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  • wildcats20
    Petrino taking over at Western Kentucky.
  • gorocks99
    WKU's football program has to feel like they just struck oil. WKU's compliance office has to feel like they just struck the septic tank.
  • cats gone wild
    Petrino link. http://tracking.si.com/2012/12/10/bobby-petrino-western-kentucky/
    Cant believe he would take a job like that.
  • mucalum49
    Todd Monken to Southern Mississippi. Monken was previously the OC at Ok State just like Larry Fedora was when he left for USM.
  • Midstate01
    mucalum49;1340058 wrote:Todd Monken to Southern Mississippi. Monken was previously the OC at Ok State just like Larry Fedora was when he left for USM.

    Good to hear. Didn't wanna lose withers
  • Pick6
    "Tommy Tuberville leaves recruits at dinner prior to taking Cincinnati job"

    What a douche. Congrats on being the second best former Auburn coach in Ohio
  • gorocks99
    Kliff Kingsbury is the new HC at Texas Tech
  • ts1227
    Bryan Harsin (Texas OC) hired at Arkansas St.
  • Crimson streak
    ts1227;1341394 wrote:Bryan Harsin (Texas OC) hired at Arkansas St.

    That's a good hire for them. I meant to post it last night when my brother called me (goes to ark. St). They have lost 2 good coaches in 2 years I kinda feel bad for them lol
  • Gblock
    Pick6;1341238 wrote:"Tommy Tuberville leaves recruits at dinner prior to taking Cincinnati job"

    What a douche. Congrats on being the second best former Auburn coach in Ohio
    why would he leave texas tech for UC...that doesnt make sense to me
  • Pick6
    Gblock;1341908 wrote:why would he leave texas tech for UC...that doesnt make sense to me
    f
    from Mucalum on the previous page:

    Tuberville Escapes the Ax

    Like just about everybody else, I was floored upon learning that Texas Tech head football coach Tommy Tuberville had accepted the same position with the University of Cincinnati. Tuberville not coaching the Red Raiders in 2013 seemed like a ship that had already sailed.

    Live and learn.

    Having said that, Tuberville’s departure does make a certain amount of sense. And it bears an eerie resemblance to a Texas Tech coaching episode that occurred some 32 years ago.

    The bottom line is that Tuberville left Texas Tech because he felt his career was in serious jeopardy. His Red Raider record was a mediocre 20-17; his Big 12 record was frankly dire; his record in Big 12 home games was even more miserable, and his last two teams absolutely tanked down the stretch. Factor in a series of Big 12 games in which the Red Raiders were not even remotely competitive, and it is easy to see why Tuberville felt he was on shaky ground.

    Tuberville doubtless eyed his probable lot in Lubbock when considering the position at the University of Cincinnati. To begin with, his contract had not been extended. Tuberville assuredly viewed the lack of an extension as a vote of no confidence if not an actual threat of termination.

    And then there was the team he was coaching and the lay of the Big 12 landscape. Did Tuberville have strong reason to believe he would turn the corner in 2013 and thus salvage his job and career? Probably not.

    In looking at his roster Tuberville saw gaping holes in the offensive line and a secondary decimated by graduation. LaAdrian Waddle, Deveric Gallington, Terry McDaniel, Cornelius Douglas, Eugene Neboh, Cody Davis and D. J. Johnson were going to be very difficult to replace.

    Particularly when confronted by yet another rugged Big 12 slate.

    In looking at the Big 12, it is patently obvious that Baylor and TCU are on the upswing. Oklahoma is Oklahoma, Kansas State is not about to fall off the face of the earth, and Oklahoma State and Texas have bedeviled Texas Tech as long as anybody cares to remember. At first blush, only Kansas, Iowa State and West Virginia look like probable conference wins next year, and two of those games will be on the road.

    I believe Tommy Tuberville made a simple calculation. He plugged in all the factors and decided it was unlikely the Red Raiders would do well enough in 2013 to save his job. He thus avoided the sword of Damocles by accepting a job where he would get a fresh start, a clean slate, and another three years to resurrect his career. He would also be coaching in a conference far less formidable than the Big 12.

    Another Texas Tech football coach faced circumstances such as this, arrived at the same conclusion, and chose an identical course. I speak of one Rex Dockery.

    Like Tuberville, Rex Dockery coached at Tech for three seasons (1978-80). Like Tuberville, Dockery compiled a 54-percent winning mark. Like Tuberville (from Camden, Arkansas), Dockery was from a small southern city (Cleveland, Tennessee). Like Tuberville, Dockery took over when the Red Raider program was on a hot streak. Thus, Texas Tech had a winning percentage of 64 in the eight years prior to Dockery’s arrival; it had a 69% winning level in the eight years before Tuberville came to the High Plains.

