Rolltide94
Well-Known Member
Here are the members:
SEC - Jeff Long (Arkansas), Steve Wieberg (Missouri), and Bobby Johnson (Vandy)
ACC - Bobby Johnson (former player for Clemson), Frank Beamer (VT), and Dan Radakovich (Clemson)
PAC-12 - Rob Mullens (Oregon), Tyrone Willingham (Stanford and Washington HC), and Tom Jernstedt (Oregon)
Big-10 - Gene Smith (Ohio State)
Big-12 - Kirby Holcott (Texas Tech and former K-State linebacker)
MWC - Christopher B. Howard (Air Force)
C-USA - Jeff Bower (Southern Miss)
MAC - Herb Deromedi (Central Michigan
I don't. The committee is not only stacked against the G5 teams, but the SEC, ACC, and PAC-12 have the most representatives.
How is Steve Wieberg an SEC guy when he got a Journalism Degree from Missouri in 1980 when they were a Big Eight School. By that reasoning shouldn't Gene Smith also be a Notre Dame guy? I mean his only degree is from Notre Dame...just like Wieberg.
I notice you mention that Bobby Johnson is a former Clemson player and Kirby Holcott is a former K-state player, but no mention of Tyron Willingham who played QB and WR at Michigan St.
You also failed to mention his stint as the Head Coach at Notre Dame, while mentioning all his other coaching gigs.
Also, how is Jeff Long firmly in the SEC camp when he is the FORMER AD at Arkansas, where he was AD for 5 years, as opposed to Michigan where he spent 11 years going from a graduate assistant coach to Associate AD, he is also an Ohio native.
If Wieberg is an SEC guy how is Deromedi not firmly in the B1G camp with two degrees from Michigan.
Even Bobby Johnson...the former Vandy Coach is a former player and coach at Clemson.
Both of the SEC representatives have ties to other conferences that should be at least as strong as their ties to marginal SEC programs.
Meanwhile, the B1G and the ACC have the CURRENT AD at their flagship program.
Could you imagine what the backlash would be if Mal Moore or Greg Byrne were on the committee.
I agree the G5 is underrepresented with 4 members, perhaps Notre Dame should have to give up it's two representatives to compensate.