Tag: football
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State of the Program: Colorado State Rams
Head Coach: Jay Norvell is entering his 3rd season with the Rams with a 8-16 record. The Rams program wasn’t in good shape but got a massive coup when they grabbed Norvell from Nevada in a rare in-conference coach poaching. He’s become most known for his rivalry from Deion Sanders that stemmed from the crazy…
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State of the Program: Iowa State Cyclones
Head Coach: Matt Campbell is entering his 9th season as the head coach of the Cyclones with a 53-48 record. In 2020 he led the Cyclones to the Big 12 championship game, a Fiesta Bowl victory and a Top 10 finish. It was a weird season but still one of the best in program history.…
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State of the Program: Virginia Tech Hokies
Head Coach: Brent Pry is entering his 3rd season with a 10-14 record. He was tasked with getting the Hokies back to prominence after some down years and after a strong finish to last season it appears he may be on the verge of doing just that. Program Outlook: Before Dabo Swinney got things going…
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State of the Program: Miami RedHawks
Head Coach: Chuck Martin is entering his 11th season as the head coach of the RedHawks with a 56-62 record. Martin has led the RedHawks to 2 MAC championships. Most of his record is weighed down by the first 2 seasons, they’ve been solid ever since but last season was his best yet when they…
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State of the Program: Boise State Broncos
Head Coach: Spencer Danielson is entering his first full season as the head coach of the Boise State Broncos he currently has a 3-1 record and already has a Mountain West title to his name. You can read more on Danielson and his hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/16/college-football-coach-hire-grades-boise-state/ Program Outlook: Boise State is a program that…
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State of the Program: California Golden Bears
Head Coach: Justin Wilcox is entering his 8th season as the head coach of the Golden Bears with a 36-43 record. He’s gone the last 4 seasons without a winning record, before that in 2019 they got off to a great start before injuries halted the breakthrough. The breakthrough was finally poised to come in…
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State of the Program: Duke Blue Devils
Head Coach: Manny Diaz is entering his first season as the head coach at Duke. His career has been up and down but already his tenure here has lasted longer than the one he had at Temple. You can read more about this profile and hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/06/07/college-football-coach-hire-grades-duke/ Program Outlook: Duke is very much…
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State of the Program: Arizona State Sun Devils
Head Coach: Kenny Dillingham is entering his 2nd year with the Sun Devils program with a 3-9 record. It was a rough first year but a huge mess was left behind for him to rebuild. It’s going to take baby steps to get this program where it should be. Program Outlook: Arizona State has always…
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State of the Program: Oklahoma State Cowboys
Head Coach: Mike Gundy is entering his 20th season as the head coach of Oklahoma State with a 166-79 record. Gundy is tied with another Big 12 coach, Kyle Whittingham for the 2nd longest tenure in College Football. He’s brought the Cowboys to multiple conference title games and won it in 2011 when they should…
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State of the Program: Texas Tech Red Raiders
Head Coach: Joey McGuire is entering his 3rd season as the head coach at Texas Tech with a 15-11 record. He rallied the fanbase pretty quickly and his first season was impressive they went 8-5 taking down Texas, Oklahoma and Ole Miss along the way. Last season had high expectations but was a disappointment now…
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