Linkage

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Posted by DCS

Too busy unfortunately to come up with my own material at the moment, so:

• Brian Bennett answers your questions here and here
• Greg Auman of the USF Sports Bulletin says that MagicJack may in fact be back as the sponsor of the St. Petersburg Bowl next year and beyond
• Tom Heiser of the Louisville Courier-Journal weeps for Dalton Cissel who turned down Navy to walk on for Kragthorpe's "sinking ship" (pun intended I suppose)...
• ...speaking of Louisville, B-Squared (a Louisville native himself) interviews the Cards' new d-coordinator, Brent Guy
• More from Tony Fiammetta's journey toward the NFL
• A thoughtful piece from Bleed Scarlet on how Iowa's days recruiting in the Garden State may be over

Guy's the Guy

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Posted by DCS

Louisville head coach Steve Kragthorpe decided to elevate recently hired linebackers coach and former Utah State head coach Brent Guy to defensive coordinator. Guy will maintain his duties coaching the linebackers as well. This all after Kragthorpe replaced Ron English, who bolted after one season to coach Eastern Michigan. Kragthorpe replaced English with Bill Miller, who had previously been coaching the linebackers for the Cardinals, but in the end, decided to take a position as co-defensive coordinator for the Kansas Jayhawks. I think in the end, this is ended up pretty well for Krags, given that Guy is well respected as a defensive coordinator despite his disastrous stint as head coach at Utah State.

In other news:

• Brian Kelly is honored with a "coach of the year" award
• ESPN's Brian Bennett gives us a rundown of the Big East's ties to the NFL playoffs
• Academic issues will prevent Kendall Kelly from attending USF