All FB coaching rumors and speculation

isucy86

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So OU must be waiting on someone coaching a conference championship game or playoff contender or they would have announced already. Finkel? Aranda?
Yes that seems likely. Will be curious on Fickel. Baylor's coach seems too chill for OU.
 

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Not exactly sure.
Also a lot of college degree programs don't require strong acumen in math, science, etc.

Had a college friend who had 2.6 HS gpa, but graduated with close to 3.5 GPA from ISU in Landscape Architecture.
The requirements of core classes makes more sense to me. If you can get decent grades in these classes it shows that you can work through things more than do well for an hour or two on a subject.
 

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Not just KU. An NCAA committee recommended dropping ACT/SAT requirement for student athletes.

Have mixed feelings on this since HS GPA vs academic prowess can vary greatly. I think all ISU students have seen first hand kids with near 4.0 HS GPA's struggle in college academically.

The best solution may be requiring standardized tests for incoming HS student who wish to enroll in a completive degree program that weed out students (aka Engineering College at ISU).
The first year courses I took for Electrical Engineering were pretty good at weeding students out. Not sure how it is now, but when I started I recall you were admitted to pre-engineering and then moved to your actual major if you fulfilled the requirements. A few people I knew changed to MIS.
 

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The first year courses I took for Electrical Engineering were pretty good at weeding students out. Not sure how it is now, but when I started I recall you were admitted to pre-engineering and then moved to your actual major if you fulfilled the requirements. A few people I knew changed to MIS.

Four of my kids in various engineering at ISU. They all spent a ton of time the first two years in core engineering classes even though they were already admitted to a specific engineering major. Basically took an intro course or two in actual major but the core classes take up the beginning, depending on how many classes they already had AP or dual enrollment credit in. Makes it pretty easy to transfer between engineering majors, which one of them did from EE to mechanical.

I would think they would want a pretty decent Math ACT or some AP Calculus credit before just putting a kid in engineering of any kind.

I guess they all took an online math placement test too
 
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Also a lot of college degree programs don't require strong acumen in math, science, etc.

Had a college friend who had 2.6 HS gpa, but graduated with close to 3.5 GPA from ISU in Landscape Architecture.
The hands on aspect of architecture saves a lot of smart and hardworking students who don’t fit the mold of good test takers.
 

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What if Nebraska would have hired Campbell instead of ISU? There’s no way Iowa would have come back like they did and beat them and there’s no way bowl eligibility would be their ceiling. They would be playing Michigan right now instead of Iowa with a much better shot of beating them compared to Iowa’s little to no chance. In football, the coaching hire is a huge deal and Nebraska just seems to not get that right.
Lol! Yet we loose to Iowa every year!
 
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The hands on aspect of architecture saves a lot of smart and hardworking students who don’t fit the mold of good test takers.
ISU used to be one of few that had arch eng degree but they downgraded it. In general the profession is not as good as it used to be as a result.
 

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Maybe it's just me but this is not an impressive hire for a team heading into the SEC. I predict they'll be doing another search in 5 years.

It is definitely you. Teams from the entire spectrum of college football have been begging Venebles to take their job for the better part of a decade. This is the team who finally gets him, plus is able to take a top OC from the SEC. This has to be the 3rd best hire of the cycle behind Riley, Kelly
 

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Not exactly sure.
It is definitely you. Teams from the entire spectrum of college football have been begging Venebles to take their job for the better part of a decade. This is the team who finally gets him, plus is able to take a top OC from the SEC. This has to be the 3rd best hire of the cycle behind Riley, Kelly
Sometimes great coordinators don’t make good HCs. There is a reason either he didn’t take jobs or others didn’t hire him. Not sure how this will turn out, but he has to learn big 12 teams for a few years and then flip the switch and learn SEC teams.
 

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Venables for Riley is offense for defense, mild for manic. Will be interesting to watch unfold, hopefully in the SEC.

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It is definitely you. Teams from the entire spectrum of college football have been begging Venebles to take their job for the better part of a decade. This is the team who finally gets him, plus is able to take a top OC from the SEC. This has to be the 3rd best hire of the cycle behind Riley, Kelly

I remember an Auburn DC who was supposed to be so great as HC that a Collectible Commemorative Coin was minted. How did that turn out?
 

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It is definitely you. Teams from the entire spectrum of college football have been begging Venebles to take their job for the better part of a decade. This is the team who finally gets him, plus is able to take a top OC from the SEC. This has to be the 3rd best hire of the cycle behind Riley, Kelly
If the bar was simply "good" at a typical P5 school, then it's probably a decent hire.

But the bar at OU will be "double-digit wins in the SEC" - that's an entirely different kettle of fish.
 

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Sometimes great coordinators don’t make good HCs. There is a reason either he didn’t take jobs or others didn’t hire him. Not sure how this will turn out, but he has to learn big 12 teams for a few years and then flip the switch and learn SEC teams.

Baggage. That’s why it has taken so long for someone to hire him, and for him to want the spotlight.
 

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