The 2014 College Football Thread.

[Vantage]

Well, thankfully today the 'Saban rule' was shelved. What a load of crap that was. Hopefully it stays put away for long, long time.

And as much as I hate Rich Rod, this was pretty funny:

[HilbillyHomeboy]

That proposed rule was beyond stupid. 10 seconds is faster than either Oregon, or Baylor, get their snaps off. They're by far the two quickest HUNH teams, soooo?

Also, Rich Rod and his hokie ass PR team need to stop. Dorks. As well as, I look for a significant regression by Arizona this year.

Jeremy

[Echo419]

I thought it was funny

[sergechronos]

That proposed rule was beyond stupid. 10 seconds is faster than either Oregon, or Baylor, get their snaps off. They're by far the two quickest HUNH teams, soooo?

Also, Rich Rod and his hokie ass PR team need to stop. Dorks. As well as, I look for a significant regression by Arizona this year.

Jeremy

I thought it was funny. Heck, whether it was right or wrong, he's doing part of his job: Getting the fan base riled up and excited.

At any rate, while the rule may be stupid, I would expect that there will be research into the claims of player safety behind it and that would the voting. I doubt that they'll come to a consensus. Hell, if they were REALLY worried about player safety, they'd actually enforce the rule requiring mouth pieces (and require quality pieces with enough size to protect from concussions) or they'd mandate schools (at least at the D1 level) use the newest concussion resistant helmets or those goofy soft caps like Mark Kelso or Steve Williams used to wear. Or even knee pads..Sure players actually have them in the pants, but have the pants kind of rolled up in such a way that the knee pad is above the knee.

Multitude of other things that they could change to actually make it safer instead of the 10 second rule.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

I take it you've never seen any of his other motivational videos?



Also, I reserve the right to hate the guts out of Rich Rod. You're not going to sway the opinion of this WVU fan. You liked it; great. I didn't; so, moving on.

Jeremy

[sergechronos]

I have not. Not a Rich Rod fan after what he did to WVU (because my grandfather was a WVU fan) although I do think he got a bum deal in Michigan, I also think it's just a karmic bitch slap that he kinda deserved.

More importantly: Can Tennessee turn a quality recruiting class into a +.500 record?

Probably not..I would love to be pleasantly surprised though. I honestly expect this year will likely be a step back for us. Sure we get Utah State, Chattanooga and Arkansas State, but otherwise every other game should be a loss or at best a narrow win. We lost an entire offensive line (although our o-line sucked dick last year) and I just expect we're going to get massacred.

[Echo419]

in regards to the Saban rule. like our new National Championship winning Defensive coordinator said, "you they can coach the offense to run off a play in 10 seconds so can we.". I've probably got that quote a little wrong but that's the gist of it.

so now we(UGA) have a head coach and DC that have won a National Championships. the best running back in the country and tallent for days. it's time they put this shit together.

[Vantage]

I have not. Not a Rich Rod fan after what he did to WVU (because my grandfather was a WVU fan) although I do think he got a bum deal in Michigan, I also think it's just a karmic bitch slap that he kinda deserved.

Not sure if serious.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

I have not. Not a Rich Rod fan after what he did to WVU (because my grandfather was a WVU fan) although I do think he got a bum deal in Michigan, I also think it's just a karmic bitch slap that he kinda deserved.

More importantly: Can Tennessee turn a quality recruiting class into a +.500 record?

Probably not..I would love to be pleasantly surprised though. I honestly expect this year will likely be a step back for us. Sure we get Utah State, Chattanooga and Arkansas State, but otherwise every other game should be a loss or at best a narrow win. We lost an entire offensive line (although our o-line sucked dick last year) and I just expect we're going to get massacred.

Probably 2 years out still for Tenn. Keep the solid recruiting up, and they'll be back in the mix.

Jeremy

[sergechronos]

Not sure if serious.

Only vaguely. Think he was a poor fit for UM anyhow, but I feel that less than 3 years to completely change a program from old school pro style to a spread o and 3-3-5 defense is a bit absurd.

I think he got what he deserved, but I don't think expectations were realistic anyhow. Also it signaled the start of what I view as a three year window for coaches. They have three years to make a team a conference championship contender or else they're pretty much on thin ice.

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