I understand that. In fact, my nephew had to experience the prejudice against student athletes this semester. He is a D-line player at Kent St and Chemical Engineering student who made the Dean's list last semester. I would say he is an excellent student who happens to be 6' 5" 265 and loves...
I don't know all of the reasons Bielema went to Arkansas, but I suspect $3.2 million per year had something to do with it.
We may have a different opinion of a successful football program. That's OK. In my book, all four of those schools have had success, and I won't hesitate to add Notre...
Tressel: 5-3 in BCS bowls, 1-2 in NC games, additionally 3-1 in Division 1-AA NC games.
Petrino: 0-1 in BCS bowls (lost to Tressel), no NC games
Davis: 1-0 in BCS bowls, no NC games, though Miami under Karry Coker won the NC game the year after Davis left.
Got to go with Tressel in spite of...
No kidding! Granted, Urban Meyer is good, but nobody is good enough to go 12-0 his first season unless he starts with a team that was already good to begin with. So, yes, Ohio St was FAR from tanking when he was fired.
1-3
Lost to South Carolina in Outback
Lost to Florida in NC Game
Lost to LSU in NC game
Won Sugar vs. Arkansas
But what I notice is that 3 of those were BCS bowls, and two of those were the NC game! He has coached 8 BCS bowls in 10 years with an overall 5-3 record. The other BCS loss was...
There is also the recruiting aspect he brings. Keep in mind there are 37 current NFL players from Ohio St, more than Alabama (30) or Florida (31), and only 2 less than LSU (39). The Vols have 28, and most (all?) of them were Fulmer's recruits. Somehting to think about.
Tressel has coached 8...
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