UTSA was already in their fourth year of football and second year in cusa. I think you are thinking of Texas State in 2012.
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Levine beat them in 2013 in San Antonio when they were already playing FBS ball.
2014 was in their 2nd year of C-USA.
Agree, the first 2 series our secondary looked like they just found out we had a game ā¦ a clown show. And the 3rd and 14 was about the equivalent of Belkās 4th and 20. We rush 3 and drop 8 and when the ball is thrown, 3 of UNLVās 5 receivers are open behind our 6 DBās; one with no one within 8 yards of him. The 58 yard play was called back for holding. WTF. I watched the recording this afternoon ā¦ the game in person yesterday looked much worse.
Prime was the ONLY choice for the specific duties of THIS job.
He would have brought media attention to UH, pack the stadium, and brought his QB son also.
His rebuild will come with a sold out stadium every gameā¦ours will come with 10k fans
Plus, Colorado has stated that adding Prime has made the academic side of the school hundreds of millions.
You are correct. I donāt know Tony Levine and I am sure he is a great person as everyone here attests to being, but he lost to UTSA at home at the TDECU opener 10 years ago.
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But we hired old beat up grandpa coach from Tulane
Tilman likes those hires.
He has PTSD over young up and coming coaches that MUST win immediately and will work their A$$ off to do so because heās afraid another school will steal him and PAY US to do soā¦
Instead, he paid Applewhite and Drunk to GO AWAY
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Applewhiteās first head coaching job was at UH, but I consider that more of a continuity down the hall type of hire than a Briles, Sumlin, or Herman hire.
Levine and Applewhite can be grouped in one category of down the hall hires of the previous head coach.
Sumlin and Herman are what I consider hiring OCs under established programs.
I wasnāt here when Briles was at UH as I was in high school, but I would consider Briles more of a rebuilder.
Holgorsen and Fritz were previous HCs so they can be grouped in the established category.
Both losses are very similar. 27-7 with UH scoring almost with the same time left. Yesterday is way fresher in my mind so I find that way worse than the 2014 home opener. But both experiences stink.
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It was a Tilman desperation hire because he was afraid Kiffin would pull another "Herman "
Kiffin was the correct hire
After OU, Fritz and his staff will have seen what they have to work with and if it warrants throwing out the playbook and drawing something new to utilize what they have, I hope they do so. Briles sped the game up to keep teams on the field and not substituting. This tired out the opposing defenses. He dinked and doinked them with short passes which opened up running lanes.
Our QB has to get the ball out in a few seconds (1-2 ). DSmith drops back and his 1990 x486 processor is still scanning the field before making a decision.
Iām hoping that Fritz isnāt one of those stubborn guys who is going to stick with shoving a square peg into a round hole.
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Judging by all the coaching hires since 2000, our best bet is to hire an OC from an established blue blood like Sumlin and Herman with no HC experience.
We need to avoid hires of continuity of the previous HC and avoid ones who were already head coaches.
Briles: Hired to recover UH but unknown at the time.
Sumlin: Hired from an established blue blood.
Levine: Continuity hire from the previous HC.
Herman: Hired from an established blue blood.
Applewhite: Continuity hire from previous HC.
Holgorsen: Hired with established HC experience.
Fritz: Hired with established HC experience.
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I believe in Fritz but if he keeps Smith as QB1 going into conference play, Iāll start to doubt the rebuild. Doesnāt take a genius to realize smith isnāt qb1. He has had plenty of opportunities and he is not it. Sure the OL was pansy at best but when he did get protection he looked lost.
If Fritz goes with someone else Iāll take him seriously or this is just a nice older more mature version holgerson.
Smith makes our good receivers look terrible. Canāt even get them the ball.
Worst transfer pick up was smith. No wonder Texas tech never kept him as the starter.
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Ten years ago we had a OC fiasco going, Iām hoping thats not the case now.
At least Levine was smart enough to pull OāKorn and insert G. Ward.
If this grandpa sticks with QB1 like the previous idiot did, then Fritz is no different than Holgorsen.
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Iām Believe in Fritz- Iām all in: good post game interview, did not blame the players, did not throw a tantrum, did not have a drink in his hand while coaching, have not seen intoxicated in the city. Yes I wanted a win, but rather have a role model coach
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I donāt think Uncle Fertittaās ego and Deionās would be good idea to have together
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They were transitional FBS the 2 prior years. 2014 was their 1st year as a true FBS team.
Iām all in with Fritz. It takes time to build a program from the heap And heās earned a proven track record of doing so.
Recruiting, recruiting, evaluating current players and coaches and adjusting the game plan to your squad. CWF will get it done, just donāt expect miracles in year one given the turnover rate in personnel and while navigating one of the toughest football schedules in college football.
Iām looking for improvement and growth from the players, and would love to see who gets up after getting punched in the mouths this weekend.
Recruit the players we want that fit the culture, the program and get the players we need through the portal. Building a program starts with little and becomes a lot.
Go CWF and GO COOGS!
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should we make you the coach only to fire you the year after next ?