College Football Thread

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,488]

Rick Bozich -

For all the talk about firing coaches and paying buyouts, AD Scott Woodward hired Jimbo Fisher at A&M and Brian Kelly at LSU and was nationally acclaimed because “he always gets his man.” Who has handed out two worse contracts than that?

[Hovadipo 63,022]

50 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Brian Kelly is a loathsome individual to me. Exudes fakeness and lies. More power to whoever decides to give that guy tanks of money again.


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It’s really hard to separate from the pack in dickheadedness in a profession full of them, but he is in his own tier. 

[MemphisHoosier 2,517]

1 hour ago, DChoosier said:

I don’t see it.
Who in the Big Ten would want to hire him ?

Nebraska, if MR moves on, could be interesting.  They will want a splash, and he will want resources.

[Rico 3,821]

4 minutes ago, MemphisHoosier said:

Nebraska, if MR moves on, could be interesting.  They will want a splash, and he will want resources.

How about Wisconsin?  

[TTT 1,525]

Utah 53

Colorado. 7 hahahaha the bling.

[str8baller 7,976]

6 hours ago, Rico said:

How about Wisconsin?  

Their AD is a moron. They are standing pat for next season. 

[Rico 3,821]

39 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Their AD is a moron. They are standing pat for next season. 

Maybe they can't afford to fire Luke?

[Hovadipo 63,022]

So long, Brian. 

[LIHoosier 28,549]

10 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

So long, Brian. 

Wait a minute...oh the other one.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,488]

https://www.on3.com/college/lsu-tigers/news/lsu-fires-head-coach-brian-kelly/

[Brass Cannon 26,171]

Man Penn State is what the 3rd best job left on the market. 

[LamarCheeks 22,758]

For BK, the groove was in the heart. 

Unfortunately for him, it was not on the field 

 

 

[Banksyrules 5,395]

Let’s say hi to LSU’s recruits. 

[Hoosierfan2017 25,363]

40 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Man Penn State is what the 3rd best job left on the market. 

Idk how good of jobs LSU and Florida really are. Especially Florida. Mullen went 34-15 and got fired. BJ was 34-14 with 3 bowl wins (to the extent that even matters now) and got fired. 9/10 win seasons aren’t enough for those fan bases and the leashes are very short. Of course, Franklin got fired 9 months after making the semifinals, though, so that’s worrisome for candidates too. 

Of course top head coaches are football sickos who don’t think this way, but the Penn State job seems less stressful. There’s like 8 SEC schools that expect to win nattys every year. 

[Napleshoosier 11,045]

13 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Brian Kelly is a loathsome individual to me. Exudes fakeness and lies. More power to whoever decides to give that guy tanks of money again.


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He and LSU deserve each other.

[Rico 3,821]

Kelly should have never left ND.  But Irish fans are glad he did.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,488]

Hard for me to fathom why ND ever allowed him to stick around long enough to break Rockne's record.  

[Pagoda 6,221]

10 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Idk how good of jobs LSU and Florida really are. Especially Florida. Mullen went 34-15 and got fired. BJ was 34-14 with 3 bowl wins (to the extent that even matters now) and got fired. 9/10 win seasons aren’t enough for those fan bases and the leashes are very short. Of course, Franklin got fired 9 months after making the semifinals, though, so that’s worrisome for candidates too. 

Of course top head coaches are football sickos who don’t think this way, but the Penn State job seems less stressful. There’s like 8 SEC schools that expect to win nattys every year. 

Yea, agree from a job security point of view. 

But like you said top coaches are sickos and LSU is a place where you can win natties.  Before Brian Kelly the previous three coaches won 'em (Nick, Les, Ed).  No other school has delivered natties that consistently to different coaches except OSU.  This makes Brian's failure and firing even funnier, especially with ND doing pretty well after he left.

LSU with it's resources and high school feeder system is the first Tier 1 job to open this cycle.  But, in this NIL era their old advantages (under the table payments) are reduced and the job gets very political, it's even worse than our basketball program before Scott wrestled control from Quinn and the old guard and fired Woody's sorry behind midseason!

Florida and PSU are very good jobs, but Tier II imo.  

All this stuff is fun to follow.  Especially when we've got our guy.  Wherever Lane ends up, he's getting a huge arse raise.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,488]

[Rico 3,821]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Hard for me to fathom why ND ever allowed him to stick around long enough to break Rockne's record.  

Umm.  I imagine the Golden Domers were tired of Ty Willingham and Charlie Weis types patrolling the sidelines.  I mean Kelly, after all, was a winner...along with being an a**hole.