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The WAC Conference kicks of the 2010 season with lots of changes on the horizon as Boise State, Fresno State and Nevada head for greener pastures in the MWC and Boise State strikes for the very top of the college game in 2010.  Of course, Boise State finished 2009 at 14 – 0 and didn’t get a chance to play for the National Championship which speaks directly to the Yellow-Bellied Cowards and Un-American Candy Asses behind the Bogus BCS.  You support the BCS you say?  Fine, we are just glad you were not around when Real Men and Women in America won World War II because Candy Asses would not have been much use going up against Germany and Japan!

With Boise State starting the season ranked very high in all of the polls there are still a lot of people in the country that don’t quite understand what first Dan Hawkins and now Chris Petersen have accomplished at Boise State over the past decade or so.  They look at Boise State’s WAC schedule and almost dismiss out of hand the Broncos football program which just shows the ignorance of people that do not have a clue to what they are talking about because most of the people saying such things have never seen Boise State play or practice in person. 

 

Let make this very clear:  Boise State is a BIG-TIME football program.  Stand on the sidelines before a Boise State game and one will see Boise players that have the size, skill and speed to play with any football team in the country but there are a lot of people that don’t know what they are talking, commenting and writing because they have only seen them play a handful of times on TV and thus have no real understanding of what Boise State football is all about.

First, everyone should know that Chris Petersen has one of the best coaching staffs in the country at Boise State.  Second, everyone should know that Boise State is a very physical football team that will pop you in the mouth and then help you get your ass of the ground and then pop you in the mouth again.  Third, everyone should know that Boise State has several dozen players that would start for the top teams in the country at specific decisions and in QB Kellen Moore they may very well have the best signal caller in the nation.  Fourth, Boise State practices as hard as any team in the country and there is NO team that is asked more from their coaches and that includes the coaches and coaching staffs of the best teams in the country, including Frank Beamer’s very fine staff at Va. Tech.  Fifth, if Boise State was included in the latest Pac-10 conference expansion there is no doubt in our mind that under Chris Petersen they would be able to win the Pac-10 in the first year in the conference.  Lastly, if Boise State was playing in the Pac-10 in 2010 they…

WOULD BE THE FAVORITE TO WIN THE PAC-10 along with Oregon and USC.

The above points are for everyone out there that lives under the illusion that Boise State is anything but the real deal, like Virginian-Pilot columnist Bob Molinaro who wrote a column recently titled:

Boise State’s fantastic rank mostly based on fantasies

“I have a problem with Boise State’s No. 3-ranking in the Associated Press football poll that was released the other day.

Polls are just conversation starters for the most part, and the AP rankings lost a lot of relevance when they stopped being used in the BCS formula.

Even so, when I look at the AP poll, I see evidence of media psychosis that has resulted in an exaggerated image of Boise State.

With its creative offense, Boise State is fun to watch. It’s a plucky group that captures the imagination. I wish the Broncos the best. But they’re not the No. 3 team in the country without an awful lot of wishful thinking on the part of certain people.”

“With its creative offense?”  What the Hell does that mean Bob?  In 2009 Boise State had the 10 th most prolific offenses in the country averaging 450 yards per game and was No. 1 in scoring at 42.2 points per game.  Boise State does not have a “creative offense” but rather runs a pro-style offense that enhances the ability of their QB Moore and also relies on a very strong running game that averaged 187 yards per game last season that is led by a very impressive and very big offensive line.  Again, Molinaro’s comments just point to someone that has never seen Boise State play in person and has only seen them a handful of times on TV.

Bob Molinaro continues…

“The media are trying too hard to make Boise State into something it can’t and shouldn’t be – a player in the national title picture. Not with that schedule.

Because it’s so out of touch with reality, the Boise State-hype machine is doing Virginia Tech a big favor. If, as expected, Tech wins the Labor Day opener at FedEx Field, the Hokies’ reputation and ranking will be the beneficiary of Boise State’s overinflated status.”

“If, as expected, (Virginia) Tech wins the Labor Day opener at Fedex Field”  What?  Virginia Tech is “expected” to beat Boise State on Labor Day?

Uhhhhhh, not quite Bob.  The folks that set college football odds for a living do not quite agree with you Bob.  We just checked on VegasInsider.com and Boise State is actually a….

2.5 FAVORITE OVER VIRGINIA TECH!

Did you catch that Bob?  It is Boise State that is expected to beat Virginia Tech, even playing the game in Va. Tech’s backyard and 2,000 plus miles from Idaho.  Again, Molinaro’s comments just point to the fact that most of the people in the media that do not cover the college football game nationally have no clue to what Boise State is really about.

 

Memo to Bob Molinaro:  If you are going to be at the Boise State – Virginia Tech game instead of sitting up in the press box on your rear-end how about you go down to the field before the game and watch Boise State warm-up.  There you will find not a “plucky group” of college football players but a REAL FOOTBALL TEAM that if you were willing to suit up would whip your ass, pop you in the mouth and then pick you up off the ground and do it all over again.  (The same goes for everyone in the media.  Get out of the Damn press box from time to time and get down in the field and see what football is really like instead of sitting “On High” and throwing out your comments from the peanut gallery.  College football is played on the field, not in the press box, and if you have a field pass and can get to the field for games then you should do it at every game you cover.  Believe that, because your entire view of the game of college football will change if you have been doing nothing but sitting on your ass in the press box for college football games.)

Also Bob, Frank Beamer and the folks at Virginia Tech would be happy to know that YOUR comments will just fuel the Boise State football team even more because very clearly Bob Molinaro and lots of other people that cover Virginia Tech football DO NOT RESPECT Boise State.  Chris Petersen and Boise State are very happy to know that you Bob and they are assuming because your comments that Frank Beamer and the Hokies do not RESPECT Boise State either!  Thanks for that Bob!

We haven’t a clue to whether Boise State can beat Virginia Tech or not, but we do know that Boise State is going to pop Va. Tech in the mouth and give the Hokies all they can handle and more and Beamer and his football team better be in for the fight of their lives, because the Boise State football team led by Chris Petersen plays for keeps.

Now on to the Coaches Hot Seat 2010 WAC Coach and Team Predictions.  We have Boise State going 12 – 0 in 2010 which means they will beat Va. Tech and Oregon State out-of-conference and roll through the WAC for yet another undefeated season.  Will 12 – 0 in 2010 get them into a Bogus BCS title game?  We haven’t a clue, but what we do know is that in the United States of America a team that finishes its regular season undefeated ALWAYS has an opportunity to play for the championship in the postseason except in the college football and that is because of the Candy Ass and Incredibly Un-American BCS.

Very simply, if you support this Bogus BCS then we wonder who in the Hell raised you because we don’t run across a lot of parents that raise their children to support something as Un-American as the BCS, but then when you have a bunch of Candy Ass college and university presidents that wouldn’t last 5 seconds working in the REAL WORLD off of the college campus that are the ones that prop-up the BCS you start to understand how something so Un-American could exist in the first place. 

Yes, if you favor the meaningless exhibition games of the BCS over playing, deciding and a team earning the National Championship on the field of play then you are a nothing more than a DESTROYER of the American Republic, not that the Candy Asses that support the BCS know up from down forget about the great danger out country is in with all this Politically-Correct BS in our nation today.

