In honor of College Football Signing Day lets review who the young men might want to play for if they want their coach to have guts.
This became apparent this past bowl season. The two gutsiest calls both came from two coaches from the same state. No, it was not Florida, California, Texas, or even Alabama. Although Nick Saban chose to fake a punt on 4th and forever from his own 20 yard line that was not gutsy just stupid. No the state with the coaches with true backbone is Idaho. Go Gem State! No the Capital is not Des Moines.
The CALLS:
The Idaho Vandals after being down 7 with 32 ticks left on the clock the Vandals drove 66 yards in the length of the field and scored a touchdown with 4 seconds left on the clock. Overtime right? Wrong. Coach Robb Akey goes for TWO and it seconds later he was taking a quick dip in yellow Gatorade!
And we all remember the Fiesta Bowl where the Boise State Broncos successfully faked a punt on 4th and 9 with the game weighing in the balance. This fake resulted in a 29 yard gain and the drive resulted in the go ahead score in another BCS victory.
With the coaching carousel in effect it is a wonder both of these coaches were not talked about more at big schools. Chris Petersen however seems perfectly happy with the western white pine, mountain blue birds, huckleberries, and of course potatoes.
So when you think of Idaho add two Coaches with Guts to the list of things you think of.
*I admit I am from Idaho & 99.9-100% bias and yes I have been asked if my hometown was near Des Moines. The answer is … YES just west.
This became apparent this past bowl season. The two gutsiest calls both came from two coaches from the same state. No, it was not Florida, California, Texas, or even Alabama. Although Nick Saban chose to fake a punt on 4th and forever from his own 20 yard line that was not gutsy just stupid. No the state with the coaches with true backbone is Idaho. Go Gem State! No the Capital is not Des Moines.
The CALLS:
The Idaho Vandals after being down 7 with 32 ticks left on the clock the Vandals drove 66 yards in the length of the field and scored a touchdown with 4 seconds left on the clock. Overtime right? Wrong. Coach Robb Akey goes for TWO and it seconds later he was taking a quick dip in yellow Gatorade!
And we all remember the Fiesta Bowl where the Boise State Broncos successfully faked a punt on 4th and 9 with the game weighing in the balance. This fake resulted in a 29 yard gain and the drive resulted in the go ahead score in another BCS victory.
With the coaching carousel in effect it is a wonder both of these coaches were not talked about more at big schools. Chris Petersen however seems perfectly happy with the western white pine, mountain blue birds, huckleberries, and of course potatoes.
So when you think of Idaho add two Coaches with Guts to the list of things you think of.
*I admit I am from Idaho & 99.9-100% bias and yes I have been asked if my hometown was near Des Moines. The answer is … YES just west.
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