The Big Uh

Dale Robertson says Dana Dimel is toast as UH football head coach.

They did set conference and school records in the latest effort. Unfortunately, they aren't the sorts of records you want to set (most interceptions by a quarterback in a game).

Here are Dimel's comments:

"We were right at the cusp with a chance at 6-6 and qualifying for a bowl game, but we just didn't take care of our opportunities," Dimel said. "I don't know many teams that were 0-11 and had a chance to go to a bowl game the next year. Think of where we were at this time last year."

Ah, yes, coach. The shit stank slightly less this year than last. And like John Blake, you've just got some mistakes to get corrected. Unfortunately, I don't think Dave Maggard can pull a Bob Stoops out of his hat like Joe Castiglione did when he ended the similarly stinky John Blake ~~error~~ era.

At least they lost to a pretty good football team (one that extended Oklahoma earlier in the year). Ray McCallum's men's basketball team can't use that excuse to explain its pitiful home opener loss.

But hey, we can count on Rayner Noble's UH baseball team this spring.

(11-24-02 Update) I saw someone on a UH message board refer to the coach as Ana Imel with the explanation "he has no D." That struck me as pretty damn funny.

(11-24-02 Update 2) Dimel was fired today.

[Posted at 23:25 CST on 11/23/02] [Link]