 

WAC Conference 2010 Coach and Team Predictions

Team	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
Boise State	12 – 0	8 – 0
Fresno State	9 – 3	6 – 2
La. Tech	7 – 5	5 – 3
Nevada	7 – 6	3 – 5
Idaho	5 – 8	3 – 5
Utah State	5 – 7	3 – 5
Hawaii	4 – 9	3 – 5
New Mexico State	4 – 8	2 – 6
San Jose State	3 – 10	1 – 7

Boise State

Conference:  WAC

Head Coach:  Chris Petersen

Age:  46

Salary:  $1,500,000

Head Coaching Years:  4

Overall Record:  49 – 4  (.925)

Years at School:  4

Record at School:  49 – 4

2009 Record:  14 – 0

2009 CHS Prediction:  13 – 0

ESPN.com Boise State Webpage 

Boise State 2010 Schedule

9 – 6	Virginia Tech	W
9 – 18	@ Wyoming	W
9 – 25	Oregon State	W
10 – 2	@ New Mexico State	W
10 – 9	Toledo	W
10 – 16	@ San Jose State	W
10 – 26	La. Tech	W
11 – 6	Hawaii	W
11 – 12	@ Idaho	W
11 – 19	Fresno State	W
11 – 26	@ Nevada	W
12 – 4	Utah State	W

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  12 – 0 

CHS Analysis:  See above. 

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  12 – 0

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  9 – 3

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  6 – 6

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010!

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Below are the Coaches Hot Seat predictions for Conference USA in 2010.  The teams in Conference USA are just playing some great football right now and on any random Saturday there a few teams in C-USA that could play with almost any other team in the country and Houston might just be able to beat any team in the country in 2010.  Houston actually has about a 50 – 50 chance of running the table this year and ending up at 12-0 in the regular season which the thought of must really must give headaches to the Candy Asses running the Bogus BCS!  Just another conference besides the WAC and MWC that have teams playing some very good football.  We see….

UCF and Houston meeting in the Conference USA Championship Game

2010 Coach and Team Predictions

Conference USA – East 

Team	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
UCF	9 – 3	7 – 1
Southern Miss	8 – 4	6 – 2
East Carolina	5 – 7	4 – 4
UAB	5 – 7	4 – 4
Marshall	5 – 7	4 – 4
Memphis	1 – 11	1 – 7

Conference USA – West

Team	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
Houston	10 – 2	7 – 1
SMU	7 – 5	6 – 2
UTEP	7 – 5	4 – 4
Tulsa	6 – 6	4 – 4
Tulane	2 – 10	1 – 7
Rice	1 – 11	1 – 7

 

Saving San Francisco Bay

In our former home and now where we have our vacation and 2 nd homes, the San Francisco Bay area, a show has been airing on the public television stations, Saving the Bay which details the efforts made over the year to save the magnificent San Francisco Bay.  (Most of us here at Coaches Hot Seat have the best of both worlds in that we get to live in the Great American West far from the Politically Correct BS in California and San Francisco but we are only a short plane ride or a few hours drive away from beautiful San Francisco and all that we enjoy about the place:  SF Giants, 49ers, Stanford, Cal, The City of San Francisco, the beaches, Monterey Peninsula, Napa/Sonoma, the Bay itself, our favorite restaurants and bars, etc…  One day when we get the time we will have to write a blog post about what folks should do when visiting the SF Bay area, where to stay, where to go, etc, because there are a lot of great things to do and see and most people don’t have lots of time to see it all.  One day we will get to that….) 

There are some things that we completely disagree with the Wacko Environmental Nuts on, but there is no one on Earth that will fight for saving the magnificent areas and sections of the United States as everyone here at CHS and San Francisco Bay certainly falls into both of those categories. 

Saving the Bay website

There is a lot of information about this great program of Saving the Bay at the above website which is narrated by the Sundance Kid himself, Robert Redford.  Redford now lives in the Bay area in Napa, California and he is very active in charity and other such events around town and from time to time we have seen him out and about and he is getting old indeed!

As we said before, we are willing to fight for anything that is legitimate when it comes to protecting the environment for our world and our children’s future just like Teddy Roosevelt did during his lifetime, we just happen to draw the line at complete and total BS which so much of environmentalism has become in recent years. 

Saving the Bay

Here’s another with the Great Robert Redford in the movie Electric Horseman

And just for the Hell of it, here’s the Great Tony Bennett singing….

I Left My Heart in San Francisco

Yes, San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay is a very special place that just happens to be run by bunch of NUTS!

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Below are our predictions for the Big 12 South in 2010 and coupled with our earlier Big 12 North predictions we have…

Nebraska vs. Oklahoma in the 2010 Big 12 Championship Game

Oh, the Sooners and Huskers would be a great one to end an era of the Big 12 conference!

Before we get to our Big 12 South 2010 predictions we have to say that we have been surprised that the Big 12 has not moved to add two or even four more teams to their conference so they could get back to playing a Big 12 title game after Colorado and Nebraska leave.  David Barron of the Houston Chronicle wrote an article today, Leach, James:  Big 12 needs to find two more, that details that both Mike Leach and Craig James said during his interviews (clearing not at the same time in the same room!) that both of them feel the Big 12 needs to add two more teams.  We couldn’t agree more with that sentiment….

There are a lot of biases and misconceptions in the world about universities because of their religious affiliation or perceived quality but when you get right down to it the schools that the Big 12 might consider to add to their conference are not that all different from their post-Colorado/Nebraska members. 

Let’s go to the latest US News & World Report National University Rankings:  Possible additions to Big 12 in bold

No. 45 – Texas

No. 56 – Southern Methodist

No. 63 – Texas A&M

No. 75 – BYU

No. 93 – Missouri

No. 79 – Baylor

No. 94 – Iowa State

No. 99 – TCU

No. 104 – Kansas

No. 111 – Oklahoma

No. 132 – Oklahoma State

No. 132 – Kansas State

No. 159 – Texas Tech

Tier 2 – Houston 

Now, if we were the Big 12 we would be looking to get back to 12 teams at least, but what about the scenario of adding SMU, BYU, TCU and Houston to make the Big 12 the BIG 14!  Dan Beebe and his boys and girls in Dallas can figure out the details of how to split up those 14 teams, but the possible BIG 14 looks great to us!  If the Big 12 is going to add BYU they better move quickly with that invitation and we can tell the Big 12 folks that they won’t regret adding BYU and their fans which would be a big addition to the conference.  The same goes from TCU, Houston and SMU. 

 

2010 Coach and Team Predictions – Big 12

Big 12 North

Team	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
Nebraska	12 – 0	8 – 0
Missouri	8 – 4	4 – 4
Kansas	5 – 7	3 – 5
Colorado	5 – 7	3 – 5
Iowa State	5 – 7	2 – 6
Kansas State	3 – 9	0 – 8

2010 Coach and Team Predictions – Big 12 South

Big 12 South

Team	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
Oklahoma	10 – 2	7 – 1
Texas	10 – 2	6 – 2
Texas Tech	9 – 3	5 – 3
Oklahoma State	8 – 4	4 – 4
Baylor	7 – 5	4 – 4
Texas A&M	5 – 7	2 – 6

 

Baylor

Conference:  Big 12 – South

Head Coach:  Art Briles

Age:  55

Salary:  $1,300,000

Head Coaching Years:  7

Overall Record:  42 – 44   (.448)

Years at School:  2

Record at School:  8 – 16

2009 Record:  4 – 8 

2009 CHS Prediction:  6 – 6

ESPN.com Baylor Webpage 

Baylor 2010 Schedule 

9 – 4	Sam Houston State	W
9 – 11	Buffalo	W
9 – 18	@ TCU	L
9 – 25	@ Rice	W
10 – 2	Kansas	W
10 – 9	Texas Tech	W
10 – 16	@ Colorado	L
10 – 23	Kansas State	W
10 – 30	@ Texas	L
11 – 6	@ Oklahoma State	L
11 – 13	Texas A&M	W
11 – 20	Oklahoma	L

