 Even the intestines of the great GP1 are no match for a Galley Boy with a side of onion rings.

All this talk of Swensons and Skyway makes me want to go sit on the toilet.

Are they building a Skyway near campus?

Hair of the dog dude!

Will this game be on Comedy Central? I went to the game in LA last year and tOSU was laughable at best. Literally, USC fans were laughing at them while watching them play.Yeah, the Fiesta Bowl game against top 2 and undefeated Texas was on comedy central too, right? Get a clue before being an ass. I could make comments like that saying that 95% of the games we have ever played against a real D-1 opponent (aka non MAC or service academys of the world) have been far worse. Oh wait...we got slaughtered by 30+ AT HOME against ARMY a couple years ago!!It has been a while since tOSU has won a game against a decent team (perhaps three years now). The glory days are over. Enjoy beating the MAC and horrible Big Ten teams every year.

Will this game be on Comedy Central? I went to the game in LA last year and tOSU was laughable at best. Literally, USC fans were laughing at them while watching them play.You certainly are a globe trotter. Please continue to keep us informed of all your travel. Two words........ "Marriott points"The trip to LA was pretty unique. I have a friend who is a professor at USC so I had a free ticket and a free place to stay. I have a brother who is an airline pilot so I had a free airline ticket to go to the game.The only problem was a hurricane hit Houston that weekend and Delta had to fly around passengers for other airlines. Buddy passes are stand by only. I spent that Sunday in LAX trying to get on a flight and it didn't happen. I asked the customer service rep what she thought and she said there was no way I was going to get on a flight on Sunday and I should come back Tuesday. When I said "Don't you mean Monday? It's only Sunday." she said, "I know what day it is, don't come back until Tuesday. You'll never get on." My luggage was already on the plane so I had no clothes or anything other than my computer and the clothes on my back. My friend had to come and pick me up and take me to Target to get clothes. I had to use like 40,000 Marriott points for the Marriott by LAX. It was like being in prison for two days because I had not car to get anywhere.I got on the last flight out of LAX on Tuesday for Atlanta and when I got there around 11:00 PM, my connection to Charlotte was cancelled. I had to use 20,000 more Marriott points to stay in the Marriott brand hotel that looks over the runway at the airport in Atlanta. I actually had to pull a real prick move because the hotels around the airport were full. I used my Marriott Platinum status to secure a room that someone else had already reserved, but I was in no mood to search around the city for a room.The joys of travel.......

Will this game be on Comedy Central? I went to the game in LA last year and tOSU was laughable at best. Literally, USC fans were laughing at them while watching them play.

Thanks. It would still be nice to have some response.

Maybe there could be a function that sends an automatic reply to anyone who PMs a member. Sort of like an out of office reply in Outlook. I don't read the PMs I get and it would at least be nice to let the person sending the PM that I have no interest in what they have to say.

I sure as heck would hope we could sell out the first couple of games. I have a friend who just bought four season tickets because his kids want to go and he is now interested in going. When he was at UofA, I don't think he went to more than a handful of games in four years. I just saw him in Hilton Head and he told me the biggest reason he did not go to games was because he could not stand the Rubber Bowl. It kind of says a lot for the potential. He shelled out pretty good money for a guy who was never really interested.When the weather turns, cross your fingers for at least a sunny day. If they have sunny days, the sell outs go well into the fall. If not, they don't.Now the Zips need to put a good product on the field and people will continue to come.

Who am I thinking of? I know what I saw yesterday and I know what I still have to delete without reading in my message box.You're thinking of somebody who hasn't posted here is a long time, but was referenced by others.No, I'm thinking of someone who had his user name up as a participant yesterday in the membership register. I also have a PM from this person I could copy and past onto the board if anyone would like. The PM was received in the past five days. Doing so would force me to read it though and I could really care less about what I get in my PMs and I really don't read them.

Who am I thinking of? I know what I saw yesterday and I know what I still have to delete without reading in my message box.

GP1 GP1 GP1 I was talking about one we have not smelled in a while.Nice post.Point us to what you mean... I'm not sure I follow (though I think I have an idea)Has not posted yet so there is nothing to point to, but I saw the user name on the register. Probably priming the legions of willing dupes.

GP1 GP1 GP1 I was talking about one we have not smelled in a while. When either taking a crap or farting, the great GP1 leaves no smell.Nice post.

Does anyone notice there is a funny smell around the board that we have not smelled in a while? Sort of smells like self promotion.......

