Never understood why coaches allow that shyt.Patterson heading to Alabama to learn from da Gawd
Pic of Saban Patterson meeting
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LSU defensive coordinator Kevin Steele talked about his plans for the upcoming season, his first at the helm of the LSU defense, in yesterday'sfirst installment of a two-part Q&A.
In today's second part, Steele looks back at his career and the infamous last game as a defensive coordinator when his Clemson team allowed 70 points in an Orange Bowl loss to West Virginia. He also talks about his son, Gordon, a graduate assistant at LSU from 2011-13, who helped make the connection that got Steele into his current job in January.
LSU beat writer Jim Kleinpeter sat down with Steele recently for a question-and-answer session and Steele dished on the current LSU defense and what he's doing to make them better. See part 1 HERE.
Does your final game as Clemson's defensive coordinator motivate you every day or is it something you've flushed?
I look at it like this, if you study defensive football the last five years, there are some disasters out there where that guy didn't get fired. You can find them, they are out there. It doesn't become a focal point. Yes, it became a focal point (to media) and that's fine. But the bottom line is, 'Yes that was an awful game and I take direct responsibility for it because someone has to, so I will.'
You have to look at the game in totality and surmise your own opinion of it. Watching the true game, and I know what that is, and there are lessons in that for me. I also look at the good part of it. That team did win the conference championship (ACC) for the only time in 25 years, so there is some good there. That team was a fun team to coach because it was a very young team. The previous two years we were older and a more mature team. We had some really dominant moments. The third year we were a lot younger, kind of had to generate some things and make some things happen. Those guys bought in and won the league.
One game? I got way too many games to focus on one. If that's what somebody else wants to do, fine. That's the nature of the business.
Do you ever laugh about it in retrospect?
No, I don't laugh about it. I don't joke about it. It's not funny, but it doesn't define somebody. I got reamed for that season. There's not a coach out there that doesn't have one of those, not that I know of. It's all how you let things define you. It does not define me. If it defines me for somebody else, fine.
Do you think of yourself as a journeyman when you reflect on your long career?
I've had a fun career, a great career. You say why did you leave Tennessee at 28 years old when you went to school there and go to Nebraska? Well, I wanted to go to Nebraska and you see what happened. Coach Osborne had an amazing run for 25 years and I wanted to be a part of it. There were always reasons that were justifiable in my mind and it's my career, so guess what? I get to decide.
As far as how it's unfolded, I'm not big on looking back and trying to assess, other than the lessons. There are lessons filed away at every stop and every experience. But not in terms should I have done this, should I have done that. You've got to live where you are right now. I can't imagine being the kind of person looking back, 'Oh, woe is me, this is great, or that was great.' How can you do that when you've got a job to do now and have a great opportunity now? How can you give your all into something when that is your focus. If other people want to do that, fine, but that's not the way I'm wired.
But there's a lot of turnover in the profession.
The days of guys staying long term anywhere. . . the (former Georgia coach) Vince Dooleys, the (former Alabama) coach (Bear) Bryants, the (former Auburn coach) Shug Jordans. . . It's amazing what coach Miles has done. Ten years in the SEC West? That's amazing. As head coaches come and go so do assistants. There's a lot more changing of jobs now than there ever was. It's hard to find - there are some - but hard to find places coaches have been 10 years.
What separates LSU from the other places you've been?
Two things and this is my opinion: the passion from everything that touches LSU football, from here in this building to every fan that sits in that stadium. It's a unique passion and I've seen it from the other side. It's unique. There's excitement everywhere, die-hard fans everywhere, but the passion and enthusiasm, the pride that this state has in this program is unique. And I've been with some pretty good ones.
No. 2 is one of the most underestimated things in college football: the number of recruitable football players that you can win championships with that are playing high school football in Louisiana, when you look at the population. It's amazing. It's a very talent-laden state, a lot of good football players in close proximity to this stadium.
What's your best story about being around LSU fans at a function?
Only functions I've ever been to happened across the street (laughs). There is one, when my son was a graduate assistant and our bowl game was done. LSU had its bowl game left so we went to watch my son. My friend, who is actually a former LSU All American, Robert Dugas, a very close friend of mine, we went to a tailgate with him. The only tailgate I've been to in my life, so maybe it's like this everywhere. There were as many opposing fans at the tailgate as LSU fans. It was like 'Hey, come on, we're going to feed you and have a good time with you and then we're going to kick your rear end in a few minutes.' That was unique.
