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After fewer than four seasons at the Institute, Geoff Collins has been fired as the head football coach for Tech, with Athletic Director Todd Stansbury being dismissed as well on Monday morning. The move comes with the Jackets sitting at 1–3 (0–1 ACC), with back-to-back multiscore losses. Collins becomes only the fourth Tech coach to be fired and the second to be fired mid-season. His 10–28 record at the Institute is the lowest by a full-time coach in Jacket history.

Collins was hired from Temple University, where he spent two seasons prior to joining Tech. He led the Owls to a 15–10 record, including a mark of 11–5 in the American Athletic Conference. He earned a Gasparilla Bowl win during his first season at Temple, and led the team to an Independence Bowl berth, though he resigned for the Tech job before the game. He was brought in to modernize the offense and build the school’s brand and culture, but struggled to do so.

Collins saw reasonable success recruiting, securing a top-50 class every year of his tenure. His best class was in the top-30 nationally, and he had three transfer classes ranked at No. 22 or higher. The recruiting efforts rarely transferred into on-field success though, as the Jackets won three games in each of Collins’ three full seasons. 

Following the Paul Johnson era, Collins faced an uphill battle in modernizing the offense. After a decade of the almost entirely run-based triple-option offense, Collins intended to implement a pro-style offense, which is a balanced, pass-first attack that relies on strong quarterback play. The first season saw expected turbulence, but two 45-point losses to Virginia Tech and Georgia coupled with a loss to FCS Citadel led to a 3–9 campaign, a few steps down from the 7–6 season in the final year under Johnson.

In 2020, during a COVID-affected season, the Jackets took a step sideways. They once again picked up three wins, improving their ACC win total from two to three, but fell at home to Clemson 73–7, resulting in a new ACC margin-of-victory record on Homecoming Weekend. While the win total was stagnant, Tech had a number of freshman playing significant time, including then-freshmen quarterback Jeff Sims and running back Jahmyr Gibbs.

Collins’ last full season had higher expectations, having had two full years to build the program. The season began poorly though, with a last-minute loss to NIU, a game where the Jackets were favored by three scores at kickoff. Tech rebounded over the next few games, sitting at 3–3 halfway through the year, with wins over FCS Kennesaw State, Duke and a win in Mercedes-Benz Stadium over No. 21 UNC. Following the Duke win however, Tech collapsed, losing six straight, including the last two by a combined score of 100–0 to Notre Dame and rival Georgia, placing Collins on the hot seat heading into 2022.

Stansbury stood by Collins after the 2021 season, confirming the coach’s return for a fourth year and expressing his support. Collins needed to prove that Jacket football had taken a step forward even with this support, and had to do so against what was rated among the nation’s five hardest schedules before the season.

Tech opened against a tough Clemson team, ranked fourth in the country coming into the game. The Jackets hung with the Tigers for three quarters, but special teams woes and penalties lead to a 31-point loss. Tech amassed 86 penalty yards to Clemson’s 10, and had two punts blocked that led to Tiger touchdowns in the loss. Penalties and special teams issues were nothing new to Collins’ time on the Flats, and he promised to “work relentlessly to get that cleaned up.”

Tech rebounded five days later with an 18-point win over FCS Western Carolina in a game that did little to quiet the growing discontent with the program. Ole Miss came to Atlanta the following week and set the table for Collins’ firing with a 42–0 thrashing of Tech. The Jackets’ first drive ended with another blocked punt, and Ole Miss totaled over 2.5 times as many yards as Tech, including a 316–53 differential on the ground.

Traveling to Orlando for the first road game of the year against UCF, Collins was coaching for his job. The defense swarmed and the offense moved the ball for much of the game, but special teams cost Tech 13 points in the first half alone. Two missed field goals and a blocked punt — the fourth in four games — that was returned for a touchdown gave the Knights a 13–7 lead. Another eight-penalty game by the Jackets helped seal a three-score UCF win and Collins’ demise.

This final season came with a new offensive coordinator, Chip Long, as Collins attempted to retool. The same issues from previous seasons cropped up despite his efforts. The offense still often struggled to score, averaging 11.3 points per game, and discipline was an issue in several facets of the game.

Collins’ efforts to build the brand found moderate success. He attempted to connect the team to Atlanta, with “404” branding found regularly in team media, and his #404theculture hashtag tried to connect that brand to the team’s culture. He also had fake money passed out at games in his early seasons, encouraging fans to get extra loud during third and fourth downs on both sides of the ball. 

