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Splitting hairs here maybe, but I think Baylor is benefiting from a general downturn/turmoil in its conference plus an unwillingness to play games that will hurt its record.

Also, school administration is a little ... uh ... flexible about who gets in. Same with hoops.
 
LongTimeListener said:
Splitting hairs here maybe, but I think Baylor is benefiting from a general downturn/turmoil in its conference plus an unwillingness to play games that will hurt its record.

Also, school administration is a little ... uh ... flexible about who gets in. Same with hoops.
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Possibly. If we agree that they're in the same general band and picking between them is splitting hairs, I'm good.
 
amraeder said:
Possibly. If we agree that they're in the same general band and picking between them is splitting hairs, I'm good.
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Yeah Briles is up in that category. Really I think it's 1) Meyer 2) Saban and then a jumble. But I do think Harbaugh is by far the most likely to seize that #3 spot or knock off the #1 or #2 guy. Everyone else seems to have maxed out.
 
I'm not sold on Petersen. People make a big deal about being able to win at Boise State, but since Boise can get almost any kid into school and the epic failure Dan Hawkins was when he went to the Big 12, Petersen is going to have to prove he's as good as some say.

Maybe that's unfair, to judge him partially on his predecessor's failure, but that's the way I feel.
 
Songbird said:
I'd take Shaw over all those guys.
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I like Shaw as well but don't think that he has the offensive mind that Sumlin does.

Really at the end of the day it's Meyer and Saban as 1 and 1A and then a bunch of others all grouped together.
Many very fine coaches but none on par with Meyer and Saban.
 
Shaw would make my top 10. I'm guessing my opinion of Jimbo Fisher is higher than most on here. I think he's done a very good job doing what is usually impossible (replacing a legendary coach), granted, he was groomed for the transition, so I think that helped.
 
RecoveringJournalist said:
Shaw would make my top 10. I'm guessing my opinion of Jimbo Fisher is higher than most on here. I think he's done a very good job doing what is usually impossible (replacing a legendary coach), granted, he was groomed for the transition, so I think that helped.
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Poor UAB.
 
What Briles did at Baylor is pretty impressive, but I'd go back in time a decade and say Pinkel's done better...then go back another decade and say Bill Snyder has outdone them both.
 
Let's not forget O'Leary at Central Florida. They are not very far away from being VERY good, consistently.

Watching them is like watching an NFL team in that the players are big and fast and huge and very good.
 
He's building a monster down there is what I'm saying. Boise didn't do what it did overnight. It took time. I see O'Leary doing the same thing.
 
The job Snyder has done at K-State is an all-timer.

I remember watching K-State in college, and the difference in that team from 1992 to 1995 and then for them to actually be a national contender a few years later was just insane.
 
They were 8-8 and killed by injuries. I'm not so sure they have completely turned into an also ran
 
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