Where is your son now and what type of relationship do you have with him?
He's the offensive line coach at Murray State University. I'm proud of him. It's amazing, my dad was a high school coach, my brother coached and I've got another brother who is an associate AD at Auburn. It's a football family. I thought at one time he'd go in a different direction, but that didn't happen.
Do you like to talk strategy and match wits with him over the phone?
He's offense, I'm defense. We talk ball and watch film together, but he generally migrates to my friends in the profession, other offensive line coaches. They have their own little fraternity and speak their own little language. We do talk about protections against pressures, what I've seen that was hard, what I've seen that was good, and recruiting strategies. He's still my son at the end of the day. There's other things to talk about, too. We talk pretty much every day.
How are you blending with your defensive staff?
I've known them and been around them all at some point in my profession. But until you spend 8-10-12-14-16 hours a day with somebody, which we've done over the last 3-4 weeks pretty regularly, then you get to know them pretty well. Talking football, going through things, they're a great bunch of guys. Very good teachers. We're enjoying working together.
The NCAA has talked about allowing schools to add another assistant coach position to staffs. What impact would having another coach have?
They've been talking about that for years, a long drawn-out conversation. They started two years after they reduced staffs to nine back in the 1980s. it may not happen in my timeframe. It's been talked about all my career. If they did, each head coach would decide where to put that guy. We do have four on defense, for the most part in the past they've had three. That's going to be beneficial. It allows you to develop and teach in a more condensed and controlled environment.
What's the biggest challenge you've encountered at LSU?
Making sure you do everything every day, leaving no stone unturned, whether it be player development, installation of the defense, getting players in the right places, evaluating recruits, evaluating them and plugging them in, to being a champion in the SEC. That's it.
Similar to every other place?
It is but it's different when you are at a place where it is expected and it's really real, meaning it should happen. It's a little different. Everybody wants to be a champion but it is expected here and rightfully so. You know you are coaching at the right place when they expect you to win it.
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Jim Kleinpeter can be reached at jkleinpeter@nola.com or 504.826.3405.
In today's second part, Steele looks back at his career and the infamous last game as a defensive coordinator when his Clemson team allowed 70 points in an Orange Bowl loss to West Virginia. He also talks about his son, Gordon, a graduate assistant at LSU from 2011-13, who helped make the connection that got Steele into his current job in January.
LSU beat writer Jim Kleinpeter sat down with Steele recently for a question-and-answer session and Steele dished on the current LSU defense and what he's doing to make them better. See part 1 HERE.
Does your final game as Clemson's defensive coordinator motivate you every day or is it something you've flushed?
I look at it like this, if you study defensive football the last five years, there are some disasters out there where that guy didn't get fired. You can find them, they are out there. It doesn't become a focal point. Yes, it became a focal point (to media) and that's fine. But the bottom line is, 'Yes that was an awful game and I take direct responsibility for it because someone has to, so I will.'
You have to look at the game in totality and surmise your own opinion of it. Watching the true game, and I know what that is, and there are lessons in that for me. I also look at the good part of it. That team did win the conference championship (ACC) for the only time in 25 years, so there is some good there. That team was a fun team to coach because it was a very young team. The previous two years we were older and a more mature team. We had some really dominant moments. The third year we were a lot younger, kind of had to generate some things and make some things happen. Those guys bought in and won the league.
One game? I got way too many games to focus on one. If that's what somebody else wants to do, fine. That's the nature of the business.
Do you ever laugh about it in retrospect?
No, I don't laugh about it. I don't joke about it. It's not funny, but it doesn't define somebody. I got reamed for that season. There's not a coach out there that doesn't have one of those, not that I know of. It's all how you let things define you. It does not define me. If it defines me for somebody else, fine.
Do you think of yourself as a journeyman when you reflect on your long career?
I've had a fun career, a great career. You say why did you leave Tennessee at 28 years old when you went to school there and go to Nebraska? Well, I wanted to go to Nebraska and you see what happened. Coach Osborne had an amazing run for 25 years and I wanted to be a part of it. There were always reasons that were justifiable in my mind and it's my career, so guess what? I get to decide.
