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Years ago in US military intelligence school a teacher recommended to a couple of us that it was probably best practice to give the good news first when briefing the C.O. or someone with star(s) on their shoulders and thus we follow that advice here.

There was some great news put out by the Great Steve Wynn of the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas this week that Great Garth Brooks is going to get off his rear-end on that ranch in Oklahoma, come out of retirement and do some shows at the Wynn in Vegas on the weekends in the coming months.  Bravo to Steve Wynn for writing a big enough check to get Garth off his rear-end and for keeping the tickets at the relatively cheap price of $125 bucks.  The Encore Theater at the Wynn only has 1,500 seats and it is a great place for a concert and people that go to see Garth should get their money’s worth. 

LA Times story:  Garth Brooks is bound for Vegas

The tickets for Garth’s concerts go on sale on October 24 and the shows, which will be on the weekends only, begin on December 11.

Since Garth always puts on a great show, you will see some of this if you go!

Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old

 

The Thunder Rolls

 

Unanswered Prayers

 

The River

If Tomorrow Never Comes

 

The Dance

 

Yes, that is some Great news that Garth is coming out retirement and thanks to the Great Steve Wynn for stepping up and writing what must have been a HUGE Multi-million dollar check!  Don’t cry for Steve, he will make it back easily at the gaming tables, probably even some from us if we have a bad run of luck at the blackjack table!

Things We Now Believe After Watching Week 7 of the College Football Season

Brian Kelly is one of the best head coaches in college football – Don’t believe that?  Just look at his track record everywhere he has coached.  Kelly can flat-out coach and he will probably have a decent shot at the Notre Dame job in a few weeks, that is if Jon Gruden doesn’t swoop in turn the college football world upside by taking over in South Bend!  Now that would be something!  Gruden leading the Irish!  Now don’t tell us that wouldn’t be great fun! 

Charlie Weis is not finished yet, but he is close – After playing Pete Carroll’s second worst USC team (his team in Year 1 at USC was his worst) right up until the last second, Weis still has an outside shot of getting the Irish to a BCS bowl, but they will have to run the table and get a little help from teams that will be ranked ahead of them.  We couldn’t quite find our way through the Bogus BCS website to find the “special” rules for Notre Dame but we remember that if the Irish finish No. 8 or better in the final Bogus BCS standings (now how can it possibly be legal under US law for the BCS to single out Notre Dame for such preferential treatment?  We don’t believe that it is legal to give a Catholic school in Notre Dame preferential treatment and not give a Mormon school in BYU, a Christian school in TCU, or even a public school like Boise State the same treatment.  Not only does that strike us as illegal, since all these schools get federal financial aid, it is also is deeply unfair.  Yes, it takes a really Candy Ass Communist to support the BCS, but if you look at who is running the BCS from the Presidential Advisory Board on down you will see a list of Candy Asses that stretches a mighty long way!) and clearly the Irish will need to win out to get into the Top 8.  With Boston College (should be a win), Washington State (the Notre Dame women’s ping-pong team could beat WSU and not work up a sweat), Navy (maybe a win), at Pitt (the toughest game left on the schedule), UConn (maybe a win) and at Stanford (maybe a win), we see only 1 sure win and 5 tough games left.  Will Charlie Weis be fired if the Irish do not go to a BCS bowl game even if they win 10 games?  Yes, we believe he will be fired unless Notre Dame plays in a BCS Bowl game and we would be stunned if the folks at ND are not already putting feelers out for a new head coach.  If Weis was fired, we would hire Brian Kelly, mainly because he is a great coach and he is Catholic, but hiring Brian Kelly would take real intelligence and does anyone think there is real intelligence running the Notre Dame athletic department? 

Boise State is a good team that could beat any team in the country in a “one off” game – Since the Bogus BCS is a “one-off” system by its very nature then Boise State has every right to be considered for the Bogus BCS title game.  The real question is why is everyone at one particular network/cable channel talking down Boise State so?  Hmmmmmm…..

