To Those Who Want Terry Bowden as Coach
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Very true. Just keep winning and everything else will take care of themselves.
CFE will never be "rendered silent." It's not in my nature. As I said, and repeat: Terry Bowden has taken an Akron program that had THREE consecutive 1-11 seasons and gotten them to a bowl game. It's akin to Nehlen taking over and bringing WVU to a 7-4 average for 21 seasons.
Terry has the ONLY winning season at Akron in ELEVEN years and is 4-3 this season so he might do it a 2nd time. That's a tremendous accomplishment. I still think he is worthy on being on a short list for WVU if Dana implodes again, as his teams did in 2012, 2013 and 2014. See a pattern?
Using Western Michigan score to bash Terry is silly. The Broncos are undefeated. Hell, Northwestern and Illinois, from the all-powerful Big 10, lost to Western Michigan.
I only go by why I see with my own eyes. I'm thrilled that WVU is 5-0, just as I was in 2011, before the implosion to 7-6. If the Mountaineers are 7-6 this season, who among you will NOT be unhappy with Dana.
As to repeat what I wrote after the Texas Tech game: This was the greatest playcalling game of the season for Dana. See, I can say good things about Dana, or anyone else. All they have to do is be worthy of my expert laudatory expressions.
M anhandled Missouri, 26-11
O rdinary against Youngstown, 38-21
U nnerving miracle goalline tip/interception escapes BYU, 35-32
N o quit against Kansas State, 17-16
T urbulence tore up Texas Tech, 48-17
A nnihilate TCU
I mpale Oklahoma State
N ail Kansas
E radicate Texas
E rectile dysfunction Oklahoma
R oll over Iowa State
S uffocate Baylor
You were bragging on TB after Akron beat up Moo Tech in Huntington. That program is a portajohn fire right now.
No one has discounted what I've written about the miraculous job that Terry has done at Akron, which was a dumpster fire. Trash all you want, but Terry took a moribund program and gave it its first winning season in a decade, and is on his way to a 2nd consecutive winning season. Unheard of in Akron.
It doesn't compare to what Nick Saban has done in Alabama. But Terry also had a great season at Auburn, which is Power 5 football.
Again, I'm ecstatic about WVU's 5-0 start, just as I was the 5-0 start by Geno, Tavon and Stedman. And I'll be needing Depends if my alma mater goes undefeated, wins the Big 12 and is in the Football Final Four.
Those are two separate issues: Terry raising Akron like Lazarus from the dead and Dana and Gibby leading the Mountaineers to an unbeaten season. Apples and oranges.
M anhandled Missouri, 26-11
O rdinary against Youngstown, 38-21
U nnerving miracle goalline tip/interception escapes BYU, 35-32
N o quit against Kansas State, 17-16
T urbulence tore up Texas Tech, 48-17
A nnihilate TCU
I mpale Oklahoma State
N ail Kansas
E radicate Texas
E rectile dysfunction Oklahoma
R oll over Iowa State
S uffocate Baylor
It doesn't compare to what Nick Saban has done in Alabama. But Terry also had a great season at Auburn, which is Power 5 football.
Again, I'm ecstatic about WVU's 5-0 start, just as I was the 5-0 start by Geno, Tavon and Stedman. And I'll be needing Depends if my alma mater goes undefeated, wins the Big 12 and is in the Football Final Four.
Those are two separate issues: Terry raising Akron like Lazarus from the dead and Dana and Gibby leading the Mountaineers to an unbeaten season. Apples and oranges.
M anhandled Missouri, 26-11
O rdinary against Youngstown, 38-21
U nnerving miracle goalline tip/interception escapes BYU, 35-32
N o quit against Kansas State, 17-16
T urbulence tore up Texas Tech, 48-17
A nnihilate TCU
I mpale Oklahoma State
N ail Kansas
E radicate Texas
E rectile dysfunction Oklahoma
R oll over Iowa State
S uffocate Baylor
CFE, I was refering to the portajohn fire better known at Marshall University football..
