See? He’s irrational.
Did they tip him?
Lubbock is mostly bummed. I mean, yeah, we’d like to win more, but Kingsbury actually got people interested in the games again; he put butts in seats. And unlike Tuberville, who was only here for the paycheck, Kliff likes Tech and wanted to be here. Injuries were a big part of this season; we were down to our fourth-string QB by the Baylor game. If original starting quarterback Alan Bowman hadn’t gotten hurt, this would’ve been a very different season.
UNC quickly hires their former coach Mack Brown who left UNC in 1997 for Texas. He won a national title at Texas in 2005 but was axed there in 2013. He will be 68 at the start of next season.
Michigan should fire Harbaugh.
sometimes not beating your main rival really gets fans ticked off even if the coach has a lot of success. But he’s only been there 4 years so it would be a big surprise if he’s axed this soon.
The men’s basketball committee takes how well teams do near the end of the season into account, although not nearly as much as football pollsters do.
Here’s a definite example of your point: 1993
Notre Dame and Florida State both finish 12-1
Notre Dame beat Florida State on 11/13
The consensus national champion: Florida State…because Notre Dame lost to Boston College on 11/20
Like how Ohio State got slapped around by Purdue? That one game alone means there is zero argument for OSU to be ranked ahead of ND.
Not to mention by all rights they should have lost that OT game to Maryland.
And the Buckeyes have already jumped to number 6 in the AP poll … the gears are turning to squeeze a B1G team with a loss to Purdue (and a conference championship game against mighty Northwestern for their infamous “13th data point”) into the playoff. I already saw Rick Neuhisel say OSU should be considered ahead of Oklahoma for a playoff spot because of the Sooners’ horrible defense (also touting OSU’s win over a frankly pretty lousy TCU). Say, didn’t Maryland drop 51 points on the Buckeyes? Anybody else notice the B1G isn’t all-that defensively this year?
This statement shows complete detachment from reality.
Here’s a question for you: of the following teams, which has a win over the highest ranked opponent? Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame
Hint: think golden domes…
He’s the first UM coach to ever open with four straight losses against Ohio State. He’s managed a 2-2 record against Michigan State, their other historical and divisional rival. That should get him a year with only low grumbling. 2-6 combined against your two major rivals isn’t good for job security though.
Harbaugh’s a good coach; he’s just not nearly as good as he thinks he is.
Losing to rivals aside, I don’t think there’s a rational case for firing Harbaugh. This is as competitive as Michigan has been in over a decade, so I can’t see him getting the boot under normal circumstances. That being said, I was living in Northern California during his years with the 49ers and I remember how despite his many talents as a coach, he had an even greater knack for getting under upper management’s skin. So while he might not deserve to be fired for performance, I could see him getting shitcanned for being a deluded egomaniac.
Yes, and they made the same argument back in 2012 and we saw what happened then.
“Yeah, but they don’t schedule the Citadel” – so what? Again, winning a conference championship against year-in and year-out rivals, even if you play one or even two fewer ‘quality’ opponents during the season, is more challenging than playing one or two more average or slightly above-average teams during the season. Alabama plays Citadel because they need to get mentally and physically ready to play LSU and Auburn. Notre Dame plays virtually nobody. They will get prison raped on national TV again - believe it.
I only follow football peripherally, mostly watching Ohio State games, and I’ve got to say we’re not as good as I hoped. We’re good, but flawed. The resounding win over Michigan is enough to satisfy me; I don’t care much what happens the rest of the season. I don’t have an opinion about whether we should make the play-offs, since I don’t have a feel for how strong the other top teams are. I won’t feel bad if we don’t make it, but be happy if we do. Personally, I’d love to go the Rose Bowl, since I’d actually be able to attend that game.
Asahi is triggered.
UNC and Kansas are now the only 2 teams where both the BB and FB coaches have won national titles. Kansas - Self and Miles, UNC - Willams and Brown . Of course Miles and Brown won a title at their previous jobs.
Notice, however, that his rant about Notre Dame’s schedule is slowly morphing from the initial complaint (they play no one but cream puffs) to a more subtle complaint (they don’t finish off with a championship game against a quality opponent). He still, of course, refuses to acknowledge that Notre Dame’s strength of schedule during the season is substantially better than Alabama’s, and most other Div I FBS teams (“Notre Dame plays virtually nobody.”) Thus, he continues to appear to be spouting nonsense. You’ll notice that he doesn’t offer a single shred of evidence to support the claim that Notre Dame has a weak schedule, because he can’t.
I will point out that Clemson has been all that Alabama can handle the last few years, and they don’t play a championship game against anyone of decent caliber most years. Nor do they have a regular-season schedule that is loaded with top teams. It doesn’t seem to handicap them come season end. 
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Substantially better? Bama beat #3 LSU, #16 Mississippi State, #22 Texas A&M, and will play #5 Georgia (likely to move up to #4) for the SEC Championsip.
Notre Dame played #14 Michigan, #7 Stanford, #24 Virginia Tech, and #12 Syracruse.
In what universe is Notre Dame “Substantially better” than Bama’s strength of schedule? Do you think Notre Dame would go 12-0 if they played in the SEC West? I think they’d be lucky to finish in 5th place, behind Bama, LSU, TAM, and Mississippi State. Not convinced they’d beat Auburn. I assume they can beat Ole Miss if they have a functional running game…
Not this year they wouldn’t. ND is not better than Alabama, but I’d be pretty confident about them beating every other SECW team this year.
There is no excuse for scheduling Citadel. The Big Ten stopped scheduling FCS teams, it’s high time the SEC stopped standing for Schedule Easy Competition. So Ohio State nearly laid an egg in Maryland, at least they fucking played someone in a major conference. This business of “oh we have to put a cupcake in our second to last week so that we can get ready for our big rival” is bullshit.
So for the playoff, you have the Alabama/Georgia winner is in. Clemson is in barring a loss to Pittsburgh. Notre Dame is already in. In my book Oklahoma is in if they beat Texas in a rematch, if they don’t then Ohio State gets in with a win over Northwestern. Oklahoma’s lone loss to Texas in my opinion is less of a black mark than Ohio State’s drubbing by Purdue. As much as I love the Big Ten, they should not get a playoff berth unless Oklahoma or Clemson lose this weekend.
As for Harbaugh, he’s a great recruiter and has had a good record at Michigan. But if you can’t cut the cake against Ohio State, then at some point you have to be let go. I think he’s a good coach, but as others have said, not as good as he thinks he is.
For my beloved Spartans, a disappointing year. Sure, the injuries were significant. But not having a quarterback in the Kirk Cousins/Connor Cook mold has been hard. I thought Rocky Lombardi showed a lot of promise, but he needs a lot of coaching. Lewerke has at times been good, but I think it’s time to not invest another year in him.