2025-2026 College Football Thread

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

If I were Maryland I'd have hired Leach over Edsall. But either way Maryland has a good coach. I would think Pitt would contact Mike Leach now that their job is open again.

I HATE my school they won't get a dime out of me when they call and beg for money when I graduate!!! stupid Terps now we get a big east bum who got SPANKED by Oklahoma at least Leach has beaten them... Not only do the Redskins lose but now I have this crap. Stupid AD I knew this guy would be bad, way to use your pull Plank


Epic Fail Edsall is now getting some of my tuition money


Edsall has beaten 1 ranked team since he's been there #11 USF in 2007 LMAO 11 years coaching 1 ranked team win

I refuse to go to a single game next year.

LMAO Edsall vs. ACC teams 4-14 and two of those wins are vs. Duke. Then a win vs. UVA, and Wake.

[ApolloOne]

"Have a little faith, Crapgame!"

Seriously, though, Edsall's a pretty good coach. I certainly wouldn't bet against him before he's even coached a game at Maryland.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by ApolloOne

"Have a little faith, Crapgame!"

Seriously, though, Edsall's a pretty good coach. I certainly wouldn't bet against him before he's even coached a game at Maryland.

I can't I look at his record and while it may make a school like UCONN happy where football never mattered, at least here it matters a little bit if not allot when winning... And his record says he shouldn't be near any kind of of program that wants to be good.

I know I won't buy any tickets or camp out for student seats to watch a guy whose 4-14 vs. the ACC and 1-14 vs. ranked teams... Friedgen almost won against as many ranked teams as that guys played in his entire coaching career ( I think Fridge won 13-15 games against ranked teams)

I'm very unimpressed and very angry. I don't see this guy suddenly beating acc teams and beating ranked opponents.


Edsall = irrelevant waste of space and I hope they sell zero of those suites. I have about 150+ texts from friends and not one is happy with this guy in-fact I'd be surprised if anyone is happy with this.

This just set our program back at least 3 years. I'm not buying or wearing any Under Armor stuff either Plank couldn't use his pull at all to get us Leach

[Slec]

Edsall took a program that was so irrelevant as to be practically non-existent and made it relevant. That's coaching. He's now at a school with some football resources , so although it's a bit of a head scratcher, give him a shot and see what he does. He's inheriting a team with a ton of talent. I get that you're disappointed because you wanted Leach, but give the guy a chance. UCONN didn't even have a div I team until 01 or 02... Don't put too much emphasis on his record.. It phenomenal when you look at it in context

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Slec

Edsall took a program that was so irrelevant as to be practically non-existent and made it relevant. That's coaching. He's now at a school with some football resources , so although it's a bit of a head scratcher, give him a shot and see what he does. He's inheriting a team with a ton of talent. I get that you're disappointed because you wanted Leach, but give the guy a chance. UCONN didn't even have a div I team until 01 or 02... Don't put too much emphasis on his record.. It phenomenal when you look at it in context

He really didn't make people notice UCONN till 2009 and then people gave him props this past year (so 9 years of irrelevance). I get we'll give him more, but I doubt he'll produce... Not to mention we had a "safe" coach and nobody went to games only the hardcore fans went and now the people who cared most get crapped on because the administration is a bunch of donks and go with a "safe" coach.

USF I give way more props to on taking a non d1 team and making them matter then Edsall.

[fatediesel]

So just to clarify Maryland fired an alumni who was 9-4 for a coach who was 8-5 in an easier conference?

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

So just to clarify Maryland fired an alumni who was 9-4 for a coach who was 8-5 in an easier conference?

my anger has turned to sadness mixed with anger... Also he's had 1 year where he went 9-4 so what if he continues to replicate that we get more military bowls ... It was clear other then the die hards nobody wanted that, and now most of them are starting to bail.


Then to hear this guy insult us and say UMD is his dream job dude you grew up in PA, and went to Syracuse. So we go from 74-50 to 74-70 when there was a guy who was 84-43 in a way harder conference then either above coach was in

Uconn should go hire leach and go 11-2.

