Who is the Gary Patterson you are voting for?

FRAN IS THE MAN!

Is there another "Gary Patterson" than the one coaching TCU.


This made me laugh so hard I spilled my drink, but then I thought surely they must be referring to someone else. Moving down from TCU to SMU is like moving from Top 25 football to a 3A high school.

In the past two years he has had ...

Root all you want for coogre high, but the Frogs will crush them.

More FACTS: Franchione Recruiting Classes

As for his recruiting at TCU those are not easily obtainable on the internet any more but trust me that they were outstanding-better than all non-BCS schools.

Actually our recruiting was better than all the non-BCS and BCS teams. In 2001, TCU sent 14 ...

Hire Fran and keep Tech on your schedule. We like going against Fran's teams.

Did you know Tech just lost their academic accredation as University and is so to be reclassified as a community college?

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/highereducation/entries ...

I was excited about Fran early on because I thought he could bring some of his son's juco players with him, he could take advantage of A&M not having a coach and even after Sherman was announced, I thought he could still snatch a couple of his recruits with

I guess we're down to the third item at ...

I don't know how Fran gets the blame for their records.

I think the talent pool was really low when Fran inheritted A&M. I believe they have not sent a player to the NFL in 2 or 3 years, which hadn't happened in the previous decade.

Fran consistently recruited Top 10 classes in the nation ...

You all are so nearsighted. In the grand scheme of things, the current recruiting class in not a big issue. If you hire Fran and go to 9 bowls in the next 10 years, who really cares about December 2007 Juco recruits?
Look at the long term and not so worried about current recruits.

His most attractive asset is the fact that he has a son who is a JUCO coach.

WRONG. His most attractive asset is that he is damn good coach who knows how to turn around a struggling program. He is also one of the best recruiters in Texas.

Smooo fans are making waaay to much out of the ...

SMUstang wrote:If SMU was to hire him, I would not be happy with him until he started winning. If we could just win the games we lead in the 3rd or 4th quarter we would be doing a lot better.

You would not have to wait long. Franchione would have winning record in season 1.

who said no?

Prior to revamping the Warriors in 1999, Jones spent 12 years in the NFL.

Jones, who spent part of his collegiate career playing at Hawaii, was also an assistant with the Houston Oilers.
SMU, which has had only two non-losing seasons since 1989, has also reportedly interviewed former Miami coach ...

Any of these candidates is better than Phil Bennet.

And unless SMU can hire Bob Stoops or Pete Carroll.....then FRAN is the MAN!

Have you ever tried to "Party" in College Station Texas?