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Post by hc87 on Jan 3, 2020 17:18:43 GMT -5
"Oh boy! We get to go to the Pittsburgh of the South ovah New Year's!" Said no one evah.
I highly doubt BC had more than a thousand or so, if that, of actual fans who travelled to Birmingham. The worst kept secret in the college football world today is that the bowls provide most of the FBS programs (I think about 80 of 130 or so make a bowl) another month-6 weeks of added practice time to their season.
You're honestly comparing Pittsburgh to Birmingham ?
( perhaps Detroit would be a better comparison )
And why do you keep saying that the obvious bowl-prep practice is some sorta secret ? A secret from whom ?
Worst kept secret, thus everyone knows...and Birmingham was once known as "Pittsburgh South" due to its steel production...
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 3, 2020 17:23:51 GMT -5
Having had to travel frequently to Birmingham on business trips, it is not what most people envision. At least what folks in the north think of it.
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Post by hchoops on Jan 3, 2020 17:31:18 GMT -5
Agree with most of this. BC had no choice but to go to the ACC. The money was too great which they have reinvested to raise the school's overall profile. But overall it's athletic program IMO has gotten worse. That bowl game yesterday was embarrassing on many levels.Penn State going to the Big Ten and becoming a 'midwest' school was the death blow to a Northeast FBS conference. One wouldn't and can't work without them. It was indeed.
But I'm trying to think of team that won a bowl game without their best player ( AA RB Dillon ), no Head Coach and a lame-duck staff staring at non-retention. Can you ?
And if you add a .500 team also, that narrows it even more and of course,.500 teams should not be rewarded with a bowl invite.
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Post by timholycross on Aug 8, 2020 12:12:04 GMT -5
Bump
And now the program Addazio is in charge of, Colorado State is accused, among other things, of racism?
How exactly did he coach at Florida, Temple or BC w/o being accused of that?
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 8, 2020 15:21:10 GMT -5
Maybe he's not guilty?
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 8, 2020 15:46:50 GMT -5
Bump And now the program Addazio is in charge of, Colorado State is accused, among other things, of racism? How exactly did he coach at Florida, Temple or BC w/o being accused of that? Also accused of threatening players over reporting COVID symptoms
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Post by timholycross on Aug 8, 2020 20:11:26 GMT -5
FROM ESPN:
"Anthoney Hill, the school's former player development coach and its starting quarterback in the early 1990s, said he was terminated following Steve Addazio's hiring as head coach in December because he'd expressed concerns about him.
Hill arrived in 2015 under former coach Mike Bobo and maintained his position for about a month after Addazio's arrival.
In his response to the university's termination letter, Hill told Parker he was concerned about the lack of pay for the African American coaches on the staff. He also said he had concerns about nepotism after Addazio hired his son, Louie Addazio, and Urban Meyer's son-in-law, Corey Dennis. Parker said Meyer had been an adviser during the search for a new coach.
Hill's letter described a harmful culture, suggesting he'd witnessed racially insensitive comments under Bobo and worried about a similar environment under Addazio."
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Aug 8, 2020 23:37:37 GMT -5
^ if you're going to post this, you should indicate where you grabbed it from, not just put it in quotations.
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Post by timholycross on Aug 9, 2020 10:21:21 GMT -5
^ if you're going to post this, you should indicate where you grabbed it from, not just put it in quotations. Corrected. Thanks for pointing out the omission.
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