RicRod Named HC at Arizona
Former Michigan Man Rich Rodriguez was named as the new head football coach at the University of Arizona. I'm betting that he has them in the Pac-12 title game within three years.
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I bet he doesn't
Some people just need a high five. In the face. With a chair.
by Ted Glover on Nov 21, 2011 9:04 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Really
I’d say it depends how badly the scholarship reductions hurt USC. If they’re 90% of USC, then it doesn’t matter what anyone else in the south does, the Trojans are going to win the division anyway, barring once-in-a-generation type teams.
/Kiffin goes 7-6 over the next three years without Barkley
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 22, 2011 12:01 AM CST up reply actions
Seriously, though
Barkley was absolutely invincible through three and a half quarters of that Oregon game. If he hadn’t been almost perfect, U$C does NOT win in Autzen.
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 22, 2011 8:27 AM CST up reply actions
/wins south anyway
Seriously, the P12 South is effectively the equivalent of setting up a division of Ohio State, Purdue, Northwestern, Indiana, Minnesota, and Illinois.
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by SouthBayBuckeye on Nov 22, 2011 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
Look at what he'll be competing against
USC hasn’t started their scholarship penalty yet.
UCLA, Colorado and AZ State are a mess.
That leaves Utah.
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by Bama Hawkeye on Nov 22, 2011 5:30 AM CST up reply actions
Pac-12 has Pac-12 defenses and not Big Ten defenses
he’ll do fine.
This is probably his greatest advantage
and he shouldn’t have to deal with weather
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by chitownhawkeye on Nov 22, 2011 11:23 AM CST up reply actions
or football literate fans
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by BentNotBroken on Nov 22, 2011 6:39 PM CST up reply actions
If he can't win at a school with resources like Michigan....
How is he going to fare any better at Arizona?
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Yeah, but The Pac isn't exactly the B1G
The Pac 12 is not that great, and the division alignment isn’t terrible for him. He just needs to knock off USC once in a while. RichRod can win with his system, so long as he can get a decent defense into place, or since this is the Pac 12, he can forget defense and just work on scoring a million points. Great move on his part.
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by KennardHusker on Nov 22, 2011 8:51 AM CST up reply actions
His "no defense" scheme
Will fit in well in the PAC 12.
by mikjones24 on Nov 22, 2011 9:04 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
His defesnses weren't that bad at WVU
Except for 2006, when everyone in the Big East had a good offense except us (Syracuse).
Basketball aside, Big East is not a national standard.
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by BentNotBroken on Nov 22, 2011 6:38 PM CST up reply actions
2005-2007 it was
again, except for us; WVU, Louisville, and Rutgers were really good; Pitt, Cinci, USF, and UConn were respectable.
This is why D1 needs a playoff. Inter-conference outcomes can only tell so much
a postseason of D1 football madness would be crazy! especially if Big East and B1G got to host playoff games… sorry SEC it gets cold up here, bundle up. Okie State forgot to versus ISU
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by BentNotBroken on Nov 22, 2011 6:55 PM CST up reply actions
Not any time soon
Can’t afford to replace it; love having 30,000 fans for big basketball games; and Syracuse weather in the fall really sucks.
I'm guessing greg robinson isn't making the move to tuscon
Also, ‘zona, athletically, has more in common with west virginia, than michigan, so I think he’ll be quite successful.
The scrutiny will be more reasonable, arizona doesn’t have an established culture that he doesn’t fit in with (I always got the impression that the u. of michigan people thought of him as a mercenary, not one of their own), and there won’t be a distracting lawsuit involving his last school making headlines.
by Joe Hamilton's Chauffeur on Nov 22, 2011 9:38 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Scholarship penalty doesn't really matter
I doubt most D-1 teams even fill all of their scholarships at one time due to attrition.
Of course it matters.
Do you think attrition magically stops for USC at the same time they face major scholarship reductions? The pain of scholarship penalties is that you lose the margin of error that allows for attrition.
by GoAUpher on Nov 22, 2011 9:14 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Teams in the Big Ten may leave a schollie or 2 for a derserving walk on or to bank for a future recruiting class, but that’s the Big Ten. Down south, they fill ‘em all up, then cut those who don’t perform to expectations and give it to someone else the next year.
So, basically a program would be screwed if it didn’t use most or all available schollies.
What!? Tate Forcier transferring out of SJ State??
by Brutus89 on Nov 22, 2011 10:38 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Don't forget
‘Zona has never played in a Rose Bowl in some 30+ yrs of being in the PAC… This isn’t a rough patch, but a culture of loosing that RichRod is walking into. And for those expecting a quick turnaround we all know how well RichRod did in adjusting his scheme to the existing square pegs at Michigan. USC will be bowl eligable next year and even 5 players short will be deeper than ‘Zona has today. I think there is not an insignifcant possibility that Bob Davie will have New Mexico (’Zona non-con rival) to a bowl game before RichRod has ’Zona.
This
Arizona is not a football school, but a basketball one. It has been for decades. There simply isn’t the support for the football program there that there is at places like Michigan or West Virginia, and RichRod will have to adjust to that.
Rodriguez may be successful in the PAC 12, but it’s going to require a lot of effort. It’s not like everyone out there is going to lay down for him.
I think it would be funny
if RichRod got Arizona to the Rose Bowl and beat…wait for it…Michigan.
Some people just need a high five. In the face. With a chair.
Saw RichRod's presser at 'Zona
He appears to have learned a lot from his humbling experience at Michigan. I would love to see him beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
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