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Wisconsin is not happy about Urban... They are getting the sporting news involved... The Badgers are some cry babies.
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From champs to chomped: How Urban Meyer broke Florida football
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The uproar and controversy of Urban Meyer’s stunning recruiting coup at Ohio State settled in and Stefon Diggs, still on the Buckeyes' wish list, was debating his future.
Diggs, the second-highest rated wide receiver in the country, had narrowed his list of potential schools to Maryland, Florida and Ohio State. For more than a week following National Signing Day on Feb. 1, and before Diggs eventually signed with Maryland, Meyer relentlessly pursued Diggs.
Urban Meyer's great success at Florida comes at a price. (AP Photo)
Multiple sources told Sporting News that Meyer—who won two national championships in six years at Florida and cemented his legacy as one of the game’s greatest coaches—told the Diggs family that he wouldn’t let his son go to Florida because of significant character issues in the locker room.
Character issues that we now know were fueled by a culture Meyer created. Character issues that gutted what was four years earlier the most powerful program in college football.
— Ranking college football coaches: Where does Urban Meyer stand?
It was Meyer who declared the Florida program “broken
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The uproar and controversy of Urban Meyer’s stunning recruiting coup at Ohio State settled in and Stefon Diggs, still on the Buckeyes' wish list, was debating his future.
Diggs, the second-highest rated wide receiver in the country, had narrowed his list of potential schools to Maryland, Florida and Ohio State. For more than a week following National Signing Day on Feb. 1, and before Diggs eventually signed with Maryland, Meyer relentlessly pursued Diggs.
Urban Meyer's great success at Florida comes at a price. (AP Photo)
Multiple sources told Sporting News that Meyer—who won two national championships in six years at Florida and cemented his legacy as one of the game’s greatest coaches—told the Diggs family that he wouldn’t let his son go to Florida because of significant character issues in the locker room.
Character issues that we now know were fueled by a culture Meyer created. Character issues that gutted what was four years earlier the most powerful program in college football.
— Ranking college football coaches: Where does Urban Meyer stand?
It was Meyer who declared the Florida program “broken
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When Shannon was at UM he covered up player arrests and suspensions as "injuries" too. I'm sure that happens all over college football.
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Ronald Powell tore his ACL in the spring game. Much PT for Dante Fowler
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Bielema has been whining since Urban got hired. What exactly is Wisconsin doing now?
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Just the same old story but its comical that they feel there is a gentleman's agreement to not pursue committed kids... The only 2 that have said they don't follow that "rule" are Meyer and Hoke
OG Cameron Dillard from Michigan has committed to Florida... Happy to keep him out of East Lansing... No clue what Dantonio is doing but he is not focusing on a deep class in state.
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2 more made it official today (ILB Reggie Carter & CB JJ Green) and a lineman set to commit tomorrow...G-Day is Saturday, stay tuned.
Gunna-anything on Kamara?
Gunna-anything on Kamara?
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Nope same old.
UGA taking alotta dudes early that they could probably get later...
D. Henry said he's coming to O&W game.
UGA taking alotta dudes early that they could probably get later...
D. Henry said he's coming to O&W game.
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Did Not Read
Was expecting a big year from RoPo
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Bama getting Reuben Foster moved to a school in Bama
I see you Saban
I see you Saban
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Saban is so flagrant with it
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Not necessarily, Mccray could move down from the SAM and Mike Taylor could take McCray's spot
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Originally Posted by dreClark
Bama getting Reuben Foster moved to a school in Bama
I see you Saban
Son how????...lol
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Rough Start For The Jim McElwain Era at Colorado State
After three consecutive seasons with a record of 3-9 under Coach Fairchild, Colorado State decided to make a change last winter. They first fired their athletic director to hire Jack Graham who had no experience working in collegiate athletics. Graham's first duty as AD was to hire Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain as his new head football coach.
