Since it’s even a question which team is better, a Big10 team or a low Indi, that tells you which coach deserves the job and which is stealing salary.
OT: Others Receiving Votes - UConn
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not following your logic here. what is he missing that you are calling him stupid for. We BARELY beat the worst team in the P4 if not for a colossal screw up by them (2x I might add)
Now you are just talking out of your arse.
FAU secured a naming rights deal for their stadium that is one of the largest such deals in the group of five teams. Again, the FAU is part of a conference structure- you know the the American, the conference Rutgers belonged to for a year. A guy named Tim Pernetti is the Commissioner .
In 2026
First 3 games (UMass,,BC & the Howard Band) RU will wind up 3-0
Conference games
Home: Indiana w >upset special< (4-0)
Home: Michigan L (4-1)
Home: Michigan State w (5-1)
Home: Nebraska W (6-1)
Home: USC w >beating Rutgers west< (7-1)
Away: Maryland w (8-1)
Away: Northwestern w (9-1)
Away: Penn State L > Nits upset about 2025 loss< (9-2)
Away: Wisconsin L > ending chance of major bowl invite < (9-3)
why did I post this
People say I'm no good
And crazy as a loon
'Cause I get stoned in the mornin'
I get drunk in the afternoon
Kinda like my old blue tick hound
I like to lay around in the shade
And I ain't got no money
But I damn sure got it made
Well, they would have won at least 9 games last year were it not for the dropped TD vs Nebraska, the unnecessary icing of the kicker vs Illinois, and the massive bedcrapping vs UCLA. They could have won 9 this year if not for the second half collapses against Iowa and Minnesota and if they showed up for one of the games vs Washington and Illinois.
Oh, so now we are back to the pay equates to the quality of the coach? You are smart enough to know that is not true.
Why is Dabo Swinney doing so terrible the past few years?
How did that work out for Brian Kelly?
How about Bill Belichick? Maybe Tom Brady can find another year of eligibility.
Luke Fickell?
Mike Gundy?
Clark Lea, making $3.7M beat Brian Kelly, making over $10M and Drinkwitz, making $9M.
Please stop.
2.0 has a whopping 15 wins in B1G play in 6 years. How many of those were against B1G teams with Winning records. Exactly One. Minnesota last year. After getting thrashed this season against Washington, ,Illinois, Oregon, etc. ( and 2 victories vs. B1G teams with a combined 1 Win}. Schiano could very easily lose to UCONN this year.
No we are not. We are back to FAU doesn’t have the same resources as UCONN. You are all over the place. I guess that’s what happens when you don’t have the facts.
Doesn’t look like they’re that far off.
Total football coaching salaries for UConn in 2024 was 3.9M and FAU was 3.5M
Football operating budget for UConn in 2024 was 18.45M and and FAU 16.69M
But but but FAU is in the AAC with the a big naming rights to the stadium. How can they be behind UCONN?
wow, didn't realize it was only 1.
what an incredible indictment to the job he's done. I have to imagine that in the same time frame, we're the only team to not beat a top 25 team
Ohio is a better team then the 2 MAC teams that UConn squeaked by against - 1 a 3 points win and the other a 6 points win. Looking at UConn schedule it is downright awful. I don't think they beat a team with more then 6 wins.
In regards to Duke with Illinois as a common opponent, it was a home game for Duke and a road game for Rutgers. Duke;s defense gave up 10 more points then a miserable Rutgers defense.
Is that the standard? If so, Rutgers has only beat one team with more than 6 wins-Ohio. And so what if they are better than the MAC teams UConn beat. Rutgers has far better resources, facilities, recruiting classes, conference money,etc.
Ohio lost to Ball State, who UConn beats. That surely means head to head, UConn would beat the same team Rutgers beat!
The excuse train gets longer and longer for Greg.
I am all for Greg getting his papers after the year but our team crushes UConn this year.
This is not accurate. Without even thinking about others, Northwestern had 7 wins in 2023.
UConn got obliterated by a 4-8 Maryland 50-7 the last time they were on the same field as a B1G team. The same Maryland team we've defeated the last 2 years handily.
This was never really the issue or the question.
The issue is what a great job HC Mora has done with very low resources and no conference backing.
My comments are more about the ridiculousness of UConn receiving votes and not about the state of Rutgers football, nor about Schiano. I do believe Rutgers is a better football team then UConn, however, Greg's ceiling of 5-7 Wins is simply not good enough and the fans deserve better.
My comment about 6 Wins is UConn's entire schedule doesn't include 1 team with more then 6 Wins to date. Rutgers has played a number of teams with greater than 6 Wins including an undefeated team and a team with 1 loss. There's no comparison in scheduling degree of difficulty. It's night and day.
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I see your point about getting votes, but a 9 win season in the minds of voters who may not do much more than see the record is impressive. Maybe some who voted for UConn knew the competition level but also considered how little support they have. If UConn and Rutgers played this year, it may be a high scoring game, as both teams have good QBs and receivers.
That's the reason Cal wants him and likely gets him. He has reached UConn's ceiling. Cal is an ACC school that likely has a shot to be a B1G school with Stanford by 2030.
Bird in hand. His top players will all leave for NIL and a real conference. Can’t risk losing to Rice and Delaware again. In regulation this time.
When hiring a coach from a lower level program or conference, I’m not a big believer in “If he is doing well there, imagine what he would do with the resources here.”
Coaches struggle to change what has worked for them that helped them land the job. With that, the floor of the coach is common - he builds a product similar to what they created in the previous job, which doesn’t work in the new place. See Hugh Freeze at Auburn, Billy Napier at Florida, Troy Taylor at Stanford. I think Fickell is on this trajectory as well. The ceiling is less common - the coach generates a similar W/L record at the new school (Rhule and Fleck). Then there is the very rare case when someone to moves up in class and actually improves the W/L record, but it happens (Cignetti and Elko).
So regarding Mora, his floor at Rutgers would building a team similar to today’s UConn, but competing in the Big Ten – that would be a disaster. His ceiling would be the 9-4 record he got last year. I think he would be closer to the floor. Not saying I love GS, but if you have a problem with him Mora is not the answer.
Except Mora did well at UCLA at the beginning of his tenure.
That said, nobody is ever a "sure thing." Your examples Fickell and Freeze are excellent ones. The only "sure thing" is don't hire a head coach from a lower level whose name begins with F? Franklin ultimately bombed out at Penn State. . . .Fitz at NW fired for whatever happened. Flood at Rutgers.
Willie Fritz, Kirk Ferentz and Marcus Freeman are outliers!
saying Franklin bombed out at Penn State is kind of ridiculousExcept Mora did well at UCLA at the beginning of his tenure.
That said, nobody is ever a "sure thing." Your examples Fickell and Freeze are excellent ones. The only "sure thing" is don't hire a head coach from a lower level whose name begins with F? Franklin ultimately bombed out at Penn State. . . .Fitz at NW fired for whatever happened. Flood at Rutgers.
Willie Fritz, Kirk Ferentz and Marcus Freeman are outliers!