Gameday Update | by Pat

Recruiting Rundown

Here's the lastest roundup on Irish recruits. There are still some games that will be played today, so check back throughout the weekend for updates.

Reading Material

There are still a number of hours until gametime, so he's some reading material to keep you busy.

One typical way to cover the upcoming game is to profile a certain player or coach. Here's a handful of articles that focus on Brady Quinn, Darius Walker, Travis Thomas, Ryan Harris, Maurice Crum Jr., Dwight Stephenson Jr., Coach Polian, and of course, Coach Weis.

The South Bend Tribune complied a list of the current records of college coaches who's previous job was in the NFL. Here's the breakdown.

Pros and cons

The following are the 19 Div. I-A college head coaches last season, whose most recent previous job was in the NFL. Also listed is their record and winning percentage at that school. BYU's Crowton and Illinois' Ron Turner have since been fired. Florida's Zook was too, but has landed at Illinois. Of the 23 new head coaches in Div. I-A in 2005, four -- Notre Dame's Charlie Weis, Pitt's Dave Wannstedt, Syracuse's Greg Robinson and South Carolina's Steve Spurrier -- fit the pro-to-college mold.

Coach	School	Tenure	W-L	Pct.
Pete Carroll	USC	2001-Pres.	42-9	.824
Bobby Petrino	Louisville	2003-Pres.	20-5	.800
Pat Hill	Fresno State	1997-Pres.	64-38	.627
June Jones	Hawaii	1999-Pres.	48-30	.615
*Ron Zook	Florida	2002-2004	23-15	.605
Mike Riley	Oregon State	2003-Pres.	15-10	.600
Al Groh	Virginia	2001-Pres.	30-21	.588
Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	1999-Pres.	42-31	.575
Chan Gailey	Georgia Tech	2002-Pres.	21-17	.552
*Gary Crowton	BYU	2001-2004	26-23	.531
Karl Dorrell	UCLA	2003-Pres.	12-13	.480
Bill Callahan	Nebraska	2004-Pres.	5-6	.455
Mike Shula	Alabama	2003-Pres.	10-15	.400
John Bunting	North Carolina	2001-Pres.	19-30	.388
*Ron Turner	Illinois	1997-2004	35-57	.380
Sylvester Croom	Miss. State	2004-Pres.	3-8	.273
Rich Brooks	Kentucky	2003-Pres.	6-17	.261
Bobby Ross	Army	2004-Pres.	2-9	.182
George O'Leary	Central Florida	2004-Pres.	0-12	.000