[Slec]

4 straight 8+ win years, 5 bowl games in the 6 years years UConn was in a conference (except ND, independents can't get a bowl game). All from a school that 10 years ago was div 1AA. Look at SMU, it took the 25 yrs to get back to a bowl game. Not entirely the same but given the bed of talent SMU is in, what Edsall did at Uconn is remarkable.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Slec

4 straight 8+ win years, 5 bowl games in the 6 years years UConn was in a conference (except ND, independents can't get a bowl game). All from a school that 10 years ago was div 1AA. Look at SMU, it took the 25 yrs to get back to a bowl game. Not entirely the same but given the bed of talent SMU is in, what Edsall did at Uconn is remarkable.

lol so you take him at clemson, come here and kidnap him. Also Fridge at least seemed to play up in bowl games rather then get stomped on or look like they don't care... Both of Edsall's bowl games they looked terrible in.

If I could withhold my tuition in protest I would.

[Slec]

Originally Posted by supersix4

lol so you take him at clemson, come here and kidnap him. Also Fridge at least seemed to play up in bowl games rather then get stomped on or look like they don't care... Both of Edsall's bowl games they looked terrible in.

If I could withhold my tuition in protest I would.

Our coach wasn't ever a head coach before 2 yrs ago so . We haven't won a national championship in 30 years and have completely unrealistic expectations too, but the amount of petulant whining from MD fans is laughable (I grew up there and know hundreds and hundreds of alum). They are acting as if a HS coach was taken over Bear Bryant. leach has never won anything either! Have some perspective!

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

So just to clarify Maryland fired an alumni who was 9-4 for a coach who was 8-5 in an easier conference?

I still don't understand why they fired Friedgen. I understand that they had some consistency issues in recent times, but he was still a relatively successful coach, who lead his team to victory in 5 out of the last 7 bowl games the Terpins played in. I just don't get this firing.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by gvortex7

I still don't understand why they fired Friedgen. I understand that they had some consistency issues in recent times, but he was still a relatively successful coach, who lead his team to victory in 5 out of the last 7 bowl games the Terpins played in. I just don't get this firing.

I understand the firing if they hit a home run with the replacement. The fan base was tired of Friedgen and didn't believe they could do much better than this year's 8-4, and next year was the final year of Friedgen's contract so they either had to fire him or give him an extension because college coach's struggle to recruit when their contract is almost up. What I don't understand is hiring a coach like Randy Edsall. Edsall's teams are always low-scoring (aka boring) and while it's impressive what he's done at UConn it's not like his team was a perennial top 25 power and like previously mentioned he's only beat one top 25 team. I think when Maryland's AD fired Friedgen he had decided to hire Mike Leach but encountered pressure from the university due to the way Leach's time ended with Texas Tech and his pending lawsuits against Tech and ESPN.

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

I understand the firing if they hit a home run with the replacement. The fan base was tired of Friedgen and didn't believe they could do much better than this year's 8-4, and next year was the final year of Friedgen's contract so they either had to fire him or give him an extension because college coach's struggle to recruit when their contract is almost up. What I don't understand is hiring a coach like Randy Edsall. Edsall's teams are always low-scoring (aka boring) and while it's impressive what he's done at UConn it's not like his team was a perennial top 25 power and like previously mentioned he's only beat one top 25 team. I think when Maryland's AD fired Friedgen he had decided to hire Mike Leach but encountered pressure from the university due to the way Leach's time ended with Texas Tech and his pending lawsuits against Tech and ESPN.

You'd think that the AD and the university board would get together and talk about a strategy before making any decisions (w/ both hiring & firing). It seems they didn't do a whole lot of that this time. It clearly seems like Edsall is a backup plan rather than being their #1 choice.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Slec

leach has never won anything either! Have some perspective!

Yeah vs. Texas, Oklahoma, OkSt, Missouri, Nebraska and still 84-40. I like my odds with a coach who went up against the best or near the best rather then a bum who couldn't even pad his stats in 1AA ball. Not many people liked Fridge here either after the track record he put up when all of the Vanderlinden talent ran out.

Originally Posted by gvortex7

I still don't understand why they fired Friedgen. I understand that they had some consistency issues in recent times, but he was still a relatively successful coach, who lead his team to victory in 5 out of the last 7 bowl games the Terpins played in. I just don't get this firing.

Its like with any program and UCONN would have run into the same thing eventually (even now scouts.com have UCONN fans that wanted him gone), if this guy continued to go 8-4 and lose Meineke Car bowls, or embarrass the school in BCS games year after year because lets face it 8-4 is good enough in that conference... They too even after he built the program would get tired of it. Just like Fridge gave us some good years, eventually you produce expectations.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Yeah vs. Texas, Oklahoma, OkSt, Missouri, Nebraska and still 84-40. I like my odds with a coach who went up against the best or near the best rather then a bum who couldn't even pad his stats in 1AA ball.

