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Nigel Tufnel
Choking on vomit
Well in fairness I assume Brown was chirping about the Defense. The problem, however, is that he was chirping at all. If any of these guys had any sense whatsoever, they would simply grind each day and say nothing about any game other than the next one on their list. But no, they chirp.
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Temple of bloom: How a historically bad team produced two elite college coaches
Pete Thamel
Yahoo Sports Nov 14, 2019, 9:27 PM
The sign over the locker room when Al Golden took the head coaching job at Temple summed up the journey facing the worst program in college football back in 2006. Golden hung a quote from British explorer Ernest Shackleton that will never be mistaken for a warm-and-fuzzy recruiting pitch: “Men wanted for a hazardous journey, small wage, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of success.”
Golden arrived at a Temple program so depleted that none of the 32 NFL franchises attended the school’s pro day that spring. He recalls playing the 2006 season with 54 scholarship players, and it wasn’t uncommon for broken glass or stray bullets to need to be cleared from the practice field.
Temple football in 2006 lost back-to-back games 62-0 and finished 1-11, the kind of season that typically doesn’t merit a 30-for-30. The school had narrowly voted to keep playing major college football, but the notion remained more theoretic than realistic. The program’s academics were in such bad shape that the NCAA ruled Temple would lose nine scholarships. When Golden gave his coaching staff a reading list that included “Five Dysfunctions of a Team,” they joked they were prepared to write the foreword and add three more.
More than a decade after one of the worst seasons of football this century, that 2006 Temple staff has crafted an unlikely legacy. It has produced two of the sport’s most promising young coaches, Baylor’s Matt Rhule and Ohio State’s Ryan Day, both of whom are undefeated this season and in the thick of contention for the College Football Playoff. Five members of Baylor’s staff have ties to that forgettable Temple season, which has served as a blueprint for the Bears in overhauling their program from 1-11 to Big 12 title contention in just two years.
That the 2006 Temple team would be remembered for anything other than ineptitude didn’t seem likely at the time. Rhule recalled a Friday night scrimmage in the spring where gunshot fire opened up near the practice fields. The entire roster hit the ground and quickly retreated to the locker room. “You’ve heard of a lightning delay,” Rhule said in a recent phone interview. “We had a shooting delay.”
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Temple of bloom: How a historically bad team produced two elite college coaches
Pete Thamel
Yahoo Sports Nov 14, 2019, 9:27 PM
The sign over the locker room when Al Golden took the head coaching job at Temple summed up the journey facing the worst program in college football back in 2006. Golden hung a quote from British explorer Ernest Shackleton that will never be mistaken for a warm-and-fuzzy recruiting pitch: “Men wanted for a hazardous journey, small wage, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of success.”
Golden arrived at a Temple program so depleted that none of the 32 NFL franchises attended the school’s pro day that spring. He recalls playing the 2006 season with 54 scholarship players, and it wasn’t uncommon for broken glass or stray bullets to need to be cleared from the practice field.
Temple football in 2006 lost back-to-back games 62-0 and finished 1-11, the kind of season that typically doesn’t merit a 30-for-30. The school had narrowly voted to keep playing major college football, but the notion remained more theoretic than realistic. The program’s academics were in such bad shape that the NCAA ruled Temple would lose nine scholarships. When Golden gave his coaching staff a reading list that included “Five Dysfunctions of a Team,” they joked they were prepared to write the foreword and add three more.
More than a decade after one of the worst seasons of football this century, that 2006 Temple staff has crafted an unlikely legacy. It has produced two of the sport’s most promising young coaches, Baylor’s Matt Rhule and Ohio State’s Ryan Day, both of whom are undefeated this season and in the thick of contention for the College Football Playoff. Five members of Baylor’s staff have ties to that forgettable Temple season, which has served as a blueprint for the Bears in overhauling their program from 1-11 to Big 12 title contention in just two years.
That the 2006 Temple team would be remembered for anything other than ineptitude didn’t seem likely at the time. Rhule recalled a Friday night scrimmage in the spring where gunshot fire opened up near the practice fields. The entire roster hit the ground and quickly retreated to the locker room. “You’ve heard of a lightning delay,” Rhule said in a recent phone interview. “We had a shooting delay.”
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Love this quote about Day:
He had an aura about him, he was intense,” DiMichele said. “He could piss you off because of how he pushed you and motivated you, wanting you to be perfect.”
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OhioState001
Tressel Loyalist
Really hope you learned your lesson to not get your star QB hurt for absolutely no reason
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Nigel Tufnel
Choking on vomit
It’s football. You play, you get dinged. He’s trying to win games.
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Onebuckfan
classof76
He surprised me yesterday ..more Urban like than I thought. Which may be a good thing. I never expected less than 200 yds passing at tOSU in a big game after last year. The Volume of QB runs caught me off guard ..
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MGMT
Legend
I think some were Fields deciding to take off when he didn’t see anything he liked while the heat was coming.
Perhaps Day emphasized throughout the week that if he didn’t see anything he liked he has green in front of him, don’t wait — just go? Have to think they wanted to avoid taking sacks when it’s been a known team weakness
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After watching the post-game presser, I am very, very happy that Ryan Day is our head coach. Dude is very real and doesn't mince words, but he is an excellent leader and cool under pressure. Very impressed. Not renaming my dog from Urban, but that is mostly so he doesn't get confused (and Day needs to win a Natty).
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