Oso planning to go pro
Yeah but they acted quickly and aggressively, so the cheating doesn't count. Michigan never cheats.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Yeah, the Ed Martin scandal was real quick. I think Fisher was fired in 1997, and Michigan then put self imposed sanctions in 2002. Every program has its warts. No need to defend this so vigorously, Keefe. It's just sports.
Driving the athletic director’s wife’s car?I recently heard no drama ever occurs in Michigan’s athletic department.
MSU was turned down by Luke Fickell today. They have now been turned down by a number of sitting head coaches and a couple NFL assistants. Probably going to resort to the internal interim guy.
I have a buddy who is a pretty sizable Big10 homer, and he was trying to argue MSU was a top 20 job. This made me literally laugh/snort out loud. I think at best its the 5th best job in the B10, and that depends how you think of Nebraska. I think its probably around 30th in the country, and thats solely due to Dantonio. Nobody had true success there for 25+ years until he came, even Saban's best year was 2 losses and came after a couple mediocre ones and he bolted as soon as he could.
An argument can be made it’s a top-20 job because of the money available for it. It’s a Big Ten job and money is close to limitless for assistant pay, facilities and access to recruits via private jets. All that said, it’s the 4th best job in their league. Michigan continues to produce less blue chip talent and MSU has to recruit Pennsylvania and Ohio well and do so against Penn State and Ohio State. Their best seasons coincided with the Rich Rod/Brady Hoke years and Penn State shuffling coaches in and out. Their ceiling is losing 38-0 in the BCS playoffs. And that’s probably once every 25 years.
Dantonio's comp was listed as 24th highest, and below him on that list are coaches at places like USC, LSU, and Oregon which are clearly better jobs (and ND cause Kelly's listed salary is far below his actual comp). Assistant pay is about the same. The compensation is good, but its still in that range with a bunch of schools that are the argument for the 25-30th best jobs in the country.And I dont think MSU is the 4th best job at all. You just mentioned Michigan is down talent wise as a state. And they aren't even the top program in their own state, and have to recruit PSU and OSU in their home states, plus Michigan competes with them there. Nebraska and Wisconsin have a much stronger grasp on their home state talent and other nearby pipelines with less comp.
Oh, I agree UW, Nebraska and even Iowa are better jobs overall. I meant 4th best in their own division, not the whole Big 14.
Is Nebraska a better job now? Their performance in the Big 10 has not been strong. They lost their Texas pipeline making the move. Their record since joining, going into last season, is the same as Northwestern.https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2019/09/nebraska-middle-of-pack-since-joining-big-ten-how-that-compares-to-penn-state-rutgers-maryland-buckeye-numbers.html
Frank Solich.....classic example of a deranged fan base that fired a coach because they can do better and they have never come close since he was let go. Careful what you wish for.
I’m starting to pop the popcorn for if Bielema gets the job.
Nebraska football was slipping before Solich was fired. Recruiting was suffering and results showed. But the biggest problem was hiring Bill Callahan as head coach. Just because you make a bad hire doesn’t mean the firing was the wrong idea.
Mel Tucker changes his mind after MSU throws a ton of money at him.I'm not sure how good Tucker is, but his agricultural business management degree from UW-Madison is bound to be a better fallback option in Michigan than it would be in Colorado.