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re: Were Arkansas fans this fired up about Danny Ford?
Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:39 am to PDTigerfan
Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:39 am to PDTigerfan
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WTH are you talking about?? Clemson didnt play Ohio State OR play in the Gator. Clemson played #4 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl to win the title that year. Also beat #4 UGA and #8 UNC. If beating 3 top 10 teams is "backing in" to a title I would hate to see what you think it takes to earn one.
You are right and I stand corrected. It's been so long I get games and seasons mixed up but that doesn't change the fact that the game had passed him by when Arkansas hired him. Since you are a Clemson Fan why did Ford retire?
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Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:44 am to PDTigerfan
Yeah, well the only thing that didn't make sense about the Ford hire was all his run in with the NCAA since that was the main reason Broyles passed over Jimmy Johnson for Hatfield and Switzer and Johnson for Holtz.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:45 am to Choctaw Hog
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Since you are a Clemson Fan why did Ford retire?
He was being investigated by the NCAA again for recruiting violations, later cleared, meanwhile he and his relationship with the administration had became strained. So he retired and they hired Hatfield.
He is still the youngest coach to win a MNC.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:46 am to roadGator
quote:See mine.
see my sig quote
It's every bit as relevant as yours.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 11:54 am to Notherdamnhog
It's as relevant as Pigs stating that Bert Bulemia had a better record than Saban prior to landing at a much better football school in BR.
Doesn't change the fact that he had below average success against the "power" teams in the B1G.
Doesn't change the fact that he had below average success against the "power" teams in the B1G.
This post was edited on 12/27/12 at 11:56 am
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:22 pm to roadGator
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It's as relevant as Pigs stating that Bert Bulemia had a better record than Saban prior to landing at a much better football school in BR. Doesn't change the fact that he had below average success against the "power" teams in the B1G.
Was Texas' defense under Muschamp as good as Florida now has under Muschamp? No and it really doesn’t matter because it’s a different team, different time and a different situation. I happen to like Muschamp and even though he wasn’t a “name coach” when Florida hired him I thought he would do a great job at Florida and so far so good. Some of you stupid dip shits are really beyond belief. Arkansas Fans like Bielema and we think he will do a great job for the Hogs. Why is that so fricking hard for dumb asses like you to understand?
Losers like you are easy to spot. You live vicariously through the accomplishments of others; i.e. your favorite football team and you constantly try to minimize the accomplishments of others like Coach Bret Bielema in order to make your own measly accomplishments somehow seem better. All it does is expose you for the pathetic loser you are and always will be.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:28 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Were Arkansas fans this fired up about Danny Ford?
What you have to take into account is this: When Frank Broyles hired Danny Ford, he had already been brought in as a consultant to work with Joe Kines for a portion of the '92 season. Basically, we already had him. It was a fairly smooth transition and I think everyone pretty much knew what was going to happen before he was actually hired to replace interim coach Kines. Joe Kines was very popular with everyone and it was his idea to bring in Danny in the first place.
By the '93 season, we already knew what to expect with Danny Ford. He was a big improvement over Crowe but it didn't really surprise us when he was fired. What did surprise a lot of us was the Nutt hire which followed. It just didn't make much sense.
This post was edited on 12/27/12 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:36 pm to DaleDenton
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He was being investigated by the NCAA again for recruiting violations, later cleared, meanwhile he and his relationship with the administration had became strained. So he retired and they hired Hatfield.
He is still the youngest coach to win a MNC.
This is the basics of it. Most people say Danny has us on probation but the violations were from before he was head coach. The reason he let go from Clemson was because he wanted things for the team that the administration didnt agree with(athletic dorms, etc) and Ford had MAJOR power at Clemson and the president at the time wanted to show that he was in charge and NOT the football program. That lead to some major friction. Shortly after Ford was gone they cut our budgets for football and damn near killed the program just to prove that academics was king and not football(which we all know football brings in the money). It was a dark time for Clemson football. We are just now starting to climb out of that hole they put us in.
