2020 College Football Chatter

[Rev]

Leach is probably not too happy at Miss State

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Briles... wow. He's a scumbag but I don't think there's much denying he's a great coach.

Could Tech just ignore all the heat they'd take from a hire like that?

 

[skidadl]

Briles... wow. He's a scumbag but I don't think there's much denying he's a great coach.

Could Tech just ignore all the heat they'd take from a hire like that?

I’m not saying it’ll happen but there has been contact.
Seems like a PR nightmare to me.

 

[jsmith6919]

I’m not saying it’ll happen but there has been contact.
Seems like a PR nightmare to me.

I don't know, I think a school like yall could get away with it. It won't be near as much heat as if he took a job with one of the bigger places

 

[yimyammer]

Art Briles has been contacted.

Tech has to take a risk on someone like this, they will be forever behind in recruiting and need something drastic to overcome this hurdle.

I'm still furious they ran off the best thing they ever had (& likely will have) in Mike Leach

 

[skidadl]

I don't know, I think a school like yall could get away with it. It won't be near as much heat as if he took a job with one of the bigger places

I’m not saying Tech is a big deal or anything but still a P5 school with a 70 million dollar budget. It’s not like this is some hidden place that nobody knows about.

 

[skidadl]

I found Briles first offer. A kid who assaulted a ref during a game. He’d be a perfect match for the his roster.

 

[jsmith6919]

I’m not saying Tech is a big deal or anything but still a P5 school with a 70 million dollar budget. It’s not like this is some hidden place that nobody knows about.

Wasn't meaning to disparage yall, just was saying yall could handle the criticism better than one of the medias fav teams that get more attention

 

[skidadl]

Wasn't meaning to disparage yall, just was saying yall could handle the criticism better than one of the medias fav teams that get more attention

I didn't take offense, I just don't agree. I don't even know if it is possible to happen and I can't make up my mind how I feel. Desperate times.

 

[Cotton]

I didn't take offense, I just don't agree. I don't even know if it is possible to happen and I can't make up my mind how I feel. Desperate times.

Well, you loved Leach, so why wouldn't you want Briles here.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I didn't take offense, I just don't agree. I don't even know if it is possible to happen and I can't make up my mind how I feel. Desperate times.

I'm not sure how things are locally but I think nationally it would fly pretty well under the radar. If Tech wants him I think they could have him without any real repercussions.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I know what jsmith meant. You hired Bobby Knight with little problem where a lot of schools couldn't have.

But what Knight did is different from what Briles supposedly did, and today is a lot different with our current social media outrage culture.

 

[mcnuttz]

We're going to the UGA vs. Vanderbilt game this weekend.

I've read that Vandy's kicker may be back on the roster, but was really hoping to see the lady kicker try a FG.

 

[skidadl]

I'm not sure how things are locally but I think nationally it would fly pretty well under the radar. If Tech wants him I think they could have him without any real repercussions.

10 years ago it would be no problem. I have no doubt there would be a ton of negative stuff going on in the era that we live in.

 

[skidadl]

I know what jsmith meant. You hired Bobby Knight with little problem where a lot of schools couldn't have.

But what Knight did is different from what Briles supposedly did, and today is a lot different with our current social media outrage culture.

Correct. A lot of rapey stuff happened.

 

[yimyammer]

fair points, the recreational outrage culture and subservient faculty, media et al will likely follow suit

I still say fuck it and go for it (but I admit I haven't studied the extent of his complicity in whatever happened at Baylor and could be convinced to do an about face)

 

[mcnuttz]

We're going to the UGA vs. Vanderbilt game this weekend.

I've read that Vandy's kicker may be back on the roster, but was really hoping to see the lady kicker try a FG.

...and the game has been postponed til December 19.

 

[Rev]

...and the game has been postponed til December 19.

Bring plenty of food to hold you over until the game.

 

[mcnuttz]

Bring plenty of food to hold you over until the game.

Absolutely, but I'm only changing my drawers once.

 

[skidadl]

Hiring a coach is such a crapshoot plus a ton of luck. Briles was like 3-9 for his first two seasons at Houston and Baylor. It wasn't until he was able to build up the roster with badasses in both trenches that he started to get traction. There is no guarantee he could duplicate that plus hit on a Heisman player like RG3.