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  7 – 5 

CHS Analysis:  Everyone here at Coaches Hot Seat was convinced that Baylor was headed for a plus .500 record and postseason bowl game in 2009…that was until their all-star QB Robert Griffin went down against Northwestern State in Week 3.  Briles and Baylor ended up with a 4 – 8 record in ’09 and no doubt the Bears will be back in 2010 with a determination to get to that postseason game.  Baylor has a manageable out-of-conference schedule not counting the Week 3 tilt at TCU and the Bears should have a least a decent chance of winning 3 or 4 games in the Big 12 which would mean BU would take another step forward under Briles.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  8 – 4

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  4 – 8

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  2 – 10

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Oklahoma State

Conference:  Big 12 – South

Head Coach:  Mike Gundy

Age:  43

Salary:  $1,900,000

Head Coaching Years:  5

Overall Record:  36 – 27   (.571)

Years at School:  5

Record at School:  36 – 27

2009 Record:  9 – 4 

2009 CHS Prediction:  10 – 2

ESPN.com Oklahoma State Webpage 

Oklahoma State 2010 Schedule 

9 – 4	Washington State	W
9 – 11	Troy	W
9 – 18	Tulsa	W
9 – 30	Texas A&M	W
10 – 8	@ La. Lafayette	W
10 – 16	@ Texas Tech	L
10 – 23	Nebraska	L
10 – 30	@ Kansas State	W
11 – 6	Baylor	W
11 – 13	@ Texas	L
11 – 20	@ Kansas	W
11 – 27	Oklahoma	L

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  8 – 4   

CHS Analysis:  For a coach that has put up two straight 9 win seasons, Mike Gundy is a head coach that enters the 2010 football season under increasing pressure as the folks putting up big bucks for Oklahoma State athletics (T. Boone Pickens and others) are getting a little antsy as the Cowboys haven’t made the jump to the top of the Big 12.  Not that jumping to the top of the Big 12 would be an easy thing to do with Texas and Oklahoma in your division and the rest of the Big 12 North becoming tougher every year.  There are some folks in Oklahoma that believe Mike Gundy is on the Hot Seat already and that another 8 win season will put his job in jeopardy which makes us believe that the bar for acceptable performance in Stillwater is very high indeed.  OSU has a solid defense under Bill Young and they have a new OC on the job so the Cowboys might have a chance to break through in 2010, but games at Texas, at Texas Tech and Oklahoma at home are games that OSU must win to have a chance to put a big smile on T. Boone’s face. 

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  10 – 2

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  6 – 6

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  3 – 9

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Oklahoma

Conference:  Big 12 – South

Head Coach:  Bob Stoops

Age:  50

Salary:  $4,100,000

Head Coaching Years:  11

Overall Record:  117 – 29   (.801)

Years at School:  11

Record at School:  117 – 29

2009 Record:  8 – 5 

2009 CHS Prediction:  11 – 1

ESPN.com Oklahoma Webpage

Oklahoma 2010 Schedule 

9 – 4	Utah State	W
9 – 11	Florida State	W
9 – 18	Air Force	W
9 – 25	@ Cincinnati	L
10 – 2	Texas	W
10 – 16	Iowa State	W
10 – 23	@ Missouri	L
10 – 30	Colorado	W
11 – 6	@ Texas A&M	W
11 – 13	Texas Tech	W
11 – 20	@ Baylor	W
11 – 27	@ Oklahoma State	W

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  10 – 2 

CHS Analysis:  That really was unfortunate that Oklahoma lost QB Sam Bradford in the opening game last season and lost so many other players to injury as well, because the Sooners had the talent to be one of the tops teams in the country in ’09.  When one looks at Bob Stoops seasons at Oklahoma….

1999 – 7 – 5

2000 – 13 – 0

2001 – 11 – 2

2002 – 12 – 2

2003 – 12 – 2

2004 – 12 – 1

2005 – 8 – 4

2006 – 11 – 3

2007 – 11 – 3

2008 – 12 – 2

2009 – 8 – 5

One sees that after the first rebuilding year of 7 – 5 Stoops has put up eight 11 plus win seasons but there is that hiccup in 2005 with an 8 – 4 record.  We are seeing a pattern here…..  7 – 5 and then 5 straight 11 win plus seasons, 8 – 4 and then 3 straight 11 plus win seasons…..and then in 2009….8 – 4…..  Maybe Stoops and Company are about to reel off another series of 10 win plus seasons and send the Sooners back to the top of college football….or…..the competition at the top in the Big 12, in the BCS and non-BCS conferences (Yes, you are incredibly Un-American if you will actually say “non-BCS” or “Non-AQ” but that hasn’t stopped the flat-out communists running the Bogus BCS and their enablers in the media from undermining the basic principles of America on a daily basis….As we all know from history if you lay down a few pieces of silver in front of some people they will defend and act as a PR hack for ANYTHING!) may be so tough now that Oklahoma will have to be satisfied with being one of the top 5 to 10 teams each year in the game of college football.  Of course, nothing wrong with being at the top of any sport or game….  Yes, we see Stoops and the Sooners back in a big way in 2010, but this year to Bob and the OU coaching staff how about coaching again like the world is coming to an end if OU loses instead of that sad-sap crap that was so prevalent last season?  Maybe get that Oklahoma at Oregon game from a few years ago out where the Sooners got ripped off by the Pac-10 officials and see a coaching staff that was practically fighting for their and their players live in every minute of every game!  That is BOB STOOPS AND OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL!  

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  12 – 0

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  8 – 4

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  4 – 8

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Texas

Conference:  Big 12 – South

Head Coach:  Mack Brown

Age:  59

Salary:  $5,100,000

Head Coaching Years:  26

Overall Record:  214 – 101 – 1   (.677)

Years at School:  12

Record at School:  128 – 27

2009 Record:  13 – 1 

2009 CHS Prediction:  10 – 2

ESPN.com Texas Webpage

Texas 2010 Schedule

9 – 4	Rice	W
9 – 11	Wyoming	W
9 – 18	@ Texas Tech	W
9 – 25	UCLA	W
10 – 2	Oklahoma	L
10 – 16	@ Nebraska	L
10 – 23	Iowa State	W
10 – 30	Baylor	W
11 – 6	@ Kansas State	W
11 – 13	Oklahoma State	W
11 – 20	Florida Atlantic	W
11 – 25	Texas A&M	W

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  10 – 2 

CHS Analysis:  Every once in awhile we will hear someone say that anyone can win in the head coaching position at Texas to which we always say…..

What the Hell?

In fact, before Mack Brown showed up in Austin in 1999 from North Carolina he was preceded by two coaches that didn’t quite match what Brown has been able to achieve with the Longhorns.  Let’s go to the numbers:

John Mackovic (1992 – 1997) – 41 – 28 – 2

David Williams (1987 – 1991) – 31 – 26

By our back of the envelope math the records of Mackovic and Williams adds up to….

72 – 54 – 2  (.578)

Mack Brown’s record at Texas:

Mack Brown (1998 – 2009) – 128 – 27  (.825)

No, everyone can’t win at Texas.  Mack Brown now has 9 straight 10 plus winning seasons and the Longhorns have won 4 of the last five games against Oklahoma.  No, just anyone can’t win at Texas and anyone that believes that Mack Brown is not putting up epic numbers in Austin doesn’t know anything about the game of college football.

