The villain of Madison.
The Big Lead is taking a look at college football’s most unlikeable coaches. Two Big Ten coaches make the ballot:
Bret Bielema (Wisconsin) Successful, runs a clean program. His claim to the title is entirely personality driven. No one likes a whiner, especially one unwilling to back up his claims in public. No one likes the guy who relishes running up the score against overmatched opponents at home. Two heartbreaking losses cost his team a BCS title shot last year. Few felt for him.
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Urban Meyer (Ohio State) Why Urban Meyer? The duplicity. He’s the man of virtue who coached Tim Tebow. Ignore the 30 arrests. He retires from Florida to spend time with his family, yet is somehow a paragon of vigor when the Ohio State job comes available. He pledges to despise what college football has become and then enters the Big Ten on a rampage stealing others’ verbal commits. There was also this charming incident with a reporter and, of course, creating a nuisance for this couple.
You can vote here.
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February 25, 2012 at 3:10 pm
What the hell is this? I thought we promote the Big Ten here? So, they are winners and we should hate them? I don’t hate UM. I’ve had a chance to listen to BB speak on leadership and maybe people who write this drivel should too.
Aren’t there other coaches out there we can rag on? Like Lane Kiffin, Nick Saban or Rick Neuheisel…
Finally, maybe the Hoosiers better learn some of BB’s tricks of the trade and they won’t field a D team. Sometimes you can’t help putting up 80+ if your opponent is still hanging on the success of Antwan Randel-El.
February 25, 2012 at 5:15 pm
We have no promotional obligations or relationship with the Big Ten.
Follow the link. Other coaches are mentioned. I pulled out the Big Ten ones, as this is a Big Ten site.
February 28, 2012 at 12:31 pm
We can root for the Big 10, but still recognize idiots. If your brother is an ass, he’s an ass, no matter who his parents are.
February 28, 2012 at 2:29 pm
Hear, hear, I hearby recognize the unbalanced Mark D’antonio as an ass then. Second anyone?
February 28, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Second.