aged_wolverine, post: 700347, member: 2694"]Do they take a number of losses? Goooooooood. We are already going to be facing MSU/TUOS after both lose a TON of talent this yr.
My point exactly, losing Players esepecially Starters at QB is a big blow to any Team. Yet, Elite and Great Coaches handle it with still wining 9 to 10 Games!
Most of Penn State is back but may be getting a New QB! But loaded everywhere else!
I will feel better in a yr or two more, but we have had a lot of players leave the last 7 yrs. It will be nice to start having a big number of 5th year guys annually contributing.
This is a true advantage Big Ten Programs have over other Conferences. The Big Ten has UNLIMITED NON-QUALIFIERS meaning the GPA and SAT Scores don't matter so long as they come to any Program and Redshirt and so long as they prove they can do College Work that year they are accepted. The ACC, Big-12 and PAc-12 does not allow this access and limits Non-Qualifiers.
In addition, the Big Ten Programs can afford larger Rosters Sizes over other Programs with the Revenues that come in that cover the cost of additional Walk-Ons that can also be used in the 5th Year of them practicing all those years and great advantage to fill in for injured Players. Duke, Wake Forest, Pitt, and other Programs simply cannot afford that those type of additional Players on the Rosters that usually are limited to 105 to 110 Players versus bigger ones that can go to 145 to 180 in Big Ten and SEC!
Moreover, in 2008, there were just 3 NCAA Football Programs that made over $100 Million a year. Now just last year there are 28, and SEC and B1G have 18 Programs out of those 28 that make that kind of money and that means they can have bigger and better Coaching Salaries, Recruiting Resources min Camps Invites, Clinics, Travel Visits, Players Stipends, Rosters, and Support Staffs than Smaller Programs.
Again, a great advantage to B1G and SEC with more very profitable TV Networks and other Revenues, and this is a big advantage over other Universities Programs both within the B1G and SEC and especially outside those Conferences!
As far as Wisky though, perhaps Chryst does get along with Barry, but he appears to be the only one. They cant keep coaches.
Barry Alvarez a Pittsburgh Native Son and Nebraska Alumnus bailed out Nebraska Alumnus Pitt A.D. Steve Pederson needing help after Toad GraHAM left Pitt after one year because no one was impressed with Paul Chryst after many Interviews to become a Head Coach. Then Wisky Coach Bilema left Alvarez with no notice for Former Pitt A.D. and Arkansas Jeff Long's firing of Petrino and Bilema was glad to leave Wisky for SEC Arkansas!
This open the Head Coach job at Wisky and Paul Chryst was silent during Critical Recruiting Post Season, and ready to leave Pitt again, but Alvarez refused to bring him back after 1 year!
Alavarez then hired Andersen that left Wisky after 2 years, again without notice, for Oregon State after Nebraska grabbed the Oregon State Coach!
Alvarez then hired Chryst that again was silent and couldn't wait to go Wisky and Alvarez Pitt was again out of a Coach due to these Nebraska Alumnus that few to none Coaches wanted to work for at Wisky or Pitt in Alvarez and Pederson?
However, this time, the New Pitt Chancellor dumped Pederson and bought him out to leave and a New Interim A.D. with no experienced within weeks not months, chose MSU's Coach Narduzzi and then the Chancellor brought in a Pitt New A.D. in 6 months later!
Some of us Old Golden Panthers that used to raise millions to support Pitt Program, suspected Alvarez got back at Pitt, when Pitt refused to hire Barry Avarez way back in the 1990s when he wanted a Head Coaching job and Pitt hired someone else. A another mistake by that Chancellor and A.D. at that time too and refused to bring back Jackie Sherrill too?
Thank Goodness for Coaches that did not want to work under Alvarez and Pederson and better for Arkansas and Pitt today! As well as, Louisville and Nebraska and only Oregon State has had some problems in 2015?