I want George to stay at the University for the rest of his career and I think he might be a good candidate. Athletics doesn't lend itself to long careers.I guess the knock would be the change in Athletics over the past few years. I think the AD job has changed into one that is more fundraiser than marketing/selling (maybe it is not a knock afterall). Because of the general stupidity of the average person working in college athletics, the marketing job has needed to be sub contracted to companies such as ISP. Managing the sales/marketing producers (by managing, I mean hands off and let the pros do it) seems to be more important that actually generating the money yourself. Being a good paper pusher seems to be the key.Like I said, we need someone who shares Dr. Proenza's vision for the future.

I think that would be another good decision. Another guy that seems to "get it." I meant to comment on that earlier. I think GP1 brought it up.It must be a good decision if it gets Z-P to make a post! I was just throwing out an idea. I think GVH would be crazy to look into it. He has a really good job right now and would be crazy to get back into the rat race.

How many sacks did the Steelers give up after the Philadelphia disaster? Their offensive line drastically improved over the course of the season.

What the hell are you talking about??STEELERS 2008 OFFENSIVE RANKINGS-Total YPG: 22ndTotal PPG: 20thSTEELERS 2008 DEFENSIVE RANKINGS-Total YPG: 1stTotal PPG: 1stIf that's what you call winning a championship with offense, you need to have your head examined. I know education wasn't exactly a priority in the abysmal Faust era, but come on...Also, the Steelers offensive coordinator, Bruce Arians, was not "brought in" by Tomlin. He was a holdover from the Cowher staff, where he served as WR coach. In fact, aside from Grimm's replacement and the new WR coach to step in for Arians, pretty much the entire Steelers coaching staff is a holdover from Cowher. The entire defensive staff remained exactly the same. Tomlin basically won a Super Bowl playing with Cowher's players and letting Cowher's coaches coach.I'm not sure what any of that has to do with our AD search, but since you made a comment that made absolutely no sense, I just couldn't help but pointing it out Anyways, I'm a Mike Waddell guy myself I think they should hire him tomorrow.Good points. Rankings and statistics are intersting things. They don't always tell the whole story. Time after time when the Steelers needed it, the offense came through. When they needed their defense in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, the defense had their pants pulled down by Arizona. Believe me, they have always had a good defense and I love they have such a good defense. It wasn't until they put their trust in a guy like Ben Roethlisberger did they start to win. Brought in, promoted, whatever. The guy was moved into that position by Tomlin.As far as you supporting Waddell, I'm not surprised. You guys from the Owens years couldn't close deals either. Birds of a feather flock together.

InfoCison is nice, but is still probably one of the smallest stadiums in D-IA.KD has been here for a few years now and the same crowds still exist. LBJ has loose connections at best with UofA. He has bigger fish to fry.Zeke..... Weren't we saying Frye for Heisman a few years ago?My guess is Walt Harris wanted something to do while his house is being remodeled.Soccer program - Not enough people care about soccer.Major campus improvements compared to what? Everyone is growing their campus.Zippy - Nobody really cares.Rebrand Fear the Roo. How about eliminate?What if instead of all the above, UofA and the MAC produced a product people wanted to go see? I'll say it again, you can't assume your customers are stupid.

Or, maybe the Steelers knew Russ Grimm was a big meathead who couldn't hold the big chair.....The Steelers have a stable organization, hired Tomlin then forced him to do things the Steelers way. There hasn't been radical change with the Steelers since Tomlin entered the scene. For example, Tomlin is a 4-3 defensive coach and the Steelers are 3-4. They made him coach with the 3-4. They also forced him to keep the existing defensive coordinator on staff. What Tomlin brought to the Steelers was much more intelligence than Cowher and he got away from being a "players coach" to the ball buster the Steelers needed to get over the hump. The best thing Tomlin did was bring in an offensive coodinator who has a reputation for putting points on the board. The Steelers were not winning championships with defense, they were losing them with defense. They won with offense like all championships are won. What does this mean for the Zips? UofA needs to bring in someone who shares Dr. Proenza's vision for the University and is willing to work in that framework. Just like the ownership of the Steelers forced Tomlin to do things their way and not his way.

I honestly think that will save his job 7-5 will not cut it. 5-3 in the MAC will not save his job. JD will have to run away with this to even be around next year.Going 7-5 as a MAC school is about the same as going 9-3 at a BCS school. Most schools would be happy with 9-3. Only the Alabama's, USC's, Florida's of the world get upset with 9-3. 7-5 is good enough at a MAC school. We would look absolute idiots firing the only coach to take us to a bowl game, and two at that.

The same thing happened to Chase Blackburn. It's about getting with the right team at the right time.