re: I could only imagine the rant had lsu hired a d.c. from a 5-7

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Did you or 97% of people have internet in late 1994?

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I don't even know if online communication had evolved into the internet in 1994. Most of it was still independent BBS's where you had to dial in directly via a modem.

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I remember when we hired a head coach that had a 5-6 record as well as some worse records than that.

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i can remember that too. i don't recall lsu coming off of 2 n.c.'s in six years, though. i don't think lsu had a winning season in six years.

and, how did that work out for lsu?

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he is passionate..but good???

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Football coaches who work with him and have hired him think so. Your boy Greg Hudson wishes he had WM's resume and you seem to think he's the next Jerry Glanville.

While Texas may not have been good this year on defense, they only allowed 30 or more points 4 times.

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To be fair, Texas is one year removed from playing in the N.C. and should have been in the year before over Oklahoma, whom they had beaten.

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agree, but to be fair. this was his third year. did he improve or fall off?

I bring this up because he was under saban for so long. he finally seperated himself, went to Au for a year then texas for three. this is his only stop that you can really see what he did for a semi extended time.

he may be a great coach. i don't know. i'm just amazed by the hire. I think about our program, our fan base. they thought we could get gruden. We aren't as highly thought of as florida. They wind up with a d.c. from a 5-7 team? Gosh, if that happened here, people would go crazy.

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only time will tell in all honesty..but
Kansas State - 39
UCLA - 34
Iowa State - 28
these are not power schools....

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A lot of it was the offense making it so much harder on the defense. Gilbert had 10 TD passes and 17 interceptions. They had a t/o margin of -12 for the year (good for 116th in the country).

In the KState game alone, 17 of the points came off interceptions.

Stats only tell part of the story. In total yards, Texas D was #7 this year.

I wish some of you "but he has no HC experience" people would explain to me the significant difference being a HC at a middling school like Utah or Boise or Bowling Green (or anywhere outside the SEC) makes over being a top DC at 3 separate big time programs (2 in the SEC), 2 of which went to the Nat. Championship? He recruits well, is an SEC guy with significant ties to the Southeast, and is a solid coach. Yes, he probably won't replicate the height of Meyer's success in the same time, largely because he won't have a guy named Tim Tebow on the team. But I'd be shocked if he's as big a flop as some of you are saying. Look at Chizik - one player later and the guy has gone from despised by his own fanbase to the National Championship game. My money is on him succeeding. They already have talent. His staff will be the most important thing.

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agree, but to be fair. this was his third year. did he improve or fall off?

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A big part of the issue this year for Texas was the atrociousness of their offense.

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A big part of the issue this year for Texas was the atrociousness of their offense

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What was the Texas offense ranked? Cause our offense wasnt gonna win a beauty contest in Mississippi.... ...and we went 10-2 with a tougher schedule...

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Florida is a job where they could probably hire anyone.

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I highly doubt they doubt that.