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Walt Harris Fired/Stanford Job

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osugrad21;682486; said:
Ron English is an early name in this opening...
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Two Thoughts:

  1. He deserves it. The paucity of minority head coaches in Div. IA is appalling. Coach English has proven his mastery of the game at the highest level, and it's about time that somebody teaches the Pac-10 how to play on the other side of the ball.
  2. (yea!)
 
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DaddyBigBucks;682514; said:
Two Thoughts:
  1. He deserves it. The paucity of minority head coaches in Div. IA is appalling. Coach English has proven his mastery of the game at the highest level, and it's about time that somebody teaches the Pac-10 how to play on the other side of the ball.
  2. (yea!)
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I agree completely...but I will be very surprised if Coach English heads to Stanford knowing the limited pool of athletes from which he can recruit.

He is a "fly to the football" guy...Stanford is more of a "get their as fast as you can" team.
 
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calibuck;678604; said:
But guys, I was in the stands when Jim Plunkett and Randy Vataha did in the 1970 Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl. Our Super Sophs (now seniors) were laid low by basically two guys......
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And a VERY cheesy "forward lateral" call against the bucks by the Pac 8 officials. If I'm not mistaken, they also penalized the bucks fifteen for a spiked ball after an interception. At the risk of sounding like a Cryami fan, the Bucks got jobbed... so did several Michigan teams... until the Big 10 insisted on officials from other conferences to call the Rose Bowl games. The PAC 8/10 officials are still among the most feared in the world of college football, just ask Oklahoma.
 
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osugrad21;682517; said:
I agree completely...but I will be very surprised if Coach English heads to Stanford knowing the limited pool of athletes from which he can recruit.

He is a "fly to the football" guy...Stanford is more of a "get their as fast as you can" team.
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Two more thoughts:
  1. Buzz-Killer!
  2. "get their as fast as you can" :lol:
 
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cincibuck;682520; said:
And a VERY cheesy "forward lateral" call against the bucks by the Pac 8 officials. If I'm not mistaken, they also penalized the bucks fifteen for a spiked ball after an interception. At the risk of sounding like a Cryami fan, the Bucks got jobbed... so did several Michigan teams... until the Big 10 insisted on officials from other conferences to call the Rose Bowl games. The PAC 8/10 officials are still among the most feared in the world of college football, just ask Oklahoma.
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I don't know if that happened in the RB against Stanford, but Neal Colzie got flagged after an interception in the 1975 RB against USC. It happened right in front of me - but I'm not sure if it was a 15-yarder , or a 'very cheesy' delay of game penalty. It did help the Buckeyes not get a TD, as the runback was well into into the red zone. Ended up losing that game by 1 point on the diving 2-point conversion catch by Shelton Diggs, and USC won the UPI NC instead of tOSU. Oklahoma won the AP that year, but didn't play a bowl game and were ineligible in the Coaches Poll due to probation.
 
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BB73;682646; said:
I don't know if that happened in the RB against Stanford, but Neal Colzie got flagged after an interception in the 1975 RB against USC. It happened right in front of me - but I'm not sure if it was a 15-yarder , or a 'very cheesy' delay of game penalty. It did help the Buckeyes not get a TD, as the runback was well into into the red zone. Ended up losing that game by 1 point on the diving 2-point conversion catch by Shelton Diggs, and USC won the UPI NC instead of tOSU. Oklahoma won the AP that year, but didn't play a bowl game and were ineligible in the Coaches Poll due to probation.
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The call against Colzie was 15 yards...
 
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as an FSU alum I'm really hoping they at least interview Walt Harris for the open OC position...from all accounts however, the number 1 criteria for the new OC is that hes Christian (Bobby's rule) and apparently Walt had some type of transgession at Pitt that included adultery (rumor on the Warchant.com board)
 
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billmac91;682816; said:
as an FSU alum I'm really hoping they at least interview Walt Harris for the open OC position...from all accounts however, the number 1 criteria for the new OC is that hes Christian (Bobby's rule)
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That sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen, although religious discrimination would be very difficult to prove legally.
 
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ya, I don't think theyd make it that obvious, but those close to program repeatedly state Bobby looks for strong morals and Christian faith.....thats part of the reason he's so stubburn when it comes to hiring outsiders and also letting go of current staff members who aren't getting it done...even though they can't coach, at least they're good people i guess is the reasoning
 
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Stanford: Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow told the Tennessean that Stanford contacted him about possibly becoming its next football coach, but the former USC offensive coordinator told the school he was not interested.
Chow was a finalist for the Stanford job two years ago. The school hired Walt Harris instead.
 
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Former NFL coach Jim Fassel, who was credited with recruiting and coaching John Elway at Stanford as an assistant there, was interviewed for the Cardinal's vacant head-coaching job in Chicago yesterday, according to a person with knowledge of the Stanford search.
-- New York Times

Chargers receivers coach James Lofton will interview with Stanford officials later this week about their head coaching job, sources said.
-- San Diego Union-Tribune
 
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