Dino Babers should be considered

[kdog27]

Good call, and after educating myself more on the hire I really like it.

[Falconfreak90]

Good call, and after educating myself more on the hire I really like it.

Me too.

[Globetrotter]

I think this is a great idea. I bet anyone that he is hired on December 18th 2013.

Nailed this one.

[mscarn]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootbal ... nd-jimmy-g

How explosive is the Baylor system? Try this: the Bears attack not only leads FBS in offense this season, it also lead FCS too.

Huh?

"We're like the Baylor Junior Varsity," Eastern Illinois coach Dino Babers told me Saturday. "Everything that Baylor does, we do. You can't look at us and not see Baylor."

Babers, Eastern Illinois' second-year coach, spent four seasons on Art Briles' staff at Baylor. Four career-changing seasons.

Prior to Babers' time in Waco, he'd been an OC in the Pac-10 (Arizona) and in the Big 12 (Texas A&M), but after four seasons at UCLA, he was unsure if he was going to stay on the staff. In 2008, he went to the Coaches Convention in hopes of lining something up. He'd interviewed with Urban Meyer for a wide receiver job at Florida, and then met with Briles.

"I'd been in [the coaching business] for 22 years before I met Art," said Babers, counting up that he was on 11 different college coaching staffs before linking up with Briles. "He changed my thinking. I never met a man like that before. He's so positive. So forward in his offensive thinking. He's completely committed to what he's doing and he gets people to drink the Kool-Aid."

Babers guzzled that Kool-Aid.

"The system is not the easiest thing in the world to learn," he said. "It probably took me a year and half before I was comfortable with it. The cool thing about it, is the offense never stays the same. First, it's a caterpillar and then it's a butterfly and then. ... It's always green and grown."

Eastern Illinois is averaging 584 yards per game, more than 40 yards better than the next most prolific offense in FCS. The Panthers (5-1) started off the season with a bang, thumping FBS San Diego State on the road, 40-19. Their lone loss was a 43-39 defeat against unbeaten NIU. Babers' QB, 6-foot-3, 220-pound Jimmy Garoppolo, threw for 800 yards and nine TDs and only two INTs in the games against FBS opponents.

Babers says there's a lot of misconceptions about the Baylor system. He points to comments former colleague Nick Holt, then the DC at Washington, made before the 2011 Alamo Bowl.

"Nick and I were on the same staff at UNLV once, and I saw he said, '[Baylor] is exactly like Oregon.' I felt so bad for him. I'm thinking, 'If you play us like Oregon, God bless you.' "

Baylor ended up scoring 67 points and rolling up 777 yards on Holt's defense. Holt was fired soon after.

"The biggest thing about what we do is that no one really understands what we do," Babers said. "People really think it's like Oregon. It's nothing like Oregon. We throw the ball horizontal and vertical. I see us as throwing team. I see Oregon as more of a play-action throwing team. We don't have to play action to throw it."

[mscarn]

Getcha popcorn ready...hopefully not burned by the concession workers.

[Flipper]

How long will it take for Babers to fall in love with Knapke's arm this spring?

[Globetrotter]

How long will it take for Babers to fall in love with Knapke's arm this spring?

I think Hammb said the same thing. How do you bench a guy like Johnson though. So gutty and such a competitor.

[hammb]

How long will it take for Babers to fall in love with Knapke's arm this spring?

I think Hammb said the same thing. How do you bench a guy like Johnson though. So gutty and such a competitor.

You don't bench him unless Knapke makes it impossible for you to do otherwise.

As much as I love what Johsnon has done this year, there is no doubt that he is a physically limited passer. If Knapke fits the system that Babers is installing and looks clearly superior to Johnson, you have to go with the younger guy.

Anytime a new coaching staff comes in it's an open competition for every spot. I expect QB to be an especially heated (and interesting) competition. Knapke seems to have the physical skills that Babers covets, but you can't deny what Johnson has done, nor the fire that he plays with.

I have to say this hire has me more excited for BG football than I've been in a LONG time.

[factman]

Dave Clawson told us a week or two into the season this year, that he expected Knapke to give Matta "run for his money" this coming year. I guess we'll find out soon enough. It is a good situation to be in.

[Globetrotter]

Dave Clawson told us a week or two into the season this year, that he expected Knapke to give Matta "run for his money" this coming year. I guess we'll find out soon enough. It is a good situation to be in.

Cool. Who is us?

[Flipper]

Everyone but you...

[factman]

Who the "f" are you?

[Globetrotter]

Who the "f" are you?

Just curious how you get your inside info. Seems cool.

[Falcon Fanatic]

Who the "f" are you?

Just curious how you get your inside info. Seems cool.

People...his people know people who know people... You know, one of those people!!