Oso planning to go pro
Fully admit to being totally wrong on this one. Didn’t think he’d be that attracted to it. I imagine they will do something crazy to make him a top 5 paid coach for it to happen
Hasn’t been verified by the big boys yet
As The Athletic's Chris Branch said:I’d like to note in bold that Kiffin did not deny the possibility of leaving Ole Miss for Auburn. This is how he wins. He looks good to Rebel fans right now, but leaves no embarrassing paper trail of denials if he does take more money and run.
Still, it's laughable in the face of all the pearl-clutching that goes on when athletes transfer and/or try to make a buck.
For the past 100 years there has been a 1,000x more "pearl-clutching" about coaches moving on and 'gamming' schools into more pay than there has been for players. To this day, the majority of media openly scorns the coaches while cheering the players. As for the rest of your post, I agree 100%. There are almost no coaches or players you can trust to be loyal or honest. (maybe Jay Wright). It is the game they play and I'd play it the same way.
Many in the media still put coaches on pedestals. Look no further than those that cover the school 90 miles west of Milwaukee. The national media loves to paint coaches as molders of young men and great winners. New media has eschewed that narrative. Bruce Feldman breaks a lot of stories because of his contacts, but it takes a lot of superfluous fluff about coaches that don’t deserve it. It’s still there, but enough new media doesn’t take the bait
Charges filed against 7 Spartans over the tunnel fracas.
Lots a noise about Matt Rhule heading to Nebraska. His record turning college programs around is pretty impressive, and he did it with recruiting, which will be the key to turning that program around. But the Big Ten is going to be difficult for a lot of these "next level" program with another blue blood in USC entering the conference in a couple of years.I'm seeing a lot of comparisons to Bill Callahan and Mike Riley on their message boards, but I think that is not real accurate. Callahan was never a college head coach - prior to heading to Nebraska, his biggest college gig was as an OL coach. Mike Riley won enough at a place with low expectations at Oregon State, and that was never going to work at Nebraska. I don't think his work with the Panthers has much bearing on his eventual success in college.
And now Colorado has reportedly offered its head gig to Deion Sanders. This sounds so oil and water that it’s either going to be spectacularly good or spectacularly bad. Either way it will be fun!
TAMU. How do you like +10 today?
Refs gave another one to Michigan