Jim Mora National COY

[storrsroars]

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.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

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 SEC championship.

But I can't think of anyone else but Mora who would get 1st place votes.

TCU isn't in the SEC.

 

[storrsroars]

TCU isn't in the SEC.

Yeah, my fingers were typing TCU but my head was thinking LSU. All that damned purple. Fixed it.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

TCU isn't in the SEC.

That’s what makes his coaching job even more impressive. Show me another coach that has gotten a Big 12 team in the SEC championship.

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[ucp990411]

He's going to give that up to go to Colorado? Anybody quick: name a famous college coach that became known for what they did at Colorado?

Chuck Fairbanks

 

[uconnbill]

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.

 

[HuskyNan]

Jim Mora has UConn bowl-eligible after stunning Liberty

Jim Mora has UConn bowl eligible after it shocked Liberty

sports.yahoo.com

 

[firstnline]

Nevermind coach of the year, how about coach of the century.

 

[Redding Husky]

ABC (Texas-TCU) mentioned UConn and Mora prominently in their halftime show.

 

[Waquoit]

Chuck Fairbanks

We all knew Chuck prior to Colorado.

 

[Purple Stein]

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.

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.

 

[ZooCougar]

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.

Mora was on the couch last year and there were Texas High schools that would have beaten us.

 

[gsmooth]

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.

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.

 

[uconnfan68]

Tony Catalina on Twitter: ".@UConnFootball Head Coach Jim Mora talking about his time as the teams HC and the challenge he was presented when taking the job. @newftbj @kstone06 https://post original url/iIy1OIEGQ4" / Twitter

It’s doable.

 

[Skiblets]

Bill McCartney. Lol.

He’s not going to CU

 

[storrsroars]

Mora was on the couch last year and there were Texas High schools that would have beaten us.

All true. But TCU is positioned to potentially be in the CFP. And that likely makes it Dykes' to lose.

 

[NE Football]

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.

 

[scotty0330]

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…

 

[Huskygrad88]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[UCONNJACK]

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.

 

[Woof 101]

If he stays here and continues what he's doing, there going to build a statue for him. And deservedly so!

Yes I agree, they could put it on the concourse near the Jasper Howard memorial. I will personally remove pigeon poop and polish it before every home game.

 

[DoctorWho85]

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.