Franklin to LSU
- Thread starter Vic Vaselino
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If that happens as a matter of respect to CJF I temporarily change my board name to “psureaux”
Good lord, how many jobs is Franklin going to take?
If the assumed reason to leave Happy Valley is to find an easier path to the cfp, how does jumping into the SEC West accomplish that?
Bold assumption that Urbs is gonna make until the end of the season.
Al Golden and Matt Rhule return to PSU as co-head coaches to run 90% fullback dives on O and only recruit Italian American Safeties on D.
Joepa’s Golden Rhule Legacy Lions will sweep the nation and be the envy of all.
Joepa’s Golden Rhule Legacy Lions will sweep the nation and be the envy of all.
Saban's got to retire sometime, doesn't he? But they'll probably get Dabo then.
Fair point. I wonder if the SEC protects Bama with its zebras the way the B1G does for tosu. Then again, Franklin has seen first hand how inept the officials are down south.
Louisiana seems like a fascinating place, have wanted to visit ever since I read the 'Wildman Junky' series by Matt McHonahough- I just pre-ordered 'How We Doin Back There Ginger' on Amazon.
Why did Nick Saban leave Michigan State for LSU? In the SEC you typically only have to win at most two difficult games a year, you can schedule schlubs during the OOC portion of the schedule and nobody will hold it against you, and most importantly, you can recruit whoever you want and not have to worry about the Big Ten minimum academic requirements, or even higher standards mandated by your school if you do at most Big Ten schools.
Rhule could probably hold recruiting class together. Trouble is, short of Saban, not sure how many could. Maybe Munchak.
USC usually plays late at night.. He has enough time to fly from Baton Rogue to LA and coach USC after LSU, then on the way back to Louisiana he can stop in LV on Sunday and coach the Raiders.
I hold my hope out for Ruhle, not because he is a Penn State guy, but I think the guy can flat out coach the game of football. My top 5 if Franklin leaves would be:
1. Matt Ruhle
2. Luke Fickle
3. Joe Moorehead
4. Mike Yurcich
5. Tom Herman
Saban left for LSU because it was a better job and likely thought that MSU would always play second fiddle to TSUN. And the Big Ten has no "minimum academic requirements" and the notion that they exist at MSU is laughable.
The sad thing is MSU has been a better program than meatchicken over the past decade or so, and yet they’re still 2nd fiddle. There really is no room to move up in the B1G unless you’re one of their two flagship schools. The rest of us happily take our big TV money checks and fight for 3rd place in the conference’s eyes.
Worst case, LSU was a lateral move at best. In all reality, it was a step down from Michigan State in 1999. His comments when he left were telling. And yes, there are minimum academic requirements. They are essentially the NCAAs minus a number of waivers that are used and abused by lesser schools to get gets kids enrolled that don't belong in college.
You forgot about the urge, desire, and imminent firing of the HC less than 2 years after winning the 3rd title.
No way does a former Ohio State coach take a job in State College or Ann Arbor. Why would Fickell move to the middle of nowhere and coach teams that their administrations don’t fully support?
