Tag: SBC
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State of the Program: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Head Coach: Tim Beck is entering his 3rd season as the head coach of the Chanticleers with a 14-12 record. He also has a Hawaii bowl win in his 1st season. The Chants have been solid under his watch, but he is hoping last year’s dropoff was a one off rough season. Program Outlook: Coastal…
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State of the Program: Arkansas State Red Wolves
Head Coach: Butch Jones is entering his 5th season as the head coach of the Red Wolves with a 19-31 record. It has been a long road, but the record has improved each season. Last year being the best yet with an 8-5 finish including a bowl win. Jones has 4 conference championships as a…
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State of the Program: Marshall Thundering Herd
Head Coach: Charles Huff is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Thundering Herd with a 22-17 record. He’s had some success but it hasn’t quite taken off as expected. In 2022 they pulled off a massive win at Notre Dame, but lost 4 of the next 6 games. Last season they…
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State of the Program: Old Dominion Monarchs
Head Coach: Ricky Rahne is entering his 5th year as the head coach of the Monarchs but this is only their 4th playing season. Confusing? Yes, that’s because they didn’t play in 2020. He has a 15-23 record with the Monarchs. They’ve made 2 bowls under his watch and his record is weighted down by…
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State of the Program: Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
Head Coach: Michael Desormeaux is in his 3rd season with the program with a 13-14 record, he also coached their bowl game in 2021 that helped cap off a 13-1 season and top 20 finish in the AP poll. He is a former star QB with the program starting for them in 2007 and 2008.…
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State of the Program: Texas State Bobcats
Head Coach: GJ Kinne is in his 2nd year with the program with an 8-5 record. He brought the Bobcats to the program’s first ever bowl appearance and won it. Not too shabby! Kinne was also a star QB for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane from 2009-2011. Program Outlook: Kinne transformed this program overnight. There was…
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State of the Program: Arkansas State Red Wolves
Head Coach: Butch Jones is entering his 4th year with the program with an 11-26 record. It was a challenge for him to break through but it finally happened with a 6-7 season last year. Jones is probably known most for his time at Tennessee there were highs and lows because he brought them to…
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State of the Program: Georgia State Panthers
Head Coach: Dell McGee is entering his first year with the program. He came in late but appears to already be bringing a new energy around the program. You can check out my grade of his hire here https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/07/college-football-coach-hire-grades-georgia-state/ Program Outlook: Georgia State is still a relatively new program, but they’ve already had some success,…
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State of the Program: Troy Trojans
Head Coach: Gerad Parker will be entering his first season as the Trojans head coach, he will have big shoes to fill after previous head coach Jon Sumrall won 2 SBC titles in his 2 years. You can check out more about Parker, along with our analysis on the hire here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/04/16/college-football-coach-hire-grades-troy/ Program Outlook: It’s…
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The Top 10 Teams to Rebuild in Dynasty Mode
This is a production of the ThreeTechPod (linktree: https://linktr.ee/threetechpod?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=b3f40ca7-28e6-47bc-90fa-901c565d006d. Check out the corresponding video on YouTube (https://youtu.be/2VCYgJp8nL0?si=cz-ZeqovC8GFwxLc) Background: The top 10 teams are our favorite choices to rebuild on EACFB25 when the game is released in July. These aren’t necessarily the 10 worst teams, but rather teams we picked for their recent records, location, jerseys,…
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