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DANA is the head coach, and will be the head coach, and you guys have to stop daydreaming, and come back to reality. Just like a bunch of little cry babies.....the way it is.......
Let's say that Dana opts to leave at the end of the year. We get a new coach. It will be interesting to see if the people who blasted those who wanted Dana gone become those who blast the new coach because he's NOT Dana.......
I just want to see us win and improve....and thus far I am and I'm pleased. I would offer Dana an extension, but wouldn't extend more than 3 years.
I just want to see us win and improve....and thus far I am and I'm pleased. I would offer Dana an extension, but wouldn't extend more than 3 years.
Yes you are correct, as i will be one of them who will complain if a Terry Bowden or other similar guy is hired.
Dana's stock has risen because of Gibby as well as Dana maturing as a head coach. He is making better over-all decisions while the defense is making up for any serious consequence a poor call by Dana creates. I agree, I wouldn't extend past 3 years and I'd certainly lock Gibby in for another 3-4 as well.
It's been 16 years since TB was at Auburn and the last season he was there he went 3-8. So far your man TB is 23-33 at Akron. Unheard of really, J.D. Brookhart and Lee Owens had 2 straight winning season at Akron. Jim Dennison had 7 straight winning seasons finishing 80-62-2. Many others had just as many as Terry boy So it is not unheard of in Akron. His biggest win was against Pit. Heck YSU did that. Don't go around acting like he is a god or something.
And the program will have reverted to the 'shambles' category. It will not return to where it is now for five or more years. It may never regain the current stature if Shane Lyons is retained as AD for more than a couple years.
Cherrypicking facts, are we?
In 2015 Terry had the BEST record in Akron since 1983! For those who can't count, that's THIRTY TWO YEARS! Brookhart and Owens, the two you cite to shoot me down, never won more than 7 games in a season. The same Brookhart that was 3-9 in his final season. The same Owens who had SIX losing seasons at Akron.
Terry is not a God. But his record at Akron, compared to those who came before him, is astounding.
Owens was 38-61 and you're bragging about THAT?
Brookhart, give him credit, was 30-26, which is remarkable at Akron.
Terry, after the 1-11 start when he took over late and didn't get to recruit, since has been 22-21, as remarkable as Brookhart. Know your facts before you take on a professional sportswriter.
M anhandled Missouri, 26-11
O rdinary against Youngstown, 38-21
U nnerving miracle goalline tip/interception escapes BYU, 35-32
N o quit against Kansas State, 17-16
T urbulence tore up Texas Tech, 48-17
A nnihilate TCU
I mpale Oklahoma State
N ail Kansas
E radicate Texas
E rectile dysfunction Oklahoma
R oll over Iowa State
S uffocate Baylor
Speaking of cherry-picking, Dana Holgorsen is the only WVU coach to win a road game in front of more than 75,992. Beat Texas in front of the largest crowd IN ITS HISTORY!
"The largest crowd in DKR history [101,851] saw Texas lose in West Virginia’s first trip to Austin as a member of the Big 12. Future NFL draft pick Geno Smith threw for 268 yards and four touchdowns in the No. 8-ranked Mountaineers’ win. But it was Andrew Buie’s 207 yards rushing that killed the Longhorns’ chances. Texas trailed 21-7 in the second quarter but led 28-27 at halftime. West Virginia took a 10-point lead with 1:18 left, and David Ash led Texas down the field to cut the score to 48-45 with 15 seconds left. But the Longhorns couldn’t get any closer."
But that should mean NOTHING to a veteran WVU fan. How many trips to Penn State yielded....NOTHING. No matter if the Lions were not at their best. Couldn't get it done!
Stew had Auburn down by 11 on the road in 2009 and was driving for a score in front of 87,451....couldn't get it done. Nehlen at Ohio State in 1987 with Major Harris in front of 88,272? Couldn't git'er dun!
