Tag: Mike Elko

• 2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 27th)

  Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Navy Midshipmen (9-3) vs Oklahoma Sooners (6-6) Key Facts: It will be interesting to see how this one goes. For what it’s worth Navy has won 5 of their last 6 bowl appearances and Oklahoma has won 5 of their last 7, but you almost have to throw out the…

  updogjman

  December 19, 2024

  College Football

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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…

  updogjman

  August 18, 2024

  College Football

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• College Football Coach Hire Grades: Duke

  Duke Blue Devils: Manny Diaz Why the job was open: Football is an afterthought at Duke, and success is often hard to come by here. David Cutcliffe managed to find some success but eventually it fell apart in his latter years. What Mike Elko did here was impressive, using the roster he inherited, he got…

  updogjman

  June 7, 2024

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• College Football Coach Hire Grades: Texas A&M

  Texas A&M Aggies: Mike Elko Why the job was open: Texas A&M is a program with an insane amount of resources in this NIL era, money is pretty much fake to the donors they have. As a result, they’ve run out of patience with not winning. Jimbo Fisher brought some bright spots, their 2020 season…

  updogjman

  April 30, 2024

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