The poeple that run the show are finally starting to see that football supports the school in more ways that you can imagine. Thats why we built the new endzone complex, finished our new indoor practice facility this year and installed 3 new video boards and a sound system. Finally starting to spend that money we have been "saving' for years, lol.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:38 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I was not fired up at all about Danny Ford.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:40 pm to roadGator
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see my sig quote
I'm pretty sure you've said that in every single Arkansas thread
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:42 pm to PDTigerfan
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. The reason he let go from Clemson was because he wanted a destination job
fify
Posted on 12/27/12 at 12:46 pm to roadGator
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he had below average success against the "power" teams in the B1G
So what's the average?
Posted on 12/27/12 at 1:38 pm to PDTigerfan
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you would realize that Clemson had backed into their National Championship by beating a 3 loss Ohio State team that didn't even win their conference. The Buckeyes that year lost to Penn State 0-19, Purdue 16-27 and Michigan 3-14 so it’s not like Clemson beat a top opponent in the Gator Bowl.
WTH are you talking about?? Clemson didnt play Ohio State OR play in the Gator. Clemson played #4 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl to win the title that year. Also beat #4 UGA and #8 UNC. If beating 3 top 10 teams is "backing in" to a title I would hate to see what you think it takes to earn one.
1981 was still a down year for college football, and had Nebraska beaten Clemson instead of losing 22-17, LSU would NOT have been the first team in 2007 to win the MNC with 2 losses since Minnesota in 1960, as #2 ranked UGA lost to Pitt and #3 Bama lost to Texas in their bowl games. #4-ranked Nebraska in 1981 also lost to Iowa and Penn State earlier that season.
Clemson, playing football in a basketball conference, was the only remaining unbeaten team to enter bowl season that year...
Posted on 12/27/12 at 1:41 pm to PDTigerfan
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This is the basics of it. Most people say Danny has us on probation but the violations were from before he was head coach.
And the OTHER violations that occured in the program as Ford was ushered out in the dark of the night? Let's forget about that. And not all of the original violations were documented as taking place prior to Ford's promotion to HC, but ALL of them DID take place with him as part of the FB staff.....
Posted on 12/27/12 at 1:55 pm to ConwayGamecock
DS has post of the day so far. More suckers caught on less bait. Great job DS.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 2:08 pm to Choctaw Hog
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Was Texas' defense under Muschamp as good as Florida now has under Muschamp? No and it really doesn’t matter because it’s a different team, different time and a different situation. I happen to like Muschamp and even though he wasn’t a “name coach” when Florida hired him I thought he would do a great job at Florida and so far so good. Some of you stupid dip shits are really beyond belief. Arkansas Fans like Bielema and we think he will do a great job for the Hogs. Why is that so fricking hard for dumb asses like you to understand? Losers like you are easy to spot. You live vicariously through the accomplishments of others; i.e. your favorite football team and you constantly try to minimize the accomplishments of others like Coach Bret Bielema in order to make your own measly accomplishments somehow seem better. All it does is expose you for the pathetic loser you are and always will be.
Please link where I've lauded Boom as a great coach. Link where I live vicariously through my team. Link where an Arky ever stated that they didn't like any of their hires in most any sport.
You sound like you could use a nap. Some of you Arkies are weird. Oh and calling someone a loser on a forum actually screams of being a loser. That's a killer loop if I ever saw one.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 2:09 pm to ConwayGamecock
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1981 was still a down year for college football, and had Nebraska beaten Clemson instead of losing 22-17, LSU would NOT have been the first team in 2007 to win the MNC with 2 losses since Minnesota in 1960, as #2 ranked UGA lost to Pitt and #3 Bama lost to Texas in their bowl games. #4-ranked Nebraska in 1981 also lost to Iowa and Penn State earlier that season.
Clemson, playing football in a basketball conference, was the only remaining unbeaten team to enter bowl season that year...
Had Pitt not lost the last week of the season to Penn St they would have likely been champs even with a Clemson win in the Orange. Had Clemson lost the Orange then Pitt likely would have been voted champ anyway since they would have been 11-1.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 2:20 pm to Herman Frisco
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DS has post of the day so far. More suckers caught on less bait. Great job DS.
if someone would like to start a great troll thread let me tell you the recipe.
add 1 part LSU inferiority complex and 1 part bama fan egomania.
The post count of that thread will instantly sky rockets.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 2:59 pm to oklahogjr
Remember the day well. First time i ever cussed in front of my mother.
Posted on 12/27/12 at 3:19 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Hogsessed as usual I see
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