7 major college football coaches explain what goes into game week - SB Nation
"They've got Ndamukong Suh and Jared Crick as their defensive tackles, and we've got kids that don't belong in the Big 12 talent-wise. It came in 2009, 16 days after Suh had broken Missouri's Blaine Gabbert in half, six weeks before the Huskers would lose the Big 12 Championship to Texas by a tick of the clock. Iowa State forced an absurd eight turnovers, four inside the ISU 5, and with a redshirt freshman backup in at quarterback, the Cyclones took down the Huskers in Lincoln, 9-7. Herman was Paul Rhoades' coordinator, attempting to figure out how an... Six years later, following an apprenticeship with the Urban Meyer machine at Ohio State, he is preparing for his first season as a head coach. Week-to-week preparation was mostly the same in Ames and Columbus, but "you didn't have to worry about personnel matchups near as much at Ohio State. "I think the situation dictates, but when you have a talent discrepancy, you know you're probably not going to drive the field on 10-play drives. You know you're going to have to manufacture big plays. Herman's rise from Cal Lutheran receiver to head coach was nothing if not organic: tiny school graduate assistant, big-school G. A. , small-school position coach. Small-school offensive coordinator, mid-major O. C. , power-conference O. C. , power -power O. C. Following his graduation cum laude from CLU, he looked nearby. Source: www.sbnation.com