As far as how it's unfolded, I'm not big on looking back and trying to assess, other than the lessons. There are lessons filed away at every stop and every experience. But not in terms should I have done this, should I have done that. You've got to live where you are right now. I can't imagine being the kind of person looking back, 'Oh, woe is me, this is great, or that was great.' How can you do that when you've got a job to do now and have a great opportunity now? How can you give your all into something when that is your focus. If other people want to do that, fine, but that's not the way I'm wired.
But there's a lot of turnover in the profession.
The days of guys staying long term anywhere. . . the (former Georgia coach) Vince Dooleys, the (former Alabama) coach (Bear) Bryants, the (former Auburn coach) Shug Jordans. . . It's amazing what coach Miles has done. Ten years in the SEC West? That's amazing. As head coaches come and go so do assistants. There's a lot more changing of jobs now than there ever was. It's hard to find - there are some - but hard to find places coaches have been 10 years.
What separates LSU from the other places you've been?
Two things and this is my opinion: the passion from everything that touches LSU football, from here in this building to every fan that sits in that stadium. It's a unique passion and I've seen it from the other side. It's unique. There's excitement everywhere, die-hard fans everywhere, but the passion and enthusiasm, the pride that this state has in this program is unique. And I've been with some pretty good ones.
No. 2 is one of the most underestimated things in college football: the number of recruitable football players that you can win championships with that are playing high school football in Louisiana, when you look at the population. It's amazing. It's a very talent-laden state, a lot of good football players in close proximity to this stadium.
What's your best story about being around LSU fans at a function?
Only functions I've ever been to happened across the street (laughs). There is one, when my son was a graduate assistant and our bowl game was done. LSU had its bowl game left so we went to watch my son. My friend, who is actually a former LSU All American, Robert Dugas, a very close friend of mine, we went to a tailgate with him. The only tailgate I've been to in my life, so maybe it's like this everywhere. There were as many opposing fans at the tailgate as LSU fans. It was like 'Hey, come on, we're going to feed you and have a good time with you and then we're going to kick your rear end in a few minutes.' That was unique.
Where is your son now and what type of relationship do you have with him?
He's the offensive line coach at Murray State University. I'm proud of him. It's amazing, my dad was a high school coach, my brother coached and I've got another brother who is an associate AD at Auburn. It's a football family. I thought at one time he'd go in a different direction, but that didn't happen.
Do you like to talk strategy and match wits with him over the phone?
He's offense, I'm defense. We talk ball and watch film together, but he generally migrates to my friends in the profession, other offensive line coaches. They have their own little fraternity and speak their own little language. We do talk about protections against pressures, what I've seen that was hard, what I've seen that was good, and recruiting strategies. He's still my son at the end of the day. There's other things to talk about, too. We talk pretty much every day.
How are you blending with your defensive staff?
I've known them and been around them all at some point in my profession. But until you spend 8-10-12-14-16 hours a day with somebody, which we've done over the last 3-4 weeks pretty regularly, then you get to know them pretty well. Talking football, going through things, they're a great bunch of guys. Very good teachers. We're enjoying working together.
The NCAA has talked about allowing schools to add another assistant coach position to staffs. What impact would having another coach have?
They've been talking about that for years, a long drawn-out conversation. They started two years after they reduced staffs to nine back in the 1980s. it may not happen in my timeframe. It's been talked about all my career. If they did, each head coach would decide where to put that guy. We do have four on defense, for the most part in the past they've had three. That's going to be beneficial. It allows you to develop and teach in a more condensed and controlled environment.
What's the biggest challenge you've encountered at LSU?
Making sure you do everything every day, leaving no stone unturned, whether it be player development, installation of the defense, getting players in the right places, evaluating recruits, evaluating them and plugging them in, to being a champion in the SEC. That's it.
Similar to every other place?
It is but it's different when you are at a place where it is expected and it's really real, meaning it should happen. It's a little different. Everybody wants to be a champion but it is expected here and rightfully so. You know you are coaching at the right place when they expect you to win it.
**************
Jim Kleinpeter can be reached at jkleinpeter@nola.com or 504.826.3405.