Stansbury’s seat got hot in large part due to his support of Collins. Stansbury was hired in 2016 from Oregon State and hired Collins two years later. He was a loud supporter of Collins even after three disappointing seasons. Stansbury gave Collins a seven-year deal, notably long for a coach of Collins’ stature. The deal also guaranteed Collins his money, leaving the Institute on the hook for a further $10.5 million to buy out the final three years of the contract.

Stansbury is now the first Tech AD to be fired. Tech’s Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff, Frank Neville, will be taking over interim duties as athletic director. 

The official decision to make both moves was communicated at an all-staff GTAA meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 26 after news was reported the day before about Collins’ dismissal and the potential for Stansbury to follow. The moves leave Tech football and athletics as a whole at a turning point, with a series of new coaches set to start work on the Flats in 2023. 

Offensive Line and Assistant Head Coach Brent Key is expected to take over as interim while the search for a new head coach and athletic director begins. Tech Athletics has a unique challenge ahead in trying to attract new hires with funds that were reportedly in the negative even before the buyouts hit.

If you ask head coach Ricky Rahne, the Old Dominion football team is known for its tendency “to go 1-0 every week.” The Monarchs did just that on Saturday night when they faced off against their first Sun Belt opponent of the season, the Arkansas State Red Wolves, here in Norfolk. The Monarchs came into the contest 1-2 after a heartbreaking loss to Virginia 16-14 due to a Cavalier field goal with no time remaining. Arkansas State arrived with a record of 1-2, coming off a loss to the University of Memphis. 

Old Dominion won the coin toss and decided to defer their possession to the second half, so play began around 6 p.m. with an ODU kickoff. This kick was not returnable to open the game and Arkansas State started their first drive of the game on their own 25-yard line. This first drive for the Red Wolves was not fruitful as they could not make it past midfield due to quality play on the part of the ODU defense. Sadly, ODU could not carry the momentum of the defensive stop onto the offensive side of the ball, and they went three-and-out on their first drive. On a third down in the closing minutes of the first quarter, redshirt sophomore Hayden Wolff barely missed the hands of junior wide receiver Ali Jennings, which had a high potential to put ODU on the board with a touchdown. Despite this, the Monarchs attempted an unsuccessful field goal to end the first quarter and left the game scoreless through 15 minutes of play. 

The second quarter continued with the impressive performance by ODU’s pass rushers gaining three sacks in the second quarter alone as well as a handful of tackles for loss to stunt the Arkansas State run game. Despite the stout play of the ODU pass rush, the Monarch secondary struggled, giving up some big runs on third and long. This gave the Red Wolves a chance to score a touchdown, which put them ahead 9-0 with 9:27 left in the half. This followed an offensive holding call in the endzone which resulted in a safety. The ODU offense was quiet in the first half, excluding a 20-yard catch and run for sophomore wide receiver Isiah Paige which gave ODU one of their only first downs of the first half. Fast forward to right around halftime, and the Red Wolves kicked a field goal with 0:37 remaining to put themselves up 12-0. ODU sadly could not capitalize in the closing seconds of the first half as they went three and out before heading to the locker room. 

The second half of this game was a different story as aspects of the Monarch game plan came out firing in the third quarter. QB Wolff started his second-half campaign strong as not even two minutes into the second half he threw for a 24-yard gain to one of his favorite targets: 6’8” TE Zach Kuntz. This first down to the redshirt junior put ODU into Arkansas State territory and easily within striking distance of the goal line. Soon after this big gain, Jennings got involved in the fun and made a huge catch downfield that was knocked out of his arms at the goal line, causing the placement to be at the Arkansas State one-yard line. On the next play, ODU scored on a one-yard run by running back redshirt freshman Tariq Sims. This was his first collegiate touchdown and came in a huge moment to help ODU climb their way back into the contest, the score now 12-7 with 13:00 remaining in the third quarter. 

Arkansas State was quick to respond to the Monarch offense as they added their own points off a 49-yard touchdown pass to move their lead to 19-7 with 11:35 remaining. The Monarch offense responded again as they scored for the second time in a five-minute span off a 77-yard heave that found the hands of star wide receiver Jennings. This play was the fifth longest pass play recorded in ODU football history. After the touchdown, the score was brought to 19-14 in favor of Arkansas State.

The rest of the third quarter was a showcase for the ODU defense, especially the deadly pass rush that had been flustering the Red Wolf quarterback all night, forcing him to throw on the run and outside of the pocket. Highlights of the defense included multiple open field tackles made by sophomore linebacker Jason Henderson on his way to a 21-tackle game, which broke both the school record and his personal record of 18 tackles, which he tallied in an earlier game this season. With this dominant performance, Henderson leads the country with 63 tackles through four games. 

