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Malzhan would be nice. Far removed from HS and on 3 solid college staffs at Arkansas, Tulsa, and Auburn.

He coaches at d2 North Alabama now.

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I am an ACU alum and highly recommend Chris Thompsen. What he has done at ACU is phenominal and I suggested on this board before Dodge was hired that UNT should take a look at Chris. I would hate to lose him at ACU but I think its just a matter of time anyway. I know one of the 1AA schools in Louisiana was looking at him last year.

TD is and has been over his head from day one. He is not ready for college. He needs to spend some time as a position coach, then coordinator and then a HC. No one I can think of has made that kind of jump even in a lower conference like the Sun Belt.

No...ACU is DII below FCS but UNT should want their head coach Chris Thomsen who has done an excellent job and led the 'Cats to the playoffs several years in a row.

Loose = not tight Lose = did not win Just sayin'

Great kid and solid family. Willie used to come and preach at my church from time to time. UNT could use a QB that could scramble!!

If you do go you might not get the chance to "make a baby" for a long long time.

Uhhh dude don't even go there. She may even encourage you to get out of the house...but don't fall for it; you stay home and be happy. Congrats on the little one.

I brought my 8 year old to the game and he had a great time. I am not an alum of UNT but came to the game as my bro attended both UNT (undergrad) and Tulsa (Law). I have family in Tulsa as well and have always cheered for the Canes. So here are my unbiased opinions on UNT. The OL is bad. UNT roster has lots of skill guys but not many hogs. That needs to change...soon. The defense looked totally baffled against TU and didn't seem to make adjustments. The atmosphere before the game was good but I hope that stadium referendum passes because all the seats are too far from the field. I think UNT could be a solid program if the facilities are upgraded and the right coach gets in there....not sure if Dodge is that guy or not.

#29 Billy Malone is now at Abilene Christian and led them to the DII playoffs this year. He sat out a couple of years due to health probs and is now a soph at ACU. Article shows he commited to Texas but he signed with Tulane.

Ummm check your facts bud, Dodge never beat OU as starting QB for Texas.

Yes he was. Go back and read the whole thread especially the one where he mentions everyone thinking that he was referencing the current team. Finch is not trivializing TD or what he has done, only pointing out the fact that the team on the other sidelines on Saturday's in the fall of 2007 will not be grading papers or coaching PE Mon-Fri, but highly paid and accomplished coaches who have time to scheme each game and the talent to implement that plan. If you don't see that then you are blind.

Read the context again, Fake meant that the guys Dodge faces every week aren't near the caliber that he will face in the years to come. Seems pretty cleat to me.

What TFLF is trying to say is that Dodge will be coaching against some pretty high caliber, experienced college coaches, not HS coaches who have guys that are 5'6" 140 filling their roster. The reference is what Dodge sees every week now as opposed to what he will see in Sept 2007. READ CLOSELY and now EXHALE SLOWLY, everybody OK now. Rick? You OK, take it easy partner.

Might I add that you go back and read the whole post TFLF put up and you can see he is right whether you like the way he put it or not.

Ummmm I think OU wins.........big. OU>UNT no matter who the coach is.

Stoops coached Defense at Univ. of Florida under Spurrier and is from Ohio and played his college ball at Iowa.

Stoops ain't leaving OU, period. It is a historical top 10 program and is the only game in town. The money is great, the facilities are great, and again OU's tradition is second to none. As good as Miami is, it is not OU. They have fair weather fans, the facilities are not that good and the Orange Bowl needs upgrading.

