College Football Thread

[Hoosierfan2017]

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]

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]

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

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

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

[Pagoda]

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]

[Rico]

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.

[Brass Cannon]

38 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

I hate this new rule that kids have to wait till a new coach is hired before transferring 

[Demo]

22 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

So long, Brian. 

Was always fascinated by how that one came together. He felt like just the worst culture fit imaginable. Literally no one worse.

[DChoosier]

Watching the last 10 minutes of the BIG TEN GAME in 60 minutes on BTN. Normally I would not bother watching the ending of a Rutgers at PU game but seeing all the happy/excited PU fans and players, and knowing how they are ultimately going to pee on themselves, is must-see TV.

[rayl456]

3 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Watching the last 10 minutes of the BIG TEN GAME in 60 minutes on BTN. Normally I would not bother watching the ending of a Rutgers at PU game but seeing all the happy/excited PU fans and players, and knowing how they are ultimately going to pee on themselves, is must-see TV.

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[LamarCheeks]

Just read an old story that was a link in a piece about the former LSU coach. 

Makes it easy to see why Brian Kelly is so disliked. 

When Kelly was at Central Michigan, a pair of grad assistants were under the impression he had invited them to his Christmas party. Instead, they were there to shovel snow and park cars (think "Coming to America"). 

Who were those grad assistants? 

Matt LaFleur -- current Green Bay Packers head coach. 

Robert Saleh -- current San Francisco 49ers DC and former New York Jets HC. 

Both vowed if they ever became head coaches, they'd never be such dicks to their staffs. 

[Brass Cannon]

8 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Just read an old story that was a link in a piece about the former LSU coach. 

Makes it easy to see why Brian Kelly is so disliked. 

When Kelly was at Central Michigan, a pair of grad assistants were under the impression he had invited him to his Christmas party. Instead, they were there to shovel snow and park cars (think "Coming to America"). 

Who were those grad assistants? 

Matt LaFleur -- current Green Bay Packers head coach. 

Robert Saleh -- current San Francisco 49ers DC and former New York Jets HC. 

Both vowed if the ever became head coaches, they'd never be such dicks to their staffs. 

Read earlier that apparently he accepted the LSU job while on a recruiting visit.  He stepped away to take the call then returned to gorge himself on the mother’s cooking before leaving. Apparently the news had leaked by the time the family checked their phones after the visit. Sounds like the kid wasn’t then recruited to LSU 

[tyappleg]

14 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Just read an old story that was a link in a piece about the former LSU coach. 

Makes it easy to see why Brian Kelly is so disliked. 

When Kelly was at Central Michigan, a pair of grad assistants were under the impression he had invited them to his Christmas party. Instead, they were there to shovel snow and park cars (think "Coming to America"). 

Who were those grad assistants? 

Matt LaFleur -- current Green Bay Packers head coach. 

Robert Saleh -- current San Francisco 49ers DC and former New York Jets HC. 

Both vowed if they ever became head coaches, they'd never be such dicks to their staffs. 

Hilarious.  I'm sure LaFluer's driveway could use shoveling up in Green Bay this winter.  He should offer Kelly a job. 

[str8baller]

9 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Just read an old story that was a link in a piece about the former LSU coach. 

Makes it easy to see why Brian Kelly is so disliked. 

When Kelly was at Central Michigan, a pair of grad assistants were under the impression he had invited them to his Christmas party. Instead, they were there to shovel snow and park cars (think "Coming to America"). 

Who were those grad assistants? 

Matt LaFleur -- current Green Bay Packers head coach. 

Robert Saleh -- current San Francisco 49ers DC and former New York Jets HC. 

Both vowed if they ever became head coaches, they'd never be such dicks to their staffs. 

I thought maybe that one was satire since it is exactly the same as Coming to America, but hilarious nonetheless. There are quite a few former players, coaches, and media members dancing on Kelly’s grave on twitter/X pretty much confirming what everyone else already knew: he’s a grade A ******. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Pete Thamel -

Michigan statement: “After careful consideration of the prolonged impact of an appeal on Michigan and our student athletes, we have withdrawn our appeal of the NCAA’s infractions decision and penalties.”

[jermhoosierfan]

On 10/27/2025 at 8:17 AM, Brass Cannon said:

I hate this new rule that kids have to wait till a new coach is hired before transferring 

I can understand why.  It would disrupt the current team they are on, and they wouldn't be able to leave and join the other team till the season is over anyway.  They are still in school, so in theory they need to finish the semester first.  It would be awesome to see some of those PSU and LSU players head to Bloomington though this Spring.

[AZ Hoosier]

30 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

I can understand why.  It would disrupt the current team they are on, and they wouldn't be able to leave and join the other team till the season is over anyway.  They are still in school, so in theory they need to finish the semester first.  It would be awesome to see some of those PSU and LSU players head to Bloomington though this Spring.

Plus it gives the incoming coach a chance to keep the kids on the team.

[jermhoosierfan]

4 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Plus it gives the incoming coach a chance to keep the kids on the team.

If I were the incoming coach, I would want the first crack at trying to recruit any players on the team and send the ones I don't want packing.  

[go iu bb]

42 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

I can understand why.  It would disrupt the current team they are on, and they wouldn't be able to leave and join the other team till the season is over anyway.  They are still in school, so in theory they need to finish the semester first.  It would be awesome to see some of those PSU and LSU players head to Bloomington though this Spring.

I don't know, I think we want players who are used to winning. ;)