To add to the dominant defensive third-quarter performance, the ODU pass rush struck gold as redshirt sophomore defensive end Deevee Harris snagged a deflected pass for a pick-six, giving the Monarchs a 21-20 lead with two minutes remaining in the third quarter. The final two minutes of the third quarter were uneventful, excluding the exit of the Arkansas State starting quarterback to the sideline with an apparent leg injury. 

The final quarter of play began with ODU possessing a one-point lead and the ball in the hands of the Red Wolves with a new alternating quarterback scheme present. This new scheme came to the rescue of the Red Wolf as they scored on a QB run with 12:10 left in the game. This gave the Red Wolves a lead of 26-21, challenging the ODU offense to respond. This opportunity stemmed from great play by the defensive line which forced a sack and fumble recovery that gave the offense the ball in enemy territory. This gave the ODU offense the ball on the Arkansas State 29-yard line. The offense struggled to capitalize as they ended up in a 4th and 3 situation. 

To the luck of the Monarchs, a  defensive pass interference call was issued on an attempted pass to Wide Receiver Javon Harvey. This gave ODU an automatic first down and the ball on the Arkansas State 7-yard line. Wolff and crew did not look back; the following play Wolff dumped the ball off to TE Kuntz who took the ball home into the endzone giving ODU a one-point lead again, 27-26, with under seven minutes left of play. The Monarchs again had the odds in their favor as they scored a two-point conversion using a run from redshirt freshman  Obi Sanni to bring the score to 29-26 in favor of ODU. The remainder of the game was a show put on by the ODU pass rush. Sacks by Brandt-Epps as well as Safeties Tobias Harris and R’tarriun Johnson helped to seal the win despite some late pass plays by the Red Wolves which were to no avail.

This win was substantiated by the offensive weapons of Kuntz and Jennings, who both scored touchdowns in the game. Jennings with his 140 receiving yards holds the #2 spot in the NCAA for total receiving yards. The win was also in no small part thanks to the ODU defense. Henderson tallied his record 21 tackles and Linebacker Malik Henry added 12 tackles to the effort. The defensive line was dominant as they tallied seven sacks on the evening, each by a different player. 

When asked about the “tale of two halves” coach Ricky Rahne commented, “Yeah, everyone asked me that. If I knew that, we wouldn’t have a tale of two halves.”

This game was definitely a great second-half win for the Monarchs. ODU football will look forward to next weekend when they welcome another in-state team, Liberty University, into Norfolk. Kick-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.

The University of Minnesota’s M Club Hall of Fame received 13 new members earlier this month. The M Club Hall of Fame is one of the oldest and largest clubs for athletes who earn a varsity letter in a University of Minnesota sport.

The M Club oversees the University’s athletics department Hall of Fame, as the school’s varsity sport alumni club. With an athletic history of more than a century, many University student-athletes, coaches and administrators have been inducted, dating back all the way to the 1880s.

The M Club welcomed its newest members on Sept. 16 in Club Cambria at Huntington Bank Stadium during an in-person ceremony.

Brandon Eggum (Wrestling, 1997-00) — Eggum was a two-time Big Ten champion, a three-time All-American and the 1999 NCAA runner-up at 184 lbs. Eggum is entering his sixth season as the Gophers men’s wrestling head coach but has been involved with the program for 22 years.

Veronica (Martin) Eriksson (Track and Field, 1991-94) — Eriksson was a 1993 Big Ten champion, three-time NCAA All-American and 1993 NCAA indoor pole vault champion. She represented Sweden in the 2000 Olympic Games.

Paula Gentil (Volleyball, 2002-05) — Gentil was selected for the All-Big Ten selection four times, was a three-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, competed in two NCAA Final Fours and was on the 2004 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team. She was the first three-time All-American in school history and concluded her career as the NCAA record holder in digs with 2,971.

Dave Haberle (Golf, 1968-71) — Haberle was part of the 1971 All-Big Ten, was a 1971 Big-Ten champion and a 1970 and 1971 All-American. He was also inducted into the Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame, was the 1970 Minnesota State Golfer of the Year and was state open champion.

Jeff Hackler (Swimming, 2000-03) — Hackler was an 11-time Big Ten champion and part of the 2001 and 2002 Big Ten championship teams. He was also a 16-time All-American (third most in school history) and an eight-time First Team All-American.

Ron Johnson (Football, 1998-01) — Johnson was part of the All-Big Ten First Team in 2000 and led the Gophers in receptions and receiving yards for three seasons. He set program records in career receiving yards, receptions and receiving touchdowns.

