Some Interesting links

Part one and part two of a three-part study of the job Mike Stoops has done at Arizona since taking over for John Mackovic.

He makes some good points but I still hate Arizona and Mike Stoops, mostly because of his comments he made after Oregon escaped Tuscon with a 28-21 win over the Wildcats. In this game, quarterback Kellen Clemens' career was ended with a broken ankle and Dennis Dixon suffered a concusion. Afterwards, Stoops said something to the effect of, "our defense played well, they knocked out two quarterbacks."

When you look at the comments, not terrible but also not classy in the slightest. He should have complimented his defense and not mentioned the injuries or said that he hoped that they could return to the field soon. Instead, he complimented his team for injuring two players. I can't stand Stoops for this and several other reasons.

This is an interesting study though.

Here's a study of the SEC vs. Pac-10 Schedules. He makes some great points regarding the SEC's schedule:

The typical SEC format is 4-4-4: four games against other strong or solid SEC opponents, four games against the dregs of the SEC, and four freebies against out-of-conference weak sisters. And half of the teams play all of those out-of-conference games at home. What does that prove? Nothing.

Sure, LSU is in a conference in which four other teams are ranked, but LSU does not play them all. Georgia and Tennessee may be ranked, but neither is on the LSU schedule. And the only road game of note is at Alabama, which is about the 40th best team in the country. The Tigers' road games are Mississippi State, Tulane, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi.

He brings up some interesting points.

Here is a fascinating website studying college football coaches. Click around the site if you are a college football fan, you will not be disappointed. Some highlights for me: The Hippo Standards, a look at salaries and contracts and also a look at 2006 cost per win.
Basically a really cool site for fans of college football and coaching.

Finally, the new basketball coach at Butler is 30, used to work in sales and quit his 9-5 desk job to begin a career in college basketball. I'm 28, a low-level assistant at a small high school in Oregon and want to coach. I'm behind the eight ball.

Finally, finally, Tuesday Morning Quarterback returns!