tsande07

Thank you for setting the record straight on this.

Venables

I believe that someone posted a while back that Malzahn prefers not to throw to the middle of the field b/c he wants to draw defenders away from there to open up running plays. Or something like that. I can't seem to remember the WORDing.

Please, no one ever say this again.

On the bench

Square in to #3. I hope...

"The other stuff you are talking about has nothing to do with the game of football." - I hope you don't mean this in reference to Briles. If you want to be part of the Petrino cult, that's cool.

1 Alabama (50) 1510 3-0 1 2 Ohio State (4) 1442 3-0 3 3 Louisville (6) 1406 3-0 10 4 Michigan (1) 1277 3-0 4 5 Clemson 1258 3-0 5 6 Houston 1245 3-0 6 7 Stanford 1195 2-0 7 8 Michigan State 1084 2-0 12 9 Washington 1040 3-0 8 10 Texas A&M 890 3-0 17 11 Wisconsin 828 3-0 9 12 Georgia 726 3-0 16 13 Florida State 722 2-1 2 14 Tennessee 707 3-0 15 15 Miami (Fla.) 565 3-0 25 16 Baylor 529 3-0 21 17 Arkansas 528 3-0 24 18 LSU 517 2-1 20 19 Florida 479 3-0 23 20 Nebraska 420 3-0 NR 21 Texas 196 2-1 11 22 San Diego State 183 3-0 NR 23 Ole Miss 172 1-2 19 24 Utah 154 3-0 NR 25 Oklahoma [fromhttp://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fbs] Current Rankings Corresponding Head Football Coaches: Nick Saban Urban Meyer Bobby Petrino Jim Harbaugh Dabo Swinney Tom Herman David Shaw Mark Dantonio Chris Petersen Kevin Sumlin Paul Chryst Kirby Smart Jimbo Fisher Butch Jones Mark Richt Jim Grobe Bret Bielema Les Miles Jim McElwain Mike Riley Charlie Strong Rocky Long Hugh Freeze Kyle Whittingham Bob Stoops

I never compared Richt to Briles. If Briles had anything to do with improperly handling or covering up rape, then he is a monster and should not be compared to any decent human being. As to comparing Richt and Petrino, you have no choice but to look at their respective coaching records if you want to compare them. Sure, you can give Petrino a handicap for being in AR and not GA. On the other hand, if you don't want to compare their coaching records, you're left with judging solely based on their motorcycle riding skills...

You could use the same argument against any coach with experience but no championships. You really have three options: 1) try to hire a coach that has national championships already, 2) hire a coach like Richt or Petrino (with a strong track record, but no championships yet) hoping they can reach new heights at AU, or 3) hire an "up and coming" coach that doesn't yet have a long track record, but you think has enough raw talent to take a chance on.

Compare that to Bobby Petrino (who we all know has a cult following on this board, despite his obvious liabilities): [from http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/bobby-petrino-1.html] Arkansas 34-14 (.667) Overall 103-39 (.725)

I know people are going to hate me, but...how much is Miami paying Mark Richt? Seriously.

???? Well, that got weird...

Thanks, Bird.