I want to believe the Beave, but I think the facts are too loud to ignore here:
There's currently a campaign to "Empty Neyland" saturday, which, if even 50% successful, would result in somewhere in the ballpark of $5M revenue loss to the University AD. If there was a plan in place that could actually BOOST revenue at Homecoming (firing Butch, especially coupled with a replacement announcement), they would DEFINITELY pull the trigger given the alternative. Some have said there are financial concerns surrounding the timing, but there's NO chance they're concerns to the tune of $5M. This leads me to believe Curry does not have a deal in place, and does not expect one imminently.
I'd love to hear that I'm wrong and that Gruden is locked up, but it does not correlate with what we're experiencing right now with the AD.