Recruiting Forum Football Talk XLVIII (New Coach Edition)

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nicksjuzunk said:
Remember when at the end of the DOOLEY era we had to drop Steele as a DC candidate because he gave up 70?

Now, we not only return to him, but are ready to place him as HC... not DC

How has it come to this?

Can we get Brohm with Steele as DC?
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I'm just thankful the search hasn't somehow focused on Sal Sunseri. We're probably 2-3 rejections away from that.
 
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BruinVol said:
Interviewing him now adds to the fan pressure to hire him. You don't call him until it's his job IMO
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I agree with this completely. At this point, Tee is a better option than Morris or Steele...agreed?

Feels like they are determined to not give him the job, even if that means hiring Steele.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Posters on tos saying Morris will be announced tomorrow. Apparently his OC is a MTSU grad and it's coming from his family. Tifwiw, (which ain't much)
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Well, this is underwhelming enough news that I don't think anyone would lie about it. Probably true. We could do much worse at this point.
 
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Great moments in Kevin Steele history, might as well get started.


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The situation

It was only John Robinson’s second game as UNLV’s coach and the second one for coach Kevin Steele at Baylor. Nine days earlier in a 26-3 victory at North Texas, UNLV ended a 16-game losing streak and 26-game road skid.

Steele was facing similar issues. Coming off consecutive 2-9 seasons, the Bears had lost the week before at Boston College 30-29 on a missed extra point in overtime.

Wanting to establish a more aggressive and confident mindset, Steele saw an opportunity in the closing seconds against UNLV.

Leading 24-21, Baylor had gained a first down to the Rebels’ 8-yard line with 28 seconds to play. UNLV had no timeouts remaining, so Baylor quarterback Jermaine Alfred only had to drop to a knee and the congratulatory handshakes would have begun.

“When you have the chance to ice the game, you ice it,” Robinson said. “You can’t let some agenda get in the way.” But Steele did, instructing his players to try to score a touchdown. UNLV players were furious when they saw the Bears go into a huddle, and they knew they couldn’t allow Baylor to score.

“I was kind of pissed that they’re trying to ram it down our throat,” Bradeson said.

The play

The Bears didn’t try anything fancy. As the clock dwindled to 8 seconds, tailback Darrell Bush took the handoff and charged between the tackles.

“If he got to the end zone, we wanted everybody to hit the guy,” Thomas said. “It was not right.”

UNLV cornerback Andre Hilliard and safety Quincy Sanders met Bush at the 3 and held him up, desperate to keep the churning tailback from reaching the end zone.

“I thought we had lost,” linebacker Brickell said. “A couple of plays earlier, I almost stripped the guy of the ball, so I thought if I can, I’ll do it again when I get the opportunity.”

As Bush reached for the end zone, Brickell charged from his left side and knocked the ball loose and it bounced a yard deep into the end zone.

Thomas sprinted from the other side and grabbed the ball about a foot above the ground. He only had to get past Baylor’s 251-pound fullback Melvin Barnett.

“As soon as I picked up the ball, I knew I was going all the way,” Thomas said. “I got it in my hands and looked up and outran (Barnett). I just didn’t know if there was a penalty. I had a clear path.”

Up in the coaches’ box, Bradeson had just removed his headset and stood up to get ready to go downstairs. But when he saw Thomas running down the left sideline, he grabbed a microphone and yelled, “We’re going to win! We’re going to win!”

The aftermath

The sudden and total silence of Baylor fans stays with Thomas. Robinson walked over to shake hands with Steele, who looked as if the life had left his body.

The play made national news, but because the game wasn’t televised, it failed to take a greater hold on the public imagination. ESPN.com ranked it No. 85 among college football’s defining plays. Scout.com ranked it the 48th greatest finish.

Ten years ago today, UNLV beat Baylor on 100-yard fumble return by Thomas – Las Vegas Review-Journal
 
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Hammer85 said:
Not directed at you but LOL "insiders".


That would be a good reason why we wont be interviewing him tomorrow. Hes already hired.
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They said he was interviewed today and given a contingency offer for if gundy turned it down. Hubbs said no interview, hyams said he was interviewed.
 
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Aesius said:
I hate to say it but a lot of these posts are making me laugh. This is a dark, dark comedy right now.
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Worse than NCAA sanctions

Penn State was in the noose and got Bill O’Brien.

We’re squeaky clean with money to burn and we literally can not hire a coach who has won more that 50% if his games
 
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C-town Vol said:
I agree with this completely. At this point, Tee is a better option than Morris or Steele...agreed?

Feels like they are determined to not give him the job, even if that means hiring Steele.
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I like Tee over Morris but i would love to know their cordinators before hitting the submit button on that oppinion.
 
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McGeesPub said:
If we are tracking down old flames, I'm surprised Troy Calhouns name hasn't popped back up this iteration. And I probably looked constipated while typing that.
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Troy Calhoun sounds like the fake politician from the SNL Weekend Update sketch that Will Forte used to do.
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
Remember when at the end of the DOOLEY era we had to drop Steele as a DC candidate because he gave up 70?

Now, we not only return to him, but are ready to place him as HC... not DC

How has it come to this?

Can we get Brohm with Steele as DC?
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It’s come to this bc the “leaders” of our sacred University doesn’t have any f_____g brains!! JMO
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Posters on tos saying Morris will be announced tomorrow. Apparently his OC is a MTSU grad and it's coming from his family. Tifwiw, (which ain't much)
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Not attacking you, you are just bringing info, but you should know by now that posters on TOS don't know anything. The people who do know have said we didn't and won't interview Morris.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Posters on tos saying Morris will be announced tomorrow. Apparently his OC is a MTSU grad and it's coming from his family. Tifwiw, (which ain't much)
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If it was done we would know now. Not saying it won’t happen but this low in the search there isn’t anything being withheld.

It would have been reported.
 
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IhateGA said:
Not attacking you, you are just bringing info, but you should know by now that posters on TOS don't know anything. The people who do know have said we didn't and won't interview Morris.
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Could be interviewing now. Currie interviewed the baseball hire after midnight
 
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