Dana (Larson) Birk (Soccer, 1996-99) — Birk was part of the 1997 All-Big Ten First team, was the starting goalie for 1997 Big Ten Championship team and was part of four NCAA Tournament teams.

John Pohl (Men’s Hockey, 1998-02) — Phol was part of the 2002 All-American First Team and was captain for the 2002 NCAA title team. He was also one of nine players in school history with 200 career points, was a two-time team captain and was part of the 2002 All-WCHA first team.

Terry Silkaitis (Swimming, 2002-05) — Silkaitis was a 10-time Big Ten Champion with five individual titles, a 23-time All-American, the 2003 Big Ten Swimmer of the Year and was the most decorated swimmer in school history.

Jillian Tyler (Swimming, 2008-11) — Tyler was a four-time Big Ten champion in 100 breaststroke, an NCAA champion in 100 breaststroke, a seven-time NCAA individual finalist and received 13 All-America awards.

Clyde Turner (Basketball, 1971-73) — Turner was part of the 1972 All-Big Ten First Team, the 1973 All-Big Ten second team and the 1972 Big-Ten Championship team. He averaged a team best of 18.6 and 18.1 points per game in two seasons. Turner died on Aug. 9 and was inducted posthumously.

Jenny (Shaughnessy) Ferris (Swimming, 2006-09) — Ferris was an eight-time Big Ten champion, a member of the 2008 Big Ten championship team, the 2009 Big-Ten Swimmer of the Championships, a 12-time All-American and held six records upon graduation.

Nora Sauska (Tennis, 2006-09) — Sauska was the only athlete in University history to be a four-time All-Big Ten First Team singles player. Sauska also led Minnesota to three NCAA Regional berths, the longest streak in school history, and attained a 24-11 singles record as a junior with an 8-2 mark in Big Ten play.

The UH defense suffered a major blow as head coach Dana Holgorsen announced that senior defensive end Derek Parish would miss the remainder of the 2022 season with a torn bicep he suffered in the first half against Rice. | Sean Thomas/The Cougar

Houston defensive end Derek Parish will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a torn bicep late in the second quarter against Rice, head coach Dana Holgorsen said on Monday morning.

“It makes me sick (with) the kind of year that he was having,” Holgorsen said. “Unfortunately, he’s done.”

Parish will have surgery to repair his bicep this week, per Holgorsen.

Through four games, Parish led the Cougars with 8.5 tackles for loss, including a team-high five sacks.  Most of these numbers came in Week 2 against Texas Tech, when Parish set the AAC single-game record for tackles for loss (6.5) and sacks (4.5) on his way to being named the conference’s Defensive Player of the Week.

The senior defensive end also ranked third on the team in total tackles with 20.

Parish had been playing with a cast on his right hand after suffering a broken finger in practice days before UH’s season opener against UTSA.

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ODU is hosting Peanut Butter for Parking Oct. 4-6 at the Transportation and Parking Services Office. During this time, ODU students can pay their ODU parking citation with a donation of peanut butter. 

The donations are redistributed back into the community to help students struggling with food insecurity. Every ounce of peanut butter that a student brings in counts as a dollar towards their citation payment. Students are limited to 100 ounces of peanut butter and all peanut butter must be unopened and unexpired.

All citation types are eligible for Peanut Butter for Parking, including ADA, fire lane, reserved, and citations that are in collections. The initiative excludes citations that are currently under appeal or in a re-appeal process. All outstanding citations must be paid at the time of the donation, and students can only pay for their own citations.

ODU Transportation and Parking Services will be collecting the donations in their office locations in 43rd and Elkhorn Garage between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, the General Student Senate (GSS) held their 1506th meeting during which they discussed current issues and some upcoming events.

The meeting began with the appointments of third-year Jacob Chaplin, fourth-years Justin Molina, Memphis Peterson and Joshua Bohm to the General Student Senate.

Next, fourth-year GSS President Alyssa Ciasullo delivered her executive report detailing the various needs of the student council. Ciasullo’s main concern was that there are still several positions within GSS that need to be filled. Positions include the Vice President for Financial Affairs, the Associate Vice President for Student Engagement, the Clerk and the Fair Election Practices Commissioner.

Ciasullo also set up a meeting with the athletic department with the goal of having athletic representation in the student senate.

Vice President of Student Entertainment Owen Hebda repeated the need to fill the position of Associate Vice President for Student Engagement. The position has been posted and is open online as well as on social media. Please direct any and all questions and concerns for the position to Hebda over email at owen.hebda@maine.edu.

