Rich Rodriguez

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Will be head coach at Jacksonville State as they transition to FBS joining CUSA next year.

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Fun fact...Jacksonville State: not in Jacksonville (also not a State).

[gerryb323]

Fun fact...Jacksonville State: not in Jacksonville (also not a State).

It certainly looks like it's in Jacksonville, just not the one you'd think.

[PeteRasche]

Fun fact...Jacksonville State: not in Jacksonville (also not a State).

Funny, it never occurred to me that people would think it was in Florida... But then again, I lived in Alabama so I guess I just knew.

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Fun fact...Jacksonville State: not in Jacksonville (also not a State).

It certainly looks like it's in Jacksonville, just not the one you'd think.

Argh, shoulda clarified!

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Oh, what might have been . . . .

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I know what you're saying, Luvs, but in truth we never really know what might have been. I too wanted Coach Rod as our head man, but who knows how that would have turned out?

[GSx]

It would have turned out a heck of a lot better than it did.

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It's OK to be oblivious to possibilities. But I can imagine worse outcomes than what we had. I will bet you can too if you try.

No need to keep this going.

[GSx]

The odds of Tulane, off of 12-0, making 0 bowls in the next 8 seasons under RR, who has since proven to be a capable head coach, are ridiculously low.

[gerryb323]

The odds of Tulane, off of 12-0, making 0 bowls in the next 8 seasons under RR, who has since proven to be a capable head coach, are ridiculously low.

Oh like the 2002 Hawaii Bowl just didn't happen?! JP Losman is rolling over in his grave!

[OGSB]

He still would have had to deal with Cowen who was working to destroy athletics in the name of saving athletics.

Come to think of it, since Cowen is the reason he wasn't hired that's proof right there he would have done good things.

[GSx]

The odds of Tulane, off of 12-0, making 0 bowls in the next 8 seasons under RR, who has since proven to be a capable head coach, are ridiculously low.

Oh like the 2002 Hawaii Bowl just didn't happen?! JP Losman is rolling over in his grave!

The proposition was that we could have done worse; the only way to have done worse was to make 0 bowls.

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I actually don't want to keep this going, but if you really think that the only way we could have done worse was to have 0 bowls, then ...

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He still would have had to deal with Cowen who was working to destroy athletics in the name of saving athletics.

Come to think of it, since Cowen is the reason he wasn't hired that's proof right there he would have done good things.

If Rod had continued the momentum from '98, then there's a world in which the '03 review would have never happened. Though I think that world would have also required another good hire ~'00/01.

[OGSB]

He still would have had to deal with Cowen who was working to destroy athletics in the name of saving athletics.

Come to think of it, since Cowen is the reason he wasn't hired that's proof right there he would have done good things.

If Rod had continued the momentum from '98, then there's a world in which the '03 review would have never happened. Though I think that world would have also required another good hire ~'00/01.

Maybe. Cowen could’ve taken a victory lap in 2003 though. Instead he initiated the review.

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The decision not to hire Rich Rod to succeed Bowden is only matched by the decision not to hire Lindy Infante to succeed Larry Smith.

[MattK]

He still would have had to deal with Cowen who was working to destroy athletics in the name of saving athletics.

Come to think of it, since Cowen is the reason he wasn't hired that's proof right there he would have done good things.

If Rod had continued the momentum from '98, then there's a world in which the '03 review would have never happened. Though I think that world would have also required another good hire ~'00/01.

Maybe. Cowen could’ve taken a victory lap in 2003 though. Instead he initiated the review.

Since when did Cowen need a victory to take a victory lap?

[gerryb323]

He still would have had to deal with Cowen who was working to destroy athletics in the name of saving athletics.

Come to think of it, since Cowen is the reason he wasn't hired that's proof right there he would have done good things.

If Rod had continued the momentum from '98, then there's a world in which the '03 review would have never happened. Though I think that world would have also required another good hire ~'00/01.

Maybe. Cowen could’ve taken a victory lap in 2003 though. Instead he initiated the review.

Since when did Cowen need a victory to take a victory lap?

I don't think Scotty was doing too many laps of any kind

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Rich Rod accused this week’s opponent, Stephen F Austin, of spying on their practices.

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