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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 8h

Why would (star coach) from (meh football school that's playing well) even THINK of leaving for (struggling powerhouse program)?

Duh ... BECAUSE THEY'RE FOOTBALL COACHES. They're trained from jump to do ONE thing at an elite level ...

Look for other, bigger job opportunities.

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 19h

I openly admit to being in the I Don't Totally Get The Matt Rhule Love camp

He's doing okay at Nebraska, but nothing earth-shaking for a program that should be a winner every year. The Temple win over Penn State to open the 2015 season seems to have stuck with Nittany Lion types

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 19h

This is a test for you, America's top athletic directors.

Every brand-name college football head coach is being rumored for this Penn State job, and the agents will be close behind looking for an extension for their respective guys.

DO... NOT ... FALL FOR IT

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 3d

Michigan down 24-13 and going for two to potentially be down ... 9

The world of analytics is too stupid to breathe

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 3d

It would be the best thing in college football if UMass and Kent State played the most fun game of the day ... like an unfortunate-looking married couple creating Margot Robbie.

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 17d

Oregon scores to go up 10-3 on Penn State ... but ... but ... everyone is wearing white t-shirts?!

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 19d

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take ... and 75% of your throws to Marvin Harrison Jr.

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 19d

Ole Miss isn't as big or as rich a football program as you might think

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 19d

For every major football program with a head coaching opening, here's your coaching search.

1A: Lane Kiffin. 1B: Curt Cignetti

Yes, you can afford it if you're serious about being a true player.

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 19d

2014 mock College Football Playoff session in Grapevine before it all began. (We played roles of the real committee)

I’ll ride with my side any day of the week - and argue that it would be the Dream Team CFP committee

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 23d

For those with Rams +3.5 vs Eagles ... all-time ...

BLESS ... YOUR ... HEART

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 24d

Memphis went for two after a TD down 31-26, and missed. Yada yada yada ...

Now, up 32-31, Memphis will probably lose to Arkansas on a field goal

DO ... NOT ... GO FOR TWO ... UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 24d

I was at Wisconsin during the transition to the Barry Alvarez era

You can't touch me, Maryland 27-3 late in the fourth quarter

Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 24d

The whole idea was to build to THIS year. If Clemson doesn’t come back, it’s not just about being 1-3. It’s a complete and total repudiation of Dabo Swinney’s belief of only building from within and not playing ball in the modern era.

Triple that if Texas Tech beats Utah

Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 24d

I do not believe in donating to a college athletic department - they don’t need the $, no matter what they say - but I will make this one time exception.

I will give the rest of my sandwich and a crisp $5 bill to Wisconsin to at least interview Lane Kiffin.

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 25d

Over the last three years and three games, Iowa would've been 35-6-1 had it scored the 21 points it put up in the first half of the Rutgers game tonight.

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 25d

I'm a man of the college football world

I've seen it all, done even more, and Iowa vs Rutgers 21-21 with six minutes left in the first half has shaken my belief system to the core

(And I STILL, deep in my heart of hearts, believe the under on 46.5 will hit)

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 25d

Iowa vs Rutgers 14-14 after the first quarter, both offenses winging it around the yard, animals walking two by two outside my window ...

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · 25d

BTW, after this for Iowa ...

Indiana, at Wisconsin, Penn State, Minnesota, Oregon, at USC, Michigan State, at Nebraska

(It's EARLY against Rutgers, but ... uh oh)

Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · Sep 12

Remember to keep breathing, all you with NC State -7.5 ...

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · Sep 9

I, for one, am stunned - STUNNED - that the 2,493rd celebration of the 1985 Chicago Bears didn't inspire the team to greatness in the second half.

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's almost like JJ McCarthy didn't know what coverage the Bears D was going to ...

(TOO SOON!!! ... TOO SOON!!!)

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's 2025. We finally figured out how to ditch the officials running on the field with the chains, they've sped up replay, and yet these multi-billion dollar businesses haven't figured out that YOU DO NOT GO FOR TWO UNTIL YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.

Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · Sep 7

Here's the deal, NFL RedZone

You can show commercials as long as you ACTUALLY SHOW LIVE PLAYS IN THE RED ZONE

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Pete Fiutak @petefiutak.bsky.social · Sep 5

My played-out running joke/line on every radio hit comes to life ...

EVERY NFL game prediction is/should be 24-20

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