Steve Logan's bio from the ECU website; he was fired after the 2003 season: One of the goals Steve Logan has had since he became the head football coach at East Carolina has been to instill an increased level of consistency in the program. Consistency builds tradition and tradition is what the great college football programs all possess. The 46-year-old Logan sees that kind of opportunity with the Pirates. And signs say the prgoram is well on its way. Logan, who is entering his 10th season as head coach (51-40, .560), has also added much needed stability to the coaching staff. Not since Clarence Stasavich guided the ECU program for eight straight seasons in the 1960s have the Pirates had a head coach for as many consecutive years. After recording his sixth winning season in the past seven years, East Carolina is on the brink of a major breakthrough on the national level. The 1999 Pirate squad turned in one of the school`s best seasons ever and ranked in both national polls from the fourth week of the regular season until the final poll. The Pirates also earned their third bowl trip under Logan, playing TCU in the inaugural Mobile Alabama Bowl. With ECU`s win over N.C. State in the final regular-season game of 1999, Logan also became the program`s winningest coach with 51 wins as he moved ahead of Stasavich on the Pirates` career coaching list. The Pirates have long been a respected squad in the minds of opposing coaches. ECU has continued to gain some well-deserved attention and respect across the country. During the 1999 season, the Pirates added to their list of "high-profile" victims in recent years with victories over West Virginia, South Carolina, Miami (Fla.) and the instate Wolfpack. Logan approaches his job with an intensity rivaled by few in the business. He is a competitor who challenges his players to excel on a daily basis. But whil logan has well-defined expectations of his players, he also has a genuine interest in their lives away from football. He takes great pride in the ECU football family and its closeness. It`s no surprise that so many of the Pirtes` recent signees, when asked why they chose to attend East Carolina, simply say they felt comfortable in what they perceived as a great, family atmosphere. There is no doubt that Logan is overseeing one of the fastest-moving programs in the country. One can point to ECU’s recent entry into Conference USA, the Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium expansion project, or its ever-growing television exposure — including its unique five-year arrangement with ESPN — as signs that Pirate football is finding a significant place on the college football map. In 1996, ECU handed the Miami Hurricanes their worst loss (31-6) in the Orange Bowl in 12 years -- and the event was viewed by a national audience watching ESPN. Over the past six seasons, Logan’s Pirates have compiled a record of 44-25 and earned a pair of invitations to the St. Jude Liberty Bowl in Memphis, as well as last year`s berth in Mobile. In 1995, Logan and his team culminated a banner year by finishing with a six-game win streak which included a 19-13 win over Pacific 10 power Stanford in the St. Jude Liberty Bowl. The Pirates were ranked No. 23 in the final USA Today/CNN poll. Logan developed much of his coaching philosophy through the influence of several head coaches. He worked on the staff of current Ohio State coach John Cooper at Tulsa, with former Miami Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson at Oklahoma State and with Bill McCartney, formerly the head coach at Colorado, and with Bill Lewis at East Carolina. Logan is widely recognized as the architect of the potent Pirates offensive attack of the 1990s. His ofensive ideas were implemented into the ECU system when he served as offensive coordinator during the 1990 and `91 seasons. In 1991, East Carolina finished the season with an 11-1 mark and reached a top-10 national ranking. The grand finale that year was a thrilling, come-from-behind 37-34 victory over N.C. State in the Peach Bowl. While holding the position of coordinator, Logan tutored quarterback Jeff Blake, who after a sensational senior season in 1991, has gone on to become an NFL All-Pro signal-caller for the Cincinnati Bengals. Most recently, Logan coached the two quarterbacks who shattered all of Blakes ECU records in Marcus Crandell and Dan Gonzalez. Present junior David Garrard broke 16 ECU passing records in 1998 in his first season of action. While Logan earned a name for his offensive creativity, hehas been determined to upgrade East Carolina`s defense. In Logan`s eight seasons as head coach, the program has made huge strides defensively. First-year defensive coordinator Tim Rose built on the momentum on the defensive side in 1999 as the Pirates improved in ever defensive statistical category. Logan came to ECU in 1989 after serving as quarterbacks coach at Mississippi State for two seasons. During his first season with the Pirates, he coached the running backs. His coaching career started in 1974 as an assistant coach at Union High School in Tulsa, Okla. He began in the collegiate coaching ranks in 1980 as a tight ends coach at Oklahoma State under Jimmy Johnson and moved to Hutchinson Junior College the following year. In 1983, he became offensive coordinator at Tulsa under John Cooper, who is currently head coach at Ohio State. Logan left Tulsa for Colorado in 1985 and coached the Buffalo running backs for two seasons before going to Mississippi State, where he coached the Bulldog quarterbacks. Leaving Union High School, Logan coached tight ends at Oklahoma State and it was there he became hooked on the college game. Logan and his wife Laura, are the parents of two sons - Vincent (19) and Nathanel (17).

I was reading the bio on Berry and saw he worked for Steve Logan at ECU, now that (Logan) would be a great hire!

This wouldn't be a bad hire. He is familiar with the conference and the big time at Miami. I will give him a pass at Army, its tough to win there. He's been pretty good other than that.

Donnan posted several times already including me on 11/9

Well as an OU season ticket holder since 1995, let me tell you how bad of a coach Blake was. He changed offensive coordinators and systems like they were socks. His special teams were a joke especially in trying to get a punt off. One game against Kansas, OU badly out gained the 'hawks but lost by 20 becasue of a couple of blocked punts and returns given up. Now his D was pretty good with R. Ryan as coordinator, but other than that they sucked.