NC State scored NIU coach Dave Doeren Kirby Smart my be going to Auburn Mike Gundy rumored to be the next head coach at Arkansas...presser likely Wed. I can only hope that soon I'll read "DeLoss Dodds dead at 73, Mack Brown retiring."
Bret Bielema is leaving Wisconsin for Arkansas. Wow. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--sources--arkansas-to-hire-bret-bielema-195732340.html
I don't understand this at all. Why is Arkansas considered a more attractive job than Wisconsin? Is Bielema just looking for a change or did they "buy" him with a humongous salary?
Awesome! A non-pee-pee game offensive hire. Perfect. Now we just need to keep Malzahn out. Hopefully Auburn goes with Paul Johnson or a special teams coach or something.
My wife is a Hog fan. I follow ARK a bit. I'm not sure they can really, truly win in the SEC without a bit of gimmicky offense attached.
The word around here (I work at Arkansas State University) is Gus Malzahn has accepted a deal and is leaving to go back to Auburn.
Arkansas State HC Gus Malzahn Reportedly Agrees to Coach Auburn http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1432869-arkansas-state-hc-guz-malzahn-reportedly-agrees-to-coach-auburn]
Art Briles agrees to new deal with Baylor http://espn.go.com/dallas/college-football/story/_/id/8709109/art-briles-baylor-bears-agrees-new-deal-source $3.5 million and $10 million buyout. Arkansas got everyone more money.
The fact that Bielema would leave Wisconsin, an elite Big Ten program that has been to three straight Rose Bowls, for Arkansas, a solid but unspectacular SEC program, says a lot about the pull of the SEC.
Charlie Strong to Tennessee? @SportsCenter: DEVELOPING STORY - Sources: Louisville's Charlie Strong has emerged as front-runner to become next head coach at Tennessee.
I think he'll have that program going again really soon. The talent there isn't terrible. Even though they weren't recruiting as well as they could have been, the recruiting classes Dooley brought in weren't all that bad.
Supposedly UT has offered the head coaching job to Mike Gundy. He's a man, he's 40, and he's not going.
Predictable hire by Auburn. They should've just given Smart whatever he wanted (then again, Smart is all but guaranteed the Bama job if/when Saban leaves for the Browns). In other news, FIU fired Cristobal out of nowehere and is looking at Butch Davis. I think they're confusing themselves for another school in Miami. Tennessee looks doomed once again. There's not a whole lot to choose from at this rate, unless they somehow manage to lure a guy like Patterson. I'm guessing they're looking at Taggert. Always have to wonder about James Franklin.