McElwain was hired in December and then went back to Alabama to prepare the Crimson Tide for the National Championship game which they won. Since that win there has been a lot of great news coming out of Fort Collins. Not saying that McElwain is doing a poor job, just that the news of the football program has gone from bad to awful over the last several weeks.
After looking over his roster McElwain discovered that he basically did not have enough linemen available to properly run practices. So he did an open call to any big guys on campus that had decent grades and could strap on a helmet to join the team.
Once the spring practice began the new coach finally had his first look at the school's facilities and how his team can utilize them. Turns out at the $13M indoor practice facility that is only 70 yards long is almost useless and McElwain isn't sure if they can ever use it again. The Rams haven't really been forced into that situation since practices in December haven't been needed since 2008.
"I've got to really evaluate," McElwain said after the 1-hour, 50-minute session in the 2 1/2-year-old facility, which cost $13 million to build. "And to be productive and successful, it doesn't do us any good to practice in here."
Here are some more quotes on the indoor practice facility:
"Obviously, it's disappointing that it's so small that you're not able to actually get a full day's work out of it. That's why we had to condition at the end, because we weren't able to actually run a practice."
"We wanted to, as a staff, get an idea of our limitations and really what it showed is we aren't really going to be able to use this much," McElwain said.
So the $13M facility that is less then three years old may never be used by the football. Meanwhile Jack Graham is trying to build community support for an on campus stadium. It may hard to gain the trust and support from taxpayers if the current projects aren't being used fully.
Well maybe things would get better one the scrimmages started. In the first scrimmage of the spring the Rams had 131 plays and the quarterbacks were sacked 27 times. That is one sack for every 4.8 plays. If you are wearing your Green and Gold glasses then you can make the case that defense for the Rams is just dominant. That may be the case but they will probably be worn out because the offensive line can't block the pass rush to save their life. Nordly Capri had four sacks and Mike Orakpo had seven tackles to lead the defense.
After going through several practices the next revelation that McElwain had was that there weren't enough special team players on the roster. He then had another open house for anyone interested in being a punter, kicker or long snapper. You know how Dave Christensen handled the need at those postions? He filled them with scholarship athletes instead of hoping some kid with a power leg walks in off the street.
The worst situatuon for the Rams just happened this weekend. On Friday night four Colorado State freshmen were allegedly beaten by members of the football team. McElwain has since suspended: Nordly Capri, Mike Orakpo and Colton Paulhaus who were all reported to be involved in the incident. Orakpo and Capri were also involved another incident over St. Patricks Day where a teammate was stabbed with a knife. Capri led the Mountain West with 10 sacks last season and Orakpo was third on the team in tackles. If these players are gone then it willl make a huge dent in the Ram defense.
The bigger impact here is how will this impact the image of the football program. McElwain didn't recruit any of these athletes but the way he handles the situation will certainly give us some insight into what type of philosiphy he has towards athletes behavior.
In the statement McElwain said: "I understand people want me to remove them from the team immediately. But until the investigation concludes and due process takes its course, suspending them indefinitely is the strongest action I can take."
There is plenty to be done on this case before anything is filed. But certainly there has been a downward spiral in the news coming out of Fort Collins. It may hard for McElwain to perform the same kind of quick turnaround that the Wyoming experienced under Coach Christensen.
http://www.cowboyaltitude...in-era-at-colorado-state
After three consecutive seasons with a record of 3-9 under Coach Fairchild, Colorado State decided to make a change last winter. They first fired their athletic director to hire Jack Graham who had no experience working in collegiate athletics. Graham's first duty as AD was to hire Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain as his new head football coach.
McElwain was hired in December and then went back to Alabama to prepare the Crimson Tide for the National Championship game which they won. Since that win there has been a lot of great news coming out of Fort Collins. Not saying that McElwain is doing a poor job, just that the news of the football program has gone from bad to awful over the last several weeks.
After looking over his roster McElwain discovered that he basically did not have enough linemen available to properly run practices. So he did an open call to any big guys on campus that had decent grades and could strap on a helmet to join the team.
