FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[KYGrizzly]

Anybody heard anything on who will be taking over the Hanover coaching job?

[victorybell_57]

nothing yet, i am sure it will be good when it comes out.

have the hanover guys heard anything yet?

[victorybell_57]

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7439014?MSNHPHMA

michigan seems to be in the running to get les miles now.

[Adam Sayer]

I was listening to a local talk radio station and a caller actually made a fantabulous point. He claimed that the two most athletic teams in college football are USC and LSU. If they are not, they are darn close. He was making a claim that Michigan shouldn't want Les Miles because he failed to get the most out of his team this year. Same with Pete Carroll at USC (I disagree with this as USC has been the most dominant BCS team the last 5 years).

I think he has a valid point on Les Miles. Grant it, LSU plays in the SEC and scheduled Va Tech...who they destroyed early in the year. They play quality opponents and throughout the course of a season, especially in the SEC, where you have to play an extra game to get to the BCS Championship, you get beat up. It's expected to lose 1 or 2 and still be a great team. But LSU's losses have been to UK (who hasn't beaten anyone else noteworthy) and Arkansas (who has 1 player). He had his team poised for a run at the title and after they lose, makes a rediculous comment about being undefeated in regulation.

I hope he does all us OSU fans a favor and heads to Michigan.

[propower64]

Anybody heard anything on who will be taking over the Hanover coaching job?

It will not be Mike Leonard.  He just extended his contract at Franklin College.  We're glad to have him.  Great things are yet to come at FC!

[KYGrizzly]

Thats GREAT NEWS to hear!

[SaintsFAN]

Lets see the announcement on that. 

If this is so, looks like Hanover swung and missed on their top candidate.

[fc_alum_84]

Great news for FC!!  Next year should be a great year again for the Grizzlies. Most of the top players are back and MSJ is at home. Hopefully they will start out in the top 25 (they should) so that if things work out over the season they can get a better seeding if they make the playoffs.

[Most Known, Unknown.]

Congrats to Luke Dillon for making the All Star Team, to play against the Mexican National Team, great honor! Hence, the team I played for will always be remembered as the first United States team to lose to the Mexican Team. I guess too many guys out drinking? We were up 31-13 in the fourth quarter, and things fall apart wow! It will be interesting to see who HC will name as their coach, maybe someone from outside of the d3 rank, will be interesting, who do you guys see winning the Heisman Trophy?? And Congrats to Coach Leonard, ink his long term deal with FC. He must see a great future there!

[victorybell_57]

Glad to see Leonard is back, FC did a wise thing by extending the contract.

Miles didn't get the most out of his team? I'll take that as a valid point, but I'll add my own argument.

1.) The pressure at LSU is insane, even when you win you get crushed by the boosters and the media down there. They are never satisfied, and their constant bickering about the football program either makes the coaches go batty, or leave for jobs where they are not scrutinized for every 3rd down call.

2.) LSU will always have the top athletes in the nation. Fact, Louisiana high school football has as many athletes as the big states, and they all want to go the State University of Louisiana. Recruiting is a piece of cake at LSU, you will always field top quality talent. Whether or not they are smart is a different story as Louisiana has one of the poorest academic rates of all the 50 states.

3.) Their defense was off the charts this year, and has been for many years. Injuries slowed them a bit, but I'd rather play anybody's D than LSU's.

4.) Their offense is good, but lacks consistency in the passing game. Case in point: that's been their MO for a very long time. I don't know why, maybe they love the run too much, but when push comes to shove, they can't throw for dough. I blame the QB's personally. In the past Michigan loved to run, but could pass very efficiently, and that made them scary. I'm sure Les will be able to do this at GO BLUE U.

5.) The SEC is a meatgrinder every week. I said Kentucky would be for real this year, and a lot of you laughed. They beat LSU. Every conference has the top 3-5 teams that are battling it out, and the also ran. the SEC has everybody but 1-2 teams that cannot legitimately win a conference title. The good ol boys in the south take their football as a deep source of pride for their schools and pay to win. Way more than up north or out west. If not, Purdue would have fired Joe Tiller 4 years ago for not finally bringing it home. The SEC gives you 3-4 years to win, then you go.

That being said, I still don't care if people think LSU is the #2 team in the country and should play in the title game. They still lost, no matter what conference they play in. If OSU sneaks into the game and the SEC guys scream bloody murder, tough luck. Don't lose then, no matter who you play, or how tough your schedule is.

[M and L]

For Hiesman, I don't know because there hasn't been any real clear cut candidates this year to chose from other than White and Tebo.  Tebo has thrown the numbers this with his TD production.  But he is only a sophmore and his team is out of the BCS contention.  But he is still my best bet.

[KYGrizzly]

I have to agree that Tebow has put up the numbers to win the Heisman and should get it, but being a sophmore is going to hurt him even though it should not have anything to do with it.

I just have a feeling that McFadden from Arkansas is going to be named the winner.

[Adam Sayer]

McFadden is one heck of a player. Tebow does have the numbers because when Florida is inside the 10 yard line, he gets the carries. If I was the HB, I'd be a little upset at that. He has a rocket arm and is a great QB, but people make a big deal about his rushing TD's. Hell, any QB could do that if they were the primary HB inside the 10.

The argument against Colt Brennan is he's a system QB...I think Tebow is the same thing. On any other team, he'd be lucky to have 5-10 rushing TD's.

[SaintsFAN]

Tebow, IMO, deserves it.  But he'll win it next year.  50 TD's is 50 TD's, no matter how you do it. 

Sayer,

I'm actually an expert on Florida football.....you can't fault the guy for being the team's best passer and its best runner.  That, IMO, isn't a knock on him...its a positive reflection on him.  NOW, Florida needs to recruit a top notch TB so they can keep Tebow healthy next year.

[Adam Sayer]

I don't fault him, but Urban Meyer runs the spread and the main component according to Urban is having a QB who can run the ball (I agree) but for health purposes, I agree. Get a HB. I don't care how big he is, getting hit is getting hit and SEC linebackers are freaks of nature.