College Football Thread

[Stuhoo]

5 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

He’s going to be a pain in the arse for PSU with his recruiting connects in the northeast. 

*Donald Glover “GOOD” gif*

And I cannot imagine that Va Tech with Franklin will have a say in those 38 PSU commits that IU is going after.

[Hovadipo]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

And I cannot imagine that Va Tech with Franklin will have a say in those 38 PSU commits that IU is going after.

I imagine the later Franklin gets hired the better on that front. It won’t matter for some I’m sure, but just depends on the relationships.  Got a feeling VT is gonna put some serious money behind their next football hire. 

[jermhoosierfan]

1 hour ago, LamarCheeks said:

Doesn't look as if Matt Ruhle will be heading back to State College. 

Signed an extension through 2032 ... 

Big job openings get some coaches big extensions.

[DChoosier]

When Tom Allen was fired by IU a $15mm settlement was reached with no “claw back” if he found another job As we know he found 7 figure  jobs at PSU, and then Clemson, and was able to keep all the 15mm and the incremental cash.

It sounds like Franklin is going to Va Tech and getting a large contract. Unlike Allen’s deal, PSU’s payout to Franklin is reduced by whatever he makes at Va Tech.  Bottom line is that PSU owing Franklin 50mm is a good headline but they most likely won’t be paying him much of anything beyond what he is owed for the balance of this season.

[DChoosier]

2 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

I’m just glad he’s staying in conference 

Me too.

Nebraska beats Maryland by three, gets killed by Minnesota, beats Northwestern by a TD and Ruhle parlays that into a big extension..LOL.  I realize it was to fend off PSU but I don’t think PSU would have truly wanted to hire him.

I feel 1,000% better about the extension IU put together for Cig.

[Magisterium]

So now it’s Urban for PSU? Okay…. I would’ve thought after Sandusky that they might want someone with a bit of a cleaner slate, but whatever 

[jermhoosierfan]

1 hour ago, DChoosier said:

When Tom Allen was fired by IU a $15mm settlement was reached with no “claw back” if he found another job As we know he found 7 figure  jobs at PSU, and then Clemson, and was able to keep all the 15mm and the incremental cash.

It sounds like Franklin is going to Va Tech and getting a large contract. Unlike Allen’s deal, PSU’s payout to Franklin is reduced by whatever he makes at Va Tech.  Bottom line is that PSU owing Franklin 50mm is a good headline but they most likely won’t be paying him much of anything beyond what he is owed for the balance of this season.

The question is, with all the huffing and puffing the Gov of LA is stating about Kelly being owed all that money, does Kelly find another one and take some of that sting off of LSU from owing him a chunk of change?

[jermhoosierfan]

18 minutes ago, Magisterium said:

So now it’s Urban for PSU? Okay…. I would’ve thought after Sandusky that they might want someone with a bit of a cleaner slate, but whatever 

They did with Bill O'Brien and Franklin, but they didn't get the results they wanted.  They are now looking to be lowering those standards a bit.  

[Demo]

3 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Doesn't look as if Matt Ruhle will be heading back to State College. 

Signed an extension through 2032 ... 

When was Cig’s extension announced, couple of weeks ago? And at signing it made him, what, the 5th highest paid coach in the country, something like that? By New Year’s Day he won’t be in the top 10. Pretty nuts.

[go iu bb]

12 minutes ago, Demo said:

When was Cig’s extension announced, couple of weeks ago? And at signing it made him, what, the 5th highest paid coach in the country, something like that? By New Year’s Day he won’t be in the top 10. Pretty nuts.

If he does well enough in the CFP, IU will contractually obligated to make him top 3. I hope that happens.

It's kind of great that IU giving Cignetti that extension upped the amount that Nebraska has to pay for a coach who isn't nearly as good.

[Magisterium]

10 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

They did with Bill O'Brien and Franklin, but they didn't get the results they wanted.  They are now looking to be lowering those standards a bit.  

Welp, if they’re willing to cough up $50 million to send Franklin packing (at least until Franklin finds another job) they may be willing to hire someone with a “colorful” past if they feel he can get them over the proverbial hump.

[Artie86]

2 hours ago, Demo said:

When was Cig’s extension announced, couple of weeks ago? And at signing it made him, what, the 5th highest paid coach in the country, something like that? By New Year’s Day he won’t be in the top 10. Pretty nuts.

…currently 3rd highest paid.

[Brass Cannon]

2 hours ago, Magisterium said:

So now it’s Urban for PSU? Okay…. I would’ve thought after Sandusky that they might want someone with a bit of a cleaner slate, but whatever 

They would have to be ashamed of what they did for it to change their behavior 

[Josh]

3 hours ago, go iu bb said:

If he does well enough in the CFP, IU will contractually obligated to make him top 3. I hope that happens.

It's kind of great that IU giving Cignetti that extension upped the amount that Nebraska has to pay for a coach who isn't nearly as good.

Wow that's a wild stipulation.  If multiple schools require top 3 pay, how does that work?

[Brass Cannon]

26 minutes ago, Josh said:

Wow that's a wild stipulation.  If multiple schools require top 3 pay, how does that work?

I was wondering that today.  IU is required to have a top 10 assistant pay pool.  But what happens if 11 schools do that 

[LamarCheeks]

He was removed from LSU's coaching search, and now the the athletic director will be removed his job. 

This was pretty much the only conclusion this could come to ... 

https://x.com/On3sports/status/1984053089301631388

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

Wow that's a wild stipulation.  If multiple schools require top 3 pay, how does that work?

 

48 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

I was wondering that today.  IU is required to have a top 10 assistant pay pool.  But what happens if 11 schools do that 

By the time the team has finished playing in the CFP semifinal, most of the coaching carousel should be mostly settled, especially for schools that would hire a highly paid coach. The contract also says "good faith" which indicates that it would be the top 3 for Cignetti and top 5 (B1G)/ 10 (nationally) for the staff at the time. If others get raises after, IU still  made the good faith effort which is within the terms of the contract.

[Pagoda]

To the surprise of no one LSU is firing their AD.

They will now owe him a $6.4M buyout, which is pretty funny.

Also, an fyi to LSU: our excellent AD is not available!

[jermhoosierfan]

1 hour ago, Pagoda said:

To the surprise of no one LSU is firing their AD.

They will now owe him a $6.4M buyout, which is pretty funny.

Also, an fyi to LSU: our excellent AD is not available!

That is what is nice about having an alumnus and has been in the department basically his adult life.  We can be pretty confident he isn't going anywhere.

[Demo]

13 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

He was removed from LSU's coaching search, and now the the athletic director will be removed his job. 

This was pretty much the only conclusion this could come to ... 

https://x.com/On3sports/status/1984053089301631388

Been thinking about this a fair bit: If Cig hadn’t done what he’s done, say 5-7 last year  and trending to 7-5 this year, something like that, how many of these guys would have actually been fired at this point rather than just being under pressure? Kelly, Franklin, Napier, hell , even Pittman, would they have just been straight cut loose mid-season? I find it pretty hard to believe they would. But these donors and AD’s see this  guy turn a dreck program into THIS and they look at their guy and say WTH.

Cig is literally ending careers. Dude’s the Grim Reaper.