Even though I am an AFC guy, after much deliberation, I have decided to back the efforts of the Bears. I simply refuse to hear about the awesomeness of the whiny Peyton Manning for the next six months.
Plus, Ditka.
by John Cole| 32 Comments
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Even though I am an AFC guy, after much deliberation, I have decided to back the efforts of the Bears. I simply refuse to hear about the awesomeness of the whiny Peyton Manning for the next six months.
Plus, Ditka.
by John Cole| 7 Comments
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With everything going on, I forgot to post about this:
Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin accepted the Pittsburgh Steelers’ coaching job Sunday night and was working out a four-year contract he hoped to complete Monday, people close to the search told The Associated Press.
They requested anonymity because the Steelers have asked all parties involved in the search to not speak to reporters until they can make the announcement, which could come Monday or Tuesday.
Tomlin is expected to make around $2.5 million per year, the going rate of late for first-time NFL coaching hires. Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher resigned Jan. 5 following 15 seasons after apparently rejecting a $6 million per year contract extension offer earlier this year.
Tomlin’s hiring completed a frantic 2 1/2-week search in which he was initially viewed as an unlikely choice behind perceived front-runners Ken Whisenhunt and Russ Grimm, only to land the job after impressing the Steelers with his motivation, intensity, knowledge of defense and enthusiasm.
Welcome aboard, Mike.
by John Cole| 24 Comments
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I don’t know what this means for the future of the Steelers:
Bill Cowher resigned as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ coach Friday, stepping aside to spend more time with his family one year after winning the Super Bowl title he had chased since 1992.
The 49-year-old Cowher left with one year left on his contract following an 8-8 season that was a disappointment, especially after last season: The Steelers became the first team to win three playoff games on the road and then the Super Bowl as a sixth-seeded AFC team.
“History will look back on Bill Cowher as one of the great coaches of all time,” Steelers chairman Dan Rooney said.
The Steelers will begin a coaching search immediately to replace the departing Cowher, who called Rooney on Thursday to inform him of his decision.
I liked the guy, and he will be missed.
by John Cole| 41 Comments
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Because the readers demand it.
Go Mountaineers!
*** Update ***
Not college, but the Steelers just knocked the Bengals out of the playoffs for the second time this year. BWAHAHAHA.
Sure, it was a disappointing season for the Steelers, and I worry about Cowher leaving, but a quick message to the Bengals fans out there:
“WE ARE STILL SUPERBOWL CHAMPS, BEEOCH.”
by John Cole| 14 Comments
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Not Iraq. This:
The University of Alabama appeared to move much closer to hiring West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez on Thursday night.
While day-long negotiations in Tuscaloosa between the two sides did not conclude with an agreement in writing, representatives of both sides said that the university will deliver a contract to Rodriguez on Friday morning.
Rodriguez spent the day in Jacksonville, Fla., where he participated in a press conference to promote the Toyota Gator Bowl between the Mountaineers and Georgia Tech on Jan. 1.
Rodriguez returned to Morgantown, W.Va., on Thursday night and will have the contract faxed to him on Friday morning.
Yeah, I know. He is just a coach, and he gets paid way more than he should, and blah blah blah.
I like a winning program, and I like that a native West Virginian was our coach, and I thought he did a good job keeping his kids in line.
BTW- The NCAA really needs to make it not allowed to do this sort of stuff until after the Bowls.
by Tim F| 19 Comments
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Congrats to any USC fans out there. Now pardon me while I burn Ben Roethlisberger in effigy (for some reason this comes to mind) and then drown my sorrows in Australian Pinot Noir, brie and pate.
by John Cole| 45 Comments
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I was just sitting on the couch, eating a big bowl of mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing, sauerkraut, cranberries, and gravy (and I mean bowl- I threw it all in, stirred it up into an unrecognizable mess, and microwaved it. And it is fabulous.) and some more coffeee while watching theTexas/Texas A&M game, when I heard the news that Larry Coker had been fired:
Miami fired football coach Larry Coker on Friday, a day after the Hurricanes beat No. 18 Boston College 17-14 to salvage a 6-6 season to become eligible to play in a postseason bowl game.
Coker was informed of the decision by athletics director Paul Dee early Friday. Coker has three years remaining on a contract that pays him nearly $2 million annually, and the school will owe him between $2.4 million and $3 million in a buyout.
“The university has made a decision to change head coaches for our football program,” Dee said at a news conference.
To a man, the announcers all said what a nice guy Larry Coker is, and what a shame it is.
Bullshit. Larry Coker sat at the top of what could be described as a legally sanctioned criminal enterprise, and did nothing as this crew of thugs, petty criminals, and illiterates bullied their way through the NCAA for a number of years. The behavior of the Miami football team has been a national disgrace for years, and the one person in a position to change it- Larry Coker- did nothing, just so long as the boys were winning.
His nonchalance about the behavior of the cretins he calls a team is legendary, and this indifference is best exemplified by his reaction to the disgusting Miami/Florida International brawl earlier this year. FIU got rid of two players and suspended the rest of those involved indefinitely. Miami suspended a kid and mentioned vague punishments to be named later.
Larry Coker sat by and allowed a thuggish and criminal mentality to not only creep into his organization, but to be cultivated- as long as the U was winning, bad behavior was allowed. Larry Coker may be a lot of things, but anyone who leads that many young men astray, either intentionally or through indifference, is most certainly not a “good guy.”
So, good riddance, Larry Coker. College football will not miss you.