Tag: nfl
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State of the Program: Charlotte 49ers
Head Coach: Tim Albin is entering his 1st year as the head coach of the 49ers. He comes over after spending the last 20 years as Ohio. Most of that was as Frank Solich’s right hand man, but Albin took over after Solich retired and led the Bobcats to a 33-19 record, including 2 bowl…
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State of the Program: Pitt Panthers
Head Coach: Pat Narduzzi is entering his 11th season as the Chris Bickell Class of ’97 Head Football Coach of the Pitt Panthers with a 72-56 record. He’s experienced some highs and lows during his tenure but generally has been pretty successful. Since 2011 Narduzzi is the only non-Clemson or Florida State head coach to…
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State of the Program: Miami Hurricanes
Head Coach: Mario Cristobal is entering his 4th season with the Hurricanes with a 22-16 record. His first two seasons were struggles but he finally had his breakthrough with a 10 win season last year. Last season felt both like a success and failure, this 10 win season was only their 2nd one in the…
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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 19th)
R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Georgia Southern Eagles (8-4) vs Sam Houston Bearkats (9-3) Key Facts: Clay Helton hasn’t been particularly strong in Bowl games despite having a Rose Bowl win to his name. He’s 2-5 in bowl games including losing his last 4 bowl appearances. This is new territory for Sam Houston as this…
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FCS Roundup Week 12
How did we get here already? There’s only one more week of the regular season left and 6 days from now we will have a bracket for the playoffs. This weekend brought on tons of chaos in advance of the playoffs. Upsets galore ruled the landscape, especially in the CAA. It was already a challenge…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: UL-Monroe
UL-Monroe Warhawks: Bryant Vincent Why the job was open: UL-Monroe is such a tough job, one of the toughest in FBS. They’ve gone many routes with their coaching hires and there’s little success to show for it. ULM was once a successful FCS program but their highlights in FBS are having the rare distinction of…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Buffalo
Buffalo Bulls: Pete Lembo Why the job was open: Maurice Linguist came in with the challenge of being the guy who replaced “the guy” and that is always a tough role to be in. A lot of players followed Lance Leipold to Kansas which made roster construction even tougher. They came from contending to MAC…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Boston College
Boston College Eagles: Bill O’Brien Why the job was open: Jeff Hafley was learning as his time with the Eagles went on, but thanks to an easier schedule he found a breakthrough winning season. Still he grew tired of the demands of being a college head coach and moved on to become the DC of…
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