Again in 2010 Texas is loaded with talent everywhere one looks and we fully expect the Longhorns to have a good chance to win every game they play in and the two games that stand out to us as possible stumbles are the Week 5 game against OU and the Week 6 game at Nebraska.  If Texas can win those two games they will more than likely be 12-0 again but we have no doubt Brown and the ‘Horns will be back at the top of the game again in 2010.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  12 – 0

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  8 – 4

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  3 – 9

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Texas A&M

Conference:  Big 12 – South

Head Coach:  Mike Sherman

Age:  56

Salary:  $1,950,000

Head Coaching Years:  2

Overall Record:  10 – 15   (.400)

Years at School:  2

Record at School:  10 – 15

2009 Record:  6 – 7

2009 CHS Prediction:  5 – 7

ESPN.com Texas A&M Webpage 

Texas A&M 2010 Schedule 

9 – 4	Stephen F. Austin	W
9 – 11	La. Tech	W
9 – 18	FIU	W
9 – 30	@ Oklahoma State	L
10 – 9	Arkansas	L
10 – 16	Missouri	W
10 – 23	@ Kansas	L
10 – 30	Texas Tech	W
11 – 6	Oklahoma	L
11 – 13	@ Baylor	L
11 – 20	Nebraska	L
11 – 25	@ Texas	L

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  5 – 7   

CHS Analysis:  We have made it very clear here at Coaches Hot Seat that we didn’t think much of A&M’s decision to hire Mike Sherman as their head coach, but we really thought it was a bad decision to give such a massive contract to a guy had not ever been a head coach in college football.  In Sherman’s first two years on the job at A&M he has put up a record of 10 – 15 and his 10 wins have come against…

2008

New Mexico

Army

Iowa State

Colorado

2009

New Mexico

Utah State

UAB

Texas Tech

Iowa State

Baylor

Take Texas Tech out of the above list of wins for Sherman at A&M and Sherman has beaten…

NO ONE!

Now look forward to the 2010 A&M football season and see a schedule that starts out with…

Stephen F. Austin

La. Tech

FIU

…and we cannot help but wonder if Pee Wee Herman is putting together the Texas A&M football schedules!  Remember, we are talking about TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL here, not Podunk U and for the Aggies to start off the 2010 season with the above three teams is beyond an embarrassment and any Aggie worth his salt has already delivered his outrage to the folks in College Station that such a schedule was ever created in the first place.

Since a drunken stumblebum could have the A&M football at 3 – 0 after the first three games we will spot Mike Sherman those 3 wins to start the season, but what will come after is the question….

At Oklahoma State, Arkansas in Dallas, Missouri at home, Kansas on the road….and the rest of the Big 12 schedule is what comes next.

Remembering now that this is TEXAS A&M FOOTBALL and that this is Mike Sherman’s third year at A&M it is our opinion that any random person picked off any street in America could win 7 games with the above schedule which would be going 3-1 at worst in the out-of-conference schedule and going at least 4-4 in the Big 12.  If Mike Sherman cannot at a minimum do that he should not be the Texas A&M’s head coach when the 2011 football season opens, but our friends down in Houston tell us that if the Aggies are not challenging or if not outright win the Big 12 South in 2010 that lots of people in College Station are going to be looking for jobs come January 2011.  No, it is never a good idea to piss off Aggies, but is especially a bad idea to piss off wealthy Aggies and eating the dust of Texas and Oklahoma really pisses off every Aggie we have every run into!  No, College Station, Texas will not be a very pleasant place to be this season if a mediocre football season starts to unfold and big buyout or not the Aggies we talk to are not going to tolerate mediocrity for very much longer. 

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  9 – 32

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  4 – 8

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  3 – 9

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Texas Tech

Conference:  Big 12 – South

Head Coach:  Tommy Tuberville

Age:  56

Salary:  $1,650,000

Head Coaching Years:  14

Overall Record:  110 – 60   (.647)

Years at School:  1

Record at School:  0 – 0

2009 Record:  N/A

2009 CHS Prediction:  N/A

ESPN.com Texas Tech Webpage

Texas Tech 2010 Schedule

9 – 5	SMU	W
9 – 11	@ New Mexico	W
9 – 18	Texas	L
10 – 2	@ Iowa State	W
10 – 9	Baylor	W
10 – 16	Oklahoma State	W
10 – 23	@ Colorado	W
10 – 30	@ Texas A&M	L
11 – 6	Missouri	W
11 – 13	@ Oklahoma	L
11 – 20	Weber State	W
11 – 27	Houston	W

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  9 – 3  

CHS Analysis:  Tommy Tuberville taking over at Texas Tech will give college football fans a great opportunity to see what really is the difference in coaching between the Big 12 and SEC and for more than just a bogus and meaningless exhibition bowl game where two of those conference teams have met in the past.  Mike Leach recruited some very good football players to Tech and if Tuberville and his staff can transition those players to their new systems, especially on defense, Texas Tech is going to be a force in the Big 12 in 2010.  Tech has a very big challenge in the first game against SMU and June Jones’ run-and-shoot offense and if the Red Raiders can get by that game and at New Mexico in Week 2 they might be able to build some momentum that could wreak some havoc in the Big 12.  Can Tommy Tuberville win the Big 12 conference title at Texas Tech?  Was Paul Newman a helluva actor?  Yes to both of those questions!

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  10 – 2

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  6 – 6

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  2 – 10

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010!

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2010 Coach and Team Predictions

Big 12 North

Team	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
Nebraska	12 – 0	8 – 0
Missouri	8 – 4	4 – 4
Kansas	5 – 7	3 – 5
Colorado	5 – 7	3 – 5
Iowa State	5 – 7	2 – 6
Kansas State	3 – 9	0 – 8

 

Colorado

Conference:  Big 12 – North

Head Coach:  Dan Hawkins

Age:  50

Salary:  $1,100,000

Head Coaching Years:  14

Overall Record:  110 – 55 – 1   (.663)

Years at School:  4

Record at School:  16 – 33

2009 Record:  3 – 9

2009 CHS Prediction:  8 – 4

ESPN.com Colorado Webpage 

Colorado 2010 Schedule 

9 – 4	Colorado State	W
9 – 11	@ California	L
9 – 18	Hawaii	W
10 – 2	Georgia	L
10 – 9	@ Missouri	L
10 – 16	Baylor	W
10 – 23	Texas Tech	L
10 – 30	@ Oklahoma	L
11 – 6	@ Kansas	L
11 – 13	Iowa State	W
11 – 20	Kansas State	W
11 – 26	@ Nebraska	L

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  5 – 7  

CHS Analysis:  Just as there is no argument that Dan Hawkins did a great job at Boise State in putting up a record of 53 – 11 over 5 seasons in Boise there is no legitimate argument to be made by anyone, including Dan Hawkins, that the 16 – 33 record he has put up at Colorado in 4 seasons has been anything but an incredible underachievement.  Hawkins first year of 2 – 10 at Colorado can be explained away by some of the chaos that Hawkins found in Boulder, but records of 6 – 7, 5 – 7, 3 – 9 the last three seasons look like the CU program is going backwards which makes the 2010 season critical for Dan Hawkins in Boulder.  Hawkins must show that Colorado football team is going back in a positive direction and he is working for people at CU that are more than willing to give him more time if they believe things are getting better…..not worse.  Bottom-line:  Dan Hawkins must get CU to a 6 – 6 record and a postseason bowl at worst in 2010 to have a chance to return in 2011.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  8 – 4

