Now here is something a bit more on the fun side. I’m sure a lot of people have watched at least an episode of The Office at some point in their lives. So, I took the pleasure of making comparisons between characters of The Office and some of the most popular coaches in College Football right now. Also, fair warning if you are currently watching the office and don’t want to risk the chance of seeing any spoilers I would advise maybe not reading these into much detail.

Urban Meyer is Jim Halpert Urban is one of the of the best in the business and Jim is one of the best at Dunder Mifflin. These guys always seem to pull through and get the job done. Then both of them are able to have success at multiple places. Urban has had success in Utah, Florida, and Ohio State and Jim has had success at Dunder Mifflin and Athlead. And lastly, both of them are smooth talkers. Urban is able to persuade recruits and Jim was able to get Pam.

Nick Saban is Dwight Schrute Now this is an easy one. With both of them just being very blunt at times it’s hard not to see the similarities. Dwight says and does things to his co-workers that implies his is better than them while Saban talks to the media sometimes like he is too good for them and just wants to be done with it. Then both of them are some of the best in their respective fields. Dwight is one of the best paper salesmen out there while you can always count on Saban and the Crimson Tide to be at the top of polls year in year out. Next Dwight failed at being manager (the first time) while Saban failed in the NFL when he tried that.

Dabo Sweeney is Michael Scott Both of these guys just love what they do and they express it a lot. They may do things a bit differently, but they get the job done. Dabo has brought Clemson to the national stage in college football while Michael was able to bring his branch at Dunder Mifflin to one of the top branches in the whole company. This one wasn’t hard (That’s what she said).

Jim Harbaugh is Ryan Howard Okay just bear with me for this one. Both Harbaugh and Ryan had success in the past. Ryan became Vice President of Regional Sales for Dunder Mifflin and Harbaugh had success at Stanford and San Francisco in the NFL. But after each of their success it has/ is a bumpy road. Ryan goes back to being a temp while Harbaugh has yet to win a meaningful game for the Wolverines. At the same time, each of them try their own unique things of Ryan and his app Woof and Harbaugh with his satellite camps all over the place.

Jimbo Fisher is Andy Bernard Both of these guys have had success in their careers. Jimbo won a National Championship and has won multiple big bowl games for the Seminoles while Andy was able to obtain the manager position at the Scranton branch. The downside is each of these guys best days might be behind them. After the Seminoles’ 2-6 start to the season, you can’t help but compare it to Andy’s short, notorious career as an entertainer.

Brian Kelly is Robert California Are both of these guys geniuses? Are both of these guys idiots? The answer to both of those questions quite possibly could be yes. Kelly went from almost being fired to on the road for the playoffs. Nobody seems to fully understand these guys, but rather just go with the flow and see how each of them are doing.

James Franklin is Darryl Philbin Each of Darryl and Franklin both had humble beginnings in their careers and rose to the top. It seems that with hard work and different ideas both of these two perform above others and do great things. Now Darryl got over the hump and landed a good job with Athlead. Can Franklin do the same thing and lead the Nittany Lions to a playoff berth in the near future?

Mark Dantonio is Stanley Hudson Am I the only one who views Dantonio a grumpy old man like Stanley? It seems like every time I see Dantonio he always has that bland expression on his face. Now Dantonio does smile after a big win and things of that sort. Similar to when Stanley smiles for pretzel day.

PJ Fleck is Pete Miller AKA “Plop” or “New Jim” PJ Fleck is the upcoming coaching star of college football. Leading Western Michigan to an undefeated season and then landing a power five job at Minnesota, Fleck seems to be on a roll. This roll is similar to Pete’s hot streak of gaining more respect in the office and getting to date Erin. Both of these guys show a lot of potential and control their own destiny.

Mike Leach is Creed Bratton If you don’t know Mike Leach he is the head coach for Washington State and a previous head coach for Texas Tech. Let me just tell you one of his quotes. This is after his first win at Texas Tech, “It’s kind of like doing surgery with a chainsaw instead of a scalpel. We had pieces and parts flying everywhere. It turned out in our favor. We’ve just got to clean it up next time around.” Here is a quote by Creed when talking to some kids while starting to take his shoe off. “Have you ever seen a foot with four toes?” Do I need to say more? I think not.

There you go. Unfortunately, I couldn’t think of a coach for Kevin Malone. I’m sure there is I just couldn’t get it to my mind. And lastly, I couldn’t think of a coach that pretty much everyone hates as much as Michael hates Toby.

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