Sunday, September 2, 2012

Coaching top 10

OK, so i'm new to the blog game but figured this would be a good one to throw out for my first post.   Here is my list of the top ten college coaches.  I'm not talking about you need to win one game and you need a coach for that game.  I'm talking about building a winning program... the whole bag.  Here we go:

10) Frank Beamer  - always has a good program, usually a ten win team.  Clean program and consistent over the years.

9) Mike Dantone - I like what hes done at Michigan State.  I think they are really a program on the rise.

8) Brian Kelly -  Hasen't done it yet but I think this guy is LEGIT.   Going to turn ND back into a top ten program, which is a real accomplishment considering they have standards for who they let on campus.

7) Lane Kiffen - I hate this guy.  And I think hes dirty.  But that being said, he has USC as the favorite to win the national championship the first year coming off sanctions. Guy is getting the job done.

6) Bob Stoops - competes for it all year in and year out.  Solid recruiter, somehow program is clean. I would want him running my team.

5) Pete Carrol - see Lane Kiffen, except Pete has national championships under his belt.  He was smart enough to get out of town and leave Kiffen with the mess too.  Job well done.

4) Chip Kelly -  Runs a cutting edge program.  A real innovator.  Guy is going to have Oregon competing for the crystal football for years.

3) Urban Meyer -  Dude can coach and dude can win.  Four years ago he would be #1 on this list but his health problems and what not take him down a couple notches.

2) Les Miles - THE MAD HATTER.  Love this guys swag and the way he rolls.  Has the hardware to back it up.  team is always a monster

1) Nick Saben - year in and year out dude competes for it all.  Half the time he wins it all.  Has done it with two programs and just smashed Michigan to start the season.  Dude runs the program every other team wants. 

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Penn State Is Limp!

I anxiously watched the Penn State opening game expecting to see these players come out flying around and restore some dignity to a battered program. These kids didn't do anything and I was behind them 100%. They were limp! Looked limp after the 1st quarter and I knew the season was over. This is going to be a extremely difficult season for them and it will just get worse in the coming years. I originally thought they would be ok, but I was way off. the program is going to be a mess. 


Here's the Penn State schedule and my picks:
3 wins and 7 losses with a terrible streak to end the season.

vs Ohio - this was a devastating loss
At Virginia - win
vs Navy - loss
ve Temple - win, they had better win this one.
at Illinois - win, this may be a bit aggressive, but I'll give it to them.
at Iowa - loss
vs Ohio State - They are going to be embarrassed, loss
at Purdue - This is a loss.
at Nebraska - loss
vs Wisconsin - loss