So who is Chip going to be coaching in a year or 2?
Sporting News ranks the top ten programs in college football right now and going forward into the future. I think we all know who is #1.
http://www.sportingnews.com/list/46...te-texas-usc-lsu-florida-michigan-alabama-fsu
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y'all heard about this Gurley Bill? Basically punishes the people who pay student athletes. so buster ass nikkas like the dude who set Gurley up would also have to pay a 25000 fine and possible jail time.
The bill inspired by Todd Gurley's autograph ineligibility in 2014 has passed the Georgia House of Representatives.
House Bill 3, known as the "Gurley Bill" was filed in November and would punish those who entice student-athletes to break NCAA rules and therefore lose their eligibility. The former Georgia running back missed time in 2014 after he received compensation for his autograph.
Georgia officials found out about Gurley's autographs when the man who paid Gurley for his autograph notified media outlets and Georgia's compliance office.
Here's the official summary of the bill, which was filed by Rep. Barry Fleming (R). From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other educational programs, so as to provide sanctions for persons that enter into or solicit a transaction with a student-athlete that would result in sanctions to the student-athlete; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
While the bill has made it through the house, the chances of it passing the Senate seem slim. According to the Journal-Constitution, there's a 33 percent chance of the bill passing the Senate.
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If it's passed, offenders of the (still hypothetical) law would face jail time and a fine of $25,000.
Prolly AugustWhen the fukk does College Football Live come back
Nah they're normally back in time for the spring games. Im guessing after basketball seasonProlly August
Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 11:00am EDT
Atlanta to host new Celebration Bowl
Phil W. Hudson
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Atlanta will host the newly created Celebration Bowl, where the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Champions will face off against the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Champions, ESPN Events announced March 18 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
The MEAC and the SWAC already duel it out in ESPN Events' MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney, which is played annually over Labor Day Weekend.
"We are excited to work with ESPN to begin a new tradition of celebrating the best in Historically Black College and Universities football while continuing our commitment to the countless students, parents and community members who we serve daily," said John Grant, CEO of 100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc. "Our relationship with ESPN will help us continue our long-standing tradition of uplifting the African American community."
The SWAC consists of Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Alcorn State University, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Grambling State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Prairie View A&M University, Southern University & A&M College and Texas Southern University.
The MEAC consists of Bethune-Cookman, Coppin State, Delaware State, Florida A&M, Hampton, Howard, Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State, Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, Savannah State and South Carolina State.
"We're honored and excited to be involved in the inaugural Celebration Bowl which will feature the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)," said Rich McKay, president and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons. "The Falcons have long been strong advocates for historically black college football with our close partnership with the Black College Football Hall of Fame enshrinement dinner each year."
The game will be played at Georgia Dome in Atlanta following the 2015 season on Dec. 19.
The Georgia Dome also hosts The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
Atlanta to host new Celebration Bowl
Phil W. Hudson
Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Atlanta will host the newly created Celebration Bowl, where the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Champions will face off against the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Champions, ESPN Events announced March 18 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
The MEAC and the SWAC already duel it out in ESPN Events' MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney, which is played annually over Labor Day Weekend.
"We are excited to work with ESPN to begin a new tradition of celebrating the best in Historically Black College and Universities football while continuing our commitment to the countless students, parents and community members who we serve daily," said John Grant, CEO of 100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc. "Our relationship with ESPN will help us continue our long-standing tradition of uplifting the African American community."
The SWAC consists of Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Alcorn State University, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Grambling State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Prairie View A&M University, Southern University & A&M College and Texas Southern University.
The MEAC consists of Bethune-Cookman, Coppin State, Delaware State, Florida A&M, Hampton, Howard, Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State, Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, Savannah State and South Carolina State.
"We're honored and excited to be involved in the inaugural Celebration Bowl which will feature the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)," said Rich McKay, president and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons. "The Falcons have long been strong advocates for historically black college football with our close partnership with the Black College Football Hall of Fame enshrinement dinner each year."
The game will be played at Georgia Dome in Atlanta following the 2015 season on Dec. 19.
The Georgia Dome also hosts The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
Celebration Bowl?
Cmon Now
Don't shoot the messenger but lol yeah the committee could have come up with a better name
Lets get this shyt crackin!!
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