ESPN/ABC is telecasting the Rose Bowl AND the BCS title game this year, both being played at the Rose Bowl – So ABC is telecasting both the Rose Bowl, on January 1, 2010, and the BCS Title Game, on January 7, 2010, and at the same time EVERYONE at ESPN/ABC is talking down Boise State.  Now that is very damn interesting and may indeed may already be part of an ongoing federal investigation…. Would ESPN/ABC want Boise State in either the Rose Bowl or BCS title game?  In our opinion the answer to that question is a BIG NO and that makes us wonder why EVERYONE at ESPN/ABC is talking down Boise State?  Hmmmmmmm…….  We may yet get some of these BASTARDS indicted!  By the way, we are keeping count by person and the number of times people at ESPN/ABC, EVERYBODY by the way, has been talking down Boise State for weeks now!  Keep on talking down Boise State and we will keep marking it down!  This may turn out like an insider trading investigation on Wall Street, especially if some idiot told someone at ESPN/ABC to talk down Boise State….  We shall watch, we shall learn and in the end, we shall see….  If Boise State keeps winning and they keep getting talked down by EVERYONE at ESPN/ABC we just might have one of the cause and effect things going on here!  Since we know some folks at ABC, maybe we should just ask them directly, not that they will answer though! 

With the Bogus BCS Rankings due today did you see this video of BCS Headquarters? – Yes, it is mighty entertaining!  BCS Headquarters Link  Of course, these monkeys actually have a clue!

Steve Kragthorpe is in a lot of trouble at Louisville and is probably out unless he can get to 6 wins in ’09 – With at Cincinnati, Arkansas State, at West Virginia, Syracuse, at South Florida and Rutgers left for Louisville we really don’t see 4 wins in the next 6 games and that more than likely means a coaching change at the UofL come December.  No, not Pitino, Kragthorpe!  If Louisville does make a change we would recommend the people making that change take a walk through downtown Louisville and talk to people and imagine someone that fit in very well in that great sports town.  We have someone in mind, but we are not giving that coach’s name up…..yet……

We respect Bob Stoops but…. – Is it just us or does Oklahoma look like the worst disciplined football team this side of USC (more on that in a minute).  Stupid decisions by both players and coaches, fumbles, penalties galore, and a general lack of football sense by the number of Sooners’ players makes us wonder just what in the Hell is going on in Norman.  Even with all the injuries, Bob Stoops has a ton of talent at OU and if they had played like a smart football team, the way OU used to play, they would have beaten Texas by 10 or more points.

Terrelle Pryor is mediocre QB at best – We are not sure who is coaching Terrelle Pryor at Ohio State but whoever is doing that coaching is doing a Jolly Green Giant-awful bad job.  It doesn’t look to us that Terrelle Pryor has progressed very much at all since arriving at Ohio State and clearly the current playcalling is just a terrible fit for Pryor’s skills.  What are Terrelle Pryor’s skills?  He can run the ball very good, he is a mediocre to bad passer at best, he is not a great decision maker and it looks to us that he has very little fire in the belly.  We wonder if a hoodlum walked up to Terrelle Pryor on the Ohio State campus and pushed his girlfriend down if Pryor would do anything about it.  Jim Tressel had better figure out in a hurry what he is going to do with Terrelle Pryor or the Buckeyes might lose a couple more games this season and clearly the November 21 game at Michigan is now in question.  Can you imagine what a win over Ohio State would do for Rich Rodriguez?  Can you say WOW!

Iowa is a very good football team but…. – Iowa is good but they can be beat by a team that can run the football and defend the run.  Is that team Michigan State?  Maybe, but if the Hawkeyes beat Michigan State we certainly don’t think the Buckeyes will be able to slow down this train and that makes a 12-0 Iowa team a real reality now.  Maybe the Bogus BCS will bit Jim Delaney in the ass this time and there is not a person more deserving in the United States than Jim Delaney to get jobbed by the BCS. 

Clemson beats Wake Forest 38-3? – What?  Last week Clemson loses to woeful Maryland and then they turn around and beat Wake Forest by 35?  That makes no sense but the entire ACC makes no sense!  Yes, Dabo needed this win over Wake and he got it.

Mark Richt needed a win over Vandy and.. – Richt and the Bulldogs needed a win and they got it over the Commodores.  Florida is up next for Georgia after a bye week and believe it or not, Richt really needs to beat the Gators as well.  Florida looks vulnerable to us, especially to a passing team, and if Georgia can get their offense going they can give the Gators a run….

Pete Carroll, why do you have the most undisciplined in college football? – Are these USC Trojans just stupid or are they just poorly coached, because never have we seen so many stupid decisions made by a supposedly “elite” football team.  Maybe Carroll doesn’t care about all of these stupid penalties, but they will bite you in the ass Pete when you play a real football team on the road, and you have a few of those games coming up!  No, Notre Dame is not a real football team. 

