August 9, 2007
Sports Illustrated’s Mandel: UCLA Football Among The Barons Of Div 1A
Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated is writing interesting articles these days … and they get talked about. Remember Mandel was the one who said Dorrell was one of the 5 worst coaches in college football and that the West Coast Offense was too complicated and not right for college. Yesterday, Mandel divided Div 1A teams into a class structure, based on power and prestige, and it’s generating talk. He used Kings for the top class, Barons as second tier class, and then Knights and Peasants to round out the pecking order. He puts UCLA football in the Baron class along with Auburn, Clemson, Colorado, Georgia, LSU, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Washington and Wisconsin. In the top tier King class he has, Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas and USC. Interesting read. We can do better.
