Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 27, 2022 Report Posted November 27, 2022 Figured we could track the college football offseason here. First big domino just fell. Luke Fickell to Wisconsin. Cincinnati will be ripe for picking. One of their WRs, Tyler Scott, is from Norton. 1 Quote
LZIp Posted November 27, 2022 Report Posted November 27, 2022 Doesn't seem like there will be any coaching movement within the MAC. Wonder when the last time that happened? Quote
catdaddyp Posted November 27, 2022 Report Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) “Biff” Poggi to Charlotte Matt Rhule to Nebraska Edited November 27, 2022 by catdaddyp Quote
LoyalZIP Posted November 27, 2022 Report Posted November 27, 2022 Seems to me that a lot of G5 2019 hires were pretty disastrous. Arth, Hammock, Loeffler, McElwain on the list from the MAC. We’re entering the window where we know whether or not they were good hires. Arth is done and the other three have warm seats. https://athlonsports.com/.amp/college-football/grading-college-footballs-first-year-coaching-hires-2019 Quote
catdaddyp Posted November 27, 2022 Report Posted November 27, 2022 Tulane’s Willie Fritz headed to Georgia Tech. Quote
GP1 Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 45 minutes ago, catdaddyp said: Tulane’s Willie Fritz headed to Georgia Tech. Great hire! He won at school known for brains. Same thing at Tech, but in a significantly more attractive city. Quote
LZIp Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 17 hours ago, LZIp said: Doesn't seem like there will be any coaching movement within the MAC. Wonder when the last time that happened? Spoke too soon! Quote
94zipgrad Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 43 minutes ago, LZIp said: Spoke too soon! Lol, I read that and thought to have a winning record in six years would be so awesome 3 Quote
LoyalZIP Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 I was expecting this to come next year. Wow. People see the record and the bowl games, but I completely understand this move. WMU has a ton of resources post-Fleck and just recently got a massive anonymous donation of tens of millions for athletics, hundreds of millions for the rest of the university. Their boosters were going to damn near match Fleck's salary at Minnesota! But even with tremendously talented teams the last 6 seasons, they've never even made it to Detroit. They went 4-4 in the west in 2021 with the most talented offense in the league, and nearly lost to Oscar Arth's Akron Zips, who put up 40 in the game. This year, the starting QB at the beginning of the year threw like 6 picks against Pitt, and they couldn't overcome not having a QB. Lester did okay, and is a fantastic guy, but it was time to move on. Quote
catdaddyp Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 15 hours ago, GP1 said: Great hire! He won at school known for brains. Same thing at Tech, but in a significantly more attractive city. Agreed about the hire. I watched Tulane struggle for 8 years first hand. If you can win at Tulane, it’s likely you can win anywhere. Quote
catdaddyp Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 Oregon OC Kenny Dillingham named Arizona State’s HC. Quote
ZippyRulz Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 6 hours ago, 94zipgrad said: Lol, I read that and thought to have a winning record in six years would be so awesome Given our past six years, it would be. Quote
ZippyRulz Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 7 hours ago, LZIp said: Spoke too soon! We could / could we hope to poach some decommits from WMU / Cincinnati / FAU (?) 3 Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 28, 2022 Author Report Posted November 28, 2022 31 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said: We could / could we hope to poach some decommits from WMU / Cincinnati / FAU (?) Add Stanford, Arizona State, Colorado, and Wisconsin to this list given the PAC12 & Big 52 (Big Ten) experience/connections on this staff. Quote
catdaddyp Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 47 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said: We could / could we hope to poach some decommits from WMU / Cincinnati / FAU (?) Always possible. Quote
kreed5120 Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, ZippyRulz said: Given our past six years, it would be. I think you mean our last 4 decades. You have to go back to Dennison to find the last Akron coach who left the program with a winning tenure. His last season was 1985... Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted November 28, 2022 Author Report Posted November 28, 2022 24 minutes ago, catdaddyp said: Hugh Freeze to Auburn. That cheer you heard came from a combination of the local Auburn escort business community and the NCAA investigations office employees who have been looking for work to do. 1 Quote
LoyalZIP Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: I think you mean our last 4 decades. You have to go back to Dennison to find the last Akron coach who left the program with a winning tenure. His last season was 1985... Attached is a visual representation of Akron’s all-time record for football since 1973. The Zips were comfortably >.500 all-time, but have plummeted quite a bit. They’ve still won about 10% more than Kent has all-time, which is hilarious. Quote
ZippyRulz Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Add Stanford, Arizona State, Colorado, and Wisconsin to this list given the PAC12 & Big 52 (Big Ten) experience/connections on this staff. Liberty, UNLV, Texas State... I'm assuming it will be very hard to get those with P5 offers. Quote
ZippyRulz Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 On 11/27/2022 at 2:38 PM, LZIp said: Doesn't seem like there will be any coaching movement within the MAC. Wonder when the last time that happened? Candle and Linguist mentioned as candidates for Cinci. Quote
LZIp Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 19 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said: Candle and Linguist mentioned as candidates for Cinci. I don’t think either are the right guy, but if that’s the direction they want to go, more power to them! Quote
catdaddyp Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 59 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said: Candle and Linguist mentioned as candidates for Cinci. Urban Meyer is atop their wishlist. Other potential candidates are: Tom Herman Alex Golesh Jesse Minter Mike Denbrock Mike Tressel Brian Hartline Kerry Coombs Quote
catdaddyp Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 43 minutes ago, LZIp said: I don’t think either are the right guy, but if that’s the direction they want to go, more power to them! Agreed. Hard to envision either one of those hires happening, but anything is possible. Quote
94zipgrad Posted November 28, 2022 Report Posted November 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, catdaddyp said: Urban Meyer is atop their wishlist. Other potential candidates are: Tom Herman Alex Golesh Jesse Minter Mike Denbrock Mike Tressel Brian Hartline Kerry Coombs Does anyone else feel like Tom Herman probably falls in the good OC but not a HC after many chances? Quote
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