College Football Thread

[steubenhoosier 2,028]

Or, we could just continue to bump up assistant salaries to the point where they don’t need to leave 

[Demo 25,786]

4 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

That job stinks and would be a pretty massive jump. I’ve been saying for months that if Haines goes, he gets a high quality 2nd wave job. Tulane when Sumrall goes, JMU if Chesney goes, etc. 

Remember how piping hot Kane Wommack was when he took off and he got South Alabama. 

If Chesney moves up JMU seems too obvious not to happen.

[Hovadipo 63,472]

22 minutes ago, Demo said:

If Chesney moves up JMU seems too obvious not to happen.

You’d think. Unless the JMU athletic dept. is full of pissy patties like the fanbase and curses that whole group of guys into their graves. 

[MemphisHoosier 2,611]

19 minutes ago, Demo said:

If Chesney moves up JMU seems too obvious not to happen.

It will really come down to what Haines prioritizes - right now he is one of the hottest coordinators in football (one of the favorites for the Broyles) making $2MM/yr (8th highest assistant contract in the country) at a CFP contender.  The JMU job, one of the top 3-4 G5 gigs, has Chesney at $800k/yr with less overall resources.

I could see him holding out for his ideal P4 opportunity, similar to Venables move from Clemson DC to Oklahoma HC.

[LIHoosier 29,038]

Cal fired their coach Wilcox. General Luck's 1st victim.

https://www.on3.com/news/california-fires-head-football-coach-justin-wilcox/

[Stuhoo 92,995]

1 hour ago, Hovadipo said:

That job stinks and would be a pretty massive jump. I’ve been saying for months that if Haines goes, he gets a high quality 2nd wave job. Tulane when Sumrall goes, JMU if Chesney goes, etc. 

Remember how piping hot Kane Wommack was when he took off and he got South Alabama. 

Arkansas football is Indiana football circa 2023.

While a top non-P4 would be a more obvious option for immediate success, methinks Haines has seen a blueprint for downtrodden P4 program awesomeness, if the financial support is part of the hiring package.

[Hovadipo 63,472]

10 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Arkansas football is Indiana football circa 2023.

This is the type of thinking that’s going to get a bunch of ADs and coaches fired. They’re the same in that they both sucked, but postseason 2023 Indiana had a perfect storm of circumstances, 90% of which developed by a unicorn who goes by the name of Curt, that will probably never be re-created.

I wouldn’t put that type of pressure/expectation on a guy that’s never led a program. And I think Haines has the perfect make up to be an awesome HC. 

[Demo 25,786]

Justin Wilcox out at Cal. Given what a lousy situation Cal’s in I really don’t understand what their expectations are. Seems to me the guy did pretty well. I really don’t know who’s gonna want that job who’ll be an upgrade. 

[DChoosier 10,548]

On 11/22/2025 at 7:05 PM, Brass Cannon said:

2.5 million per win.   Best contract ever lol 

Not so fast my friend……

Allen won a TOTAL of 3 Big Ten games in his last three years for an eye-watering payout per BT win (plus his $15,000,000  buyout).

[Rico 3,977]

Georgia football players' driving woes continue...

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nyier-daniels-arrested-georgia-felony-fleeing-police-cfp/

[Lebowski 4,247]

56 minutes ago, Rico said:

Georgia football players' driving woes continue...

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nyier-daniels-arrested-georgia-felony-fleeing-police-cfp/

41% graduation rate. 

[realTomCrean 2,893]

18 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Does Haines want to leave though?  Does he want the HC role 

We’re going to find out soon which coordinator is Cig’s successor. Whichever leaves to be a HC first is not the choice. I’d bet Haines is coach in waiting based on Cig’s comments about both coords throughout the year 

[realTomCrean 2,893]

Syracuse HC Brown Jr will, in my opinion, leave for another job 

[Stuhoo 92,995]

38 minutes ago, realTomCrean said:

We’re going to find out soon which coordinator is Cig’s successor. Whichever leaves to be a HC first is not the choice. I’d bet Haines is coach in waiting based on Cig’s comments about both coords throughout the year 

Disagree. Cig has about 6-8 years left. Whoever would be the logical successor now (it's clearly Haines) will 100% be gone by then.

[realTomCrean 2,893]

4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Disagree. Cig has about 6-8 years left. Whoever would be the logical successor now (it's clearly Haines) will 100% be gone by then.

Totally possible. Maybe I’m just hopeful

[jermhoosierfan 559]

51 minutes ago, realTomCrean said:

Syracuse HC Brown Jr will, in my opinion, leave for another job 

Freely or forced to leave?  That ND beat down was brutal

[realTomCrean 2,893]

35 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

Freely or forced to leave?  That ND beat down was brutal

His choice. Believe he was just hired last year