Question

[hatvol96]

Can anyone name a coach at any major D-I program that, starting with 2007, could go eight years without a conference championship and retain his job?

 

[tclowers23]

No.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Bobby Bowden or JoePa if they can live that long.

 

[Lexvol]

Guy Morris could have pulled it off at UK, but your point is well taken. None of the programs with aspirations higher than the Music City Bowl would allow it.

 

[tvolsfan]

Jim Tressel, if he manages a 5-3 record against Michigan in the time.

 

[allvol123]

Can anyone name a coach at any major D-I program that, starting with 2007, could go eight years without a conference championship and retain his job?

How long will it be for Nutt, if he does not win it this year?

But I agree with you.

 

[tvolsfan]

How long will it be for Nutt, if he does not win it this year?

But I agree with you.

Arkansas isn't a major college program. Not yet at least.

 

[hatvol96]

Jim Tressel, if he manages a 5-3 record against Michigan in the time.

Disagree. Ohio State wouldn't let a guy go 5 years without a Big 10 title.

 

[hatvol96]

Bobby Bowden or JoePa if they can live that long.

Bowden will be lucky if doesn't get shown the door the year. Joe Pa wouldn't let his program fall that far. He'd have the dignity to walk away.

 

[tvolsfan]

Disagree. Ohio State wouldn't let a guy go 5 years without a Big 10 title.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. OSU hasn't even won the conference out right in 20+ years. In 2004 they went 7-4 and were talking about it like it was the greatest season ever, for one reason.


8 years is a stretch, but 5 years would certainly not get Tressel fired if he beats Michigan a majority of the time.

 

[kptvol]

I wouldn't be so sure about that. OSU hasn't even won the conference out right in 20+ years. In 2004 they went 7-4 and were talking about it like it was the greatest season ever, for one reason.


8 years is a stretch, but 5 years would certainly not get Tressel fired if he beats Michigan a majority of the time.

They didn't win the Big 10 when they went undefeated in 2002?

 

[tvolsfan]

They didn't win the Big 10 when they went undefeated in 2002?

Not outright, split with Iowa.

 

[cotton]

Can anyone name a coach at any major D-I program that, starting with 2007, could go eight years without a conference championship and retain his job?

Mack Brown? Sorry, different thread...

Jim Tressel, if he manages a 5-3 record against Michigan in the time.

If Tressel goes 5-3 against Michigan, he'll get that title, anyway. Hey, if we go 5-3 against Florida, I like our chances as well, and this conference is much deeper.

 

[tvolsfan]

If Tressel goes 5-3 against Michigan, he'll get that title, anyway. Hey, if we go 5-3 against Florida, I like our chances as well, and this conference is much deeper.

Good point, the big 10 isn't much outside those two.

 

[kptvol]

Not outright, split with Iowa.

Oh yeah. That was when Iowa had Brad Banks. That was probably the last time they were any good.

 

[tvolsfan]

Oh yeah. That was when Iowa had Brad Banks. That was probably the last time they were any good.

It was a shame those two teams didn't play.

 

[hatvol96]

It was a shame those two teams didn't play.

Ohio State would have pounded them.

 

[kptvol]

Ohio State would have pounded them.

Yeah, I thought they were pretty good until USC exposed them. I was actually pulling for Banks over Carson Palmer in the Heisman race. I guess I was wrong.

 

[checkerboard_charly]

Fisher DeBerry- Air Force.

 

[tvolsfan]

Ohio State would have pounded them.

OSU didn't have the offense for that. It would have been a close game either way.

 

[hatvol96]

Fisher DeBerry- Air Force.

Air Force is a major D-I program?

 

[checkerboard_charly]

No not at all. Just throwing a name out there.

 

[checkerboard_charly]

Frank Beamer could do it.

 

[tvolsfan]

Virginia Tech isn't a major program either...

 

[tvolsfan]

Charlie Weis could go 20 years w/o winning a conference championship and keep his job.