Well, Jacob Coker is ready to start at Alabama and Trickett already started at West Virginia, so I guess the problem is that none of his trained QBs are ready to start for him.
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Well, Jacob Coker is ready to start at Alabama and Trickett already started at West Virginia, so I guess the problem is that none of his trained QBs are ready to start for him.
ulukinatme
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His last protege that was drafted before Jameis, EJ Manuel, is about to get cut too unless he improves. He was also responsible for Jamarcus Russell and a few other NFL duds.
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I don't know about that... Coker lost the job to Simms last year. And Simms was far from impressive or scary.
Saban was also supposed to be in the Golson sweepstakes... which further casts doubt on Coker.
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TampaBuckeyes
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I never said he was a guru. I just recall the talking heads spouting that incessantly about it during the 2013 season.
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Dammit, don't make me defend Jimbo here. I'm just saying that with his track record of recruiting, developing <Brent Musberger voice>for the college game</Brent Musberger voice>, and placing QBs in the NFL, Jimbo Fisher doesn't have to take a back seat to anybody over the last 10 to 15 years.
I was responding with the point that Trickett and Coker were on the FSU roster until the day Jameis showed up, and they recognized immediately their best chances for PT were elsewhere. If Coker hasn't developed in his time at Alabama, that's on Lane Kiffin, not Jimbo Fisher. Coker is the apparent front-runner coming out of spring practice last I read.
Jimbo Fisher needing a free-agent insurance policy for this season is a consequence of producing two first round QB picks in three years and the resulting transfers, not because he's not some sort of QB guru.
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TampaBuckeyes
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SUPPOSED TO be a guru, not IS A guru. Sarcasm font must be broken again.Yes you did....
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
CFB AM: Everett Golson confirms Notre Dame blocked him from Texas
"It's just not true," Swarbrick said regarding the rumors ND blocked Golson. "The way this process works is a student identifies schools they would like to consider, and we have not denied a single school that Everett Golson identified as one he has an interest in going to."
Golson has a little different perspective. In a visit with my colleague Bruce Feldman this week -- in which Golson explained why he left Notre Dame and his title-or-bust expectations for the upcoming season at Florida State -- the QB said he would have been intrigued by Texas if it were an option for him.
"I would've definitely entertained it, but just knowing that I couldn't, it kinda limited me," Golson said. "It was pretty awkward, but it was kind of expected. It would've been interesting to see Texas. They (Notre Dame) basically limited me to the schools that we wouldn't play. I wasn't really surprised by it."
Bruce asked Golson what he made out of Swarbrick saying Notre Dame didn't block him from any schools, to which he replied: "I just kinda left it alone. The biggest thing for me was I wanted to be somewhere down south, too. They didn't necessarily block me from something I was strongly considering, except maybe Texas."
This is all semantics on Swarbrick's part. His quote dances around the issue and puts the onus on Golson by saying ND didn't deny any school that Golson identified as one he's interested in. Notre Dame asked Golson for a list of 10 schools he would consider -- that also met Notre Dame's approval, by the way -- and Swarbrick spun it as, "See? These are the 10 schools Everett identified he was interested in. We didn't block any of them."
Entire article: http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...me-blocked-everett-golson-texas-cfb-am-052815
"It's just not true," Swarbrick said regarding the rumors ND blocked Golson. "The way this process works is a student identifies schools they would like to consider, and we have not denied a single school that Everett Golson identified as one he has an interest in going to."
Golson has a little different perspective. In a visit with my colleague Bruce Feldman this week -- in which Golson explained why he left Notre Dame and his title-or-bust expectations for the upcoming season at Florida State -- the QB said he would have been intrigued by Texas if it were an option for him.
"I would've definitely entertained it, but just knowing that I couldn't, it kinda limited me," Golson said. "It was pretty awkward, but it was kind of expected. It would've been interesting to see Texas. They (Notre Dame) basically limited me to the schools that we wouldn't play. I wasn't really surprised by it."
Bruce asked Golson what he made out of Swarbrick saying Notre Dame didn't block him from any schools, to which he replied: "I just kinda left it alone. The biggest thing for me was I wanted to be somewhere down south, too. They didn't necessarily block me from something I was strongly considering, except maybe Texas."
This is all semantics on Swarbrick's part. His quote dances around the issue and puts the onus on Golson by saying ND didn't deny any school that Golson identified as one he's interested in. Notre Dame asked Golson for a list of 10 schools he would consider -- that also met Notre Dame's approval, by the way -- and Swarbrick spun it as, "See? These are the 10 schools Everett identified he was interested in. We didn't block any of them."
Entire article: http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...me-blocked-everett-golson-texas-cfb-am-052815
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ulukinatme
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I'm surprised if he really wanted to go to Texas. They'll be improving under Strong in the coming years, he's toughening that team up, but they're probably not ready for a legitimate shot at the CFP yet. Their OL is porous and they don't have the weapons that FSU has. After Golson announced his transfer to FSU the odds-makers were picking FSU to repeat as ACC champ. When you look at the schedule they have to play this year it's easy to see why:
Texas State
South Florida
Boston College
Wake Forest
Miami
Louisville
Georgia Tech
Syracuse
Clemson
North Carolina State
Chattanooga
Florida
Outside of Georgia Tech and maybe Clemson there's not a lot standing in FSU's way when it comes to a path to the playoff. The only other teams worth mentioning are maybe Louisville and Florida if McElwain can do a speedy turn around, lotta questions on offense though.
Texas State
South Florida
Boston College
Wake Forest
Miami
Louisville
Georgia Tech
Syracuse
Clemson
North Carolina State
Chattanooga
Florida
Outside of Georgia Tech and maybe Clemson there's not a lot standing in FSU's way when it comes to a path to the playoff. The only other teams worth mentioning are maybe Louisville and Florida if McElwain can do a speedy turn around, lotta questions on offense though.
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If Florida State goes undefeated they're getting in, just because they're still Florida State. End of story.
They aren't FIU or some directional school. They are more or less a CFB blue blood now (along with USC, Ohio State, Alabama, etc)...
They aren't FIU or some directional school. They are more or less a CFB blue blood now (along with USC, Ohio State, Alabama, etc)...
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That'd require at least 5 teams going undefeated which is unprecedented, at least in my lifetime.
No way any undefeated from the autonomous 5 gets left out for somebody with a loss.
No way any undefeated from the autonomous 5 gets left out for somebody with a loss.
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Zurp
I have misplaced my pants.
About the closest thing I can think of is 2004. USC, Oklahoma, and Auburn were all undefeated from what we now call "Power 5" conferences. Urban Meyer's Utah team was also undefeated.
I'm sure it's mathematically possible for 5 or more teams in Power 5 conferences to go undefeated. I don't see it happening. How many times in BCS era did 2 or more teams go undefeated? I'll guess 3 times. Other than 2002 and 2004, nothing comes to mind. Maybe when Alabama beat Texas? How about Auburn vs. Oregon?
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