Locked in Big 12: Gary Patterson

[The TCU Football Jerk]

After recalling bits and pieces from old or defunct publications like "Football Study Hall" "cornhusker today" along with the old 80s "Hawkeye report" and taking another look at those Nebraska championship teams, today, Tom Osborne is the king of kings of doing more with less. Several national championships after recruiting players to the middle of nowhere and temporary tundra both regionally and in staccato like fashion from California, Jersey, Wash state and other areas, Osborne is the historical King.

Location-wise yes Osbourne did more with less. But not with facilities. For back in the day Nebraskas were top notch. They invented the modern weight room. They had the biggest weight facility in the country in the early 80s. I can remember as a kid reading a long article about how Nebraska had redone everything and how nice all of their football locker rooms, training rooms, meeting rooms, etc. were. They basically started the arms race. I remember UT building the Neuhaus indoor facility at the south end zone of Memorial Stadium not long after. And the race has been on ever since.

 

[HToady]

Honorable mention goes to Nebraska, although their "recruitment footprint" pretty much went away as soon as everyone else was on national TV every week too. They'd be winning more had they not left the B12 though IMO.

Add Mizzou to that list too...

 

[Sangria Wine]

I think GP has a bright future in R/TV if he wants it.

If I was in his shoes that’s what I’d do. No way I’d want to deal with the insanity of D1 football coaching today. Get a studio job talking games, make a nice check, talk about the game, stay in contact with your network of coaching buddies.

That said, I hope the itch is too much to bear for him and he ends up at a B12 school at some point soon because the drama would be fun!

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

Patterson is wearing the color purple.

 

[Mean Purple]

Their rut began the moment they left a conference home based in Texas. Texas recruits that is

was happening before that, to an extent. But when they left the conference, seemed like the nail for sure.