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2 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

Sheesh talk about jumping the gun- Day has coached 5 games and all the sudden is NFL hotness? Probably the perfect fit for the 'Skins! 

What's the percentage of college coaches successfully making the NFL jump? I can think of Pete Carrol....but he was in the NFL first...….Barry Switzer? I'm sure there are more, but all NFL coaches look the same to me. 

 

 

Jimmy Johnson did OK. 

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6 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Jimmy Johnson did OK. 

Good call, he's probably the best example. So that makes it about a 3% success rate? 

I don't blame college coaches for giving it a go, plenty of NFL guys fail too, but I sure wouldn't leave O$U for the Redskins or some other dysfunctional NFL franchise that will chew you up and spit you out in 2-3 years. Plenty of pressure in NCAA, but a lot longer leash and easier to succeed, imo. 

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Good call, he's probably the best example. So that makes it about a 3% success rate? 
I don't blame college coaches for giving it a go, plenty of NFL guys fail too, but I sure wouldn't leave O$U for the Redskins or some other dysfunctional NFL franchise that will chew you up and spit you out in 2-3 years. Plenty of pressure in NCAA, but a lot longer leash and easier to succeed, imo. 

Honestly straight from NCAA to NFL I would think is closer to 50%. There just aren’t many that do it. Saban and Spurrier are most notable busts. I thought Dave Wandstedt was in that convo and he was a D Coordinator in the NFL right before the Bears job. Most cases involved a successful coach coming up on an investigation or a huge money offer.


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Funny play in Nd vs USC. A scrum and a penalty flag thrown. The referee then announced a penalty on UCLA .
I was at the game. There were multiple stadium-wide chants of "UCLA" after that. I kinda hope a new way to taunt USC was born.

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On 10/9/2019 at 12:07 PM, Hardwood83 said:

will chew you up and spit you out in 2-3 years

Sounds alot like a portion of our very own fan base!

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10 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I release my CFB Top 25 before the AP it Coaches do every Sunday. One team off this week. Only team I don’t have in the Top 25 that both polls do, Minnesota. AP doesn’t have in Temple like I do and Coaches doesn’t have in Missouri like I do.


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I'm starting to become a believer in Minnesota. They barely beat some weak teams and ain't pretty, but they are improving.  And with as impotent as Iowa's offense is, I think the Gophers are the second best team in the West. Looking at their remaining schedule, 10-2 is very possible, 9-3 likely. 

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I'm starting to become a believer in Minnesota. They barely beat some weak teams and ain't pretty, but they are improving.  And with as impotent as Iowa's offense is, I think the Gophers are the second best team in the West. Looking at their remaining schedule, 10-2 is very possible, 9-3 likely. 

I kinda just forgot about them honestly while going through the teams but they have beaten up on weak teams in an ugly way. I ranked Appalachian State but I also have a history of ranking small schools like that in football and basketball just to “give them a chance” basically. Sometimes I just get tired of the same teams going in and out from week to week. But I also believe Temple and Missouri would beat Minnesota.


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Some of the penalties that Purdue gets called in its favor are beyond nuts. They jump offside shove a lineman to the ground and Iowa gets called for a false start. For such a bad team that they get calls like that

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