They've been down. Speaking of pro style offenses though, theirs may be THE purest. Keep the song girls though.
I liked Chavis; I would have been OK with him staying; but I think we'll find we improved when we swapped the Chavis/Brick package for the Steele/O package. And the way Chapped-ass handled his exit was not exactly classy. Plus the law suit makes him look like a dumb-ass. But then, if you willingly trade living in south Louisiana for College Station . . . .well I guess you are just an Aggie joke.
I had a friend with a deer lease right outside of College Station. There were a lot of deer. I didn't hunt deer back then so went kill a limit of squirrels while they shot deer. There were plenty of squirrels too. Got a limit and I had a Cowgirl Kicker with me on the hunt. That's the McNeese dance line.
You know I respect you and all...... We've been the Pac-12 since 2011. We added the Utes (not the Joe Pesci utes) and the Buffs. Utah gave bama a beatdown in the 2009 Sugar Bowl, so we let 'em in. And tiga is correct. The Pac12 is pro-style. Whoregon was gimmicky and they certainly got and deserved their fair share of attention but they were an outlier, not the standard-setter. Kessler was solid this weekend and it pains me to say it but ucla's Rosen was near perfect...28-of-35 passing, 351 yards, three touchdowns, zero interceptions and 10 yards per attempt. The Washington schools have always been pass-based offenses. Arizona is more about the run game. Going in to the spring, ASU saw their oline as the biggest issue. They only returned 3 starters. They lost both starting tackles after last season, one of whom was an All-Pac-12 selection. Add the injuries and I'm not surprised the aggies rolled them for 10 sacks.
After week 2 and 3 we will be able to say if CKS was a good hire. But if we lose people will say that it's the dumbest hire ever. Let's reevaluate CKS on 9/20
"NFL organizations dipping into the Pac-12 coaching ranks again is not so much a matter of if, but rather when—and who. The often invoked cliche "copycat league" used to describe the NFL has merit; franchises will ape the formula their counterparts have parlayed into success. Pac-12 influence was abundant on the 2013 NFL season, and the success of its coaching alumni welcomes a run on the conference's current coaches. Three of the NFL's 12 head coaches in this year's postseason—Pete Carroll (USC/Seattle), Jim Harbaugh (Stanford/San Francisco) and Chip Kelly (Oregon/Philadelphia)—plied their trade in the Pac-12 no longer ago than 2009 and as recently as 2012. Add former Stanford and current Indianapolis offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton, and one-third of the playoff participating teams prominently featured recent Pac-12 coaches. " "How has the Pac-12 fared in the past against the SEC? Glad you asked. The leagues have gone helmet-to-helmet 20 times in the past 10 years. The Pac-12 has won eight games, which is fairly impressive until you consider that three of the wins came courtesy of USC’s Carroll-era powerhouses. The rest of the conference is 5-12. (See results below.) And therein lies the Pac-12’s image problem: In SEC country and elsewhere, the conference was seen for years as USC and the Pac-9. Nobody doubted USC’s ability to play with the best and everybody wanted to see a USC vs. SEC showdown for the national title. But beyond the Trojans, the league was viewed as soft. Soft, soft, soft. That perception is changing with the rise of Oregon and Stanford. But the process is slow and uneven, in part because the Pac-12 has so few opportunities to strut its stuff against the SEC." I think we are going in the right direction. More head-to-head games during the season, rather than relying on post-season. LSU, Tennessee, and Arkansas have been more than willing....most excellent. The opener next year against Bama has the potential for epic proportions. I.....can't....wait. Terry, we're coming to tear you a new ass.
Are you planning a trip to The Frozen Tundra? I'd love to be there but I'd have to fly and rent a car. The drive up there is long and very boring. Lots of corn on both sides of the road.
