Brian Polian leaving LSU
….to be AD at his alma mater, John Carroll University in Cleveland.
Name the NFL legend that graduated from John Carroll.
Replies to: Brian Polian leaving LSU
More power being in charge and less crap from above.
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talk about using daddy’s name to fall upward.
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Don Shula.
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They didn’t put up with his ineptitude long, did they?
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BK basically thumbed his nose at any semblance of special teams. No support from the HC? You'll suck
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Polian wasn't the weak link for ST
Brian Kelly's special teams have almost always been a liability, and at best, less than mediocre outside of the kicking game.
I do give him credit for developing some good kickers and punters throughout the years (Brindza, Yoon, Doerer, etc) but the return games stunk at best, with his insistence on constantly playing punt safe.
To put it this way, there's no way Brian Mason has as good of year as he did in 2022 if Kelly were still in charge.
Brian Poilian's special teams were always at least decent under Charlie Weis.
See the only punter I thought was good was the kid with the long hair as for field goal kickers, the
key is making the field goal when needed, Brindza not good at this. The worst miss though was the extra point miss in 1996 versus USC. We had a great team that year and blew the Air Force game in overtime after pummeling Washington who was pretty good at the time, and then the overtime loss to USC on the missed extra point. Other key misses include Carney against Michigan in Holtz's first year on a very makeable field goal. This punter we had last year was excellent too. Field kicker, surprisingly weak at times.
P-Newsome/Price PK-Tausch/Ruffer
Tyler Newsome was a STUD and Geoff Price was as well. As for FG kickers Tausch was very good especially when he made 15 straight and only missed 3 kicks his entire career, but then he hurts his foot! David Ruffer was damn near perfect for his first 25 kicks then he got hurt!
Brindza was fine for 2012 and 2013
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Link: https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/kyle-brindza-1.html
1986 Michigan FG was a 45 yarder, not a chip shot.
ND got hosed in that game. Joel Williams was in the end zone, imho, on a TD pass but the ref called him out of bounds.
Holtz pregame speech was added into the movie Wake Up the Echos….it was a doozy.
It went something like this: The number one thing we want is respect… Let me see you disrespect me when my face is to ya…
But it was such a poor kick and he had enough leg.
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Maybe
But I have to think being AD at a smaller college, and his alma mater, is a very nice gig. Dramatically less stress and travel and more family time with his young children. Good for him.
We should all be thankful to him for landing Manti and opening the Hawai’i to ND pipeline.
I wish him well, but the week leading up to, the Friday before and the game day of a huge college
Football game..the energy & excitement are palpable on campus. There’s just something in the air, you can literally feel it!
I’m sure it’s great to be at John Carroll, but there’s nothing like big time college football. Once you’ve experienced that…you want more.
Next year we got two of those bad boys in our house. And I for one, can’t wait! Bedlam in the Bend!
Anybody looking forward to the BK vs Rees/Tyler match up?
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Should be a great game. I wish everyone well unless/until they play ND.
I want to see what Tommy Rees does, and who knows perhaps what he saw in Tyler will bloom in Tuscaloosa. It’s always an interesting season with juicy storylines.