Hard to Believe, but Jim Bollman Got Another Job as a College Football OC
Imagine, if you will, this scenario: An offensive coordinator at a college football powerhouse puts together a stunningly inept season of offense, takes a year off from taking plays, then shows up at a middling Big Ten program and tries to implement his old offense—only without a relative advantage of talent when it comes to conference play. If Big Ten fans find that scenario familiar, they should. It’s the story of Greg Davis, ousted from Texas after a brutal year of offense only to wind up at Iowa, where the Hawkeye offense horrified the unsuspecting masses of Kinnick Stadium with abject ineptitude en route to a 4-8 record—Kirk Ferentz’s worst since he was rebuilding the program more than a decade ago. We’re ready to relive that scenario in 2013. Former Ohio State offensive coordinator Jim Bollman , who oversaw one of the most brutal years of offense in …
Hard to Believe, but Jim Bollman Got Another Job as a College Football OC
Imagine, if you will, this scenario: An offensive coordinator at a college football powerhouse puts together a stunningly inept season of offense, takes a year off from taking plays, then shows up at…
CFB Roundup: Players out at Alabama, MSU eyes Bollman for OC spot
Four Alabama players facing charges of robbery and fraudulent use of a credit card after a campus attack on two students Feb. 11 are no longer with the team nor enrolled in school. Coach Nick Saban announced Wednesday the disassociation of defensive back Eddie Williams , running back Brent Calloway , defensive lineman D.J. Pettway and Tyler Hayes with the team and school. The four had been suspended indefinitely by Saban and barred from campus by the university after the incident that left one student unconscious. Williams, Hayes and Pettway each face two counts of second-degree robbery. Williams and Calloway were charged with fraudulent use of a credit card. In a separate incident a day earlier, Williams was charged with carrying a pistol without a license. Callway also had a prior arrest on misdemeanor possession of marijuana in October 2011. —Michigan State is expected to name former Ohio State assistant Jim Bollman as its new offensive coordinator, according to multiple reports. Bollman would replace Dan Roushar, who left Michigan State in early …
Purdue OC Nord to miss Iowa game
Purdue is looking to snap a five-game losing streak when it goes to Iowa this weekend, and now the Boilermakers will have to overcome the absence of their offensive coordinator. The team announced…
Mark Dantonio defends OC Dan Roushar
Michigan State has lost three of its last four games by a total of six points and has scored only one touchdown in each of those defeats. Not surprisingly, Spartans fans believe they…
Ohio State Football: Meyer’s Offense Thrives on Players Like Stoneburner, Brown
When it comes to building a highly successful offense, coaches usually have one of two options: Either do one thing so well that opponents can’t stop it (Wisconsin and the power rush, Texas…
Video: Michigan State OC Dan Roushar
Michigan State offensive coordinator Dan Roushar talks about the Spartans’ spring. Continue reading at ESPN.com – Big Ten Blog
Iowa’s Vandenberg confident in new OC
Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg has been brushing up on Greg Davis’ history, both recent and ancient. Since the Hawkeyes hired Davis as offensive coordinator, Vandenberg has watched numerous clips of former Texas quarterbacks…
Ohio State Football: Realistic Expectations for Buckeyes New OC Tom Herman
We heard all sorts of talk from Rich Rodriguez about his bringing the spread to the Big Ten in an effort to transform the league, and we saw how that worked out—Rodriguez was fired and is taking his talents to Tucson. Now with Urban Meyer as the “new kid” on the block in the B1G, the topic of the spread has come up yet again. This time, thanks to Meyer's two titles at Florida and the undefeated …
Iowa Football 2012: With Greg Davis at OC, Hawkeye Staff Now Complete
The Iowa Hawkeyes now have their offensive coordinator. Monday, Kirk Ferentz announced that former Texas offensive coordinator Greg Davis will be taking over the position vacated by Ken O’Keefe. Davis has 33 years…
