NU football is definitely not “a clown” compared to Utah State. NU is coming off a bowl win, with tremendous recruiting momentum, two years coming of a unique stadium situation, followed by opening what will become the model for every college football stadium to follow. NU football is in its best position since its coach, ironically, said “I’m staying here for life” or whatever.
Do you really think he “looked into allegations on his own”? Or do you think he downplayed to keep a player eligible?
There is no comparison to what happened at USU and at NU. Sounds like a USU football player was accused of sexual assault or rape, the allegation was brought to the football coach, and he “investigated” (“hey 24, did you rape this chick” “okay great”) and didn’t move any further.
Or, perhaps, he coordinated with the other two who were also fired to downplay or bury the story. He prevented an investigation from happening. Nobody is saying “he should have known” an off-premise assault may have occurred; they are saying that he violated policy by not involving the right people. (It’s what Paterno should’ve been fired for, kind of, before he mercifully died to spare himself the embarrassment.)
In the case of NU, the activity was happening in Fitz’s building. “Known or should have known” is a reasonable threshold when it’s happening down the hall.
Anyway, the university is financially solvent, the stadium is on track, the new head coach has all the positive qualities the former coach once had.
The Fitz firing was a tremendous change that, once everyone got over the shock, energized the program and contributed to what appears to be a recruiting class stacked with A-listers.
AND, Fitz will be able to attend his son’s regular season and playoff games all season long without openly shirking his responsibilities as a head football coach!
Gosh winning is so fun.
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