Big Ten Media Day Open Thread
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:26 AM ^
liveblog...
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:31 AM ^
...he said he'll be tweeting up a storm. Follow him at http://twitter.com/varsityblue.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:49 AM ^
Look out, Rittenberg has his jacket on:
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:29 AM ^
Really? I think he does a decent job with his blog.
I was seeing Rosenberg where it is clearly Rittneburg. My mistake and my apologies to Mr. Rittenberg!
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:02 AM ^
Anyone else getting a weird split screen thing going on, or is it just Charter sucking as usual?
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:02 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:02 AM ^
...online at the event. He's looking for feedback via twitter:
varsityblue After an epic travel FAIL, I've made it to Big Ten Media Days. Get at me if there's something you want to know.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:03 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:06 AM ^
He's coming in fuchsia on my screen.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:21 AM ^
You have some fuchsia on your chin.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:31 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:35 AM ^
I know if I was the Zooker, I'd be drinking pretty much constantly.
Also, this guy's voice is just nails on chalkboard.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:03 AM ^
And funky split screen view finally fixed.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:07 AM ^
Wisky's non-conf is pretty laughable.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:10 AM ^
...for a Wisky - Big Red rivalry:
varsityblue Bielema: "I love the Ohio-State Michigan game. I want something like that for us" whether it's Iowa, Nebraska, etc.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:11 AM ^
What's up with Bret Bielema per Tim's tweet?
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:11 AM ^
Bielema is on point with patrolling those tweets.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:17 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:23 AM ^
...Bielema recap at maizenbrew.com:
I'll say this about Brett Bielema he's got a much better filter than I thought he did. There's a certain "still playing football" about him when he talks. You know he wants to drop an f-bomb, but checks himself. Apparently Bielema has been getting the DL on the shenanigans his players have been getting into through twitter. Also used the word "hazed" when describing how the players who pulled the twitter shenanigans were handled by their peers.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:27 AM ^
I have to admit, this guy is one of my favorite coaches. Intense and well spoken. Just an all around likable guy.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 AM ^
He's a really good, young coach. I'm sure he'll get offers to coach at bigger schools, but I don't know if he'd leave because he really loves NW. With him, I think NW can finish in the middle to upper half of the B10 in most years. He could turn them into a team like Stanford and occasionally even make runs at a B10 title.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:42 AM ^
I think he's one of those guys who will stay, unless he gets an offer that's just too good to pass up. He really seems to love the culture at Northwestern. When he was asked how to get more fans in the seats he mentioned both winning and keeping the culture. Good answer.
I think you're right that he could have NW contending on occasion. In a hypothetical West division where Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska all beat up on each other, NW could easily steal a few games and end up in the championship game. That would be just fine with me as NW is easily one of the least annoying Big Ten team.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:48 AM ^
I agree that he's a great young coach who loves NW. At a certain point though, I think almost any coach thats ambitious enough to make it to the D-1 level wants to try their hand at a school that can seriously contend every year if offered the chance.
While Fitz might not take just any coaching upgrade, I find it hard to believe he would turn down Penn State (if Joe Pa retires), Florida State (if Jimbo Fisher is a bust), Florida (if Urban Meyer develops serious health problems) etc. if those schools were to come calling. Not saying that those schools will come calling, just finding it hard to believe even a loyal guy wouldn't bolt from Northwestern for a prime-time coaching gig.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:29 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:31 AM ^
I'm going to have to take a break on this one. I can't stand listening to this guy.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:35 AM ^
I cannot say how happy I am that M never has to play against Juice Williams again
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:31 AM ^
watching this last year and nearly falling asleep when tressel was talking...
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 AM ^
Bettin it's RR's first question too.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:42 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:39 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:44 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:44 AM ^
"No one is more excited to start coaching football than me..."
EDIT: I need to be able and type faster
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:46 AM ^
And someone's already asked the most obvious question. Does anyone really think they're going to get an answer with any new info?
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:46 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:48 AM ^
...this afternoon:
michiganinsider RIch Rod talking right now at media day in Chicago ... listen to the entire presser this afternoon between 3-4pm on Sports Talk 1050 WTKA
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:48 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:50 AM ^
Moundros in the mix at MLB? That could be interesting.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
"At Michigan we have high expectations, and rightfully so we should."
Damn right.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:52 AM ^
...and he thinks that's coming. You did not hear that the past two seasons. I'm hearing much more confidence in what he's saying.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^
schadjoe RichRod: "I don't know much about what goes on in the summer."
mikerothstein RR: "Nobody likes what's going on in our program the past couple years, especially the wins and losses."
varsityblue Cameron Gordon was one of the best players on the whole team this spring.
michdailysports Rodriguez: Fans say "Hey coach, when are we going to win more?" -- fans overwhelming positive to RR, "comes with the profession"
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:55 AM ^
"Do you want to keep playing OSU in the last game?"
wtf.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
"I'm not sure I understood your answer..."
Umm, that's probably because he was going out of his way NOT to answer that question because he knows better than to weigh in on divisional alignment. Way to waste everyone's time lady.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:59 AM ^
Yea that situation seemed really awkward for me too. I wasn't overly pleased by how he handled that question, I was hoping he would be more enthusiastic. But if you would ask for my very novice analysis, RR has been through so much over the last two years that he, his staff, and his players have really taken a "one-day-at-a-time" approach. Focus is a big word being thrown around and I think he is working on that everyday...
August 2nd, 2010 at 12:06 PM ^
Yeah, I was hoping for a "What kind of question is that? That rivalry had damn well better stay intact. I could care less how they work that out, but we'd better be f*&king playing OSU every year."
August 2nd, 2010 at 12:14 PM ^
But RR saying, "Why would you ask a dumb question like that?" would have been priceless.
@ 0:34 since youtube will not let me embed