'Bama Bangs on Women? Ranking the SEC jobs...more mailbag

Chris Sakin writes:

C'La-y,
Here I thought Bama Bangs were limited to men....it appears as though the FSU President's lady is a proponent.... Also - he's the PRESIDENT of the university; surely he could spring for a few more Christmas lights! And I'm not even going to get into the photo shopped card.....

Wow. I haven't really seen the female version of the 'Bama Bangs before but the FSU's president certainly has them. Wild thought, she's sending a coded signal to Nick Saban that when Bobby Bowden finally dies in office, they're going to make a run at him despite the Jimbo Fisher in waiting contract. Something to think about whenever you can pull your eyes away from the strangely alluring fbb on


Nathan writes:

I may have missed it, but I would be interested to get your take on Dan Mullen’s accepting the Mississippi State job. It is inevitable that good coordinators will ultimately leave your program for a head coaching job (unless your name is Charlie Strong). But I wonder if Miss. St. is the best “first job” for Mullen. Nobody has won in Starkville without cheating. I think there is a strong argument that Mississippi State is the worst job in the SEC. The expectations are higher than they are at Vanderbilt or Kentucky, but they have all the same disadvantages. They’re doomed to get annual ass beatings, there is nothing attractive about the school that would make the better athletes from other states want to go there, and their athletic department can’t budget for high paid assistant coaches. It seems like he is destined to fail. I think a better move would be to take a WAC, MAC, Mountain West conference type job where the playing field is a little more level and hope to get that Urban Meyer/Greg Schiano scent on him after a few winning seasons (Schiano has to be kicking himself for turning down the Miami job, there’s a guy whose name you never here linked to coaching vacancies anymore).

Getting back to my original point, I think Dan Mullen screwed up. His stock is at an all time high now with Tebow/Harvin involved in his schemes so you can’t blame him for leaving now, but I think for a long term career perspective he should have taken a Boise State type job. Three years from now the Bulldogs may be on their third helmet color change in as many years, and they may show Mullen the door where his destiny will be to replace Mike Price at UTEP. I hope I’m wrong because Mullen seems like a decent guy.

For the record I’m fully aware that the Gators haven’t won a game in Starkville in over 20 years, and we’re staring at a date with them in Mississippi next year with our ex-coordinator leading the Bulldogs. The scenario sets up for another Gator loss with cowbells clanging.

Good question and analysis of the Mullen situation. Here's my take. First, I agree with you that Miss. State is the worst job in the SEC. In fact, here's my ranking of the best jobs (I'm defining best here based primarily on recruiting. I.e. the degree to which you can get the best players in your state without having to travel much and combining that with fan support/expectations.)

1. Florida
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Alabama
5. Tennessee
Significant drop off here in my mind.
6. Auburn (I think Chizik showed that Auburn's a ways down on the pecking order.)
7. South Carolina
Another significant drop off.
8. Arkansas
9. Ole Miss
10. Kentucky
11. Vandy
12. Miss. State

If there's any real disputing these rankings, I'll break them out and explain my rationale at some point. Basically the theory is how bad could a coach be at these jobs and not have an implosion. (I think LSU is the best argument among the top 5, but the fact that Louisiana produces more college athletes per capita than any state in the country is significant to me.)

Now, getting back to your point, I think you have to leave if you're Mullen because, to be honest, things can't get much better than they are now at Florida. They just can't. Miss. State fans aren't entirely delusional (anyone who watched the Croom offenses over the year more than two or three times wanted to bang their head into a wall without wearing a helmet.) In fact, they were ecstatic last year with a win in the Liberty Bowl. Looking at the MSU offense Mullen might think that he can go there and make a difference. I refuse to believe they could be that bad on offense in terms of talent.

On defense State has been solid. But offense? Just awful. Last year State averaged 15.4 points a game. That was 115 out of 119 in the country. Say Mullen rolls in there and can get that average up to 23 or so points a game next year. That's probably good enough for 6-6. Get it up to 26 the next year after and he's 7-5. Is that good enough to make the jump to another job? I think so. Hell, even if he goes there and flounders he might be able to make the move to a MAC school a la Dave Clawson. So I think it was a good move because I don't think he needs to blow the doors off the place, I think if he wins more games than he loses over the next two or three years, there will be a job waiting for him somewhere bigger. Maybe over at Auburn.

Dan writes:

Just a simple question: does the fact Blagojevich is rocking Bama-bangs and not a beard have anything to do with his current legal issues? If he drops the bangs and grows a beard, is he aquitted of all charges? And if not, should Obama grow a beard and change his name to O'bama to distance himself from the problem?

Actually, as president, he can probably get away with presumptive ownership and go with Obama'.

How awesome would it be if Blagojevich started to grow a beard? They'd pull his passport in a second. Even better, what if he shaved his head. Did anyone else read the New York Times article on Blagojevich's hair brush?

And yet, Mr. Blagojevich, 52, rarely turns up for work at his official state office in Chicago, former employees say, is unapologetically late to almost everything, and can treat employees with disdain, cursing and erupting in fury for failings as mundane as neglecting to have at hand at all times his preferred black Paul Mitchell hairbrush. He calls the brush “the football,” an allusion to the “nuclear football,” or the bomb codes never to be out of reach of a president.

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