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I really hope Willingham gets another year, Lockar is a beast and they have their moments, but he NEEDS to fire his DC they blow too many leads.
Locker is a lot of fun too watch. Sort of a poor man's Tim Tebow.
there is much clamor in the UCLA alumni base for Leach, I have tried to reason the dozens of UCLA fans I know out of this, its hopeless. As for Pinkle to UM that seems like a bad Hire I like Brian Kelly for that job.
Leach at UCLA would be a bad hire. That O will never win consistently aginst the big boys, you have to give Leach credit though, he has found a gimmick that makes him look great at the mid tier bowl level.
Pinkel isn;t going anywhere IMO. It is interesting thought that Michigam is looking at him.
Pinkel isn;t going anywhere IMO. It is interesting thought that Michigam is looking at him.
SteelCity Buff
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I don't have the link, but Peterson apparently said he has no interest in the ucla job during his Monday press conference. I'm wondering if ucla will open up the wallet a little more than they did for Dorrell. I would think that they'd obviously have to to land Mooch.
Thatis a move that makes sense to me. Tommy can't satisfy the Clemson folk and Arky would love him there...at least for a few years.
stampy
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what a snub, I bet the UCLA fan base is shocked the guy would prefer to stay in Boise. I wonder if he has something different lined up.
he signed an extension at clemson this morning
Well, so much for that. thanks for the info Jens.
Just checked in on Arky fan and they are in near meltdown because Tubby and Tommy Bowden are no longer interested. Butch Davis seems a remote possibility too. Now thye are saying go to Venables or get this Malzahn, the godfather of the no huddle Springdale mafia that unseated Nutt. Yeah, I am sure THAT would be a good move. Arky may have this year's coaching search cluster**** on their hands.
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BuffThat
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Grobe to Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE - Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe is going to be the next football coach at the University of Arkansas and is likely to be introduced on Thursday.
The board of the Razorback Foundation met briefly via conference call Wednesday evening and approved a salary supplement for Grobe, who just completed his seventh season at Wake Forest.
There is a strong likelihood that Grobe will be paid more than former coach Houston Nutt, but details of the salary package were not immediately available.
A coach's salary from state funds is limited so the Foundation must agree to guarantee any other money that is promised a coach.
For instance, former Razorback coach Houston Nutt received a state salary of $330,000, but his total package was about $1.5 million. Among other things, Nutt was guaranteed $600,000 for radio-TV and $250,000 for speaking engagements.
The foundation would not be asked to approve a specific compensation package unless Grobe had agreed to the deal. The process was evident on Monday night, when the board was supposed to meet to approve money for Clemson coach Tommy Bowden. The meeting was postponed twice and then canceled when Bowden agreed to a contract extension at Clemson.
At one point, it appeared the foundation would bump Bowden's salary so he could personally take care of a buyout at Clemson. The same process could be in play with Grobe, who reportedly has a buyout of $2 million.,
It is believed that Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long zeroed in on Bowden and Grobe as his top two choices in the days after Nutt resigned. People very interested in the search were told that Long would hire the best head coach available.
Grobe has a 45-39 record at Wake Forest, including an 11-3 Orange Bowl team last year and 8-4 team this year headed for the Meineke Bowl. Following last year, he signed an extension through 2016 for what was believed to be about $1.1 million per year.
unbiasedtruth
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he stayed last year after the Fiesta Bowl. I think this guy actually likes and enjoys living in Boise and working for the school over other programs and more money. Imagine that.
FlatironsBuff
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I wonder if that was a factor in Hawkins leaving for CU last year. I see Hawkins as a guy who loves a challange, and if he felt that CU was a great school getting unfairly hammered, and knew that Peterson was ready for a head coaching job anyway, so he knew he would be leaving Boise in good hands and took the challenge head on.
BuffThat
Member
he made like $100k more last year at boise than what ucla paid dorrell too. ucla is notorious for underpaying head coaches and assistants, and they're in a real estate market where you have to make some good money or live 2 hours from campus.
i like the hire for arky, but this kinda makes me wonder why michigan didnt go for grobe. he did a decent job and won the acc at a "small school" (sorry, wfu) ....
jumbo fisher was given a 3-year extension at fsu and promised bowden´s job when he retires.
BuffThat
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Grobe's son told me last night that his dad hadn't 100% accepted the offer at Arkansas and was meeting with Wake's AD in his home to hear their AD's last ditch effort. Looks like it worked, just got a text from his son that his dad is likely staying at Wake.
Junction
Club Member
Bwhahahahaha. Arky is royally screwing this up.
BuffThat
Member
BIG TIME. They have (maybe had now) a pledge from a few of the Walton kids and Jerry Jones the money to pay the buyout and salary to get a high quality coach. I know there were some rumblings that when they were prepared to hire Tommy Bowden that several boosters/influential people that he was on the same level as Houston Nutt and they wanted a step up from Nutt.
Now they're going to end up with Malzahn or Ron English.
I dont make Karl Dorrell money and I live 20 minutes from campus.
Just curious, who exactly are you? Do you have a line to every HC in the USA? Furthermore, if these nuggets are told to you in confidence do you really want to share them on a public board?
BuffThat
Member
I'm just telling you what I was told by a former UCLA assistant.
BuffThat
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Myles Brand.
CU827
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Isn't posting here cutting into your time of ****ing up college sports?
92Buff
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Sure seems a close contest between Arky and Michigan to me...
