The Official 2011 NCAA College Football Thread

[TonyM]

Heard rumors that Florida and Auburn are interested in Texas' former OC Greg Davis.

I'm feeling a mix of shock and an overwhelming urge to burst into laughter. For your sake, I hope it's BS.

Hahahaha, priceless. Greg Davis . . .

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Because he realizes he should have left last year while his stock was highest. He was offered $3 mil to go to Vandy and turned it down. With this season's offensive woes his stock has plummeted (through little fault of his own). He was rejected on two different attempts at head coaching spots within the past couple of weeks at respectable schools.

Personally, I think this move is best for him anyway. It's a low-profile job so he can win 6 or 7 games a season and be okay while he gets used to being HC. Then once he proves he can win big with little talent as a HC he can put his name in the hat for high-profile schools.

I hope it all works out for him. Before we got Holgorsen, he was top of my list. I didn't know a whole lot about him, but watching last year's AU offense was nothing short of amazing. Loved all the action, and misdirection, in the backfield.

Jeremy

[stealthee]

Todd Graham takes Arizona State Sun Devils football coaching job, leaving Pittsburgh Panthers - ESPN

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Ooooh shit, did not see that coming! Wow!

eat shit Pitt...

Jeremy

[stealthee]

I had to laugh. Had a crazy busy day so didn't get to listen to the radio at work today, but this afternoon one of the Pitt fans who I like to joke with asks "You hear about Pitt's head coach?"

I was like, "What is he the next one accused to raping little boys."

He just shook his head, laughs and was like "Man I shouldn't even tell you, but he left, he's going to Arizona State or some shit."

LOLOLOLOL

[BigTyla]

Heard rumors that Florida and Auburn are interested in Texas' former OC Greg Davis.

I'm feeling a mix of shock and an overwhelming urge to burst into laughter. For your sake, I hope it's BS.

First I've heard of this. Upon a quick search, it seems to be permeating from the Big 12 boards. Interesting since I found this article from 2008:

Texas OC Greg Davis dismisses talk of Auburn | al.com

Davis told Halliburton the speculation likely started because he's good friends with new Auburn coach Gene Chizik, who served as defensive coordinator at Texas in 2005-06.

What's Texas' beef with a Broyles Award winner and coordinator of a MNC team?

[AdamVR4]

What's Texas' beef with a Broyles Award winner and coordinator of a MNC team?

Are you trolling me?

That Broyles award was a joke. He got it the year we ran a high school offense (VY's) with this NFL talent starting: Vince Young, Limas Sweed (WR), David Thomas (TE), Kasey Studdard (OG), Justin Blalock (OT), Tony Hills (OT), Lyle Sendlein (C), with Ramonce Taylor (incredible talent, drugs ruined his career), Selvin Young, and Jamaal Charles at RB and Ahmard Hall at FB. You've got an entire roster of NFL talent, if you can't find a way to put up ridiculous offense... Greg Davis is fine if you've got an overwhelming talent advantage.

The spread is pretty much all he knows, since 2006 he's been a really bad talent evaluator (Mack certainly shares a lot of that blame), he was totally unable to find creative ways to get top talent on the field (he never gave players special play packages), he tends to totally abandon the run, he allowed Texas' dominant running game from 2004-2005 to degrade to absolutely nothing by 2010 (and we had Jamaal Charles until 2007), the pussified offense and reach blocking totally ended our run of bad ass O-line and RB talent. He completely broke Garrett Gilbert, would have totally blown it with Vince Young had he not reluctantly decided to run VY's high school O and had people calling for McCoy's head in 2007. His offense of choice has become west coast precision passing which is extremely difficult for collegiate players with limited practice time to master. It was well documented that around the B12, there was no offense easier to prepare for then Greg Davis'. He specifically game planned for only one game a year (OU). I was never close enough to the field to hear it, but apparently defenses would call out our plays pre-snap we were so predictable. That's fine if you can just out talent the F out of the opposition, but on a relatively level playing field, it's awful. Let's not forget that if not for Muschamp's D (and Earl Thomas), we probably lose to that VERY mediocre 2009 OU team and don't even make the MNC.

I don't even think he's a good QB developer because Colt and VY were both amazing immediately. Hell, Colt regressed badly as a sophomore.

[TonyM]

Are you trolling me?

That would be my first guess.

[BigTyla]

Not trolling. Genuinely asking. I know very little about the guy so I wanted to hear an opinion from a Texas fan.

FWIW, I've heard nothing else about him being a candidate. You sure you didn't snag a post from 2008?

[AdamVR4]

Not trolling. Genuinely asking. I know very little about the guy so I wanted to hear an opinion from a Texas fan.

FWIW, I've heard nothing else about him being a candidate. You sure you didn't snag a post from 2008?

Apparently the source is "Football Scoop"... Hopefully it's bullshit, but it's created a lot of laughter in the longhorn intertronz.