Is Nebraska that bad or is Texas Tech that good? – We don’t know, but the Red Raiders looked mighty good against what we believe is a pretty good Husker defense.  The Nebraska offense on the other hand……is pitiful!

Cal and Tedford got a big win and Neuheisel and the Bruins are struggling mightily – How did Tennessee ever lose to this mediocre UCLA team we don’t know, but Cal whipped the Bruins at the Rose Bowl and now UCLA is facing the reality of finding 3 wins out of at Arizona, at Oregon State, Washington, at Washington State, Arizona State, at USC.  Ouch!  Don’t see that happening! 

Yes, Florida is vulnerable to a team that can block up front and throw the ball down the field – The Gators have weaknesses on defense and their offense is filled with tons of talent (mostly untested talent, but talent) but is still only mediocre.  Florida can be beat and that has to be keeping Urban Meyer up at night.  Last year the Gators cut the offense loose, but we wonder if they have the ability to even do that in 2009.

Virginia and Al Groh win again! – Where was this kind of play earlier in the year?  We haven’t a clue but if the Cavs are for real then they need to show it against Georgia Tech in Charlottesville on Saturday!

Greg McMackin and Hawaii lose again – This is getting ugly in Honolulu and what a great job Hawaii would be if it opened up.  Living in Honolulu, hitting the beach, playing golf, and then playing football in the fall!  June Jones proved you can win at Hawaii and Greg McMackin is proving one things:  He is no June Jones!

Paul Johnson has the Georgia Tech offense going again – Once the Yellow Jackets’ offensive line decided that it was OK if they got their jerseys dirty they have been playing some very good football and they will be very hard to beat now.  We predicted Georgia Tech to finish 11-1 and they may just meet that target.  If Paul Johnson is only able to get 10 wins….onto the Hot Seat……Oh, just kidding!

Ron Zook and the Illini are…. – Zook and Illinois are now circling a massive black hole and there is only one way they will be able to pull out and save themselves…..start playing like a team instead of a bunch of individuals.  Maybe some team-building in practice would do these folks some good, because they are now going in about 22 different directions!

Mike Sherman and Texas A&M – Last week in this Blog we compared A&M head coach Mike Sherman to the Absent-Minded Professor, Professor Ned Brainard, played by Fred MacMurray, but after reading about Kansas State whipping the Aggies 62-14 we would like to formally apologize to the producers of the Absent-Minded Professor and to the MacMurray family (by the way Fred MacMurray was a great actor!).  Instead of the Absent-Minded Professor, we believe that Mike Sherman is better compared to:

  

Mike Sherman = Hazel?  Sadly, it seems so….

Pretty soon it is going to be time to fire everyone in a decision-making role in the Texas A&M athletic department because this madness must end!

Alabama looks OK but…. – Yes, the Crimson Tide looked only mediocre against a pretty good South Carolina team, but THEY KEEP ON WINNING!

“They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the crimson tide
Call me Deacon Blues”

 

Well, that’s enough of What We Now Believe for Week 7!

We have a lot on the stove here at Coaches Hot Seat, including:

1.  Post Week 7 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings – Should be out by lunch on Monday.

2.  Top 100+ Assistant Coaches in College Football – We have been working on the Top 100+ Assistant Coaches list for several weeks now, but we continue to add and remove coaches as things have happened during the season.  We should have this list out by November 1 or so.

3.  Coaches Hot Seat College Football Media Review – We have been working on the CHS College Football Media Review since last season and have been refining it over the past few weeks as we both see more things and info has been pouring in over the hopper.  We are going to attempt to critique every person working in the media that covers college football, studio people, play-by-play folks, color analysts, sideline reporters, etc., so one can imagine it is a big job.  Some of the critiques are already in and they are mighty entertaining!  Should be out by Week 10 of the season or so.

Have a great Sunday!  Coaches Hot Seat will be gathering today for lunch at Sam’s Café and then for a pool tournament to watch the NFL and talk about all of Saturday’s college football.  The weather supposed to be great!  Yes, life is tough at the Hot Seat!

Sam’s Café Webcam

We leave you with the Great Garth Brooks and this one goes out to BCS Boys and the Candy Asses that support them!

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