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  3 – 9

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  1 – 11

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Iowa State

Conference:  Big 12 – North

Head Coach:  Paul Rhoads

Age:  43

Salary:  $1,150,000

Head Coaching Years:  1

Overall Record:  7 – 6   (.538)

Years at School:  1

Record at School:  7 – 6

2009 Record:  7 – 6

2009 CHS Prediction:  4 – 8

ESPN.com Iowa State Webpage 

Iowa State 2010 Schedule

9 – 2	Northern Illinois	W
9 – 11	@ Iowa	L
9 – 18	Kansas State	W
9 – 25	Northern Iowa	W
10 – 2	Texas Tech	L
10 – 9	Utah	L
10 – 16	@ Oklahoma	L
10 – 23	@ Texas	L
10 – 30	Kansas	W
11 – 6	Nebraska	L
11 – 13	@ Colorado	L
11 – 20	Missouri	W

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  5 – 7 

CHS Analysis:  Paul Rhoads did a very nice job in his first year at Iowa State, including wins over Nebraska, Baylor and Minnesota in the bowl game and the challenge now is too keep things rolling with the Cyclones.  Iowa State has a manageable out-of-conference schedule this season that includes a very intriguing game against Utah at home in week 6 so the rubber will meet the road on whether if ISU can win some of their home Big 12 games and pick up a win or two on the road.  Another .500 or better record for Rhoads at ISU in 2010 would be another step forward for the Cyclones football program.   

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  8 – 4

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  3 – 9

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  1 – 11

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Kansas

Conference:  Big 12 – North

Head Coach:  Turner Gill

Age:  48

Salary:  $2,000,000

Head Coaching Years: 

Overall Record:  20 – 30   (.400)

Years at School:  1

Record at School:  0 – 0

2009 Record:  N/A

2009 CHS Prediction:  N/A

ESPN.com Kansas Webpage 

Kansas 2010 Schedule

9 – 4	North Dakota St	W
9 – 11	Georgia Tech	L
9 – 17	@ Southern Miss	L
9 – 25	New Mexico St	W
10 – 2	@ Baylor	L
10 – 14	Kansas State	W
10 – 23	Texas A&M	W
10 – 30	@ Iowa State	L
11 – 6	Colorado	W
11 – 13	@ Nebraska	L
11 – 20	Oklahoma State	L
11 – 27	Missouri	L

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  5 – 7 

CHS Analysis:  Turner Gill knows what he is in for with the Big 12 conference and he also has his hands full with the out-of-conference in his first season at KU with games against Georgia Tech and at Southern Miss.  A great goal for Gill’s Jayhawks in 2010 will be a .500 record or better and to get to that mark KU will more than likely have to win at least one Big 12 game on the road and it is never easy to win games away from home in this conference.  Turner Gill has proved he was a great football player at Nebraska, he had a nice run as an assistant coach with the Huskers, SMU and the Packers, he did an incredible job getting the Buffalo football program going in the right direction and now he gets his chance to show what he can do on the big stage at Kansas.  That is about all that anyone in America could ask for, a chance to show what you can do and Turner Gill gets his shot and we say:  Good Luck to your Turner.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  8 – 4

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  3 – 9

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  1 – 11

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

 

Kansas State

Conference:  Big 12 – North

Head Coach:  Bill Snyder

Age:  71

Salary:  $1,925,000

Head Coaching Years:  18

Overall Record:  142 – 74 – 1   (.654)

Years at School:  18

Record at School:  142 – 74 – 1  

2009 Record:  6 – 6

2009 CHS Prediction:  2 – 10

ESPN.com Kansas State Webpage 

Kansas State 2010 Schedule 

9 – 4	UCLA	L
9 – 11	Missouri State	W
9 – 18	Iowa State	L
9 – 25	UCF	W
10 – 7	Nebraska	L
10 – 14	@ Kansas	L
10 – 23	@ Baylor	L
10 – 30	Oklahoma State	L
11 – 6	Texas	L
11 – 13	@ Missouri	L
11 – 20	@ Colorado	L
11 – 27	@ North Texas	W

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  3 – 9  

CHS Analysis:  Until his last two seasons at Kansas State, Bill Snyder had great run in 15 seasons at KSU and now Snyder is back to prove that he can do it again.  There were those last two seasons at KSU though where Snyder put up records of 4 – 7 (2004) and 5 – 6 (2005) which were the reason that Snyder retired after the 2005 season and was replaced by Ron Prince.  In 2009 Snyder put up a 6 – 6 record at KSU but those 6 wins included wins against I-AA teams UMass and Tennessee Tech which is why the Wildcats did not go to a bowl game last season.  In 2010 Snyder will only be able to get 1 gimme win (Missouri State in Week 2) and KSU’s out-of-conference schedule could be quite a challenge as well with games at UCLA, UCF at home and a game at North Texas to end the season.  The great thing about the game of college football is that coaches and teams have to prove their worth on the field of play (in the regular season that is with the Bogus BCS blowing that American idea up in the postseason) and Snyder and the Wildcats will have every chance to prove their worth in 2011.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  7 – 5

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  2 – 10

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  2 – 10

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Missouri

Conference:  Big 12 – North

Head Coach:  Gary Pinkel

Age:  58

Salary:  $2,700,000

Head Coaching Years:  19

Overall Record:  140 – 83 – 3   (.619)

Years at School:  9

Record at School:  67 – 46  

2009 Record:  8 – 5

2009 CHS Prediction:  7 – 5

ESPN.com Missouri Webpage 

Missouri 2010 Schedule

9 – 4	Illinois	W
9 – 11	McNeese State	W
9 – 18	San Diego State	W
9 – 25	Miami (OH)	W
10 – 9	Colorado	W
10 – 16	@ Texas A&M	L
10 – 23	Oklahoma	W
10 – 30	@ Nebraska	L
11 – 6	@ Texas Tech	L
11 – 13	Kansas State	W
11 – 20	@ Iowa State	L
11 – 27	Kansas	W

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  8 – 4  

CHS Analysis:  Gary Pinkel has had a nice 3 year run at Missouri, but the two great years in 2007 and 2008 are an aberration to what Pinkel has been able to achieve with the Tigers and 2010 will be a key year to for Pinkel and Company to prove that they can get up there as one of the tops teams in the Big 12 every season.

Gary Pinkel’s win/loss records at Missouri:

2001 – 4 – 7

2002 – 5 – 7

2003 – 8 – 5

2004 – 5 – 6

2005 – 7 – 5

2006 – 8 – 5

2007 – 12 – 2

2008 – 10 – 4

2009 – 8 – 5

The above numbers are what they are and in Pinkel’s 9 seasons at Missouri he has lost 5 or more games in 7 of those years.  Missouri fans got a taste of what its like to be at the top of the Big 12 and college football world in ’07 – ’08 and we have a sneaking suspicion that they will not be happy with the Tigers falling back to winning 7 or 8 games each year (and 5 or more loss either!).  There is ONLY ONE WAY to secure your job if you a head coach in college football and that is to win and to win a lot and any coach that is not doing that could face the Hot Seat and at least in one little corner of America in the game of college football the American Principles that achievement will be recognized and cheered and less than top performance will be looked on in a negative way and put one’s job at risk still exists.  If you want to know why it seems America is not working anymore, consider the above because without accountability in how one performs in his or her job the United States of America is finished and we have entire sectors of our economy, like Government on all levels, and massive companies, like the car companies and heavily unionized businesses, where accountability for what one does on the job is non-existent.  If that trend in our country continues you can kiss the United States of America goodbye.  Yes, we need the Hot Seat everywhere because with the possibility of the Hot Seat if one does not perform everyone including the country would be a lot better off.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  10 – 2

