BG gets plenty of mention in CFN mailbag.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:57 am
You guys are always making crazy predictions on your website (like Iowa beating Iowa State--ridiculous), so let's make some more, but start at the top. Which coaches are on the hot seat, who's likely to leave, who would you like to see replace them? Let me start you off: JoePa leaves PSU, Kirk Ferentz goes home to PA and revives Happy Valley. That means Chuck Long leaves OU and takes the top job for the Hawkeyes. Stevie P pulls the trigger after another disappointing year in Lincoln and hires Slick Rick away from Baltimore to come in and revive the forward pass for the Huskers. Your turn. - Ryan in Iowa
A: Picking Iowa to beat Iowa State is “crazy”? First of all, Bill Callahan and Kirk Ferentz aren’t going anywhere. If Ferentz leaves Iowa, it would be for the NFL and not another Big Ten team. There shouldn’t be too much movement this year compared to last season. It’ll be hard to top Notre Dame, Florida, LSU, Pitt, Washington, BYU, Ole Miss, Syracuse, Utah and South Carolina for coaching changes. It’s hard to get much more in the way of big program coaching changes.
There aren’t really any “hot seat” guys at the big name programs. Wisconsin is already taken care of, and there’s the yearly watch for how long it’ll be for Penn State and Florida State to need new head men. Dennis Franchione can’t afford a losing season at Texas A&M, and Alabama wants to see more out of Mike Shula. Missouri’s Gary Pinkel needs to have a big year. The hot coaching name out there is Wyoming’s Joe Glenn. If the Cowboys have a decent season, he’ll take over a big-time job next year. Bowling Green head coach Gregg Brandon will also be in the mix for a big name gig. If Arkansas defensive coordinator Reggie Herring, after what he did at NC State, turns the Hog D into a killer, he’ll get interviewed for some top jobs. LSU D coordinator, and former Oklahoma and Nebraska assistant, Bo Pelini could end up being a hot name.
I wanted to get your thoughts on taking former Kent State QB Joshua Cribbs, who was nearly 80% of his team’s offense, and converting him to WR. While yes it seems like a good practiced theory, I have issue with this. At his core this kid and others this of list Bryan Randall, Steven Jyles, josh harris and one that I cant get enough news about Marcus vick, Have a tough road ahead i.e.: getting a chance in the NFL. I feel they all deserve a shot a fair on but tradition shows (a racist one) that these young men will be converted or never given an opportunity and forced to go to a sub par league. – AN
A: The fact of the matter is that Bryan Randall, Joshua Cribbs, and the some of the others you mentioned, don’t have NFL quarterbacking skills (by the way, Josh Harris was drafted purely as a quarterback). That has nothing to do with their skin color, leadership, or mental abilities to handle the job; it has to do with their NFL talent. Eric Crouch was drafted to become a safety. Scott Frost turned into a defensive back. Drew Bennett went from being a quarterback at UCLA to a receiver. Matt Jones was drafted just as a receiver. There are only 32 NFL starting quarterback jobs with a rare few opening up every year, so if you have good skills for another position, you try out for them.
Didn't Jason Campbell just get drafted in the first round? Bowling Green’s Omar Jacobs is being hailed by some scouts as neck-and-neck with Matt Leinart as a pro prospect. No one is saying that Chris Leak, Reggie McNeal and Darrell Hackney will have to become receivers or defensive backs. Adrian McPherson, despite being kicked off Florida State because of gambling issues, is being given a chance with New Orleans. The NFL has gotten past the idea that you need to be white to be a quarterback prospect.
A: Picking Iowa to beat Iowa State is “crazy”? First of all, Bill Callahan and Kirk Ferentz aren’t going anywhere. If Ferentz leaves Iowa, it would be for the NFL and not another Big Ten team. There shouldn’t be too much movement this year compared to last season. It’ll be hard to top Notre Dame, Florida, LSU, Pitt, Washington, BYU, Ole Miss, Syracuse, Utah and South Carolina for coaching changes. It’s hard to get much more in the way of big program coaching changes.
There aren’t really any “hot seat” guys at the big name programs. Wisconsin is already taken care of, and there’s the yearly watch for how long it’ll be for Penn State and Florida State to need new head men. Dennis Franchione can’t afford a losing season at Texas A&M, and Alabama wants to see more out of Mike Shula. Missouri’s Gary Pinkel needs to have a big year. The hot coaching name out there is Wyoming’s Joe Glenn. If the Cowboys have a decent season, he’ll take over a big-time job next year. Bowling Green head coach Gregg Brandon will also be in the mix for a big name gig. If Arkansas defensive coordinator Reggie Herring, after what he did at NC State, turns the Hog D into a killer, he’ll get interviewed for some top jobs. LSU D coordinator, and former Oklahoma and Nebraska assistant, Bo Pelini could end up being a hot name.
I wanted to get your thoughts on taking former Kent State QB Joshua Cribbs, who was nearly 80% of his team’s offense, and converting him to WR. While yes it seems like a good practiced theory, I have issue with this. At his core this kid and others this of list Bryan Randall, Steven Jyles, josh harris and one that I cant get enough news about Marcus vick, Have a tough road ahead i.e.: getting a chance in the NFL. I feel they all deserve a shot a fair on but tradition shows (a racist one) that these young men will be converted or never given an opportunity and forced to go to a sub par league. – AN
A: The fact of the matter is that Bryan Randall, Joshua Cribbs, and the some of the others you mentioned, don’t have NFL quarterbacking skills (by the way, Josh Harris was drafted purely as a quarterback). That has nothing to do with their skin color, leadership, or mental abilities to handle the job; it has to do with their NFL talent. Eric Crouch was drafted to become a safety. Scott Frost turned into a defensive back. Drew Bennett went from being a quarterback at UCLA to a receiver. Matt Jones was drafted just as a receiver. There are only 32 NFL starting quarterback jobs with a rare few opening up every year, so if you have good skills for another position, you try out for them.
Didn't Jason Campbell just get drafted in the first round? Bowling Green’s Omar Jacobs is being hailed by some scouts as neck-and-neck with Matt Leinart as a pro prospect. No one is saying that Chris Leak, Reggie McNeal and Darrell Hackney will have to become receivers or defensive backs. Adrian McPherson, despite being kicked off Florida State because of gambling issues, is being given a chance with New Orleans. The NFL has gotten past the idea that you need to be white to be a quarterback prospect.