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I’m seeing a lot of arguments about Miami’s greatness from 20+ years ago. However, that’s why they poached Mario. They want to get back to that. Miami was an attractive job, but once the boosters broke out the $$$ it became an irresistible job. Had they not landed Mario they could’ve had Kiffin, Kelly, etc. He will win more games than Diaz. That’s not hard to do, but he will be under an immense amount of pressure to win championships. Miami’s boosters are not paying $8M/year for ACC Coastal division championships. He gets 3 years to win the ACC and prove he’s not another Randy Shannon. Miami is a lot like USC in many ways: 1) They have a championship tradition that hasn’t been lived up to in many years. 2) They broke the bank for their new coaches. 3) Their fan bases only show up when they’re winning. 4) Their is way more things to do in Miami and LA than watch average to above average football. 5) Their AD’s will not tolerate 8-4 or 9-3.

Very weak argument. This was Klemm’s first year as OL coach in Pittsburgh. Were you really expecting great things after losing Villanueva, Pouncy and Decastro while running Matt Canada’s scheme? It sounds to me like Klemm is jumping off of a sinking ship.

Oregon’s new NFL castoffs were college coaches for a long time before their time in the pro’s. As for the Steelers OL, you can blame that on Matt Canada. His schemes are about as exciting as Mario’s. Orgeron fired him and so did Locksley. I suspect he’ll be fired after this season. Klemm was just a cog in that wheel. Tomlin should also be fired but the Rooney’s are too loyal. His latest coaching turnover backfired on him.

Well, he WAS the head coach a Free Shoes University (FSU) for a while.

Utah

As the head coach my stance would be that they can have a sideline pass if they were on the team during the Fall and played through the Civil War and/or conference championship game.

They played TTU pretty close. They also went to OT in the FCS playoffs against Incarnate Word. They would give Wazzu all they can handle.

Slick Rick was a good cheater, but Barry Switzer and the entire SMU staff during the 80’s were the kings.

If you’re talking about the Kris Hudson episode against Arizona then I will wholeheartedly disagree with you. That young man earned every bit of the butt chewing he received and it was apparent that he respected MC by his response. He took it, responded with “yes sir”, and played hard when he got his second chance. Kids need to be coached hard and disciplined appropriately. Coaches don’t need to lay hands on them, but I don’t have a problem with grabbing face masks or jersey’s to get their attention. This is my opinion and I cannot be convinced otherwise.

The PAC 12 had a shot at a couple more but Oregon and ASU couldn’t get it done. Both have been foiled by Ohio State. USC is the only school that has won an outright championship. UW (Miami) and CU (GT) both split their titles.

Every time we played Wisconsin in Pasadena the crowd was 65% red shirts. Hell, Nebraska and Tennessee fans held at lest 35% of Autzen Stadium in 2013 & 2017. Duck fans have no room to talk.

Expanding the PAC 12 would really do nothing for the conference. They already own every major television market west of the Rockies. That’s why they wanted Utah and CU.

I think Chip was a terrific leader and coach. Those were his biggest strengths. Of course, he wasn’t perfect, but he got things right most of the time. There were a few moments where his leadership really shined through. 1) The way he handled controversy within the team. He would give players the opportunity to correct themselves with punishment (Blount, Kiko, LMJ), but he was not afraid to let good players go if he felt they were a detriment (Masoli, Harris). Of course, it would never happen today because a player could just transfer. 2) The 2011 USC game. That team had every reason to lay down and take the beating that USC was dishing out. However, they fought back and darn near won the game. You always knew his teams would go hard for 4 quarters. Something we haven’t seen since.

That handle likely isn’t associated with their program. Probably just some dude. That said, Sark will have huge challenges in Austin due to their boosters. He’s a lot like Peter from office space in that he has several people to answer to.

Oregon doesn’t win the Pac 10 and go to the Rose Bowl in 2009 without Nate’s save against Arizona.

Why do you think he left? He’s trying to stay one step ahead of the storm. Willie T did the same thing, but it eventually caught him.

He’s actually 48. He graduated from Central Catholic (Dan Marino’s HS) in Pittsburgh in 1991.

This article details his surgery, but the details of his new job are at the end. He is taking a $600K/year pay cut to coach the Zips. I wonder if his desire to get back home is the only reason. Outgoing Ducks OC Moorhead details health scare, emergency surgery WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Moorhead had a ruptured diverticulitis on the morning of the Stanford game earlier this season, which led to emergency...

No. It made its rounds on Twitter. Apparently, Thibadeaux called him a fraud and Cristobal told him he was getting beaten by future insurance salesmen.

I hope he got out of Eugene with his degree. Otherwise, he just wasted his time.

There are a few posters on here who started calling for Mario’s head after the Arizona, Stanford and Cal games. That number grew exponentially after the first Utah game. Some saw that the big recruits were just average players being coached by below average coaches. Others thought he could right the ship. I was one of those. I said it took Dabo 9 seasons to win a championship and that Mario needed more time. However, after the conference championship game when the rumors of him leaving started then everybody’s light clicked on. This guy was leaving all along and gave a half hearted coaching effort due to him having one foot out the door. So, if you’re having trouble understanding why he became a bum then just watch the Utah games. His ineptitude was obvious and no amount of talented recruits could overcome it. Add the fact that Thibadeaux and him supposedly got into a shouting match at halftime where they were trading insults. It’s obvious that the players knew what was going on before the fans did.

Mario is a great recruiter. If he could learn the CEO aspect of his job then he would be right up there with the great ones. This means hiring great coordinators and coaches and letting them do their jobs. It also means striking a fine balance between schmoozing boosters and also telling them to back off. He is in desperate need of great facilities, but they need to come with no strings attached. These will all be big challenges for him. He had been known to meddle in the offensive scheme which killed creativity and innovation. He never had to deal with difficult boosters. Phil Knight was around long before him and knew the needs of the program. He also never had to worry about facilities. He had world class facilities in a several acre plot on the north side of the Willamette. These don’t even include the new indoor practice field that’s being built to replace the Moshofsky. Mario can only preach so long to these new recruits about how he, Armstead and Perryman didn’t need nice facilities or new equipment to win championships. Kids these days aren’t programmed like that. They want it all and they want it now.

AB was sacked 20 times this year. However, eight of those came against Utah. His line was more experienced, so either those sacks were caused by him holding the ball too long or Nix is in for another beat down.

I may be way off, but I feel like Robbie Ashford would be the biggest loss if he transferred. Not TT or JB. He’s the best runner, he’s big at 6’4” 225 and he has the best arm. He arguably had the best Spring out of all the other guys earlier this year if you read the reports. Nix may never see the field if Ashford has another good Spring.

Any QB who transfers because they want to avoid a competition or because they believe they’re the rightful heir to the position doesn’t belong on this team. I’m not excited about Nix, but I want a guy who embraces the competition.