Once the spring practice began the new coach finally had his first look at the school's facilities and how his team can utilize them. Turns out at the $13M indoor practice facility that is only 70 yards long is almost useless and McElwain isn't sure if they can ever use it again. The Rams haven't really been forced into that situation since practices in December haven't been needed since 2008.
"I've got to really evaluate," McElwain said after the 1-hour, 50-minute session in the 2 1/2-year-old facility, which cost $13 million to build. "And to be productive and successful, it doesn't do us any good to practice in here."
Here are some more quotes on the indoor practice facility:
"Obviously, it's disappointing that it's so small that you're not able to actually get a full day's work out of it. That's why we had to condition at the end, because we weren't able to actually run a practice."
"We wanted to, as a staff, get an idea of our limitations and really what it showed is we aren't really going to be able to use this much," McElwain said.
So the $13M facility that is less then three years old may never be used by the football. Meanwhile Jack Graham is trying to build community support for an on campus stadium. It may hard to gain the trust and support from taxpayers if the current projects aren't being used fully.
Well maybe things would get better one the scrimmages started. In the first scrimmage of the spring the Rams had 131 plays and the quarterbacks were sacked 27 times. That is one sack for every 4.8 plays. If you are wearing your Green and Gold glasses then you can make the case that defense for the Rams is just dominant. That may be the case but they will probably be worn out because the offensive line can't block the pass rush to save their life. Nordly Capri had four sacks and Mike Orakpo had seven tackles to lead the defense.
After going through several practices the next revelation that McElwain had was that there weren't enough special team players on the roster. He then had another open house for anyone interested in being a punter, kicker or long snapper. You know how Dave Christensen handled the need at those postions? He filled them with scholarship athletes instead of hoping some kid with a power leg walks in off the street.
The worst situatuon for the Rams just happened this weekend. On Friday night four Colorado State freshmen were allegedly beaten by members of the football team. McElwain has since suspended: Nordly Capri, Mike Orakpo and Colton Paulhaus who were all reported to be involved in the incident. Orakpo and Capri were also involved another incident over St. Patricks Day where a teammate was stabbed with a knife. Capri led the Mountain West with 10 sacks last season and Orakpo was third on the team in tackles. If these players are gone then it willl make a huge dent in the Ram defense.
The bigger impact here is how will this impact the image of the football program. McElwain didn't recruit any of these athletes but the way he handles the situation will certainly give us some insight into what type of philosiphy he has towards athletes behavior.
In the statement McElwain said: "I understand people want me to remove them from the team immediately. But until the investigation concludes and due process takes its course, suspending them indefinitely is the strongest action I can take."
There is plenty to be done on this case before anything is filed. But certainly there has been a downward spiral in the news coming out of Fort Collins. It may hard for McElwain to perform the same kind of quick turnaround that the Wyoming experienced under Coach Christensen.
http://www.cowboyaltitude...in-era-at-colorado-state
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Neither of those dudes are good enough to keep Fowler off the field. Over the course of the season he'll get more reps at Buck then those two will
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wow them CSU boys are off the hook.
they yelled homophobic slurs then stomped them dudes,
Hello Prison time.
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Wow.
One of those dudes is Brian Orakpo's younger brother. They're finished.
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Dre, you hearing anything on Levenberrys visit? Other than FSU/UofM being tied?
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Haven't heard anything about it truly being "tied" after the visit
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I don't expect it all but I think our staff may push him to make a decision when he's at our spring game Saturday. Read some quotes from his dad, seems like he's tired of the whole recruiting process
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Wonder how he will react to that. Some kids get turned off by that
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Petrino gone.
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Presser at 7:15 Petrino is out at Arkansas. As a Hog fan I am livid but I knew this was going to happen. Bobby put Jeff Long in a terrible position and it was a lose lose situation. This really sucks....
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really hope Petrino is not a candidate for Tennessee when Dooley gets fired at the end of the season
