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Jim Mora National COY

Colorado is in never never land in the conference shake-up. I think Staying here and hopefully, UConn ponies up more money for the staff.
 
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storrsroars said:
Hate to say it, but I think the award is Sonny Dykes' barring a total collapse in next 2 weeks. TCU was 5-7 last year, now 9-0, clinched a spot in B12 championship.

But I can't think of anyone else but Mora who would get 1st place votes.
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Lance Leipold will definitely get votes in Kansas. But they are fading and we are rising, so I like Mora to get more votes than Leipold.

If TCU keeps winning, Dykes is probably the favorite.
 
storrsroars said:
Hate to say it, but I think the award is Sonny Dykes' barring a total collapse in next 2 weeks. TCU was 5-7 last year, now 9-0, clinched a spot in B12 championship.

But I can't think of anyone else but Mora who would get 1st place votes.
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Mora was on the couch last year and there were Texas High schools that would have beaten us.
 
Purple Stein said:
Lance Leipold will definitely get votes in Kansas. But they are fading and we are rising, so I like Mora to get more votes than Leipold.

If TCU keeps winning, Dykes is probably the favorite.
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I will actively root against TCU, then. I would love it if Mora got COY. It would be an incredible honor for him, the coaching staff and players. However, think about how much that will help recruiting.
 
ZooCougar said:
Mora was on the couch last year and there were Texas High schools that would have beaten us.
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All true. But TCU is positioned to potentially be in the CFP. And that likely makes it Dykes' to lose.
 
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If Mora had not coached in the NFL, then he would get no offers after this season. His NFL connections and experience could get him P5 offers.
 
If Jim mora isn’t coach of the year no one should get the award. He took a program that was completely dead, beyond recognition and was beyond a shadow of a doubt the WORST division 1 program to bowl eligibility in one year….oh and lost his starting QB and running back and both receivers before the season ever got started…
 
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From CBS Sports

National coach of the year race is insane: Fired coaches always seem to take center stage as everyone searches for the next best thing. But in a sport defined by turnover, let's take a second and credit what has been a legitimately outstanding year of coaching across the country.

Kansas coach Lance Leipold led the Jayhawks to a bowl game with a backup quarterback. UConn coach Jim Mora Jr. took a program that has won fewer than six games over the past three seasons to a bowl game in his first season. TCU coach Sonny Dykes has the Frogs in the College Football Playoff conversation. Despite a loss to UCF, Willie Fritz has Tulane in the AAC title race. And as previously mentioned, Kelly has LSU in the SEC Championship Game in Year 1.

The names hardly even scratch the surface. What about Bret Bielema at Illinois? Or the job Lincoln Riley and Chip Kelly are doing at the Los Angeles schools? Kirby Smart and Jim Harbaugh have engineered the most efficient killing machines in the country. The level of coaching continues to rise across college football, and that will make the national coach of the year race one of the most difficult decisions in years.
 
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Heupel most likely get it unfortunately. Mora deserves it, but the SEC is the cash cow so they want to please them as best as possible.
 
I think if we win at Army, Mora (7-5) has a chance. The cupboard wasn’t empty at TCU for Sonny Dykes. They had lots of talent; the TCU players quit on Gary Patterson last year.
 
storrsroars said:
Hate to say it, but I think the award is Sonny Dykes' barring a total collapse in next 2 weeks. TCU was 5-7 last year, now 9-0, clinched a spot in B12 championship.
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With all due respect but what is the point exactly? We were 1-11 last year as a north east school without a Texas loaded roster.
Jim Mora has done more with less than any coach in the country in a very short period. Dykes went from one Texas school to another, oh the savior.

Jim came in out of the coaching game for a few years in TV and constantly keeping info and impressed DB with an amazing list of a coaching staff he could put together and executed it to perfection. (This with the budget restrictions at the time.) Other than a rehire that was excused from duty or so they say, and covered the position with aplomb.

He has now publicly addressed the money and staffing restrictions that previously would be hidden and reinvigorated the fan base that is left in the toughest market in the country for college football. There is no way possible if I had a vote it could not be for Jim Mora.
All fandom for UConn aside.

Purple Stein said:
If TCU keeps winning, Dykes is probably the favorite.
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You maybe right but I hope they look at things with a realistic attitude.
ZooCougar said:
Mora was on the couch last year and there were Texas High schools that would have beaten us.
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Not on the couch but working TV, and that means keeping in touch with the game. This season proved he did just that!
 
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Woof 101 said:
With all due respect but what is the point exactly? We were 1-11 last year as a north east school without a Texas loaded roster.
Jim Mora has done more with less than any coach in the country in a very short period. Dykes went from one Texas school to another, oh the savior.
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P5.
 
Buddies of mine who went to "real" football schools and always thought it was funny I'm a UConn football fan have taken notice. They agree Mora has done a better job than anyone in the country and they can't believe UConn was able to hire him in the first place. The Jim Mora name has always resonated with people around the game.
 
Mora didn't just start thinking about what he was going to do when he got hired. He'd been working on the plan for years. What do you think he and AD Dave talked about in Idaho?
 
superjohn said:
It's simply stunning what he's done. The laughingstock of college football to knocking off #19 and bowling in his first season. We know it's even more remarkable because all his playmakers got hurt right away and he had to throw a true freshman QB in right away. Anyone who truly studies what he's done this year will see how incredible it is.

This is one of the best coaching jobs I've ever seen.
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I'm the 100th LIKE!!!
 
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