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Callahan out
Franchione out
Lloyd out

who else and who's going to replace these guys?

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Orgeron at Ole Miss out.

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the oregon coach was fired?

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I'm sure a lot of teams would love to hire Orgeron as an assistant, wouldn't be surprised to see him end up back at USC.

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Baylor coach guy morriss (sp?) is gone. if Utenn loses today Fulmer has to be on the hotseat as well.

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the oregon coach was fired?

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no, that's his name. he's the head coach (or former head coach) at ole miss.

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SMU job is open also.

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england is available

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Chan Gailey of Georgia Tech was reportedly fired. I'm kinda surprised by this because He was 44-32 with 6 bowl games in a row. They are expecting to do better?

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Chan Gailey of Georgia Tech was reportedly fired. I'm kinda surprised by this because He was 44-32 with 6 bowl games in a row. They are expecting to do better?

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GT lost 6 in a row to UGA, and that's probably a bigger deal instate than making six bowl games, especially in an era where 6-5 or 6-6 gets you into a bowl. Just getting to a bowl game is no big deal anymore, really.

Here in Colorado, the story is Sonny Lubick is out at CSU, but unconfirmed.

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You mean you would be satisfied with losing 5 games and finishing out of the top 25 in a season when you have the best RB in the conference, the best WR in the country, and a top 20 defense?

The offense is terrible.

1998: 426 points
1999: 461 points
2000: 386 points
2001: 405 points
*end of good times*
2002: 280 points
2003: 274 points
*God arrives to play wideout*
2004: 264 points
2005: 222 points
2006: 349 points in two more games than O'Leary's seasons.
2007: 318 points

Gailey always lost at least 5 games. Before him were seasons of 10-2, 8-4, 9-3.

Never beat georgia.

Awful play calling and game management. The things SE kills coaches for "WTF moran your down nine kick a FG dont go for it on 4th and 5 from the 20". That stuff.

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6 bowl games in a row. They are expecting to do better?

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All completely irrelevant games in boise or other random places against the likes of tulsa, fresno, and utah. Which they lost.

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Starting Reggie Ball at QB for so long is pretty much grounds for firing him imo.

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the Duke job is open, lol

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Just as long as the words "The Iowa job is open" don't appear I will be fairly calm. I guess Notre Dame being open is bad too.

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I was listening to the Jim Rome show this morning on ESPN radio, boy did he rip on Callahan. I guess Callahan tried to get rid of the walk on program and didn't want to recruit in state? College football is better off with him not coaching anywhere, what a cancer. Any word on any of his assistants being fired or anything of that nature?

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Houston Nutt reportedly out at Arkansas. I think they said he settled for 3.5 million. Why did he get fired?

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Lou Holtz is out at Notre Dame

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Houston Nutt reportedly out at Arkansas. I think they said he settled for 3.5 million. Why did he get fired?

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Various political reasons along with a very mediocre conference record over a ten year period. Press conference at 6:30 today so we'll see if the rumor is true and maybe gain a little more insight. FWIW, I've heard Nutt is a top candidate for GA Tech.

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Georgia Tech would be well served to look at Paul Johnson IMO. I think he really wants an ACC or SEC job and he's spent a lot of time at Georgia with his time at Georgia Southern. With him coaching the offense and Tenuta coaching up the defense, they could be scary good in a few years.

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Chan Gailey of Georgia Tech was reportedly fired. I'm kinda surprised by this because He was 44-32 with 6 bowl games in a row. They are expecting to do better?

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How could tOSU fire John Cooper after going 111-43-4?

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Chan Gailey of Georgia Tech was reportedly fired. I'm kinda surprised by this because He was 44-32 with 6 bowl games in a row. They are expecting to do better?

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How did John Cooper coach enough games to get to 111-43-4?

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Is this the hiring thread too? Texas A&M hired former Packer coach Mike Sherman.

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Houston Nutt reportedly out at Arkansas. I think they said he settled for 3.5 million. Why did he get fired?

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Various political reasons along with a very mediocre conference record over a ten year period. Press conference at 6:30 today so we'll see if the rumor is true and maybe gain a little more insight. FWIW, I've heard Nutt is a top candidate for GA Tech.

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An Arkansas News Source is now saying Nutt is a top candidate for Ole Miss, but is not a top candidate for GA Tech.

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I've heard Paul Johnson's name come up the most around here.

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Bill Doba is apparently out at Washington State. A great guy, just couldn't get it done on the field after his first year (10 wins, including a Holiday Bowl win over Texas). Went 20-26 in the four years following that.

A lot of people are talking about bringing Mike Price back.

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I've heard Paul Johnson's name come up the most around here.

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This has been said by somebody for every coaching job that's come open in the last 5 years or so. If the guy wanted a new job he'd have gotten one long ago.

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I heard Pelini to Nebraska? Yes/no?

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I guess Pelini makes sense from the perspective of wanting a defensive minded coach. LSU has produced a lot of defensive talent in the last few years - and they have a couple of more first rounders on this defense, too. But realistically, the LSU Defense has kinda sucked.

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Bill Doba out at WSU, which is great. His assistants however, are not yet out, which is horrible. The next hire needs to replace Levenseller and Rosenbach or it's all pointless. Still, pretty happy as a Cougar fan that we've broken with tradition and finally nuked somebody in a somewhat proactive manner.

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Embattled Arkansas coach Houston Nutt resigned Monday, giving up his job three days after directing the Razorbacks to a victory over top-ranked LSU. Defensive coordinator Reggie Herring will coach the team in its bowl.

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I doubt this will ever happen, but if Georgia Tech were smart, they'd just rehire George O'Leary. He was much more successful at Tech than Gailey was and I'm sure he'd be happy to take the job as head coach at UCF's not exactly all that prestigious of a position.

In a similar vein, how about Mike Price to WSU?

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How much is left on O'Leary's contract at UCF? I thought he was locked in for a while, and buying out both Gailey and him may be too much.

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Signing GOL would require a $5M buyout on top of Chan's $4M. That's $9M committed before he coaches a game.

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I heard Pelini to Nebraska? Yes/no?

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one time baby one time
[censored] pelini

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Pelini as well as Gill are both candidates for the NE job.

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Embattled Arkansas coach Houston Nutt resigned Monday, giving up his job three days after directing the Razorbacks to a victory over top-ranked LSU. Defensive coordinator Reggie Herring will coach the team in its bowl.

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This source says Nutt to Ole Miss is a done deal.

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Houston Nutt reportedly out at Arkansas. I think they said he settled for 3.5 million. Why did he get fired?

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The haters from up North.


(inside joke for anybody who followed the email/texting/FOI debacle over the summer)

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Geez that was quick. What exactly was the problem with Nutt? Is a lot of this based on whatever it was that went on with Mustain? What exactly was that? Exec summary please.

Also, I am back on the "no way it's Ferentz" bandwagon, as much from his perspective (his son will start at Iowa in the fall, according to facebook his daughter is a grad student there, seems to like it) as from ours. I can rationalize his hire if necessary (two of his three bad years occurred when they were just crushed by injuries), so if he hires good coordinators he might be a very good coach...but I'd still rather not have that happen as I think there are better candidates out there.

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Also, with Nutt at Ole Miss there are now 4 SEC coaches who previously coached at other SEC schools (Saban, Spurrier, Nutt, Tubberville). Dunno what significance that has it but it's pretty crazy.