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dwshade · Nov 17, 2015

ThePiombino said:
Texas will never give him the time to turn the program around his way. If I'm him, I cut bait and take the UMiami job.

You don't leave Texas for Miami. Miami isn't going to pay big money for their coach and can't come close to what Texas pays Strong.

stlnd01 · Nov 17, 2015

Why the hell would Charlie Strong leave Texas for Miami? Miami's a much bigger rebuild, with far fewer resources.
And if you're going to shorten Miami, don't you call it "Da U?" UM is Michigan. Or Maryland. Or Montana. Or Maine.

Cackalacky · Nov 18, 2015

Les Miles coaching for his job, according to report

Literally Brian Kelly Revisited.

BGIF · Nov 19, 2015

Inside College Football: Is LSU really ready to part ways with Les Miles? - CBSSports.com

T Town Tommy · Nov 19, 2015

The Richt leaving Ga rumor is gaining a little traction today. Nothing concrete and sure not confirmed by anyone but the rumor involves him leaving before any bowl game.

NDdomer2 · Nov 19, 2015

leaving for?

T Town Tommy · Nov 19, 2015

NDdomer2 said:
leaving for?

Nothing mentioned on a potential landing spot. Plus I haven't seen anything that would substantiate the rumor.

NDdomer2 · Nov 19, 2015

T Town Tommy said:
Nothing mentioned on a potential landing spot. Plus I haven't seen anything that would substantiate the rumor.

Thanks TripT

beryirish · Nov 19, 2015

Gosh - I wouldn't like Richt to USC if that is even a possibility.

...socal.

BGIF · Nov 20, 2015

Friday Five: The best coaching candidates nobody's talking about - CBSSports.com

Tom Fornelli CBSsports.com

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5. Willie Fritz, Georgia Southern coach: I don't think Fritz is a name that's going to come up for some of the higher profile jobs just yet, but he's the kind of coach the lesser profile schools should strongly consider. He took over the Georgia Southern program from Jeff Monken after Monken left for Army, and in his two seasons with the Eagles, he's gone 16-5 and 13-1 in Sun Belt play. And that's all been done in Georgia Southern's first two seasons as an FBS program.

Before he was at Georgia Southern, Fritz went 40-15 at Sam Houston State and 97-47 at Central Missouri. All in all, Fritz has spent 19 seasons as a head coach, and only two of those seasons (his first season, 1997, and 2006) were losing seasons. He went 5-6 those years. Everywhere he's gone, he's won.

4. Doug Meacham, TCU co-offensive coordinator: The former Oklahoma State offensive lineman has been coaching since 1989, but is yet to get his first head coaching gig. That may change this winter, as he's raised his profile a bit at TCU. He took over a TCU offense that scored only 25.1 points per game in 2013 and immediately improved that number to 46.5 points per game in 2014. This year, the Frogs are scoring 44.3.

In his one season at Houston, before joining TCU's staff, the Cougars scored 33.2 points per game. It's obvious that between his eight seasons on Mike Gundy's staff at Oklahoma State, and his years at Houston and TCU, Meacham has learned how to put together a potent offense, and he might be ready to branch out on his own at this point.

3. D.J. Durkin, Michigan defensive coordinator: Durkin's only in his first season as Michigan's defensive coordinator, but its hard to deny the results he's had already. Against FBS opponents, no defense in the country is allowing less yards per game, or less yards per play. Only three defenses (Wisconsin, Ohio State and Florida) are allowing less points per game against FBS teams than Michigan's 14.8. Durkin had similar success as Florida's defensive coordinator for two seasons at Florida, and also spent time on Jim Harbaugh's staff at Stanford.

If Bowling Green's Dino Babers leaves for a bigger job, you have to think Durkin, a Bowling Green alum, would be the first name the school will call. It's just, Bowling Green probably shouldn't be the only school that does.

2. Rod Carey, Northern Illinois coach: There must be something in the water in DeKalb, Illinois. Rod Carey is just the latest head coach to take over the Northern Illinois program and keep things plugging along. While Jerry Kill receives a lot of credit for building the program, you can't deny the job that Carey -- and Dave Doeren before him -- have done maintaining it.

Carey's currently in his third season at NIU, and he's 31-9 overall with an even more impressive 21-2 record in conference play. He's a win against Ohio away from winning his third straight MAC West division title in three seasons. And if some Power Five schools have been smart enough to pay attention to all this, it could be his last division title at Northern Illinois.

1. Brent Venables, Clemson defensive coordinator: It's so strange to me that Venables' name hasn't come up more often. He completely turned the Clemson defense around last season, making it one of the best units in the country. He then lost basically the entire unit to graduation and the draft, and Clemson is still one of the best defenses in the country. Oh, and the Tigers are currently the No. 1 team in the nation, too.

This isn't some new phenomenon. Venables routinely built some of the best defenses in the country when he spent eight years as Oklahoma's defensive coordinator, and he's still only 44 years old. The more you read from Venables' resume, the more it screams "head coaching candidate" at you. It's the kind of resume you don't need to hire a search firm to find if you've been paying attention.

Venables did play at Kansas State, so maybe he's just biding his time until Bill Snyder retires again and he can return to the alma mater. Either way, you're not doing your job as an athletic director if you don't give him a call.

