Watching Two Other Fourth Year Coaches Right Now

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Jim Harbaugh's Stanford Cardinal are pounding Wake Forest. And, Robb Akey's Idaho Vandals are beating the snot out of UNLV; fouth quarter beginning and they are shutting out the Rebels.

Look, injuries or not, Todd Dodge just didn't get it done. Those guys have already taken teams to bowl games. Idaho was no better off than we were when Akey was hired. Stanford was the joke of the Pac-10.

We've gone nowhere. In fact, we may have gone backwards. We are razor thin everywhere, even after four years of Dodge's recruiting. JUCOs are providing band aids and patching holes. But, let's face it, in 2011, whomever is leading the Mean Green will truly have a bare cupboard.

There won't be nine starters returning on defense like Dodge squandered in 2007. There won't be a young Kelvin Drake, Victor Gill, or Esteban Santiago, a game Daniel Meager to screw over....

I feel bad for the players who have been injured, but watching these other programs get off the ground while we spin our wheels makes me sick. FIU has lost second half leads against Rutgers and Texas A&M in the past two weeks.

Dodge would have been blown out by both of those schools in the first half. That's Mario Cristobal - another fourth year coach - playing BCS schools close at home and on the road with his formerly downtrodden FIU Golden Panthers. Are they winning a ton yet? No. But, they are no longer getting blown out either.

Army sure as hell wouldn't shut out FIU, Stanford, or Idaho.

Anyway, just venting at the end of the day while watching Akey and Harbaugh, fourth year guys whose teams are rolling.

[greenminer]

Say, friend - you got any more of that good sarsaparilla?

[CMJ]

Strong men also cry... strong men also cry

EDIT: Dammitt...beat me to this quote in the other thread.

Edited September 19, 2010 by CMJ

[greenminer]

So, CMJ, what do you do for recreation?

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Yeah...I'm back to reality.

You know what the announcers in the Idaho game just said about Akey building Idaho: "You know, what you've got to do is find a quarterback. Then, you build it around that guy. Then...."

Then, I threw up a little bit in my mouth.

[MeanGreenWithEnvy]

I don't think that comparing UNT & Coach Dodge to Stanford & Harbaugh is a fair comparison. Comparing them to Idaho & Akey and especially FIU & Cristobal is entirely fair.

[CMJ]

So, CMJ, what do you do for recreation?

You know the usual. Bowl...drive around.

The occasional acid flashback.

[Marty]

Didn't Harbaugh interview here before TD was hired?