brian kelly to lsu?

I'd take 10 wins and deal with damn near any personality issues this side of Art Briles. Sometimes bad personalities make for good coaches.
He pulled Notre Dame out of the program killers of Charlie Weiss and Tyrone pretty quick.
 
Sangre Naranjada said:
And Nackatush.
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One of the funniest things I've heard this year was Gus Johnson showing off his knowledge of Louisiana/East Texas geography by pointing out that Nacogdoches and Nachitoches are actually pronounced differently in Louisiana and in Texas. Louisiana apparently pronounces "it" "Nackadish" and Texas pronounces "it" "Nackadoches."

OK....
 
ProdigalHorn said:
One of the funniest things I've heard this year was Gus Johnson showing off his knowledge of Louisiana/East Texas geography by pointing out that Nacogdoches and Nachitoches are actually pronounced differently in Louisiana and in Texas. Louisiana apparently pronounces "it" "Nackadish" and Texas pronounces "it" "Nackadoches."

OK....
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When I was young (under 10), my grandmother taught us Natch-i-toach-es, essentially rhyming it with the Texanized Nacogdoches. Took me until college to unlearn that and connect the real Louisiana pronunciation with the town.
 
SabreHorn said:
I prefer the four pod system. Like I posted earlier, play the 3 others in your pod, plus two each from other three pods, plus 3 OOC games. Theoretically we could wind up with 7-8 home games.
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Then let's expand the view to ALL SEC coaches. With Texas and OU included:

Texas--Steve Sarkisian
Ole Miss--Lane Kiffin
Texas A&M--Jimbo Fisher
LSU--Brian Kelly
Mississippi State--Mike Leach
Arkansas--Sam Pitman
Oklahoma--Bob Stoops (interim) Brent Venables? Dave Aranda?
Missouri--Meh
Alabama--Nick Saban
Georgia--Kirby Smart
Auburn--Bryan Harsin
Florida--Billy Napier
Tennessee--Josh Heupel
Vanderbilt--Meh
South Carolina--Shame Beamer
Kentucky--Mark Stoops

That's an impressive amount of coaching firepower.
 
SabreHorn said:
I prefer the four pod system. Like I posted earlier, play the 3 others in your pod, plus two each from other three pods, plus 3 OOC games. Theoretically we could wind up with 7-8 home games.
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I've been on the fence about this issue. But the pod of Texas-Oklahoma-Arkansas-Missouri looks a lot better now.
 
The pod problem is the North Pod would have zero worthwhile teams in it:
  • Kentucky (lucky them if they get this setup - playoffs every year!)
  • Tennessee (should be good, but that was over 20 years ago)
  • Mizzou
  • Vandy

East Pod would be too powerful:
  • South Carolina (poor guys)
  • Alabama
  • Georgia
  • Auburn

so you end up with pods named Leaders and Legends.

South Pod is balanced with:
  • LSU
  • Florida
  • Miss St
  • Ole Miss

West Pod is balanced with:
  • Texas
  • aggy
  • Oklahoma
  • Arkansas
 
n64ra said:
The pod problem is the North Pod would have zero worthwhile teams in it:
  • Kentucky (lucky them if they get this setup - playoffs every year!)
  • Tennessee (should be good, but that was over 20 years ago)
  • Mizzou
  • Vandy

East Pod would be too powerful:
  • South Carolina (poor guys)
  • Alabama
  • Georgia
  • Auburn

so you end up with pods named Leaders and Legends.

South Pod is balanced with:
  • LSU
  • Florida
  • Miss St
  • Ole Miss

West Pod is balanced with:
  • Texas
  • aggy
  • Oklahoma
  • Arkansas
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You nailed it. Mizzou is the outlier. In nearly every situation. Because their placement affects every other pod. And either makes said pods too weak or too strong.

In my estimation, there are only two logical configurations for Missouri that don't screw up every other pod/division in the SEC:

1) Texas-Oklahoma-Arkansas-Missouri
or
2) Missouri in the eight-team SEC West

Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas &M
LSU
Missouri
Ole Miss
Mississippi State

I'm cool with either one.
 
MajorRules00 said:
You nailed it. Mizzou is the outlier. In nearly every situation. Because their placement affects every other pod. And either makes said pods too weak or too strong.

In my estimation, there are only two logical configurations for Missouri that don't screw up every other pod/division in the SEC:

1) Texas-Oklahoma-Arkansas-Missouri
or
2) Missouri in the eight-team SEC West

Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas &M
LSU
Missouri
Ole Miss
Mississippi State

I'm cool with either one.
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Kick Mizzou out in favor of OSU.

Problems solved.
 
n64ra said:
The pod problem is the North Pod would have zero worthwhile teams in it:
  • Kentucky (lucky them if they get this setup - playoffs every year!)
  • Tennessee (should be good, but that was over 20 years ago)
  • Mizzou
  • Vandy

East Pod would be too powerful:
  • South Carolina (poor guys)
  • Alabama
  • Georgia
  • Auburn

so you end up with pods named Leaders and Legends.

South Pod is balanced with:
  • LSU
  • Florida
  • Miss St
  • Ole Miss

West Pod is balanced with:
  • Texas
  • aggy
  • Oklahoma
  • Arkansas
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If you just switched Mizzou with Georgia, then the pods would even out strength wise. The East Pod would not be too powerful, and the North Pod would not be too weak:

North Pod:
  • Kentucky
  • Tennessee
  • Georgia
  • Vandy

East Pod:
  • South Carolina (poor guys)
  • Alabama
  • Mizzou
  • Auburn
It makes sense to put Georgia in the North. They are in northern Georgia near Atlanta. They are not too far from the University of Tennessee - which is a rival. They are not too far from Vandy.

However, it makes no sense to put Mizzou in the East pod from a geographical perspective. But they have to go somewhere. At some point you have to shoehorn a school or two into the wrong geographical pod, in order to make the pods more even strength wise.
 
SteveInAustin said:
If you just switched Mizzou with Georgia, then the pods would even out strength wise. The East Pod would not be too powerful, and the North Pod would not be too weak:

North Pod:
  • Kentucky
  • Tennessee
  • Georgia
  • Vandy

East Pod:
  • South Carolina (poor guys)
  • Alabama
  • Mizzou
  • Auburn
It makes sense to put Georgia in the North. They are in northern Georgia near Atlanta. They are not too far from the University of Tennessee - which is a rival. They are not too far from Vandy.

However, it makes no sense to put Mizzou in the East pod from a geographical perspective. But they have to go somewhere. At some point you have to shoehorn a school or two into the wrong geographical pod, in order to make the pods more even strength wise.
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That's an excellent North Pod.
 
n64ra said:
The pod problem is the North Pod would have zero worthwhile teams in it:
  • Kentucky (lucky them if they get this setup - playoffs every year!)
  • Tennessee (should be good, but that was over 20 years ago)
  • Mizzou
  • Vandy

East Pod would be too powerful:
  • South Carolina (poor guys)
  • Alabama
  • Georgia
  • Auburn

so you end up with pods named Leaders and Legends.

South Pod is balanced with:
  • LSU
  • Florida
  • Miss St
  • Ole Miss

West Pod is balanced with:
  • Texas
  • aggy
  • Oklahoma
  • Arkansas
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Move UGa to the North; aggy to the East and Misery to the West.
 
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