Typically insightful, thoroughly researched and extremely fair commentary. On the Mack Brown thing, it came down to personality types. Tedford wasn’t/isn’t a glad-handler politicker. Mack Brown sure was/is. College football long ago abandoned the honor system, if it ever had it. Mack did his thing and the media swallowed it like hungry g…
Typically insightful, thoroughly researched and extremely fair commentary. On the Mack Brown thing, it came down to personality types. Tedford wasn’t/isn’t a glad-handler politicker. Mack Brown sure was/is. College football long ago abandoned the honor system, if it ever had it. Mack did his thing and the media swallowed it like hungry guppies. I can’t really blame him for that. At the end of the game when he took the keyed up kicker by the helmet and whispered, “Sure wish I had the chance to win a Rose Bowl”, relaxing the kid for a successful three, it very much humanized Brown to me.
I don't blame Brown for lobbying for his team - I think its part of the job and Tedford should have done the same.
What nobody remembers is that Mack Brown's brother Watson was head coach at UAB and a voting member of the coach's poll which affected the selection. And Watson reportedly tanked his rating of Cal at the end of the year to help Texas move ahead of us. I don't know if it was proven but if true it was hideously corrupt. And if true, there's no doubt that Mack was involved.
Fun fact: Watson has more losses than any coach in NCAA history.
I don't know if anyone has heard but Tedford will not be coaching in the Fresno State bowl game because of personal health issues which seem to have returned sadly.
Typically insightful, thoroughly researched and extremely fair commentary. On the Mack Brown thing, it came down to personality types. Tedford wasn’t/isn’t a glad-handler politicker. Mack Brown sure was/is. College football long ago abandoned the honor system, if it ever had it. Mack did his thing and the media swallowed it like hungry guppies. I can’t really blame him for that. At the end of the game when he took the keyed up kicker by the helmet and whispered, “Sure wish I had the chance to win a Rose Bowl”, relaxing the kid for a successful three, it very much humanized Brown to me.
I don't blame Brown for lobbying for his team - I think its part of the job and Tedford should have done the same.
What nobody remembers is that Mack Brown's brother Watson was head coach at UAB and a voting member of the coach's poll which affected the selection. And Watson reportedly tanked his rating of Cal at the end of the year to help Texas move ahead of us. I don't know if it was proven but if true it was hideously corrupt. And if true, there's no doubt that Mack was involved.
Fun fact: Watson has more losses than any coach in NCAA history.
I don't know if anyone has heard but Tedford will not be coaching in the Fresno State bowl game because of personal health issues which seem to have returned sadly.