What people also need to consider is the kind of teams Leach builds. He tends to put together very exciting, high-scoring "air it out" offenses. Building excitement among the fan base and selling tickets is almost as important is winning in building a program. Mike Leach has proven he can do that, the Uconn coach has not.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

What people also need to consider is the kind of teams Leach builds. He tends to put together very exciting, high-scoring "air it out" offenses. Building excitement among the fan base and selling tickets is almost as important is winning in building a program. Mike Leach has proven he can do that, the Uconn coach has not.

lol and if anything thats what the fans, and area needed. None of these rich people are going to buy suites and donate money to our Athletic Department, because Randy Edsall knew how to get from 1AA to D1 ball. They needed someone who even with pending lawsuits would make ESPN talk about them, would make people want to follow the program.

lol Edsall gets about 10-30 seconds on ESPN, Leach was getting 10 minute+ segments before he even took the job. Actually before Fridge had even left.

I went to multiple games this year and even at 9-4 and it would have been embarrassing for an SEC, or Big12 fan to see how our stands looked. Shoot I bet USFs stadium would have embarrassed us.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by supersix4

lol and if anything thats what the fans, and area needed. None of these rich people are going to buy suites and donate money to our Athletic Department, because Randy Edsall knew how to get from 1AA to D1 ball. They needed someone who even with pending lawsuits would make ESPN talk about them, would make people want to follow the program.

lol Edsall gets about 10-30 seconds on ESPN, Leach was getting 10 minute+ segments before he even took the job. Actually before Fridge had even left.

I went to multiple games this year and even at 9-4 and it would have been embarrassing for an SEC, or Big12 fan to see how our stands looked. Shoot I bet USFs stadium would have embarrassed us.

For all we knoe this coach Edsall may have a lot in common with South Florida's last coach Jim Leavitt. Leavitt built the USF program from the ground up as Edsall did for UConn. In about a decade USF went from not having a football team to being a solid Big East team. But in the end, while Leavitt could recruit and build a program he wasn't the guy to take the school to the next level due to poor in-game decisions and a bad temperament which led to his firing. We'll find out soon enough which kind of coach Edsall is.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

For all we knoe this coach Edsall may have a lot in common with South Florida's last coach Jim Leavitt. Leavitt built the USF program from the ground up as Edsall did for UConn. In about a decade USF went from not having a football team to being a solid Big East team. But in the end, while Leavitt could recruit and build a program he wasn't the guy to take the school to the next level due to poor in-game decisions and a bad temperament which led to his firing. We'll find out soon enough which kind of coach Edsall is.

Even he (which is why I give Leavitt more credit) was quickly making bowl games and was actually getting his kids to play up and beat ranked teams.

[Slec]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

I understand the firing if they hit a home run with the replacement. The fan base was tired of Friedgen and didn't believe they could do much better than this year's 8-4, and next year was the final year of Friedgen's contract so they either had to fire him or give him an extension because college coach's struggle to recruit when their contract is almost up. What I don't understand is hiring a coach like Randy Edsall. Edsall's teams are always low-scoring (aka boring) and while it's impressive what he's done at UConn it's not like his team was a perennial top 25 power and like previously mentioned he's only beat one top 25 team. I think when Maryland's AD fired Friedgen he had decided to hire Mike Leach but encountered pressure from the university due to the way Leach's time ended with Texas Tech and his pending lawsuits against Tech and ESPN.

This

Ps this is a great debate. Such a head scratching decision. They next 12 months will be interesting in Byrd stadium

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by gvortex7

You'd think that the AD and the university board would get together and talk about a strategy before making any decisions (w/ both hiring & firing). It seems they didn't do a whole lot of that this time. It clearly seems like Edsall is a backup plan rather than being their #1 choice.

The problem is allot of those people don't care about sports (President Loh even said he doesn't know or care about sports ), and I think the AD wanted to show his power and not follow the boosters... Even though he'll soon realize he'll be footing the bill when nobody goes to games. If I was Plank I'd be getting the other boosters to say look you don't follow what we basically pay for then were done you are getting cut off. Instead Plank and friends put their tails between their legs and let Kevin Anderson do what he wanted.