I was watching the WMU/Miami game last night. 
Now, it's not uncommon for me to question the clock management abilities of various coaches 
; but, last night, I was seriously questioning the mathmatical abiliy of the freaking WMU coach. 
WTF? 
Given the year I've been having, I still don't know how the Brincs didn't manage to piss away a game they had won - twice.
Bab Davie must really interview well, because he sounds like a total chucklehead on TV. 
I wouldn't trust him to coach my kid's youth team. 
Although, in fairness, my kid's youth team would probably kick the crap out of New Mexico. 
So let's say you're a fairly major program who is in the market for a new coach because the guy whose been there since the the Johnson Administration couldn't stop his former linebackers coach from fucking little boys in the shower. 
You've got a problem because you have to fill 107,000 seats seven times a year, and, well, child rape doesn't play too well in Central Pennsylvania. You pick up the phone, and the first call you make is to Mike London? Really, Mike London? Although Mike is really good at foor drives, breat cancer awareness other forms of community outreach (UVa may not lead the ACC Coastal, but it's way ahead in the ACC Toys for Tots Challenge 
), but he's in his first year as a D-1 coach, having previously been the O/C for a couple of the worst offensive teams in recent ACC history. This story appears to be ligit, but I just don't get it. 
It looks like the MAC has essentially become a league that exists solely to provide week-night degenerate entertainment. There are more people at a typical Arby's than there are at a MAC game. It's sort of like those horse tracks that operate only for the simulcast degenerates at OTB. One Akron fan actually shot himself in the stadium the night before one Zips game, raising the obvious question of why more people hadn't thought of it before.
Lots of intresting jobs open out there - UNC, OSU, PSU, Ole Miss, and I suspect Illinois, BC and ASU will be in the market eventually. I wonder if any will try and lure Franklin away from Vandy. What that guy has done in Nashville in eight months is pretty amazing.
Odd stat of week: in Kentucky's putrid football history, it has never lost five games in one season by more than 28 points. If the spread is right, they're on pace to do that this Saturday in Athens. 
This week:
Oklahoma -15 at Baylor - I'm pretty sure I've seen this movie before. Only drama will be whether Sooners ever punt. 
Wyoming -24 vs. New Mexico - Lobos have been nipped 210-17 on the road this season. That's an average beating of 52-4. 
Rodney King put up a better fight.
California +17.5 at Stanford - Tricky Trees bitch-slapped Bears all over Strawberry Canyon last year (my largest wager in two seasons ), and I don't think improving Cal has forgotten. Stanford won't get any faster over the course of this week, so I think the more athletic (Sturdy) Bears make this one very interesting on the Farm.
Arizona +11 at Arizona State - The Underachievers Bowl. 
Over/Under on the number of woman in attendance who would be hotter than any woman in Western Pennsylvania: 1,475.
North Carolina +10.5 at Virginia PolyTechnical Institute - Turkeys have played closer to worse teams than this. UNC won't be dominated physically. Should be a good one. I'll take the free points.
Minnesota +15 at Northwestern - Cats won't dominate Loafers physically. 'Loafs seem to try hard and are better than they were six weeks ago. If you can beat Iowa, you can stay within 15 of the Mildcats, or something like that.
Louisiana Tech +7 at Nevada - this is the best Tech team since Kim Mulkey was playing point guard. 
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