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JMSqb11 said:
It may be a minority position but I don't think Mullen needed to rehab anything. FLorida looks like the one with their heads up their ass with the firing of Mullen and hiring of Napier and now another Napier type.

I got to spend time some with Mullen when he was at Starkville. Very nice and easy going fella. Guess that is easy to do in Starkghanistan. But he will be a hot commodity next coaching cycle. I imagine he is going to crush it in the portal. It really is wild how UNLV hasn't become the Jacksonville state of the west coast. Getting a bunch of 4/5 star busts to transfer to lower tier school.
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That's interesting, because the media portrayal of his personality is the exact opposite of that.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
It may be a minority position but I don't think Mullen needed to rehab anything. FLorida looks like the one with their heads up their ass with the firing of Mullen and hiring of Napier and now another Napier type.

I got to spend time some with Mullen when he was at Starkville. Very nice and easy going fella. Guess that is easy to do in Starkghanistan. But he will be a hot commodity next coaching cycle. I imagine he is going to crush it in the portal. It really is wild how UNLV hasn't become the Jacksonville state of the west coast. Getting a bunch of 4/5 star busts to transfer to lower tier school.
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You mean 3 straight NY6 bowls and and an SECG appearance in your first 3 years is good?
 
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Boston Vol said:
WASU head coach Jimmy Rogers leaving for Iowa State. That may have been the quickest coaching search of all time. Feel bad for WASU. Will have a third coach in three years when they start next season.
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Wazzu’s situation, and that of Oregon State in turn, is so weird. They had a century of power conference affiliation to carve out something and just couldn’t get it done, yet act as if college football is ruined because they didn’t get a lifeboat. They’ll have no problem again poaching an FCS staff and roster, but the moment a bigger fish does the same it’s all “look how money ruined the sport” ignoring their poor attendance and lack of accolades.

College football would be much more sensible/equitable if there were a tier split for FBS, but you’ll see programs like Wazzu and K-State (let alone Western Michigan) bemoan being “left behind” when in reality it just gives them an actual opportunity to compete against similarly situated opponents on a more level ground.
 
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TrumpedUpVol said:
Wazzu’s situation, and that of Oregon State in turn, is so weird. They had a century of power conference affiliation to carve out something and just couldn’t get it done, yet act as if college football is ruined because they didn’t get a lifeboat. They’ll have no problem again poaching an FCS staff and roster, but the moment a bigger fish does the same it’s all “look how money ruined the sport” ignoring their poor attendance and lack of accolades.

College football would be much more sensible/equitable if there were a tier split for FBS, but you’ll see programs like Wazzu and K-State (let alone Western Michigan) bemoan being “left behind” when in reality it just gives them an actual opportunity to compete against similarly situated opponents on a more level ground.
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In some ways I agree, but in others that just feels like another FCS. They unofficially already have that because a bowl game is basically their ceiling. I guess they could make an "FBS 2" and have their own playoff but I don't know....that just seems kinda pathetic.

It sucks but I think I'm fine with the "throw them a bone" playoff spot they all fight for is good enough and probably better than their own playoff. I think it's similar to how you could do the same with D1 basketball split it into another division and let the mid majors all have their own tourney but I think for them making the NCAAT is the prize and would be better for them than winning a less glamorous tourney.
 
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Coordinator: Kentucky is hiring TAMUs D coordinator to be their D coordinator.

www.espn.com

Sources: UK to hire Texas A&M's Bateman as DC

Kentucky is set to hire Texas A&M defensive coordinator Jay Bateman for the same role, sources confirmed to ESPN.
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Tamu must have not liked him if Kentucky took him away
 
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Boston Vol said:
If he really is walking away after two decades, may have to do with his displeasure regarding the private equity deal that Utah made.
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I thought the same thing. I can't imagine that a successful veteran football coach would now want to answer to a board of directors outside the university.
 
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Boston Vol said:
If he really is walking away after two decades, may have to do with his displeasure regarding the private equity deal that Utah made.
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He's in his mid 60s with LDS level grandkids and probably enough of a nest egg to enjoy them for a few years.

My money is on him having a healthy perspective about life/work balance.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
In some ways I agree, but in others that just feels like another FCS. They unofficially already have that because a bowl game is basically their ceiling. I guess they could make an "FBS 2" and have their own playoff but I don't know....that just seems kinda pathetic.

It sucks but I think I'm fine with the "throw them a bone" playoff spot they all fight for is good enough and probably better than their own playoff. I think it's similar to how you could do the same with D1 basketball split it into another division and let the mid majors all have their own tourney but I think for them making the NCAAT is the prize and would be better for them than winning a less glamorous tourney.
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