    Dockery shocked Raiderland by bolting for Memphis State, which played in something called the Southern Independent Conference, while Tuberville now casts his lot with the rapidly decaying Big East. The parallels are striking to say the least.

    Hopefully, Tuberville will fare well in his new position. Texas Tech certainly has a golden opportunity to recapture the momentum lost during the last three seasons. But to do so, the Texas Tech brass must avoid repeating history. After Rex Dockery left Texas Tech, the university replaced him with Jerry Moore. Enough said.
  • Gblock
    ahhhhhh...sounds legit. good move by him i guess
  • vball10set
    http://m.jsonline.com/more/sports/badgers/badgers-defense-will-be-ready-for-rose-bowl-tr80oh7-183277891.html
    Meanwhile, a source close to the UW program said Wednesday (Barry) Alvarez is interested in speaking with Toledo coach Matt Campbell.
    Campbell, 33, is in his first full season as head coach. The Rockets (9-3) face Utah State on Saturday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise.
  • gorocks99
    Apparently Wisconsin approached Al Golden and he turned them down.
  • Pick6
    Tom Dienhart ‏@BTNTomDienhart Luke Fickell is not interested in the Kent State job, a source close to the #Buckeyes DC tells me. Not a shock.
  • Abe Vigoda
    Pick6;1342084 wrote:Tom Dienhart ‏@BTNTomDienhart Luke Fickell is not interested in the Kent State job, a source close to the #Buckeyes DC tells me. Not a shock.
    Kent State would be a pay cut for him. He is making $700,000 at OSU.
  • ts1227
    Abe Vigoda;1342086 wrote:Kent State would be a pay cut for him. He is making $700,000 at OSU.

    Sometimes you have to do that to get a head coaching job, establish yourself in a HC position, and work your way up through. Hazell took a pay cut too to go there.
  • FatHobbit
    ts1227;1342102 wrote:Sometimes you have to do that to get a head coaching job, establish yourself in a HC position, and work your way up through. Hazell took a pay cut too to go there.
    That makes sense if he wants to be a head coach. From what I've read he's pretty happy at OSU as an assistant.
  • Pick6
    FatHobbit;1342105 wrote:That makes sense if he wants to be a head coach. From what I've read he's pretty happy at OSU as an assistant.
    now, yes. He interviewed at Akron a few years ago.

    Glad he is a Buckeye.
  • mucalum49
    Was this found to be true? There were reports that BA was in Toledo the other day but the Rockets are already out in Boise for the bowl. He could be talking to the AD first but others speculated it could have been for Clawson at BGSU. That's a stretch I know, but Campbell wasn't in Toledo when BA was.
  • vball10set
    mucalum49;1342176 wrote:Was this found to be true? There were reports that BA was in Toledo the other day but the Rockets are already out in Boise for the bowl. He could be talking to the AD first but others speculated it could have been for Clawson at BGSU. That's a stretch I know, but Campbell wasn't in Toledo when BA was.
    All I know is what's in the article, but I'll post more as information becomes available.
  • gorocks99
    Wisconsin to interview Mike Riley? http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/jeremy-fowler/21395143/wisconsin-set-to-interview-oregon-states-mike-riley
  • mucalum49
    vball10set;1342194 wrote:All I know is what's in the article, but I'll post more as information becomes available.
    Gotcha, seems to be something to this story:
    Dave Heller‏@dave_heller Matt Campbell: I have no comment on (#badgers HC). My sole focus from the time we heard about this bowl game is winning this football game.
    Sounds like the typical comment when there is something to a story. I think Matt Campbell is a good coach but not the type of hire I expected. I wanted the B1G to have another name like Golden, Peterson for the sake of the conference.

    This guy Heller is a beat writer for Wisconsin and talking with Oregon States guy. They had this to say about Riley's contract.
    Dave Heller‏@dave_heller RT @CliffGT: Riley's contract is such that it's nearly impossible to buy out. OSU and Riley did that for a reason. #badgers
  • vball10set
    ^^^ I agree, as I don't know if Campbell's ready yet for this jump. He's only been a HC for a year, and even though I think the MAC is a great stepping stone conference (see Saban, Meyer, Pinkel, etc.), he needs another year or two to hone his coaching skills. JMO.
  • ts1227
    Skip Holtz to La. Tech