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The University of Akron fired former Mountaineer Terry Bowden.

Former WVU coach Bobby Bowden's son went 35-52 in seven seasons (40.2%), but there were signature moments. This season, the Zips defeated Northwestern, their first victory over a Big Ten school. They won their first bowl game in 28 years as a Division I program in 2015, beating Utah State 23-21 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. They went to the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl in 2017. They won at Pitt, 21-10, in 2014.

35-52 doesn’t sound like much, but this is Akron, where Terry’s predecessor, Rob Ianello, went 2-22 in his 2 seasons.

Before that, J.D. Brookhart went 30-42 (41.6%) in 9 seasons.

Before that, Gerry Faust, former Notre Dame coach, was 43-53-3 (44.8%) in 9 seasons before a 1-10 season in 1994 got him canned, too.

Akron hasn't had a coach with a winning career record since Gordon Larson’s 74-33-5 (69.1%) in 1961-72.

Think the next choice will do any better?

 
Cuyahoga Falls Eers said:
The University of Akron fired former Mountaineer Terry Bowden.

Former WVU coach Bobby Bowden's son went 35-52 in seven seasons (40.2%), but there were signature moments. This season, the Zips defeated Northwestern, their first victory over a Big Ten school. They won their first bowl game in 28 years as a Division I program in 2015, beating Utah State 23-21 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. They went to the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl in 2017. They won at Pitt, 21-10, in 2014.

35-52 doesn’t sound like much, but this is Akron, where Terry’s predecessor, Rob Ianello, went 2-22 in his 2 seasons.

Before that, J.D. Brookhart went 30-42 (41.6%) in 9 seasons.

Before that, Gerry Faust, former Notre Dame coach, was 43-53-3 (44.8%) in 9 seasons before a 1-10 season in 1994 got him canned, too.

Akron hasn't had a coach with a winning career record since Gordon Larson’s 74-33-5 (69.1%) in 1961-72.

Think the next choice will do any better?
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Like I said many times to you. He didn't turn Akron around. Glad he was never here. Terry should enjoy retirement with his dad, or go work for Marshall.
 
Akron last winning coach Jim Dennison 80-62-2 from 1973-1985.

Before Dennison was Gordon K. Larson 1961-1972 with a record of 74-33-5.

All other coaches at Akron were .500 or less.
 
Cuyahoga Falls Eers said:
The University of Akron fired former Mountaineer Terry Bowden.

Former WVU coach Bobby Bowden's son went 35-52 in seven seasons (40.2%), but there were signature moments. This season, the Zips defeated Northwestern, their first victory over a Big Ten school. They won their first bowl game in 28 years as a Division I program in 2015, beating Utah State 23-21 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. They went to the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl in 2017. They won at Pitt, 21-10, in 2014.

35-52 doesn’t sound like much, but this is Akron, where Terry’s predecessor, Rob Ianello, went 2-22 in his 2 seasons.

Before that, J.D. Brookhart went 30-42 (41.6%) in 9 seasons.

Before that, Gerry Faust, former Notre Dame coach, was 43-53-3 (44.8%) in 9 seasons before a 1-10 season in 1994 got him canned, too.

Akron hasn't had a coach with a winning career record since Gordon Larson’s 74-33-5 (69.1%) in 1961-72.

Think the next choice will do any better?
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Well I guess that ruined your dream of Bowden coming to WVU lol
 
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WVUALLEN said:
NONE! Terry was at Akron for a reason. Nobody wanted him.
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Terry didn't want to play ball...

The way he went out at Auburn ruined his name. Pretty much said the Auburn family had a payroll for players.
Similar to another coach in Ohio with Bo Pelini.
Difference is Nebraska ruined Pelini and his brother's name
 
Rootmaster said:
Kinda nifty...now that is a modern phrase lol.
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I'll be seventy years old in May. I feel absolutely no need to try and be hip (another "modern phrase" ?) just because I'm on social media. As for this being another CFE account, I've told you repeatedly it is not. Truth is I often find him quite annoying, just like so many others. But, in his defense, he is an old and probably lonely man. You, on the other hand appear to be no more than an internet jerk. lol.
 
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Every once in a while, college football gets slimed by an event that is beyond understanding.

What happened at Auburn last week was the latest example. Coach Terry Bowden, who began his tenure on the Plains with a 20-game winning streak and whose 5 1/2-year record was 47-17-1, announced his resigination. Effective immediately.

Excuse me? What caused this? Why would a coach who had just been given a contract extension for seven years, a coach who took Auburn from the depths of probation back to national prominence, just quit in the middle of a season, even with a dreadful 1-5 mark against what the NCAA said was the toughest schedule in the country?

If you listen to the Auburn backers, there was no good reason. Sure, things were tough at Auburn, just as they would be anyplace college football is regarded almost as a religion and the parishioners are uneasy over a 1-5 start. But to just quit in midseason? That made no sense.

There had to be some reason, some explanation. Sure there was. Terry Bowden was cheating on his wife, said the rumor-mongers. Not only that, but he was having an affair with the daughter of the member of the Board of Trustees who had hired him.

