Sam Houston State hires Ruse as offensive coordinator
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02/15/2012 - Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Doug Ruse helped Western Illinois to a seven-win improvement and a berth in the FCS playoffs in his first season as its offensive coordinator in 2010.
It would seem hard to improve much upon Sam Houston State's offense after it reached the national championship game this past season, but Ruse is anxious to try to make the Bearkats climb higher.
Ruse has taken over at Sam Houston State as offensive coordinator under head coach Willie Fritz. The Southland Conference champion was 14-1 this past season, reaching the No. 1 ranking and losing only to North Dakota State in the national championship game.
They were the FCS scoring leader heading into their final game, but their 17-6 loss dropped them to a fourth-place finish at 36.9 points per game.
Ruse spent the last two seasons at Western Illinois. The Leathernecks finished 8-5 in his first season as offensive coordinator following a 1-10 finish the year before. They were 2-9 this past season.
He also has been an offensive coordinator at Northwest Missouri State, his alma mater, as well as Northwestern State and Arkansas State.
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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.