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    They say Briles is out at Baylor. I think that's a bad idea. I'm guessing Baylor regrets this in a few years when Briles is tearing it up for someone else. People forget quickly in college football. An apology with a "I didn't understand the scope of what had happened" followed by a successful season would have probably been enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sancho View Post
    They say Briles is out at Baylor. I think that's a bad idea. I'm guessing Baylor regrets this in a few years when Briles is tearing it up for someone else. People forget quickly in college football. An apology with a "I didn't understand the scope of what had happened" followed by a successful season would have probably been enough.
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    Yes. It is now on the front page of ESPN.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diehard Ute View Post
    You're serious?


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    And by you're serious I mean you really think they should have kept him


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    Quote Originally Posted by Diehard Ute View Post
    And by you're serious I mean you really think they should have kept him


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    Gotcha. I agree. I can't see how he could keep his job with all the info that is making out about the investigation

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    Quote Originally Posted by sancho View Post
    I'm thinking of football only. Baylor isn't Ohio State. There might not be an Urban Meyer to come in and save the day. I think they could have weathered the storm, reprimanded Briles, and kept the only coach who's ever done anything in Waco.

    I do think Briles will be successful somewhere else, and many Baylor fans will look back and second guess this decision. We'll see.
    Your first sentence is the problem.


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    Yeesh.

    Baylor to fire football coach Art Briles amid sexual assault scandal

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...ault/84973662/

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    Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
    Yeesh.

    Baylor to fire football coach Art Briles amid sexual assault scandal

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    Looking forward to a sweep in 2023 and 2024!

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    So many tears for Mr. Copy everything Oregon, then accuse Oregon of copying Baylor. I guess now the playoff committee doesn't need to worry about having someone that wants to be buried in Texas when they die on it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sancho View Post
    I'm thinking of football only. Baylor isn't Ohio State. There might not be an Urban Meyer to come in and save the day. I think they could have weathered the storm, reprimanded Briles, and kept the only coach who's ever done anything in Waco.

    I do think Briles will be successful somewhere else, and many Baylor fans will look back and second guess this decision. We'll see.
    The first bolded statement is a fool's errand. Nobody of influence is looking at this only through a football-first lens. The second bolded statement is straight from the naive fanboy playbook. It's often a cliche, but it's the truth in this case: There are things far more important than football

    Briles might be successful somewhere else, but it's gonna have to be in the NFL first. What university today would have hired an alive-and-kicking Joe Paterno still in his 50s? Would you hire Art Briles at Utah today? Only an idiot would say yes, because I can guarantee you that for every big-moneyed booster that would be OK with it, there would be dozens more that would just sit on their hands until Briles left.

    Sorry, but it annoys the hell out of me when people try and place athletic accomplishment over basic principles. The Baylor fans who would second-guess this decision have little to nothing in the way of core values.

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    Despite my high level of disdain for Briles taking shots at Oregon, he can be our OC.

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    Also, I'm willing to bet there's at least one AD in the Big 12 that would've moved to have Baylor kicked out of the league if they kept Briles. The pressure on schools to disassociate themselves from Baylor would have been enormous, and really would've opened up options for the Big 12 with the expansion issue (You know Houston would've loved for Baylor to keep its former HC on board). It would be akin to BYU and the LDS Church reinstating the priesthood ban against blacks, or having never rescinded the practice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
    Despite my high level of disdain for Briles taking shots at Oregon, he can be our OC.
    "I hate Briles because he insulted my Inner Fan Boy, but not because he actively perpetuated a culture of rape and intimidation at Baylor." What the hell is wrong with you?
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    Yeah I don't get the people willing to turn the other cheek here.

    Briles and representatives met directly with at least one of the complainants and failed to report the accusations.

    How can anyone defend that?


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    Quote Originally Posted by SoCalPat View Post
    "I hate Briles because he insulted my Inner Fan Boy, but not because he actively perpetuated a culture of rape and intimidation at Baylor." What the hell is wrong with you?
    It was a joke. In response to the post right above mine. Briles coaching career is over for at least the near future, possibly forever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
    It was a joke. In response to the post right above mine. Briles coaching career is over for at least the near future, possibly forever.
    You easily get the benefit of the doubt here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SoCalPat View Post
    You easily get the benefit of the doubt here.
    Whenever HFN says anything that might seem mean or dumb on the surface, I try to figure out where his joke us. It's just not in his DNA to be mean or dumb.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
    Whenever HFN says anything that might seem mean or dumb on the surface, I try to figure out where his joke us. It's just not in his DNA to be mean or dumb.
    I didn't think it was mean. :what:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Applejack View Post
    I didn't think it was mean. :what:
    Neither did I. SCP thought it was dumb, but now sees it was ironic.

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    So now that we've established HFN as a truly terrible person, what do you think we can do to get Briles as our OC?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Rocker Ute View Post
    So now that we've established HFN as a truly terrible person, what do you think we can do to get Briles as our OC?


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    We can go back to being the deepest in the nation at the offensive coordinator position!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rocker Ute View Post
    So now that we've established HFN as a truly terrible person, what do you think we can do to get Briles as our OC?


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    I'm just rehabilitating HFN. He needs that every so often.
    Last edited by LA Ute; 05-28-2016 at 09:28 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rocker Ute View Post
    So now that we've established HFN as a truly terrible person, what do you think we can do to get Briles as our OC?


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    :applause:

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    t-minus 5 hours until this season starts!

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    They say this is the best opening weekend of college football in history. Here's the viewing schedule:

    Thursday: Utah obviously. The only P5/P5 games are South Carolina @ Vandy and Oregon St @ Minnesota

    Friday: CSU/CU rivalry game. Turn to KState @ Stanford during commercials.

    Saturday morning: Oklahoma vs Houston. Missou @ WVU during breaks.

    Early afternoon: UCLA @ A&M. LSU @ Wisconsin during breaks.

    Evening: USC vs Bama.

    Sunday evening: Notre Dame @ Texas

    Monday evening: Ole Miss @ FSU

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    This Houston game has been great. Kick 6, baby!

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    western Michigan knocks off northwestern.

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    western Michigan knocks off northwestern.
    And south Alabama beats Mississippi state.

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