The rumors were so rampant that Bowden and his wife, Sheryl, issued a statement denying it.

Then came the counterattack. Bowden said he left because he had been told by a member of the Board of Trustees there was virtually nothing he could do to save his job at the end of the season.

More counterattacks. The trustee in the news, Montgomery, Ala., businessman Bobby Lowder, said he was as surprised as anyone that Bowden had quit.


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And there came still another salvo after it was revealed that Bowden received a buyout of more than $600,000, prompting another member of the board to publicly wonder why Auburn was paying anything since he simply quit.

Want more? Former War Eagles quarterback Pat Sullivan said, "Auburn needs someone to rally the Auburn people, to recruit and coach. I feel I'm good at those things."

Sullivan, a former Heisman Trophy winner coming off six years as coach at Texas Christian, was obviously offering his services.

Former coach Pat Dye, who also offered his services - only half-kiddingyly - said, "I don't think the truth will ever come out because it will hurt both sides."
 
MountaineerWV said:
I'll ask: What coach HAS turned Akron around?
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As OP (me) posted, NO ONE for 42 years. NO coach in 42 years had a winning career while coaching Akron. Terry was about 42%, a couple of others close to that. Nobody have a winning career record at Akron.

Would you play at Akron if WVU or Ohio State offered you a scholarship? Of course not.

WVU can't get players offered by Alabama and Ohio State. Akron can't get players offered by WVU. It's a pecking order.

So, for 42 years, nobody did it. And who thinks the next coach will do it? It will have to be a low-level successful coach taking a shot at Akron. Hell, the 30K stadium is lucky to be one-third full most games.

It's a tough gig. Terry did about as well as anyone could there. But that isn't good enough.

Just like 8-3 and 3rd in Big 12 wasn't good enough for some on this board. Sure, I would love for WVU to be 12-0 and in the Football Final Four. But I enjoyed the season tremendously.


M agnificent Grier passes shredded Tennessee, 40-14

O verhelmed drenched Youngstown, 52-17

U nable to play North Carolina State because of Hurricane Florence

N asty defense against Kansas State, 35-6

T errific, then timid on offense against Texas Tech, 42-34

A ntsy time for fans, vs. Kansas!, 38-22

I ncomprehensible insanely indescribably inept offense against Iowa State, 14-30

N ailed Baylor, 58-14

E rectile dysfunctioned Texas on 2-point PAT, 42-41

E viscerated TCU, 47-10

R etching collapse at Oklahoma State, 41-45

S pectacular shootout but Oklahoma wins, 56-59

! Put exclamation point on the season by crushing the Orange in Orlando in whatever the name of that bowl is!!!!
 
Cuyahoga Falls Eers said:
As OP (me) posted, NO ONE for 42 years. NO coach in 42 years had a winning career while coaching Akron. Terry was about 42%, a couple of others close to that. Nobody have a winning career record at Akron.

Would you play at Akron if WVU or Ohio State offered you a scholarship? Of course not.

WVU can't get players offered by Alabama and Ohio State. Akron can't get players offered by WVU. It's a pecking order.

It's a tough gig. Terry did about as well as anyone could there. But that isn't good enough.


M agnificent Grier passes shredded Tennessee, 40-14

O verhelmed drenched Youngstown, 52-17

U nable to play North Carolina State because of Hurricane Florence

N asty defense against Kansas State, 35-6

T errific, then timid on offense against Texas Tech, 42-34

A ntsy time for fans, vs. Kansas!, 38-22

I ncomprehensible insanely indescribably inept offense against Iowa State, 14-30

N ailed Baylor, 58-14

E rectile dysfunctioned Texas on 2-point PAT, 42-41

E viscerated TCU, 47-10

R etching collapse at Oklahoma State, 41-45

S pectacular shootout but Oklahoma wins, 56-59

! Put exclamation point on the season by crushing the Orange in Orlando in whatever the name of that bowl is!!!!
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You might want to recheck those stats. That nobody had a winning career record at Akron.

I am pretty sure you stated that Terry had turned the Akron program around. That WVU made a mistake not getting him. Terry failed. 42% failure. Now you sit here making excuses for him.
 
Allen...don't let Cuyahoga's lack of journalistic consistency get to you, Besides being a Bulizer winner he believes in the convenience factor when writing...that being whatever he thinks at the moment is deep insight and truth.
 
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Cuyahoga Falls Eers said:
The University of Akron fired former Mountaineer Terry Bowden.

Former WVU coach Bobby Bowden's son went 35-52 in seven seasons (40.2%), but there were signature moments. This season, the Zips defeated Northwestern, their first victory over a Big Ten school. They won their first bowl game in 28 years as a Division I program in 2015, beating Utah State 23-21 in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. They went to the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl in 2017. They won at Pitt, 21-10, in 2014.

35-52 doesn’t sound like much, but this is Akron, where Terry’s predecessor, Rob Ianello, went 2-22 in his 2 seasons.

Before that, J.D. Brookhart went 30-42 (41.6%) in 9 seasons.

