For those who don't want to read the whole article, CMC is ranked sixth.
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More respect for Coach Matt Campbell
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IMO these are the top 5 best hires:
1. Bill Callahan
2. Ron Prince
3. Charlie Weis
4. Charlie Strong
5. Dan Hawkins
1. Bill Callahan
2. Ron Prince
3. Charlie Weis
4. Charlie Strong
5. Dan Hawkins
The only one on the list that is a head scratcher to me is Lincoln Riley. Honestly, it's OU. His job was pretty simple. Just keep the train a rollin. If he won a National Title I would agree with him on there.
Love or hate Mangino, I'd put him, Gundy, and Campbell near the top. It's much harder to turn around a sinking or sunken ship than it is to just plug and play 5 star recruits.
I want Rapelor to crater and leave the conference like everyone else but Rhule (scumbag or not) belongs on the list if we're talking about the success (survival) of BU football. It's the same reason Mangino should be higher on the list.
I'm proud to say Campbell is on the list for the right and noble reasons...and is the best man on the list, imo.
And a first year coach has no business on the list. What's the other NDSU guy done at Wyoming? Anything???
1. The Vampire - Through fundamental football and pin-point position recruiting, Snyder had no
business resurrecting a terrible program and sustaining an impressive run of success.
2. Matt Campbell - 2 8 win seasons for the first time on 40 years. Recruits coming in that we
could only dream of a mere 3 years ago and a bright, bright feature for ISU at a critical time
as BIG12 media rights are coming up for renewal.
3. Mangino - yeah the year he made it to the Orange Bowl, KU had a cake schedule, but KU
made it to the freakin' Orange Bowl.
4. Pinkel
5. Leach
6. Whomever....
business resurrecting a terrible program and sustaining an impressive run of success.
2. Matt Campbell - 2 8 win seasons for the first time on 40 years. Recruits coming in that we
could only dream of a mere 3 years ago and a bright, bright feature for ISU at a critical time
as BIG12 media rights are coming up for renewal.
3. Mangino - yeah the year he made it to the Orange Bowl, KU had a cake schedule, but KU
made it to the freakin' Orange Bowl.
4. Pinkel
5. Leach
6. Whomever....
How can you put Klieman in there when he hasn’t even coached a Big 12 game? And he didn’t “take” NDSU to success, he sustained it. Fairly big difference.
Mangino’s 2007 team is what Mac’s 2005 team should have been
Difference was being mentally stable. His KU team didn't meltdown when there was adversity.
The list stipulates last 25 years (and he took a Big 8 job) but yeah, the crypt keeper is the best conference hire ever.
People can poo poo Mangino's schedule in the Orange Bowl year but he WON that Orange Bowl. That KU team was legit. If Dan McCarney had ever learned to finish like Mangino did he'd have been in at least two Big 12 Championship games.
This was my first thought when the All Big 12 rosters came out. That team should have been in the Big 12 Championship. Campbell has the opportunity this season to do what that '05 team should have done.
I don’t think Gill was a great hire, and his teams showed that, but he got a bum deal getting canned after 2 seasons
Except that '05 team literally didn't have an OU or UT on the schedule. A couple of that schedule's teams may have been underrated but ISU still just couldn't figure it out.