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  1. Tired Horn
    God. I'd almost forgotten about that--the night the wheels finally came spinning off on the Akers era. The only bowl worse is the 1991 Cotton Bowl against Miami.
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    I think Mack actually knows a lot about football and was a pretty good coach for a long time. He always had certain weaknesses, which were accentuated by complacency leading up to his fall at Texas. But in his heydey, you could do a lot worse than Mack Brown when hiring a coach. And even at the end, I think he'd have still been reasonably effective if he hadn't let the recruiting process rot out beneath him. If he has his energy back, hires good assistants, and tends properly to recruiting, he could give UNC a bump and leave the program in better shape when he hands it off. If not, it could be a sad finale.
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    My most vivid Charlie memory remains that 2015 opener with Notre Dame. The one where Shawn Watson showed those newfangled younger coaches a thing or two by taking his sh***y, tired old offense and just running the same tired s**t faster. Amusingly, that just made it worse. And, yes, I laughed during the game--one of those situations where you either have to laugh or cry. We were on national TV, and we simply did not belong on the same field as Notre Dame. And there was Charlie on the sidelines, looking all confused and pissed as if he'd never seen Watson's constipated, turtle-humping-a-rock offense before in his life. Notre Dame could have crushed us by sixty if they'd really wanted to. I think even they were too sickened by our ineptitude to want to club that turtle any more. Good times.
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    I think Charlie is a good guy, but there's no question he just didn't get it done here. And the way it went down certainly justified his firing. When you have to dump your offensive coordinator early in one season and then dump your defensive coordinator early in the next, that's on you and you alone. Having to do that once is unfortunate. Having to do it twice is careless. Having to do it back-to-back is incompetent. I wish Charlie the best at USF, but I'm glad he's gone.
  5. Tired Horn
    So Jack Chevigny likes Charlie, right?
  6. Tired Horn
    Nope, for the very reason you cite. The overall talent on campus at the end of Mack's tenure was mediocre and would have dwindled fast as recruiting continued to collapse. Mack would have had losing seasons the same as Charlie and there would have been even less in the cupboard when Herman or someone else finally took over. Mack did a lot for Texas, but his time was up and nothing good would have come from dragging that dead horse around any further. I hope for Mack's sake this UNC venture doesn't end as badly as it could. That's a rebuild project. He's 68, hasn't coached for five years, and was past his prime with us. Unless his time on the sidelines has given him some seriously renewed vim and vigor, it could be sad.
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    Haven't forgotten that. We certainly could lose, but I think we'll be favored.
  8. Tired Horn
    So there you have it. We're 5-5, Alex Smith got carted off, and we could definitely win this silly division. Hooray, I think... Of course, then we'll be stuck with Garrett forever.
  9. Tired Horn
    This team really doesn't like to just cruise to a comfortable victory, does it? Maybe we should end our games after three quarters.
  10. Tired Horn
    What's really weird is if we somehow manage to beat Philadelphia next week (a long shot, I know), we'd be right back in the thick of the NFC East. We'd be tied with the Eagles at 4-5 and Washington is due to start dropping some games. They're beat up and have never looked great. That's parity for you. Of course it's all on paper, too. I can't see how this Cowboy team could could string together enough wins to do anything this year, even in a bad division.
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    The basic issue is what it always has been--Jerry would rather lose than win if someone else is able to take credit for it. That's why Garrett is here. He's Jerry's puppet, and would thus validate all of Jerry's delusions with a championship. That said, I thought we'd at least beat f**king Tennessee. Need to clap harder, I guess.
  12. Tired Horn
    Seeing the pirate do well does my heart good. F**k Tech.
  13. Tired Horn
    Spot on. That was one odd sequence of plays with time left on the clock. We were basically playing for the long field goal. I suppose it makes sense to The Clapper. Sigh. Can you believe that JV hack is our second-longest serving coach?
  14. Tired Horn
    I like Frost, but I don't think he or anyone else will turn out to be a "good hire" for Nebraska. The fan base wants a level of national relevance its going to be very hard to sustain at Lincoln anymore.
  15. Tired Horn
    This is very true.
  16. Tired Horn
    Feels nice. Hard to believe we've been stumbling about this conference as long as we have.
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    WVU - ISU

    Tired Horn replied to victory88's topic in Football

    Despite my respect for what Campbell has done in the backwater that is Ames, I'd rather this hadn't happened. It spoils the luster of it if we beat WV, makes us look worse if we lose to them, and helps Iowa State believe they can be a trouble game for us.
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    6-1

    Tired Horn replied to Xcalibur's topic in Football

    Just not concerned about the playoffs this year. They'd be tough to make with that Maryland loss and our other close calls, and I don't think we're likely to wind up one of the four best teams in the country in any event. So I'm not going to use making the playoffs as a metric for judging this season. After the last five years, I'd be delighted to finish with double digit wins, including winning a good bowl that's not hosting the playoffs (as opposed to the f**king Texas Bowl), and finish strong in recruiting.
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    Dislike, for pretty much the reasons you stated. It's not like we were blowing them off the line in our run game, so telegraphing on an important play didn't seem like a great idea.
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    6-1

    Tired Horn replied to Xcalibur's topic in Football

    I'll take 6-1 without complaint. I'm not concerned about the playoff. We're not that good yet, so we'd likely just be a first round loser. Might as well play in a bowl we could win. I just want to see steady progress that can be sold to recruits.
  21. Tired Horn
    I'll second that.
  22. Tired Horn
    It's not like the defense had been forcing a bunch of three and outs. We did great on the goal line, but we only had the chance to do that because the Texans kept reaching the red zone. Don't get me wrong -- holding them to 16 in regulation is a good performance. But nothing we saw in that game would have indicated the Texans were a poor bet to get into field goal range if we gave them the ball. Not going for it was a gutless decision and a poor statistical bet.
  23. Tired Horn
    Our receiving corps is, at very best, deeply mediocre. The OL also isn't close to what it was in 2016. And Dak is never going to be Drew Brees or Aaron Rogers--he can't carry a team on his own. It all adds up to a big mess.
  24. Tired Horn
    Sadly, I don't think 4th and 1 did seal Jason's fate. If he can limp to 8-8 or 9-7 I can easily see Jerry keeping him. Jerry wants to win with a puppet coach so he can say those three Super Bowls were because of him.
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    That's the truth. Still, after last year I'm simply grateful for the overall performance.

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