Todd Graham goes to Tulsa
Tulsa has found their new head coach, and they didn't even leave the
conference. The Golden Hurricane lured Todd Graham back to Tulsa,
after a one year stint with the Rice Owls. Graham was the defensive
coordinator at Tulsa from 2003-2005.
I find this pretty surprising. Perhaps Graham and his family love
Tulsa and he is emotionally tied to the town. Fair enough, I suppose.
But just over a year ago, Graham spoke of a "renaissance" at Rice.
After a 7-6 season and a bowl bid in 2006 (1-11 in 2005), it seemed
Graham and Rice just may be on their way. Now this?
Rice alums, fans, and most importantly current players, must be sick
right now. It's not enough for Graham to leave, but to leave for Tulsa
is just a slap in the face.
I respect any man's decision to better himself and his family. But is
there no loyalty anymore? Graham just signed an extension with Rice
through 2012 on Wednesday. Approximately 48 hours later, he is being
announced as Tulsa's replacement for Steve Kragthorpe. How
disrespectful is that? I suppose Graham did not necessarily lie to
Rice, but did signing that extension not mean ANYTHING to Graham?!?!
I wonder if he too chose a conference call as his means to say
goodbye?
Posted by Jerrel Wade at 11:41 AM 4 comments
Adrian Peterson and other early entrant news
Adrian Peterson has yet to reach a decision as to whether or not to
enter the NFL draft. Reports from the Dallas Morning News on Wednesday
stated Peterson was going to join Dwayne Jarrett and others and
declare for the draft. However, Peterson has made no such statements.
Yesterday Peterson released a statement saying "I have spent the last
few days considering my options to either enter the NFL draft or stay
at OU. The facts are that I have not hired any representation and I
have not declared for the draft".
In other early entrant news, Tedd Ginn Jr. is still mulling over his
options. It was deemed he suffered a sprained foot while celebrating,
after he returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown in the Tostitos
BCS Championship Game. He will have to wear a walking boot for "a few
weeks" according to his father, Tedd Ginn Sr.*
Florida is awaiting word on five juniors who are considering the NFL
draft. They did receive good news yesterday however, when Andre
Caldwell announced he will return to Florida.
* = Source, Associated Press 2007
Posted by Jerrel Wade at 11:10 AM 6 comments
Heading into 2007....
Since we started this blog today, we figured no need to re-hash 2006.
With that said, congratulations Florida fans!
With a new year and a new blog, it's time to start focusing on the new
season. Coming soon we will have recruiting news, off season updates
leading up to the spring games, NFL draft analysis, and anything we
can cover involving college football.
Stay tuned.....
Posted by Jerrel Wade at 9:46 AM 0 comments
Our first post.....WHOO HOOO!!!
The article that set us off.....
How Valuable is ESPN's Investment in Kirk Herbstreit's Football
Knowledge?
by Ryan Ferguson
Kirk Herbstreit in an interview after he failed in his campaign to get
Michigan rematched with his alma mater, Ohio State:"Here's the problem
I had; I get paid to actually watch college football, from noon to 2
a.m. I watch every game there is, and I do that for 15 straight weeks.
I'm in a position where I can make an opinion on more than, well right
here on paper, it says Florida beat six top 25 teams ... I don't care.
I don't care. I've watched Florida every week. Congratulations, 12-1
... that's amazing. But am I going to penalize Michigan because the
Big Ten is awful this year? Absolutely not. I don't care that they
beat ND and ND is terrible. I don't care that they beat Wisconsin and
we don't know how good Wisconsin is. I saw them play against every
team this year."People can say look how they played against Ball State
and look how they played against Northwestern. They were bored. The
difference between that and Florida ... Florida was actually trying
when they played and didn't execute against Georgia and Vanderbilt,
and didn't execute against Kentucky and other teams they
played."Herbstreit's argument during that period was this: despite
Florida's obviously superior resume; despite Florida competing in a
tougher conference and winning 12 games, including a conference
championship; despite beating a Top 5 BCS Team in LSU and playing four
top-ranked opponents, Herbstreit could tell simply by looking that
Ohio State and Michigan were better teams than Florida could hope to
be.In short, Herbstreit knows more about football than you, me, or
anyone. He knows more than the voters. He is smarter than the BCS
computer formulas. The facts weren't on his side, but he throws those
out the window, because KIRK HERBSTREIT WATCHES FOOTBALL. KIRK
HERBSTREIT KNOWS FOOTBALL.It was after this interview that I believe
Herbstreit lost most of his credibility as a college football
"analyst." He blasted Gary Danielson, throwing the CBS analyst's
reputation under the bus when he suggested that perhaps Danielson was
put up to his short "campaign" stint for Florida during the SEC
Championship Game against Arkansas -- by the executive producer."When
I was watching that game that they put that graphic up, the only thing
I could think of was that the coordinating producer would force them
to do something like that to kind of destroy any credibility they'd
all built over the years, just obviously by standing up and talking
about an SEC school."That is an incredibly arrogant and self-serving
personal attack on a colleague who was guilty of nothing more than
saying his mind -- something Herbstreit did for weeks after Michigan
lost, campaigning day in and day out for a rematch.The only logical
conclusion I can reach is that Herbstreit wanted to help his alma
mater to avoid Florida. It may sound somewhat like a conspiracy
theory, but I'll be darned if I can come up with any other reason.Kirk
Herbstreit's final outburst in the interview I'm sure he'd rather
forget included this statement: "I would just like to see Michigan and
Ohio State go on to do well in their games."Whoops. Michigan was
routed by USC and Florida speared the Buckeyes like a helpless
wriggling fish.Herbstreit essentially batted a zero here, or a
negative, if that's possible. His credibility is shot. The exact
opposite of everything he predicted came true.Gary Danielson said all
along, "I watch a lot of football too. But you know what? I don't know
who the best team is. That's impossible to know. So you go by the
resume. And Florida has the resume."Right on, Mr. Danielson. And now
Florida has the crystal football, too.ESPN might ought to reconsider
their investment in Kirk Herbstreit's couch-potatodom. It didn't
appear to pay any dividends in the games that really matter. And
Herbstreit himself ought to do some soul-searching after all of this.
This article pretty much sums up why we decided to publish our
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