I won't get political here, but suffice it to say that that kind of contradictory thinking is prevalent throughout our society on all sorts of subjects.
do you know chip Kelly never lost to a team that wasn't ranked in the top 10? ever. think about that.
Just checked, he lost to Stanford his first year and they were unranked (Stanford). That said, he had seasons of 10, 12, 12, and 12 wins.
absolutely not. helfrich lays a turd every year. 2009: 9th ranked BSU team (worst loss ever IMO) 9th ranked Stanford 8th ranked Ohio State beat #6 Cal by 5 tds, #5 USC by 4 tds 2010: 1st Ranked auburn beat #9 Stanford by 9 2011: 4th ranked LSU 5th ranked USC Beat #4 Stanford by 21, #10 Wisconsin by 7 2012: 8th Ranked Stanford Beat 17th ranked USC by 10, 5th Kansas state by 18
huh. my site showed top 10. looked it up and they didn't get ranked till they beat usc by 34 the next week. weird edit: bet some went by final ap ranking.
Pat Forde has mentioned the possibility - however long the odds - of Tennessee making a move at HC this season, if Butch doesn't show marked improvement. Noted.
they definitely don't want to get so far down the rabbit hole that they can't recruit, players or coaches, again, as they did with Dooley.
But, again, if we don't make a change at the AD level, what's to give us any hope that we actually make an upgrade... However long the odds?