Reset post-Indiana lightening round on the Carousel
Open jobs:
1. Purdue- Darrell Hazell fired. Names: UPDATE: Troy Calhoun of AFA , P.J. Fleck of Western Michigan, Jeff Brohm, WKU and Skip Holtz, LA Tech. Boilermakers looking to hire by Monday or Tuesday of next week.
2. San Jose St. Ron Carragher fired. Marcus Arroyo, OK St. RB coach a leading candidate. UPDATE: CU's Klayton Adams
3. Florida Atl. U- fired Charlie Partridge, Jim Leavitt, Mario Cristobal, and Randy Shannon mentioned.
4. Nevada- Brian Polian out. Marques Tuiasosopo, Chris Klenakis, Louisville CO-OC mentioned.
5. Oregon- Helfrich out. Willie Taggart of USF, a leading candidate, Scott Frost has come out stating he is not a candidate. Sparkles says he is not in contact (which means his agent is talking to them every hour on the hour), Chip Kelly says no thanks, Bryan Harsin, Greg Schiano, P.J. Fleck, Kyle Whittingham, Philip Montgomery, James Franklin, Larry Fedora all being mentioned.
6. Baylor- Grobe will not return. h/t buffedup. Chad Morriss, mentioned, but staying at SMU. Names: Don't know, but something tells me Dykes may be on their radar, reports Les Miles has spoken with the crazy Baptists. Chad Morriss(OUT OF THE PICTURE), Dino Babers and, according to some MikMac himself. Larry Fedora in the mix. UPDATE: Cal's Sonny Dykes is a serious candidate and has interviewed with the new Baylor AD when he was at UH.
Jobs filled:
1. Fresno- Jeff Tedford gets the job, mid-season. Good hire, but the timing is weird. Of note, D II Danny applied and interviewed for the gig, according to the Fresno Bee.
2. FIU- Butch Davis takes the FIU gig. 5 year deal and all the Banana Boat products he wants. HaLk is the OC, [insert laugh track here].
3. LSU- Ed Orgeron takes the job when Herman's price was apparently to high. Jimbo stays at FSU.
4. UT- Herman to UT. Strong's firing wasn't even out of the AD's mouth before Herman was emptying HCCS' desk...looks like this was in the works for a while. UT apparently talked to Jimbo, Dabo and John Harbaugh.
5. Indiana- Kevin Wilson out, Tom Allen promoted and hired, pretty much all in one day. (h/t unionbuff on the firing, buffnik on the hire)
Secondary openings:
1. UH- Herman hits the road, no names yet, search firm hired. Lane Kiffin will interview, Art Briles UPDATE: Lincoln Riley may be the guy.
Other news: Doeren safe at NCST with the win over UNC.
DII Danny takes the reins at UC-Davis
I expect a handful of other jobs to open, mdelpizzo1 has a pretty good list a few pages back.....