Around the Big Ten

[Dr. Strangelove]

I think we're dropping the Gator...though don't hold me to that

[entropy]

Get back into the Alamo or move into the holiday.

[WM Wolverine]

B10 is sharing the Orange (w/ the SEC & ND), Holiday, SF Bowl & Pinstripe Bowl & Armed Forces Bowls...

B10 dropped the Copper, Dallas Bowl, Texas Bowl (?), and are now sharing the Gator w/ the Memphis/Liberty Bowl.

[Jeff Buchanan]

On Obrien ..... while it might be nice to think CFB coaches ought to stick with commitments they have made to the schools that hired them, That's not how it works.

First, no court in the land would uphold a contract that absolutely limited an employee's freedom to move. They have, in fact, repeatedly ruled against onerous provisions of employment contracts intended to limit choice. End of that wishful thinking.

Second, CFB head coaching is the big time. CEOs get picked off all the time in the corporate world. It's just the way it is. Nobody complains about it. I have no problem with coaches wanting to advance themselves based on performance. They can choose to stay as well. I guess we don't have to worry about any of M's football staff getting picked off.

[Jeff Buchanan]

For those watching today, Wisconsin is a well coached team that got out talented, Nebraska finally played defense preserving the suffering of Big Red fans every where: Pelini is a lock for another 2-3 seaaons. Iowa and Ferentz are Iowa and Ferentz.

Finally, MSU is playing the kind of football Brady Hoke would like to have M playing. Tough, blue collar, physical. They may lose, Stanford is way better, but they play hard and are exceptionally well coached (Cook). Too bad that style of play is not going to happen in AA any time soon.

[Mike]

Go Stanford!

[Dr. Strangelove]

I don't see Stanford being way better. Sparty has outgained them 230-160 yards but is down thanks to a horrific pick-6 thrown by Cook

[Tony G]

Jeff,

I understand the business of it.

It's still shitty opportunistic buck chasing instead of sticking by your word. That used to mean something when I was growing up. I understand how that has slipped.

I repeat my earlier argument. How does a coach look a kid in the eye and convince him to come play for him and then cut and run. Petrino was only the most reprehensible example of this far too often used weasel move.


A coach has a chance to explore opportunities when his contract is up. It's not the reserve clause from MLB fer crissakes.

[Mike]

That evened out the horrific dropped INT that led to Sparty's first TD.

[drok]

It's hard to tell coaches to stick to their word when schools are just as quick to dump them. It's cut throat and you don't have many opportunities to take advantage of success.

[Jeff Buchanan]

So, what school do the sophomores and juniors, watching football games this afternoon who are the best mid-western recruits go to?

MSU with Dantonio and Narduzzi coaching them or Michigan with their menagerie of coaching buffoons?

No contest and this is part of the reason why M is F'ed for a long, long time.

Thanks, Dave.

[iam416]

Michigan State just kicked Stanford's ass at the LoS.

I guess that makes me feel good about OSU's running game going against Clemson. Spence and Roby being out makes me feel like it will take 63 from the offense to force OT.

Decent day for B10. Meh.

[whodean]

Strong victory for the Spartans.

That is exactly the sort of team Hoke is trying to build.

[Dr. Strangelove]

At least two programs that Michigan will be constantly looking up at...and if Penn State makes a good hire, they will be back up there too

[Kapture1]

wondering if it is time to drop the little brother tag.