NCAA Week 12

[Michael_ Gee]

Auburn is a more than decent team. It has two road losses to difficult conference foes, including a 3-point loss to the number one team. I saw both those losses, and it's my belief they ought to split their two upcoming home games with Georgia and Alabama. If that happens, the discussion takes another turn.

 

[rtse11]

Alabama didn't go to the SEC Championship Game in 2017, didn't stop them from back door entry into the playoff.

But everyone is carrying the water for Bama right now. Pollack said that the Tide's win over Texas A&M is better than any win Oregon has? Who the **** has Texas A&M beaten this year to show they are any sort of team of quality.

They only lost at Clemson by 2 touchdowns. That's kinda like a win.

 

[poindexter]

Anyone get the OSU / over parlay?

 

[Batman]

Anyone get the OSU / over parlay?

I went down there yesterday, but was too busy lighting a $20 bill on fire with Kentucky -25 vs. Evansville to try. I usually put my football bets in on Friday.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Lynn Henning states the case eloquently

Henning: Mark Dantonio is a Michigan State legend, but it's time to move on

 

[Chef2]

OK ****ers.
Which one of you was it?

 

[poindexter]

OK ****ers.
Which one of you was it?

Great. I wish I was near a book, I would plunk down five bucks. Remember, none of us are making a living at this, the sports wagering is for entertainment. That is a worthwhile $5 of entertainment in my opinion.

 

[playthrough]

Great. I wish I was near a book, I would plunk down five bucks. Remember, none of us are making a living at this, the sports wagering is for entertainment. That is a worthwhile $5 of entertainment in my opinion.

The South Point might make a few grand on Rutgers novelty bets. Especially since no one will take the other side.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

A good prop bet might be "number of Ohio St. points when Rutgers first scores."

 

[Batman]

Great. I wish I was near a book, I would plunk down five bucks. Remember, none of us are making a living at this, the sports wagering is for entertainment. That is a worthwhile $5 of entertainment in my opinion.

Until it's 35-0 at the end of the first quarter, and then you're like, "I sure do wish I had the cup of coffee I could have bought with that."

 

[Alma]

Lynn Henning states the case eloquently

Henning: Mark Dantonio is a Michigan State legend, but it's time to move on

He's indisputably right, too.

You do it like Bob Stoops did it, and leave the next guy and his new staff a decent cupboard. Which Michigan State actually has this year. The loss to Arizona State early gave a whiff of "here we go again" and a couple bad losses on the road (Wisky, Ohio State) only reinforced that Dantonio's assistants don't have the stuff.

Thing is, Dantonio was right to not want a new group of assistants to potty train for his final hurrah. He just should have had his final hurrah 2 years ago. Instead, he won 10 and thought his program - with him running it - had another run in it. Nope.

 

[Alma]

Why the love for Georgia? A horrible loss at home to South Carolina. Alabama lost at home to the No. 1 team with a hobbled Tua. Hell, Oregon's loss was on a neutral field to Auburn at the beginning of the year. Just change the College Football Playoff to the SEC Playoff and be done with it.

The SEC gets special treatment. It has since the beginning of the CFP.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Except really there's no heir apparent: Narduzzi has spun his wheels at Pitt, and any on-staff prospects like Tressel have to be considered part of the program collapse.

So in essence Dantonio's best saving grace is, "anybody else you hire will be a huge downgrade."

You mean 34-27 with three bowl losses doesn't impress you? Narduzzi actually finally has a decent recruiting class coming in (only took five seasons) so Michigan State makes perfect sense.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

He's indisputably right, too.

You do it like Bob Stoops did it, and leave the next guy and his new staff a decent cupboard. Which Michigan State actually has this year. The loss to Arizona State early gave a whiff of "here we go again" and a couple bad losses on the road (Wisky, Ohio State) only reinforced that Dantonio's assistants don't have the stuff.

Thing is, Dantonio was right to not want a new group of assistants to potty train for his final hurrah. He just should have had his final hurrah 2 years ago. Instead, he won 10 and thought his program - with him running it - had another run in it. Nope.

With their budget he shouldn't be potty training anyone. This isn't UTEP. Go get the best offensive coordinator in the MAC or AAC and be done with it. Mark didn't want to fire his buddies. And the re-assignment stunt this year was laughable.

 

[Alma]

With their budget he shouldn't be potty training anyone. This isn't UTEP. Go get the best offensive coordinator in the MAC or AAC and be done with it. Mark didn't want to fire his buddies. And the re-assignment stunt this year was laughable.

Staff chemistry is always potty training. See Matt Canada at LSU.

One of the worst things a HC can do is hire on resume alone. There has to be a culture and personality fit.

 

[poindexter]

Until it's 35-0 at the end of the first quarter, and then you're like, "I sure do wish I had the cup of coffee I could have bought with that."

Good point.

But then again, I've made so many bets in my life that were DOA in the first quarter, that I am numb to it.

 

[Starman]

He's indisputably right, too.

You do it like Bob Stoops did it, and leave the next guy and his new staff a decent cupboard. Which Michigan State actually has this year. The loss to Arizona State early gave a whiff of "here we go again" and a couple bad losses on the road (Wisky, Ohio State) only reinforced that Dantonio's assistants don't have the stuff.

Thing is, Dantonio was right to not want a new group of assistants to potty train for his final hurrah. He just should have had his final hurrah 2 years ago. Instead, he won 10 and thought his program - with him running it - had another run in it. Nope.

Sparty hiring Alex Grinch would be epic.

 

[jlee]

Until it's 35-0 at the end of the first quarter, and then you're like, "I sure do wish I had the cup of coffee I could have bought with that."

If I could make 10k, all I’m thinking is, “Plenty of time to get back into this.”

Which is why I don’t gamble.

 

[rtse11]

Alex Grinch is a product of Mount Union and Hall of Fame coach Larry Kehres. Same program/pedigree as Matt Campbell.

 

[Starman]

Alex Grinch is a product of Mount Union and Hall of Fame coach Larry Kehres. Same program/pedigree as Matt Campbell.

Actually, I think he'd probably be a fine choice (as would Campbell), but they'd certainly have to be ready for endless "Mr. Grinch" teasing, parody videos, etc etc.

They'd probably be best advised to own it -- get ahead of it and use it as a positive.

We're not in the full fledged coaching search phase yet, but it certainly does appear the usual Sparty obsession with inbreeding won't apply this time -- the entire "coaching tree" from the Perles/Saban/Dantonio era has pretty much withered and died. There are no standout heirs apparent -- as mentioned, the most recent apparent prime candidate, Narducci, has been unimpressive at Pitt while previous hot prospects Don Treadwell and Dan Enos have floundered into obscurity. So they might as well look outside the family for a change.

Plus, in a completely off-field development, the fallout of the Larry Nassar scandal has run a power enema on the board of trustees and cleaned out much of the old-leatherneck jockocracy which has run the joint for 40 - maybe 70 - years. (Perles has finally shuffled off into retirement.)
The only remnant of the old-time jock sniffers on the board is perennial string-puller and puppet master Joel Ferguson, but he's in his mid-80s.