This pole was taken on September 20th. If your school needed to replace its football coach and you knew that the Nick Saban's and Urban Meyer's ect. of the world were not avalilable, who would you want to be your next head coach and why?

UNDERRATED COACHES
In ESPN's weekly college football poll #1QFor128, the coaches were asked, who is the most underrated FBS head coach?

Coach Percent
David Cutcliffe, Duke 13 percent
Mike Riley, Oregon State 11 percent
Ruffin McNeill, East Carolina 8 percent
Mark Dantonio, Michigan State 7 percent
Jerry Kill, Minnesota 5 percent
Bill Snyder, Kansas State 5 percent
Ken Niumatalolo, Navy 4 percent
Larry Coker, UTSA 4 percent
Steve Addazio, Boston College 3 percent
David Bailiff, Rice 3 percent
Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 3 percent
Chris Petersen, Washington 3 percent
Pete Lembo, Ball State 2 percent
Coaches who received 1 percent: Gary Andersen, Wisconsin; Todd Berry, Louisiana-Monroe; Craig Bohl, Wyoming; Art Briles, Baylor; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Rod Carey, Northern Illinois; Paul Chryst, Pitt; James Franklin, Penn State; Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss; Todd Graham, Arizona State, Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State; Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech; Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech; Mike London, Virginia; Rocky Long, San Diego State; Gus Malzahn, Auburn; Bronco Mendenhall, BYU; Todd Monken, Southern Miss; George O'Leary, UCF; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bo Pelini, Nebraska; Bobby Petrino, Louisville; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Mark Richt, Georgia; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Kyle Whittingham, Utah

Under'ratted'? You mean to tell me they haven't been thoroughly ratted out?

(12-14-2014 08:30 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  Under'ratted'? You mean to tell me they haven't been thoroughly ratted out?

Fixed it thanks.

(12-14-2014 08:30 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  Under'ratted'? You mean to tell me they haven't been thoroughly ratted out?

Bo Pelini sure was.

(12-14-2014 08:37 PM)Hoosier Hysteria 1 Wrote:  

(12-14-2014 08:30 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  Under'ratted'? You mean to tell me they haven't been thoroughly ratted out?

Fixed it thanks.

I knew what you meant. I was just busting your chops, is all.

(12-14-2014 09:55 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(12-14-2014 08:37 PM)Hoosier Hysteria 1 Wrote:  

(12-14-2014 08:30 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  Under'ratted'? You mean to tell me they haven't been thoroughly ratted out?

Fixed it thanks.

I knew what you meant. I was just busting your chops, is all.

I know. It's all good.

Jerry Kill has been sucesssful everywhere he has gone. He has made big strides at Minnesota. He is doing it with 2 star and 3 star recruits. Mark Dantonio is building a powerhouse at Michigan State. Once he starts getting the 5 star recruits watch out because he can flat out coach and has one heck of an DC in Pat Narduzzi.

What a terrible hire made by Nebraska. I mean, he didn't even get first place in this poll.

(12-14-2014 10:21 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  What a terrible hire made by Nebraska. I mean, he didn't even get first place in this poll.

That's funny. To be honest I don't know much about Mike Riley. He is obviously well respected by his peers. When he was announced as Nebraska's Coach I was shocked. I was thinking a big name coach would be named. Nebraska must feel strong he is a difference maker. If they could just fix their defense; they would be so much better!

I remember a long, long time ago when Kirk Ferentz was on the top of this list. Then Iowa upped his salary to $3.7M and he has never made an under-rated list ever since. Jim Grobe and other good coaches used to be on that list too. Most of them are gone now. Coaches can only work miracles for so long.

(12-14-2014 10:55 PM)goofus Wrote:  I remember a long, long time ago when Kirk Ferentz was on the top of this list. Then Iowa upped his salary to $3.7M and he has never made an under-rated list ever since. Jim Grobe and other good coaches used to be on that list too. Most of them are gone now. Coaches can only work miracles for so long.

It isn't about working miracles, it is about working. Head Coaches should never be given that long of contracts in this day and age. The competition level is just too high when most other coaches are actually working to maintain their jobs. A coach like Ferentz is just too settled and too comfortable.