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  4 – 8

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  3 – 9

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Nebraska         

Conference:  Big 12 – North

Head Coach:  Bo Pelini     

Age:  43

Salary:  $2,100,000

Head Coaching Years:  3

Overall Record:  20 – 8   (.714)

Years at School:  3

Record at School:  20 – 8  

2009 Record:  10 – 4

2009 CHS Prediction:  8 – 4

ESPN.com Nebraska Webpage 

Nebraska 2010 Schedule

9 – 4	Western Kentucky	W
9 – 11	Idaho	W
9 – 18	@ Washington	W
9 – 25	South Dakota State	W
10 – 7	@ Kansas State	W
10 – 16	Texas	W
10 – 23	@ Oklahoma State	W
10 – 30	Missouri	W
11 – 6	@ Iowa State	W
11 – 13	Kansas	W
11 – 20	@ Texas A&M	W
11 – 26	Colorado	W

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  12 – 0 

CHS Analysis:  It is hard to fully explain the change that Bo Pelini has brought to the Nebraska football program but we can relate the difference that we have seen in our friends and long-term NU football fans and Husker alumni since Bo Pelini arrived on the scene in Lincoln.  Several of us here at Coaches Hot Seat get to Omaha a few times a year on business and in the last year of the Bill Callahan debacle at Nebraska our Husker friends were downright despondent with the AD at NU (Steve Pederson), the NU football team and the entire direction of the Husker athletic department.  It was their opinion that Pederson has abandoned the core principles of what Nebraska athletics and football had stood for in its history and even what it means to be a Nebraskan.  Anyone that has spent a few days in Omaha, Nebraska, especially if you arrive from large cities on the Bizarro East or West coasts is almost immediately struck that indeed the human race and common decency does still exist in America and for many of our Nebraska friends it was their contention that if Callahan was allowed to hang around for much longer he would have utterly destroyed the Husker football program.  Of course, this story has a very good ending with Pederson and Callahan being fired, Husker legend Tom Osborne getting hired as the new NU AD and then Osborne hiring Bo Pelini to take over the football program.  Let’s see how that has worked out…

2008 – 9 – 4

2009 – 10 -4 – Big 12 North Division champs

And Nebraska by all rights should have beaten Texas in the Big 12 title game if not for a very questionable call at the end of the game (Yes, the Bogus BCS wreaks havoc wherever it goes, including influencing the plays and calls at the end of conference championship games which speaks directly to the point that if you support the Bogus BCS you are a sorry excuse for an American because a Real American would demand that sports championships be settled on the field of play.  Never underestimate the reach of the Candy Asses though!)

Now Nebraska faces their last year in the Big 12 and from our visits to Nebraska over the summer, including a trip only a few weeks back for a golf tournament, the Huskers are determined to send a message this year to the Big 12 folks, to the Candy Asses and anyone else that is paying attention that…

Nebraska Football is Back!

Yes, the good times are back in the state of Nebraska and we cannot tell you what a joy it is to visit our good friends in Omaha and see them as happy and hopeful once again about Nebraska football, NU athletics and even the entire university.  We all go out to dinner and laugh and talk about the days of Tom Osborne and Bob Devaney and they talk about Nebraska winning championships again.  Yes, Nebraska football is back and many ways so are our Nebraska friends and that reality is very good for the game of entire game of college football.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  12 – 0

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  8 – 4 

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  3 – 9

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010!

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The following story on Bobby Bowden and his final days at FSU caught our attention:

Bowden tells AP he was pushed out by Florida State

 

Listen, we here at Coaches Hot Seat love Bobby Bowden and if he should know that if ever got himself into trouble and all the people in his own family and the thousands of friends that he has couldn’t help him out, if he contacted us and asked us for anything we would drop everything to help out Coach Bowden.

Bobby Bowden is very simply one of the Greatest Head Coaches in the history of college football and he is one of a handful of living sports legends walking on the Earth today.  His overall win/loss record tells the great tale of Bobby Bowden’s accomplishments (No, we have not taken out those bogus “vacated” wins as handed down by the NCAA on high and if the NCAA doesn’t like that they can stuff their “vacated” wins policy where the Sun doesn’t shine!):

Bobby Bowden

Overall Win/Loss Record:  390 – 129 – 4  (.746)

FSU Win/Loss Record:  173 – 53  (.756)

Wow!  Yes, Bobby Bowden is one of the Greatest Head Football Coaches in the history of football and even importantly he is a very good Man to boot. 

Still, even with our admiration for Coach Bowden it is our opinion that former FSU president T. K. Wetherell made the right decision in asking for Bobby Bowden’s resignation after the 2009 season and we base that opinion on some very simple numbers:

Bobby Bowden – Last 70 Games at FSU

41 – 29  (.586)  (Not counting the bogus “vacated” NCAA wins but actually what happened on the field of play)

Bobby Bowden and FSU lost their last 6 games to Florida.

So over Bowden’s last 70 games at FSU he put up a winning percentage of .586 and over his entire career at FSU he had a winning percentage of .756.

In our humble opinion T. K. Wetherell and the FSU trustees had no decision other than to ask Bobby Bowden to step down as the head football coach with the Seminoles and if Bobby Bowden was being honest with himself, and this is a man that is as straight-talking and as honest as anyone in our country, we believe he would admit FSU was not performing at an acceptable level in his last 6 + years in Tallahassee.

No, a .586 winning percentage should not be acceptable at FSU nor at any school for that matter that is playing big-time football and has as its stated goal to win the National Championships each season. 

We here at Coaches Hot Seat wrote about the issue if Bobby Bowden should retire in October 2009 and what we wrote then we stand by today.  CHS Blog on Bobby Bowden from 2009 below:

Should Bobby Bowden Retire?

“Clearly, if Bobby Bowden is being honest with himself, a .609 winning percentage is not acceptable at FSU nor would it be acceptable at most of the schools that FSU plays each year.  One wonders if Coach Bowden ought to look to his hero, Paul “Bear” Bryant…

 

 …..and see the classy way the “Bear” ended his career after telling a reporter in the middle of his last season at Alabama:

“I can’t coach them anymore.”

What kind of record did Paul “Bear” Bryant have over his last 5 years at Alabama that would cause him to utter the above phrase?

Paul “Bear” Bryant:  The Last 5 years at Alabama

1978 – 11 – 1

1979 – 12 – 0

1980 – 10 – 2

1981 – 9 – 2 – 1

1982 – 8 – 4

 Total:  50 – 9 – 1  (.833)

There is a big difference between a .833 winning percentage and a .609 winning percentage especially when the legendary coach that put up that .833 winning percentage thought that he couldn’t coach  his players anymore.

Yes, we are in the final stages of Bobby Bowden’s legendary coaching career and there will come a time in the not too far distant future when Coach Bowden will realize that maybe it is time to give someone else a chance at FSU.  One thing that Coach Bowden should not worry about, is that even though Paul Bryant died only a few weeks after retiring and that his death from what looked like a lack of a job to go to each day, Bobby Bowden has not been drinking bourbon, smoking Chesterfields and living the hard life that Paul Bryant did during his 69 years on this earth.

Bobby Bowden will be 80 years old on November 8, 2009 and there would be no shame in Coach Bowden deciding that his great coaching career is now at an end and that it is time to move onto other things, like spending time with family, watching Terry coach at North Alabama, that in the end might just be a whole lot more important than walking the sidelines of a football field.”

