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Baylor head coach Matt Rhule has the ear and influence on head football coaches in the NFL. If you didn't know, now you know.
Following day one of rookie mini-camp for the Oakland Raiders, head coach Jon Gruden was asked about the signing of free agent rookie fullback Nick Sharga out of Temple University, the home of Rhule from 2013-2016.
A high school linebacker and tight end, Sharga transferred to Temple after his freshman season at West Virginia Wesleyan and made the transition to fullback.
As a redshirt sophomore in 2015, Sharga played both linebacker and fullback for the Owls, starting five of Temple's 14 games. Sharga then finished his career as the starting fullback for the owls in 2016 and 2017.
After going undrafted in the 2018 NFL Draft, Rhule made a call to Gruden to put in a word for Sharga.
"Sharga is the guy right now that gets the early call," Gruden said.
"He was a fullback — Matt Rhule is a friend of mine who was the coach at Temple who called me and recommended him, and I usually listen to Matt Rhule. I’ve got a lot of respect for him."
Sharga wore a single-digit number for the Owls for each of his three seasons. As Rhule as implemented at Baylor, single-digit numbers are awarded to players by teammates for a variety of reasons, including being among the toughest players on the team.
Rhule spent a single season as the offensive line coach of the New York Giants in 2012 prior to taking the head coaching position at Temple.
His connections to the NFL have been discussed heavily, but the confirmation by Gruden provides an additional layer of context to how well respected at the professional level.
Crash Davis said:
Wow. Some of y'all are the most miserable sacks of **** I've ever encountered on the internet or in real life.
Is it the greatest thing that has ever happened? No. But it is good press for Baylor and our head football coach nonetheless. The reaction to this is pathetic.
This may be so but you have to admit the headline at the top of the article is like a huge softball lobbed over the middle of the plate just waiting to be hit to the moon.ShooterTX said:Crash Davis said:
Wow. Some of y'all are the most miserable sacks of **** I've ever encountered on the internet or in real life.
Is it the greatest thing that has ever happened? No. But it is good press for Baylor and our head football coach nonetheless. The reaction to this is pathetic.
No kidding!
MrGolfguy said:This may be so but you have to admit the headline at the top of the article is like a huge softball lobbed over the middle of the plate just waiting to be hit to the moon.ShooterTX said:Crash Davis said:
Wow. Some of y'all are the most miserable sacks of **** I've ever encountered on the internet or in real life.
Is it the greatest thing that has ever happened? No. But it is good press for Baylor and our head football coach nonetheless. The reaction to this is pathetic.
No kidding!
ShooterTX said:Crash Davis said:
Wow. Some of y'all are the most miserable sacks of **** I've ever encountered on the internet or in real life.
Is it the greatest thing that has ever happened? No. But it is good press for Baylor and our head football coach nonetheless. The reaction to this is pathetic.
No kidding!
Baylor will be 5-0, and these guys will still be ****ting on everything!
We could win 10+ next season, and they would still bring up Liberty.
Pathetic
I will write a check for $1000 for every win above eight next season to coach rules charity of choicehodedofome said:ShooterTX said:Crash Davis said:
Wow. Some of y'all are the most miserable sacks of **** I've ever encountered on the internet or in real life.
Is it the greatest thing that has ever happened? No. But it is good press for Baylor and our head football coach nonetheless. The reaction to this is pathetic.
No kidding!
Baylor will be 5-0, and these guys will still be ****ting on everything!
We could win 10+ next season, and they would still bring up Liberty.
Pathetic
If Rhule wins 10 games this year I'll find a way to forget about last season. And I'll be one of the first to trash the guys who bring it up again.
RioRata said:
Jon Gruden:
Head coaching record
Regular season:
95-81 (.540)
Postseason:
5-4 (.556)
Career:
100-85 (.541)
hodedofome said:ShooterTX said:Crash Davis said:
Wow. Some of y'all are the most miserable sacks of **** I've ever encountered on the internet or in real life.
Is it the greatest thing that has ever happened? No. But it is good press for Baylor and our head football coach nonetheless. The reaction to this is pathetic.
No kidding!
Baylor will be 5-0, and these guys will still be ****ting on everything!
We could win 10+ next season, and they would still bring up Liberty.
Pathetic
If Rhule wins 10 games this year I'll find a way to forget about last season. And I'll be one of the first to trash the guys who bring it up again.
Keyser Soze said:
When you revive the week dead thread ..... do better
