Sporting News Rankings - Non- B C S Coaches

The Fake Lonnie Finch · May 15, 2007

It's amazing that this has to be done, but...

The comparison and question didn't have to do with OU's coach and program versus Boise State's. It was a question about Peterson versus Patterson. Release your misguided hate and use your brains.

TCU is a private school, Boise a public school. Part of the reason TCU (and subsequently Tulsa, Rice, and SMU) bailed on the WAC was Fresno and Boise loading up on nonqualifiers that TCU would never offer. They ended up in a better situation. And, with the exception of one season, Patterson has proved to be more than just Franchione's defensive coordinator. If he were just another coach, Kansas State and Miami wouldn't be giving him interviews.

Peterson got nothing in the way of interviews. That's not surprising. No Boise State coach has proven he can do it outside of the WAC. When everyone is in the same boat regarding recruiting rules, former Boise State coaches have been average at best. Koetter failed at Arizona State and Hawkins is doing so at Colorado.

AD's know what the deal was at Fresno and Boise. That's part of the reason they stopped scheduling them. That has led to both schools and the WAC curbing the NQ signings. Fresno has already seen a drop off. Boise will follow.

But, TCU won't. Patterson has them chugging along quite nicely.

Cr1028 · May 16, 2007

North Carolina State coach Chuck Amato has had a really long week. First his team lost at home to Akron 20-17, then he took a shot at the other league's admission policies.
"They are in a conference that allows non-qualifiers in school. Y'all need to look that up," Amato said. "The Boise States, the Fresno States, the Louisvilles before they went to the Big East. They have non-qualifiers. Do you know what kind of players non-qualifiers are? They are inversely proportional to what their grade-point average is."
Well, reporters did look it up. Though the Atlantic Coast Conference does not allow non-qualifiers, the schools Amato singled out aren't much different. According to The (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Boise State has never had a non-qualifier on scholarship; Louisville has two (though the Big East has changed its rules and will not allow future non-qualifiers); and Fresno State has two non-qualifiers on its roster and hasn't accepted one since 2002. According to the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal, the Zips have three.

Boy I guess you were right, those non-scholarship non-qualifiers really helped that perfect season and a win in the Fiesta Bowl. Could it have anything to do with heart and an unconventional coach?

The NQs have to fund themselves and make the same grades as everyone else at the college level. What is the problem?

Edited May 16, 2007 by Cr1028

FirefightnRick · May 16, 2007

Boy I guess you were right, those non-scholarship non-qualifiers really helped that perfect season and a win in the Fiesta Bowl. Could it have anything to do with heart and an unconventional coach?
The NQs have to fund themselves and make the same grades as everyone else at the college level. What is the problem?

:lol:

Rick

Stan R · May 16, 2007

Boy I guess you were right, those non-scholarship non-qualifiers really helped that perfect season and a win in the Fiesta Bowl. Could it have anything to do with heart and an unconventional coach?
The NQs have to fund themselves and make the same grades as everyone else at the college level. What is the problem?

OUCH! ZING!