Maybe the people at FSU promised Bobby Bowden “one more year” but in our opinion they would have been not serving Florida State University, the FSU football program and the FSU fans, alumni and boosters.  Far from TK Wetherell making the wrong decision, it is our opinion he made the courageous decision to ask Bobby Bowden for his resignation.

To that point, it is also our opinion that Paul “Bear” Bryant would have never put the president of the University of Alabama of having to fire a coaching legend like Bryant and that is why Coach Bryant left before he had to be pushed out. 

In Coach Bryant’s last season at Alabama in 1982 after Bama lost to LSU 20 – 10 dropping the Tide’s record to 8 – 2 on the year Bryant said:

“I’m going to alert the president and anybody else that wants to know, in a heck of a hurry, that we need make some changes and we need to start at the top.  When you do as we have done for the last three or four weeks, something is wrong at the top, and I’m at the top…..”

(Paul “Bear” Bryant, What Made Him A Winner by Delbert Reed)

We don’t seem to ever recall Bobby Bowden saying that maybe it was time to go, even though FSU lost their last 6 games to Florida and that Coach Bowden put up a very sub-par of 41 – 29 in his last 70 games.

Very simply, if Bobby Bowden was performing at the very high-level that he performed at for the vast majority of his head coaching career he would still be the head football coach at FSU today.

 

2010 Coach and Team Predictions

Big East Conference 

Team	Overall Record	MWC Record
West Virginia	9 – 3	5 – 2
Cincinnati	9 – 3	5 – 2
South Florida	8 – 4	5 – 2
Connecticut	8 – 4	4 – 3
Pittsburgh	7 – 5	4 – 3
Rutgers	8 – 4	3 – 4
Syracuse	4 – 8	1 – 6
Louisville	5 – 7	1 – 6

 

Cincinnati

Conference:  Big East

Head Coach:  Butch Jones

Age:  42

Salary:  $1,400,000

Head Coaching Years:  3

Overall Record:  27 – 13  (.675)

Years at School:  1

Record at School:  0 – 0

2009 Record:  N/A

2009 CHS Prediction:  N/A

ESPN.com Cincinnati Webpage

Cincinnati 2010 Schedule

9 – 4	@ Fresno State	L
9 – 11	Indiana State	W
9 – 16	@ NC State	W
9 – 25	Oklahoma	W
10 – 9	Miami (OH)	W
10 – 15	@ Louisville	W
10 – 22	South Florida	W
10 – 30	Syracuse	W
11 – 13	@ West Virginia	L
11 – 20	Rutgers	W
11 – 27	@ UConn	L
12 – 4	Pitt	W

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  9 – 3

CHS Analysis:  Brian Kelly put up a very impressive record of 34 – 6 record in 3 seasons at Cincinnati and now it is up to Butch Jones to keep the Bearcats’ ball rolling.  Jones certainly has his work cut out for him with an opening game at Fresno State, an out-of-conference game at NC State and then Oklahoma comes to town in Week 4.  Add in the Big East which is has become a very difficult conference to play in and which we believe will have a lot of parity in 2010 and anything above 8 wins will be quite an accomplishment for Jones & Company this season at UC

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  11 – 1

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  6 – 6

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  2 – 10

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Connecticut

Conference:  Big East

Head Coach:  Randy Edsall

Age:  52

Salary:  $1,600,000

Head Coaching Years:  11

Overall Record:  66 – 65  (.504)

Years at School:  11

Record at School:  66 – 65

2009 Record:  8 – 5

2009 CHS Prediction:  7 – 5

ESPN.com Connecticut Webpage 

Connecticut 2010 Schedule

9 – 4	@ Michigan	L
9 – 11	Texas Southern	W
9 – 18	@ Temple	W
9 – 25	Buffalo	W
10 – 2	Vanderbilt	W
10 – 8	@ Rutgers	L
10 – 23	@ Louisville	L
10 – 29	West Virginia	W
11 – 11	Pitt	W
11 – 20	@ Syracuse	W
11 – 27	Cincinnati	W
12 – 4	@ South Florida	L

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  8 – 4

CHS Analysis:  After doing a very nice job of moving UConn from I-AA to a school playing as an Independent and then into the Big East Conference, the Huskies hit the wall in 2005 and 2006 with 5 – 6 and 4 – 8 records respectfully.  In Coaches Hot Seat’s first year in business in 2007 we put Randy Edsall on the Hot Seat and a CHS member while traveling in the state of Connecticut on business stopped into a diner in the New Haven area and struck up a conversation with a nearby patron.  The CHS member asked about Randy Edsall and the patron said:

“Well, I hear he is on the Hot Seat.”

Oh, the power of the Internet!  Since 2006 Edsall has cooled down his rear-end by putting up records of 9 – 4, 8 – 5 and 8 – 5  and he now has UConn playing the kind of football that gives them a chance to win every game on their schedule each season.  The Huskies start the 2010 season in the Big House at Michigan and also play a tough Temple team in Philadelphia before heading into Big East play.  If Edsall and UConn can beat Michigan they may be off and running to a very big year, but even with a loss against the Wolverines we see another very solid year for the Huskies. 

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  10 – 2

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  5 – 7

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  2 – 10

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Louisville

Conference:  Big East

Head Coach:  Charlie Strong

Age:  50

Salary:  $1,600,000

Head Coaching Years:  1

Overall Record:  0 – 0  (.000)

Years at School:  1

Record at School:  0 – 0

2009 Record:  N/A

2009 CHS Prediction:  N/A

ESPN.com Louisville Webpage

Louisville 2010 Schedule

9 – 4	Kentucky	W
9 – 11	Eastern Kentucky	W
9 – 18	@ Oregon State	L
10 – 2	@ Arkansas State	W
10 – 9	Memphis	W
10 – 15	Cincinnati	L
10 – 23	UConn	W
10 – 30	@ Pitt	L
11 – 6	@ Syracuse	L
11 – 13	South Florida	L
11 – 20	West Virginia	L
11 – 26	@ Rutgers	L

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  5 – 7

CHS Analysis:  Charlie Strong is off and running in his first head coaching gig at Louisville and right out of the shoot he has a big game at home against Kentucky to open that head coaching career.  After the Wildcats come to L-Ville Strong and the Cards have to go to Oregon State and have Memphis at home before Big East play.  We think that Louisville will have a shot at getting to a 6 – 6 record and a bowl game in 2010 but they will have to win a couple of Big East conference games on the road if they are to achieve that .500 record which would be quite an accomplishment for Strong and his coaching staff this season.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  8 – 4

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  4 – 8

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  2 – 10

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Pittsburgh

Conference:  Big East

Head Coach:  Dave Wannstedt

Age:  58

Salary:  $1,300,000

Head Coaching Years:  5

Overall Record:  35 – 26  (.574)

Years at School:  5

Record at School:  35 – 26

2009 Record:  10 – 3

2009 CHS Prediction:  8 – 4

ESPN.com Pittsburgh Webpage

Pittsburgh 2010 Schedule

9 – 4	@ Utah	L
9 – 11	New Hampshire	W
9 – 23	Miami	W
10 – 2	FIU	W
10 – 9	@ Notre Dame	L
10 – 16	@ Syracuse	W
10 – 23	Rutgers	W
10 – 30	Louisville	W
11 – 11	@ UConn	L
11 – 20	@ South Florida	L
11 – 26	West Virginia	W
12 – 4	@ Cincinnati	L

