Tag: American Athletic Conference
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State of the Program: Florida Atlantic Owls
Head Coach: Zach Kittley is entering his first season as the head coach of the Owls. Kittley is well known for his ability to craft high flying offenses. The most notable instance was his tenure as the OC at Western Kentucky where they imported Kittley, Bailey Zappe, and other members of a successful offense at…
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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 17th)
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl: Memphis Tigers (10-2) vs West Virginia Mountaineers (6-6) Key Facts: Ryan Silverfield has quietly been pretty good in bowl games he is 3-1 in them with his only loss being as the interim coach against Penn State in the 2019 Cotton Bowl, otherwise he has won 3 in a row. West…
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FBS College Football Roundup Week 5
How did we already get to week 5?? This season is flying by but with most teams in conference play things are ramping up on the field. American The headliner in the conference was Tulane’s blowout of South Florida. The Wave rolled the Bulls from start to finish in a truly dominant effort. Outside of…
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College Football Roundup Week 4
This season is already flying by, and even though it doesn’t feel like it (because of so many weird matchups) conference play has begun for most. It’s time for things to ramp up. American The American had a lot of teams mentioned as playoff favorites and none of them really panned out. Suddenly it feels…
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College Football Roundup Week 3
This weekend was called a bad slate by many, but you can’t ever go in with that mindset this sport always delivers. American This hasn’t been a banner OOC performance by this conference and Saturday in particular was really rough. Yes, what appears to be the top 2 teams in the conference won Memphis and…
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State of the Program: Florida Atlantic Owls
Head Coach: Tom Herman is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Owls with a 4-8 record. It was a building season along with them joining a new conference. Herman had lots of success in his career, he led Ohio State to a national title in 2014 as their Offensive coordinator. Herman…
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State of the Program: UAB Blazers
Head Coach: Trent Dilfer is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Blazers with a 4-8 record. He’s a former Super Bowl winning QB for the Baltimore Ravens, overall NFL Journeyman and spent a long time as an NFL media member. This job is the first thing he’s done related to college…
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State of the Program: Rice Owls
Head Coach: Mike Bloomgren is entering his 7th year as the head coach of the Rice Owls with a 22-46 record. It’s been a bit of a long build for Bloomgren and he’s yet to have a winning record but they’ve been steadily improving since 2020. Last year was his best work yet they improved…
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State of the Program: Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Head Coach: Kevin Wilson is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Golden Hurricane with a 4-8 record. It was a mostly up and down first year. Wilson is most known for long stints as the offensive coordinator for Oklahoma and Ohio State, he was also the head coach for Indiana which…
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State of the Program: North Texas Mean Green
Head Coach: Eric Morris is entering his 2nd year as the head coach of the Mean Green. Before his stop at North Texas his previous head coach experience involved when he turned Incarnate Word into a consistent FCS playoff contender. So there’s promise for what he can do here. Program Outlook: North Texas is getting…
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