Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Quick Hits - Fiesta Bowl Thoughts

Charlie Weis may have four Super Bowl rings on his fingers, but Ohio State’s Jim Tressel schooled the old NFL assistant about the college game in Monday’s Fiesta Bowl....somehow, someway Tressel always finds a way to win his games....and on Monday, he simply outcoached Weis....

- The talk has already started again about Ted Ginn for the 2006 Heisman.....not so fast....just because he ran crazy against an unprepared and undermanned Irish defense, that does not mean he will continue that success next season....after bursting onto the scene mid-way through the 2004 season, Ginn surprised the Big Ten coaches with his speed and took the nation by storm.....however, this season the Big Ten was prepared for Ginn as they lassoed him....just because Ginn chopped up a poor Notre Dame defense, doesn’t mean he will run crazy next season and win the Heisman....

- There are going to be as many as 8 NFL head coaching vacancies during the next month....why isn’t Tressel mentioned for any of these jobs?.....the guy has a knack of winning games, so why not take a chance on him?.....instead the NFL will give failures like Norv Turner and Mike Tice another opportunity....

- Give Miami (Fla) coach Larry Coker credit for making changes on his coaching staff....Coker will clearly be under fire next season.....he has been a disappointment after winning the National Championship with Butch Davis’ players.....

- By the way, where will Butch Davis end up next season???.....

- Unlike Coker, Michigan’s Lloyd Carr continues to be stubborn and not make changes with his coaching staff – specifically defensive coordinator Jim Hermann.....for the last 8 years Michigan fans have had to endure watching the Wolverines defense continually collapse late in games....Hermann has been living off of Michigan’s 1997 defense which was led by Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson.....Woodson made Jim Hermann.....since Woodson left after the 1997 season, Michigan has lacked a dominating defense....at the start of the 1998 season, without Woodson, Michigan was whipped by Notre Dame and carved up by a Syracuse team led by Donovan McNabb....and who could forget the infamous game against Northwestern when Drew Henson helped Michigan rack up 51 points only to lose because the defense gave up 54....I could go on and on and on.....Hermann has to go – right now!!!....

- Everyone knows the story of Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn’s sister, Laurie, dating Ohio State’s A.J. Hawk.....Laurie Quinn is definitely a babe, but she has poor taste in men....before the Buckeye faithful get upset, let me say that Hawk is a dominating player.....but let’s be truthful, he looks like the son of Frankenstein.....come on Laurie, you could do better!!!.....

- After the Rose Bowl game, we won’t see Lee Corso until August – I already miss him....

Until next time, the beat goes on . . .

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