Houston coach's signing day video

Pretty close. In Office Space, Bolton actually punches the printer. Not sure he didn't bloody up his hand!
 
gtphd said:
Every college in Texas has a hand sign and a stupid ring ceremony. Believe this is the former.
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Yup.

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The linger-near-the-top-of-the-forums to actual posts ratio of this thread feels unprecedented.
 
Deke said:
The linger-near-the-top-of-the-forums to actual posts ratio of this thread feels unprecedented.
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Wait until the real necromancy occurs when this thread gets bumped to the top again in 2022.
 
http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...-recruiting-sec-stewart-mandel-mailbag-021016

Stewart, I loved your recruiting rankings myth-buster story. So along those lines, how impressive was it for Houston and Tom Herman to go out and do what they did with the 2016 signing class? Considering their location (a major city in a hotbed state for recruits), but not being a Power 5 team (at this point), could the Cougars make a rise similar to what the Miami program did during the '80s and early '90s and build that program up even further? Is that possible in this day and age?

-- Shawn, Lima, Ohio


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What Herman did was astounding. First of all, it's believed to be the highest-rated class (40th on 247Sports.com) ever signed by a non-power conference school in the Internet rankings era. Second, all but one of the guys they signed committed BEFORE the season. So they weren't coming because of the Peach Bowl or beating Florida State; they came because of the vision Herman sold them. Even he could not have imagined how much of that would come to fruition in Year 1.

But unfortunately, no, I don't believe a Miami-level transformation is possible in 2016 unless Houston gets a Big 12 invite. Miami was an independent that could schedule whoever it wanted to and played the big boys. Houston opens with Oklahoma this season, which is great, but most of its games will continue to be against schools like Tulsa and UConn. It needs to go undefeated every year to have any shot at the playoff, and it needs to win its conference every year to go to a better bowl than Miami Beach. A more realistic goal is to try to become the new Boise State, which continues to be widely respected even without major conference affiliation but is frankly no threat to play for the national title.

Finally, it goes without saying that Herman won't be there for long if he keeps winning at a high level. He won't jump for any old opportunity, but he will for Texas or Texas A&M. That doesn't necessarily doom Houston; your example, Miami, made its run with several different coaches. But it will certainly be tougher. The best thing that could possibly happen for Houston is if Herman stays for a couple more years and wins at such a level that it becomes impossible for the Big 12 -- which will expand eventually -- to say no.
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Thank goodness! I was afraid this peculiar little thread was going to finally fall away. Live on!
 
There are 100 views per postage multiple views per user. Do people keep coming back assuming something interesting happened?
 
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