Plans for the first Student Entertainment event of the semester are being finalized for this Friday. This will take place outside of the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center (IMRC) and there will be local bands and food. There are also tentative plans to make this a monthly event.

Vice President for Student Leadership Michael Delorge continued to conduct class visits this week, seeking to recruit more students for student government. To learn more about student government please contact Delorge over email at michael.delorge@maine.edu.

The student government is once again offering the Student Government Leadership Scholarship. In order to qualify, you must possess a GPA of 2.5 and be a currently-enrolled undergraduate student. Senators and employees are not able to qualify. This scholarship will be awarded to at least one student, in either increments of $500 or a single amount of $1,000. The student government will be looking to further publicize and advertise this scholarship in the coming weeks.

The Advisor to Student Government Lauri Sidelko briefly spoke about the upcoming midterm elections. If you have moved within the past year, please make sure to re-register to vote. This can be done at the Orono Town Office, at the Center for Student Involvement or online. Voting for this election can be done on campus in the fieldhouse.

The representative from the Security Committee reported that they had their first meeting of the semester last week. There will be new cameras installed across campus, specifically at the mall. Various locks in academic buildings are being replaced due to fire code standards as well. The replacement of the UMPD alarm panel system was discussed as it has been deemed to be out of date.

Commuter and Nontraditional Students representative Camryn Hammill reported that the first CANS meeting will be held this Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Wade Center. There will be free cookies for all attendees.

Honors College representative Kate Kemper reported that the Honors College has begun planning for a service event this fall. Updates and advertisements will be posted within the next few weeks.

The Sustainability and Environmental Action Division reported that they are still looking to recruit a secretary. If you have any questions or would like to apply for this position, please contact Nara Narith over email at nathana.narith@maine.edu

Feminist Collective representative Meghan Keast reported that they will be having their meetings this semester every Thursday at 5 p.m. in the FFA room.

The Ski and Snowboarding club received a $200 increase to their budget, as well as a $525 increase for the Mountain Biking club’s budget for their upcoming trip to Carrabassett Valley. This was approved by the student senate unanimously in their consent agenda.

If you are interested in joining GSS, please contact a member of the senate.

Now is the time to join student government. If interested, email Delorge at michael.delorge@maine.edu, or check out the student government website https://umaine.edu/umsg/.

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Complacency sucks. It creeps up on you right after you say you are going to make a change, and then before you know it, nothing changes. You get stuck in a situation that you and only you can get yourself out of, but it is simply easier to remain as is. 

What is complacency? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, complacency is “self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies.” Essentially, this means you are comfortable even when things are not necessarily great.

We as humans tend to swarm to comfort like moths to a light. People find comfort in things built into their routine to the point of the routine becoming a comfort itself. Over time, people can get unhappy with something in their routine but choose not to change it because of the comfort the routine provides, and then the blinders go up. 

The problem lies in not catching the warning signs early enough to stop the situation from becoming routine. Someone may start a job and learn the ins and outs, get proficient and then identify issues within their workplace and start thinking about moving on. The problem is they are comfortable with their knowledge and proficiency, and that leads to them staying even if they are not happy. 

Complacency is not limited to this example. It could happen in every aspect of life: Relationships, meal choices, workouts and driving that car that barely gets you from one place to another can all fall into the complacency category, and you might not even realize it until it is too late. 

“The best solution is to avoid complacency completely by removing yourself from situations that fail to meet your own personal standards of happiness.”

Is it ever too late, though? All you have to do is quit that job, end that relationship, choose healthier meal options, add another mile to your run and dump that old hunk of junk that burns a massive hole in the ozone after two miles of driving. These things are achievable yet much easier to think about than to actually put into action. 

You can get out of that complacency rut. Getting out of your own routine can only start with you. 

Tyler Cowen, a professor at George Mason University, gave some good advice on getting away from complacent tendencies.

Cowen emphasizes the importance of getting out of your bubble, taking risks, asking tough questions even in the face of rejection and never stopping the drive to learn. If you were to apply these to your daily life, chances are you will avoid finding yourself in a complacent mindset. 

Again, this is all much easier said than done. Complacency can dominate the mind to the point where you are working at a factory you have hated for 20 years. The best solution is to avoid complacency completely by removing yourself from situations that fail to meet your own personal standards of happiness. 

It happens to all of us. I have worked a job I did not like way longer than I should have, endured bad relationships and my diet is still pretty bad, even though I would like to eat healthier. Making those changes is very difficult, but it makes a world of difference when you do. 

Stop being complacent. It is not worth it, and you are the only one with the power to change it.

Reach Brendan Henry at letters@collegian.com or on Twitter @BrendanHenryRMC.