re: Which coaches are getting fired at the end of the year?

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Bielema gets a lot more leeway than Butch.

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Bc you and your fans have terrible expectations

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Bielema's split with Tech, lost a P5 road game to Rutgers, and the loss to Toledo does hurt-- but it is largely mitigated by winning the two bowl games against P5 conference teams very handily

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Here we go again. You're giving props to Bert for something that Butch has done too(and in a more convincing fashion against better opponents).

Bowl Games - opponents - Score

Bert

Liberty Bowl vs K-State (6-7) 45-23
Texas Bowl vs Texas (6-7) 31-7
total points for/against: 76-30 (opp record: 12-14)

Butch

Outback Bowl vs #22 Northwestern (10-3) 45-6
Taxslayer Bowl vs Iowa (7-6) 45-28
total points for/against: 90-34 (opp record: 17-9)

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The 'He Lost To Toledo!' bit gets bandied about a lot, but it generally just demonstrates how little attention people pay-- Toledo wasn't a *bad* team. They just weren't a P5 team. Florida catches a ton less flack for a loss to Georgia Southern under similar circumstances, despite being perceived as a better program

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You both deserve flak. You both lost to G5 teams. Shouldn't happen in the SEC

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The recruiting argument doesn't hold up to scrutiny either, when trying to claim Petrino had left more on hand-- his classes were built on bulk signings of skill position players, most of whom worked out of the program or left even before he did-- and his other high points were a couple of linemen who washed out of the program before BB's second year. Tennessee had a much stronger talent base from which to work, against significantly worse competition.

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This all goes out the window when you consider that Dooley didn't recruit a single offensive lineman in the 2012 cycle. Skill positions? come on

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It'd take a truly catastrophic year-- 4 or 5 wins-- to make his job be in question.

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I just feel bad for you that its his 4th year and you wouldn't want him fired if he went 6-6