Before that, Gerry Faust, former Notre Dame coach, was 43-53-3 (44.8%) in 9 seasons before a 1-10 season in 1994 got him canned, too.

Akron hasn't had a coach with a winning career record since Gordon Larson’s 74-33-5 (69.1%) in 1961-72.

Think the next choice will do any better?
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when you build a new stadium expectations are higher(see Randy Mazey, wait we still love this guy but not sure why).
 
AllEers6 said:
when you build a new stadium expectations are higher(see Randy Mazey, wait we still love this guy but not sure why).
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The jump made by the baseball program was probably the biggest in all sports from the Big East to the Big XII.
WV should have actually attempted to build a program in the Big East but the lack of revenue made it difficult.
For WV to win at baseball it will be something way down the road because of someone like Mazey
 
Truth is Terry Bowden should be celebrated because he had a backbone.
Only other coaches I can name that did what Bowden did was Hayden Fry at SMU and Houston Nutt at Ole Miss.

Bowden pretty much told Auburn they were going to win the correct way.
This pissed off the Family and first time he had a losing record they pushed him out.
If Bowden was a scumbag he still would be coaching and not at Akron either.
 
When Terry Bowden was hired in 1993 to coach Auburn, he was a bright and audacious young (mid-30s) coach eager to make his legendary father proud and make a name for himself.

Everything changed within his first week. An assistant coach from the previous staff, whom Bowden was told he had to retain, walked into his office and placed a black ledger on his desk. It was a list of players who were being paid.

This is how we do it around here, Bowden was told.

Bowden told the assistant coach, “Pay off the players that were promised and never do it again.”
 
WVUALLEN said:
You might want to recheck those stats. That nobody had a winning career record at Akron.

I am pretty sure you stated that Terry had turned the Akron program around. That WVU made a mistake not getting him. Terry failed. 42% failure. Now you sit here making excuses for him.
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You lie enough to be Donald Trump. Terry DID turn the program around from back-to-back 1-11 seasons. His winning percentage was pretty close to the best in 42 years for Akron.

I NEVER said that WVU make a mistake not getting him. Find my post saying that, but don't falsify it like Trump.

I'm not making excuses for Terry. He did about as much as you can do with the Akron program. You noticed that Akron hasn't had a coach with a winning career there in 42 years?

I was just letting fellow Mountaineers know about another former Mountaineer.

The Akron program, for 42 years, makes WVU look like Alabama by comparison.

Clear enough. Unlike you and Trump, I don't make things up.
 
Cuyahoga Falls Eers said:
You lie enough to be Donald Trump. Terry DID turn the program around from back-to-back 1-11 seasons. His winning percentage was pretty close to the best in 42 years for Akron.

I NEVER said that WVU make a mistake not getting him. Find my post saying that, but don't falsify it like Trump.

I'm not making excuses for Terry. He did about as much as you can do with the Akron program. You noticed that Akron hasn't had a coach with a winning career there in 42 years?

I was just letting fellow Mountaineers know about another former Mountaineer.

The Akron program, for 42 years, makes WVU look like Alabama by comparison.

Clear enough. Unlike you and Trump, I don't make things up.
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Trump is the best thing to happen to this country since Reagan. Take yourself and your media buddies to Venezuela
 
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WVU80ate said:
Trump is the best thing to happen to this country since Reagan. Take yourself and your media buddies to Venezuela
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Difference is...
Ronald Reagan was a man people could trust in the White House and he increased American influence around the globe.
Can't say the same about Trump.
There are certain things you don't play politics with and that is the issue with Donald Trump.

The question becomes when he is thrown out of office who do you care about more....Donald Trump or the United States.
Sooner or later you are going to have to abandon him.
If not then the people outside the US will have their way and their plan will work.
 
Rootmaster said:
First I will abandon you ...you low talent ass. Go xxxx Obama.
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Who cares about Obama?

The question is....when the facts come out about Trump will you defend the US or Trump.
No person is bigger than the United States.
This is called the rule of law. Something that Trump does not believe in.
 
Rootmaster said:
Move to Cuba...weenie.
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Your education level is showing...

The issue with Trump is that he was a tool that was used for a conservative agenda.
Problem is that the conservative agenda includes the idea of continuing the belief of Pax Americana.

So in the end Trump will be left with nothing except the voters who are mainly uneducated poor whites.

There is a reason why some people didn't want to give the right to vote to everyone and this is a major reason why.
Not the first time as Andrew Jackson was one similar to Donald Trump but the US in 2018 is much different than in the 1830's.
 
TownesVanZandt said:
The issue with Trump is that he was a tool that was used for a conservative agenda.
Problem is that the conservative agenda includes the idea of continuing the belief of Pax Americana.
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I'll say it again junior. If you are so progressive move to Cuba and enjoy the benefits of your socialist dream. I would think by your political comments that you: 1. never served this country in any capacity; 2. think that your junior college education is an achievement;, 3. live in your mom's basement; 4. describe yourself as a creative genius; 5. think the world ends at the borders of your neighborhood; and 6. or....aren't really as bright as you think you are. I think it is all of the above. But you have entertainment value like most progressives.
 
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