What coach scored 70 and set an all-time bowl scoring record -- on a BCS conference CHAMPION, no less? After his predecessor had managed 7 points the preceding year in a bowl vs. an also-ran?
What coach has gone 2-2 vs. Texas and Baylor since 2012, and scored 70 on the Bears?
What coach cumulatively OUTSCORED 3 top 6 teams in 2014? Who in WVU history has or COULD HAVE done that? Short memory after many years?
What coach who has to play the toughest grind in WVU history gets nothing but disparagement from CFE -- unless he is perfect?
What former WVU grad coaches are now 6-7 on the year and have intermittently been lauded as potential WVU saviors from Holgy, even though one trashed the school, thanked NO ONE and tried to skate on a 4 million dollar debt...right after shaking the school down the previous year for a new contract?
Oh, that same coach lost to a 28-point underdog at home to a rival it had crushed for 2 straight years with the same personnel...but could manage only 7 points (safety was free) - and then grabbed a plum job a week later that would not have been available had he won?
Oh, the previous week, WVU scored over 60 on respected UConn, then got 48 on OU in the Fiesta.
7 points on 3-8 Pitt. What is wrong with this picture?
Cherry picking is fun.
Lay off Dana, stop promoting TB & RR at every change of the wind. Both have proved that they can suck. And sometimes win. Just as has Holgorsen.
"The largest crowd in DKR history [101,851] saw Texas lose in West Virginia’s first trip to Austin as a member of the Big 12. Future NFL draft pick Geno Smith threw for 268 yards and four touchdowns in the No. 8-ranked Mountaineers’ win. But it was Andrew Buie’s 207 yards rushing that killed the Longhorns’ chances. Texas trailed 21-7 in the second quarter but led 28-27 at halftime. West Virginia took a 10-point lead with 1:18 left, and David Ash led Texas down the field to cut the score to 48-45 with 15 seconds left. But the Longhorns couldn’t get any closer."
But that should mean NOTHING to a veteran WVU fan. How many trips to Penn State yielded....NOTHING. No matter if the Lions were not at their best. Couldn't get it done!
Stew had Auburn down by 11 on the road in 2009 and was driving for a score in front of 87,451....couldn't get it done. Nehlen at Ohio State in 1987 with Major Harris in front of 88,272? Couldn't git'er dun!
What coach scored 70 and set an all-time bowl scoring record -- on a BCS conference CHAMPION, no less? After his predecessor had managed 7 points the preceding year in a bowl vs. an also-ran?
What coach has gone 2-2 vs. Texas and Baylor since 2012, and scored 70 on the Bears?
What coach cumulatively OUTSCORED 3 top 6 teams in 2014? Who in WVU history has or COULD HAVE done that? Short memory after many years?
What coach who has to play the toughest grind in WVU history gets nothing but disparagement from CFE -- unless he is perfect?
What former WVU grad coaches are now 6-7 on the year and have intermittently been lauded as potential WVU saviors from Holgy, even though one trashed the school, thanked NO ONE and tried to skate on a 4 million dollar debt...right after shaking the school down the previous year for a new contract?
Oh, that same coach lost to a 28-point underdog at home to a rival it had crushed for 2 straight years with the same personnel...but could manage only 7 points (safety was free) - and then grabbed a plum job a week later that would not have been available had he won?
Oh, the previous week, WVU scored over 60 on respected UConn, then got 48 on OU in the Fiesta.
7 points on 3-8 Pitt. What is wrong with this picture?
Cherry picking is fun.
Lay off Dana, stop promoting TB & RR at every change of the wind. Both have proved that they can suck. And sometimes win. Just as has Holgorsen.
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I cherry picked nothing.
Not bragging about shit. Just stating your incorrect facts.
You earlier stated that no Akron coach had 2 winning seasons in a row. You were wrong as usual. TB 19-30 at Akron, 22-21 since going 1-11. Talk about cherry picking.. For a sportswriter you suck. TB will never be HC at WVU.
