A&M Fires coach
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You hit it on the head...i was thinking the same thing over the weekend about Callahan...why not buy him out, get it out there and done with and then target the best available coach....not sit back wait to see who goes where and then your left with the scapes....I felt so excited with the process in which JP did his search, maybe even leaking some information to some here and there....hint hint and then KaBlam.....the coach hiring coup of this century......to pluck one of the brightest, high profile coaches out of a competitors staff was BRILLIANT i say Brilliant.....
Everybody take it easy on him. Even in jest, he's not saying anything that won't be uttered by every hawk fan within a 100 mile radius of Ames over the next few days or whenever a bigtime coaching job comes open. You know, everybody is just dying to jump ship at ISU. :nah:
Heck, the day after Alford got cut loose in Ia City, a hawk fan in Chicago asked me what I thought of the prospect of McDermott going to iowa - after only 1 year here.
:wacko::wideeyed::biglaugh:
The Houston Chronicle is on this too...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5274772.html
They report Tubberville as the top candidate too, but they say that could be tricky because of his six million dollar buyout. Other candidates they list:
Cal HC Jeff Tedford
West Virginia HC Rich Rodriguez
North Carolina HC Butch Davis
South Carolina HC Steve Spurrier
Oregon HC Mike Belotti
Wisconisn AD Barry Alvarez
Auburn DC Will Muschamp
LSU DC Bo Pelini (Hey! I thought he was going to be the next HC at Nebraska!)
Houston Texans OC Mike Sherman
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5274772.html
They report Tubberville as the top candidate too, but they say that could be tricky because of his six million dollar buyout. Other candidates they list:
Cal HC Jeff Tedford
West Virginia HC Rich Rodriguez
North Carolina HC Butch Davis
South Carolina HC Steve Spurrier
Oregon HC Mike Belotti
Wisconisn AD Barry Alvarez
Auburn DC Will Muschamp
LSU DC Bo Pelini (Hey! I thought he was going to be the next HC at Nebraska!)
Houston Texans OC Mike Sherman
After how Pelini was treated at Nebraska, am I the only one that thinks he'd wait for a different job? I could see him interested in a position like aTm where he could play Nebraska twice every 4 years.
Word on the street is that Callahan gets the ax after this weekend, with a bye week coming up.
FoxSports.com is reporting that this is a false rumor according to the university. It's from the university so take it for what it's worth.
FOX Sports on MSN - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - A&M says Franchione will be evaluated after season
FOX Sports on MSN - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - A&M says Franchione will be evaluated after season
The folks in Red aren't going to happen. Tedford's got a good thing going at Cal, and he competes with USC (although so far unsuccessfully) for the Pac-10 title year in and out. Rodriguez turned down Alabama - if they weren't good enough for him, what makes aTm more special? Davis is in his first year at UNC - I don't see any first year coach just up and leaving. Spurrier's not going to leave the SEC. Belotti - with Nike dropping that kind of coin on the Oregon program, would YOU leave those kind of resources? I don't see Alvarez ever getting back into the coaching game (unless, of course, aTm's looking for a coach that can compete with JoePa and Bobby Bowden in the age category). Plus, recent years have shown that the "3 yards and a cloud of dust" brand of offense that the Big 10 has to offer is not only extremely boring to watch, but is becoming less and less competitive on the national stage in a year-in, year-out basis.
As far as those in green, I see those as serious possibilities, especially Pelini, who, even with the hiring of Osbourne in Nebraska, might still be looking to stick it to the Cornholios due to him not being good enough the first time around.