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  7 – 5

CHS Analysis:  After a mediocre head coaching career in the NFL with Chicago and Miami (82 – 86 record) and his first three years at Pitt (16 – 19) Wannstedt got off the snide in 2008 with a 9 – 4 record and followed it up with a 10 – 3 record in 2009.  Now it will be Wannstedt’s task to keep this thing going and he has a lot of talent on hand to do just that.  The only problem is that Pitt is playing one of the toughest schedules in the country with a game at Utah to open the season, Miami at home and then at Notre Dame before Big East play begins.  Pitt has a good shot to win the Big East in 2010 but the three key games of at UConn, at South Florida at Cincinnati will determine their fate this year in the conference.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  9 – 3

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  4 – 8

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  2 – 10

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Rutgers

Conference:  Big East

Head Coach:  Greg Schiano

Age:  44

Salary:  $2,225,000

Head Coaching Years:  9

Overall Record:  55 – 55  (.500)

Years at School:  5

Record at School:  55 – 55

2009 Record:  9 – 4

2009 CHS Prediction:  8 – 4

ESPN.com Rutgers Webpage

Rutgers 2010 Schedule 

9 – 2	Norfolk State	W
9 – 11	@ FIU	W
9 – 25	North Carolina	W
10 – 2	Tulane	W
10 – 8	UConn	W
10 – 16	Army	W
10 – 23	@ Pitt	L
11 – 3	@ South Florida	L
11 – 13	Syracuse	W
11 – 20	@ Cincinnati	L
11 – 26	Louisville	W
12 – 4	@ West Virginia	L

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  8 – 4

CHS Analysis:  Greg Schiano has things going in the right direction now at Rutgers and it has been that way since the Scarlett Knights shocked college football by putting up a 11 – 2 record in 2006.  Schiano and Rutgers followed that up with records of 8 – 5, 8 – 5, 9 – 4 the last 3 seasons and now most people expect Rutgers to playing winning football each year.  To win the Big East title in 2010 Rutgers will have to win some very big and tough games on the road, namely at Pitt, at South Florida, at Cincinnati and at West Virginia which is an incredibly difficult Big East road slate.  If Rutgers can win 3 of the 4 above games they will probably win the Big East as well.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  10 – 2

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  4 – 8

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  2 – 10

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010!

South Florida

Conference:  Big East

Head Coach:  Skip Holtz

Age:  46

Salary:  $1,850,000

Head Coaching Years:  10

Overall Record:  72 – 50  (.590)

Years at School:  1

Record at School:  0 – 0

2009 Record:  N/A

2009 CHS Prediction:  N/A

ESPN.com South Florida Webpage 

South Florida 2010 Schedule

9 – 2	Stony Brook	W
9 – 11	@ Florida	L
9 – 25	Western Kentucky	W
10 – 2	Florida Atlantic	W
10 – 9	Syracuse	W
10 – 14	@ West Virginia	L
10 – 22	@ Cincinnati	L
11 – 3	Rutgers	W
11 – 13	@ Louisville	W
11 – 20	Pitt	W
11 – 27	@ Miami	L
12 – 4	UConn	W

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  8 – 4

CHS Analysis:  Jim Leavitt did a very nice job at South Florida putting up a record of 94 – 57 in 14 seasons at the school and in our opinion was run out of town under a very slim set of circumstances.  Skip Holtz is now at the helm at USF and Holtz is right, South Florida is a school where a coach can win big and we expect Holtz and the Bulls to come out of the chute winning games this year.  A manageable out-of-conference schedule except for the game at Florida should set the Bulls up well for their Big East slate and if they can win some of those pesky and all-important road games they might have a chance to win a conference title in 2010.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  10 – 2

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  6 – 6

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  2 – 10

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

Syracuse

Conference:  Big East

Head Coach:  Skip Holtz

Age:  46

Salary:  $1,200,000

Head Coaching Years:  1

Overall Record:  4 – 8  (.333)

Years at School:  1

Record at School:  4 – 8

2009 Record:  4 – 8

2009 CHS Prediction:  2 – 10

ESPN.com Syracuse Webpage

Syracuse 2010 Schedule 

9 – 2	@ Akron	W
9 – 11	@ Washington	L
9 – 18	Maine	W
9 – 25	Colgate	W
10 – 9	@ South Florida	L
10 – 16	Pitt	L
10 – 23	@ West Virginia	L
10 – 30	@ Cincinnati	L
11 – 6	Louisville	W
11 – 13	@ Rutgers	L
11 – 20	UConn	L
11 – 27	Boston College	L

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  4 – 8

CHS Analysis:  Doug Marrone has his hands full in rebuilding the Syracuse football program and having to deal with the increasingly difficult Big East is not making his job any easier.  With at Akron, at Washington, at Maine and at Colgate, Syracuse has a chance to enter Big East play at 3 – 1 but that won’t make the Big East slate any easier.  With Big East games at South Florida, at West Virginia, at Cincinnati and at Rutgers the Orangemen will have to get a few wins in the Carrier Dome to have any chance for a .500 season or better.  All we can say to Doug Marrone is….COACH HARD!

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  6 – 6

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  2 – 10

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  2 – 10

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010! 

West Virginia

Conference:  Big East

Head Coach:  Bill Stewart

Age:  58

Salary:  $900,000

Head Coaching Years:  6

Overall Record:  27 – 33 (.450)

Years at School:  2

Record at School:  18 – 8

2009 Record:  9 – 4

2009 CHS Prediction:  7 – 5

ESPN.com West Virginia Webpage 

West Virginia 2010 Schedule

9 – 2	Coastal Carolina	W
9 – 10	@ Marshall	W
9 – 18	Maryland	W
9 – 25	@ LSU	L
10 – 9	UNLV	W
10 – 14	South Florida	W
10 – 23	Syracuse	W
10 – 29	@ UConn	L
11 – 13	Cincinnati	W
11 – 20	@ Louisville	W
11 – 26	@ Pitt	L
12 – 4	Rutgers	W

CHS Predicted 2010 Record:  9 – 3

CHS Analysis:  Bill Stewart has surprised us here at Coaches Hot Seat with his two 9 – 4 records in his first two years at West Virginia and that surprise just goes to the point that we and everyone else should not discount someone just because they talk country.  Bobby Bowden is plainspoken, as is Tom Osborne, and don’t forget Paul Bryant, and it looks like Bill Stewart is determined to keep proving us and everyone else wrong.  West Virginia has some very tough Big East road games this season, at UConn, at Louisville and at Pitt and it will probably be those games that will determine WVU’s success in 2010.  Throw in a very interesting game at LSU in Week 4 and the Mountaineers are facing a very intriguing 2010.

CHS Maximum 2010 Upside Record:  6 – 6

CHS Maximum 2010 Downside Record:  2 – 10

Hippopotamus Standard Wins for 2010*:  2 – 10

*How many games the team would win if a HIPPO was their head coach.  We here at Coaches Hot Seat believe that many schools have softened up their schedule to such a degree that many coaches are getting credit for piling up wins against mediocre foes. Therefore, Coaches Hot Seat introduces for the 2010 season, the “A HIPPO Would Win….Games in 2010″ Standard.  We have been very lenient in our picks, and we think very fair to the coaches, especially because the competition within the conferences is getting so tough, but we do believe that every coach should be held to a minimum standard of games won (and of course they will certainly be on the Coaches Hot Seat if they cannot beat the HIPPO!), and thus we introduce the HIPPOPOTAMUS STANDARDS FOR 2010!

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