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jcmanson wrote:i was talking about 06...forgot to specify.RubberMallet wrote:#2 in the nation??? What polls do you look at that noone else knows about? They were pre-season top 5, the only time they were in the top 10 this year. And we saw what happened.jcmanson wrote:. In the current BCS format, he had them near the top for the past few years. Where was Michigan?uh...apparently you forgot michigan was the #2 team in the nation up until the osu game...
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jcmanson wrote:You can say all that is needed is a 10-1 or 11-0 season to get to the big game about any BCS school and conference.not really...they play more than 11 games...12 and 13 in most other conferences...at least the bcs conferences
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RubberMallet wrote:This statement verifies my point. In recent history, WVU and Michigan are on the same level. RR did that. He has just as much of a chance to win the title at WVU as he does at Michigan. He choked it away this year.jcmanson wrote:. In the current BCS format, he had them near the top for the past few years. Where was Michigan?since from 2003 - 2006 both teams were contenders twice...
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RubberMallet wrote:Actually everybody plays 12 games unless their conference has a championship game, I didn't think you knew that so I went with your 11 game theory.jcmanson wrote:You can say all that is needed is a 10-1 or 11-0 season to get to the big game about any BCS school and conference.not really...they play more than 11 games...12 and 13 in most other conferences...at least the bcs conferences
you saw the cupcake schedule osu had....why would a big ten school schedule hard non-conference games? they dont' have to...
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jcmanson wrote:\RubberMallet wrote:This statement verifies my point. In recent history, WVU and Michigan are on the same level. RR did that. He has just as much of a chance to win the title at WVU as he does at Michigan. He choked it away this year.jcmanson wrote:. In the current BCS format, he had them near the top for the past few years. Where was Michigan?since from 2003 - 2006 both teams were contenders twice...
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jcmanson wrote:Snubbed? Name one year they got snubbed. They always choked their chances away aka Pitt.correct. but their drops after those losses are nothing like the lsu's or osu's....thos guys lose they drop 3 or 4 spots....wvu loses and they drop 10 spots...like voters can't wait for them to lose
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jcmanson wrote:i meant 11-1/12-0 - its been a long day...brain is working as well...RubberMallet wrote:Actually everybody plays 12 games unless their conference has a championship game, I didn't think you knew that so I went with your 11 game theory.jcmanson wrote:You can say all that is needed is a 10-1 or 11-0 season to get to the big game about any BCS school and conference.not really...they play more than 11 games...12 and 13 in most other conferences...at least the bcs conferences
you saw the cupcake schedule osu had....why would a big ten school schedule hard non-conference games? they dont' have to...
No BCS team needs to schedule hard non-conference games. If a BCS school runs the table, regardless of schedule, they will play for the national title (unless there are 3).
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WVU officials blamed for coach leavinghttp://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07352/842541-144.stm
"I've had calls from at least six major contributors to the program, and they're all done [donating] because they know the Mickey Mouse things that have gone on there," Mr. Reynolds continued. "I've been in business 36 years, and it's the worst business decision I've ever seen. I've been the COO of a 45,000-person company. When somebody's producing, you ask, 'What can I do for you to make your life better?' Not 'What can I do to make your life more miserable?' They have no idea how big this is. It's frightening."
jcmanson wrote:The difference for WVU and Michigan is recruiting.....RubberMallet wrote:This statement verifies my point. In recent history, WVU and Michigan are on the same level. RR did that. He has just as much of a chance to win the title at WVU as he does at Michigan. He choked it away this year.jcmanson wrote:. In the current BCS format, he had them near the top for the past few years. Where was Michigan?since from 2003 - 2006 both teams were contenders twice...
cjsweat wrote:Bleacherreport is a very legit source.
The only known candidate to step forward is former Auburn coach and current ABC/ESPN announcer Terry Bowden, son of former Mountaineer coach Bobby Bowden. Sources said Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster and former Mountaineers assistant head coach Rick Trickett of Florida State may soon come to Morgantown to interview for the vacancy.
Other possible candidates mentioned include Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Bradley; Huntington, W.Va., native Jim Grobe of Wake Forest; Central Michigan coach and former Mountaineers assistant Butch Jones; Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster and former Mountaineers assistant head coach Rick Trickett of Florida State and Florida State offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher.
--Fumble (1961-2009), RIPjmdickens wrote:I agree with you here. He should be able to recruit on a different level at Michigan.jcmanson wrote:The difference for WVU and Michigan is recruiting.....RubberMallet wrote: since from 2003 - 2006 both teams were contenders twice...This statement verifies my point. In recent history, WVU and Michigan are on the same level. RR did that. He has just as much of a chance to win the title at WVU as he does at Michigan. He choked it away this year.
I know RR had some great players at WVU (Pat White, Slayton, Devine I guess), but he will be able to get the players that would not look seriously at WVU
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SPECIAL REPORT: How and why Rich Rodriguez left West Virginia for Michigan
By exiting his home state, U-M's coach went from revered to reviled at his alma mater; those who know him say he's simply driven to find new challenges
December 23, 2007
BY SHAWN WINDSOR
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. -- Before the death threats to his brother's children, before the letters to the editor that rage against him in his local paper, before the destruction of his mailbox, and the printing of anti-Rod T-shirts, and the affixing of mocking posters to his gate at the end of his driveway, Rich Rodriguez was the most popular man in West Virginia.
And it wasn't even close.
--Fumble (1961-2009), RIP
- By LU Armchair coach
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