Honorable Mention: Scott Frost, Oregon offensive coordinator; Kendal Briles, Baylor offensive coordinator; Geoff Collins, Florida defensive coordinator; Dave Aranda, Wisconsin defensive coordinator; Chris Ash, Ohio State defensive coordinator; Jeremy Pruitt, Georgia defensive coordinator.

dwshade · Nov 20, 2015

T Town Tommy said:
The Richt leaving Ga rumor is gaining a little traction today. Nothing concrete and sure not confirmed by anyone but the rumor involves him leaving before any bowl game.

Not happening. Left after the Auburn game to fly all the way to Washington to surprise Jacob Eason. Met with his parents Sunday morning then went in to wake up Jacob and took them to breakfast.

ickythump1225 · Nov 20, 2015

beryirish said:
Gosh - I wouldn't like Richt to USC if that is even a possibility.

...socal.

A) I doubt Richt would take an extremely high profile job like USC (assuming you're talking about Southern Cal and not South Carolina)

B) I wouldn't be overly concerned with Richt heading to USC. He's a coach noted for losing all the time to the program's biggest rivals and under achieving with loads of talent every season. I think Richt is at his perfect fit in Athens and I don't think he would thrive in a big time place. I think he might be a fit at the other USC in South Carolina.

Cackalacky · Nov 20, 2015

dwshade said:
Not happening. Left after the Auburn game to fly all the way to Washington to surprise Jacob Eason. Met with his parents Sunday morning then went in to wake up Jacob and took them to breakfast.

Methinks if he does not land Eason, it will ease his passing. I recall reading how Spurrier went all in on Eason and told him he would stay on for Eason's career if Eason would sign with SoCar. Eason soon committed to UGA and Spurrier retired.

I hope that was Eason....I think it was anyway.

dwshade · Nov 20, 2015

Cackalacky said:
Methinks if he does not land Eason, it will ease his passing. I recall reading how Spurrier went all in on Eason and told him he would stay on for Eason's career if Eason would sign with SoCar. Eason soon committed to UGA and Spurrier retired.

I hope that was Eason....I think it was anyway.

Eason has signed his financial aid papers with UGA as he prepares to be an EE. The only thing that would prevent him from coming is if Richt were let go which is highly unlikely.

BGIF · Nov 21, 2015

LSU Board member: Les Miles' status uncertain even if he wins next two - CBSSports.com

Cackalacky · Nov 21, 2015

dwshade said:
Eason has signed his financial aid papers with UGA as he prepares to be an EE. The only thing that would prevent him from coming is if Richt were let go which is highly unlikely.

This story happened last year some time or during the spring....

dwshade · Nov 21, 2015

Les Miles seat is definitely HOT.

IrishSteelhead · Nov 21, 2015

dwshade said:
Les Miles seat is definitely HOT.

Gary Danielson just fanned the flames too. After that awful 4th and goal, where the QB thought it was one play, and the RB another, he said "If I'm hiring a coach, I look at that part of the resume."

KPENN · Nov 21, 2015

irishfanjho15 · Nov 21, 2015

KPENN said:
Les miles fired

Well that escalated quickly.

KPENN · Nov 21, 2015

Ignore it. Fake Twitter

NDbrbkny · Nov 21, 2015

les miles has been clueless in recruiting a QB

gkIrish · Nov 22, 2015

Paul Rhoads fired.

drayer54 · Nov 22, 2015

gkIrish said:
Paul Rhoads fired.

He blew it yesterday. Coaches generally don't win or lose games. Outside of clock management or complete ineptitude, it usually falls on the players....

Usually.

He definitely lost it yesterday. The OK State game was borderline his fault.

NDdomer2 · Nov 22, 2015

Apparently BVG seat is hot, possibly along with other Irish assistants.

dwshade · Nov 22, 2015

NDdomer2 said:
Apparently BVG seat is hot, possibly along with other Irish assistants.

Don't see it.

Bogtrotter07 · Nov 23, 2015

dwshade said:
Don't see it.

Didn't see the italics, either?

T Town Tommy · Nov 23, 2015

dwshade said:
Les Miles seat is definitely HOT.

So... unless LSU already knows can get Dumbo Fisher, why would they pay Les $15 mil to walk? They only pay it IF they know they can get the fool from Tallahassee. Otherwise, Les will be eating grass next fall on the sidelines in Baton Rouge.

beryirish · Nov 23, 2015

T Town Tommy said:
So... unless LSU already knows can get Dumbo Fisher, why would they pay Les $15 mil to walk? They only pay it IF they know they can get the fool from Tallahassee. Otherwise, Les will be eating grass next fall on the sidelines in Baton Rouge.

I don't think Les is as bad of a coach to let him go now and pay him 15 million weis bucks.

I think Les is a good coach but has been bridesmaid to Saban for years now. They are turning into a stagnant Georgia.

I'm surprised that Jimbo would consider the job, not saying he is - I don't know. Only reason I would see him leaving is because he wants to be in the SEC.

PANDFAN · Nov 23, 2015

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Syracuse HC Scott Shafer has been dismissed & will coach final game vs. BC per source.</p>— Thayer Evans (@ThayerEvansSI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThayerEvansSI/status/668801035784364033">November 23, 2015</a></blockquote>
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