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07-09-2008, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by BuckeyeNation27
5 years? Notre Dame laughs in your general direction.
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Hell, O'Leary only had 5 days.
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07-09-2008, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by matcar
I like this post. It IS funny to look back at all the successful coaches who "failed" at earlier jobs. I have no idea what Zook will bring to Illi in the coming years, but it's awfully easy from the high perch of a Buckeye fan to mock Illi now much as we mocked Wiscy for 30 years. Perhaps Zook will baffle Illi fans with periods of success and failure or perhaps he'll do better. It's certainly possible that he grows and learns just as the rest of us do over our lives.
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Well, I will not discount the possibility. While I was a fan of the Zooker as a man, I was not a fan of the Zooker as Head Coach of the Gators. We consistently performed worse in the second half almost every year. Now, he game us the win at Tallahassee that forever gave us the naming rights to "Ron Zook Field" (he beat FSU and Bobbah Bowden at Doak on the special night the Noles were dedicating Bowden Field - which was nice.  ) and he gave us some special Cocktail Party wins too.
But we strive to be the one expected to win, not the one who gets joy from being the "spoiler." I don't want to get excited when we beat our rivals in the Swamp - it is expected, I want our rivals to tear down the goal posts if on the rare day that they beat us. Zook could not give us that.
But he may be great for you. I'll root for the Zooker when I can this year.
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07-09-2008, 11:47 AM
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Get Rolle on the field - I wanna see some damage!
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Originally Posted by BuckeyeNation27
5 years? Notre Dame laughs in your general direction.
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You must be an idiot. ND is obviously on a 5 yr plan....but Fat Chuck is a few years ahead of schedule in turning that program into the Duke of independents.
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07-09-2008, 12:03 PM
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You must be an idiot. ND is obviously on a 5 yr plan....but Fat Chuck is a few years ahead of schedule in turning that program into the Duke of independents.
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that really is beside the point, though.
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07-09-2008, 02:46 PM
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Get Rolle on the field - I wanna see some damage!
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that really is beside the point, though.
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And now I'M the idiot for not realizing that.
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07-09-2008, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeRoughy
Next year will be a slight step back for us (I see 7-5 unless these defensive recruits prove to be fantastic).
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Don't worry, I have it on good authority (the Scout free boards) that all the defensive recruits are 5-star studs.
Oh, well nevermind. Maybe that wasn't 5- star ... I must be confused because this is the ranking symbol I keep seeing beside every one of Zook's recruits:
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07-13-2008, 06:01 PM
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From the Illinois site in reference to Watt:
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OLine is not a position of need for us
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Doing pretty good if you don't need Chris Watt. |
07-13-2008, 07:31 PM
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From the Illinois site in reference to Watt:
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