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Franklin was in the SEC at Vandy. If I were him I would be calling Florida to tell them I can be there for cocktails this evening and let's make a deal. His payments from Penn State could give Florida some flexibility for Napier's severance payment and other cost factors. Will be interesting to see where d-coordinator Jim Knowles ends up. FSU's Norvell can't be feeling too comfortable today.

If Franklin goes to an SEC team, he can win a title. I doubt Florida picks him up. Sorry GAT, but your fan base is too deluded to give him a chance. But he would recruit very well ther and pick up a QB, which outside of three, he really didn't have. Penn State just sold themselves to mediocre status in my opinion. We'll see who they hire, but I'm not holding my breath. They just joined Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa as "has been" contenders. Franklin at Arkansas is intriguing. But I think they pick up Bobby Petrino. Franklin can turn Va Tech into an ACC contender for sure. I'd wait a year if I were him. Pick up that $50M and take a hard look at what really works for him. Not to mention, another SEC team like Kentucky may be in store for him. That's the kind of team he can build into a respectable nemesis.

The NewPac gets a second new head coach: Jay Norvell fired by Colorado State joins the termination at Oregon State. As time passes, the New Pac will resemble Fast Eddy's Used Car Lot. There will be a lot of browsers looking to upgrade their head coach with a low mileage used model. Along with the terminations like Bray and Norvell, there could be a lot of annual turnover. Boise State will likely take advantage of that with a coaching staff that has less turnover and program turmoil. That should be Oregon State's aim too. Run that low mileage son-of-a-gun hard, and hope you can get 3 or 4 good years before you have to buy a new model.

The best surprise is no surprise. Go Ducks. I was surprised that Brock Thomas came in early and played respectfully good QB. He had composure and sound fundamentals. It also surprised me that the Ducks showed as yet unseen formations and used a few “trick” plays against Rutgers not keeping them under cover until hunting bigger game.

I thought the whole top should be tie died green and yellow. Having seen The Dead 20 times or so several at Autzen, Hult Center and Mac court I was hoping for more. Enough with all the black! It's not a school color.

The first thing I thought of was Bill Walton. He would have loved it. Of course, he would have loved it more if the whole jersey was tie-died. It would have turned Bill into a Ducks fan.

More from the Badger's side Luke Fickell's day of reckoning is nigh but Wisconsin Badgers fans must have patience

I’m personally a fan of chaos for UW. I’m also not convinced there is any guarantee Stein will be a good HC, it’d be a calculated risk imo. That being said, my guess is UF takes a run at Kiff and DL, but ends up with Drinkwitz.

Novosad has been listed as "questionable" on the pre-game injury reports for several weeks. Some type of muscular issue in his back. Moga, I have no clue. As I suggested yesterday, there may be some type of "agreement" with the coaching staff to preserve as much of their eligibility as possible in the event they want to portal. While they agree to stay on the roster in the event of an emergency. On the other hand, some game film would help their chances to be picked from the portal? While they aren't playing future opponents don't have much film to scout. If Moore returns the absence of in-game experience for the two is less of an issue. But, if he doesn't return, you would think Stein would want to see them under-fire before 2026?

SD has been toxic for years, but not quite the cesspool that OregonLive used to be.

Do we want that? At first I did, but then we might lose Stein to Seattle, and that thought revolts me, but it is a great job. They used to think highly of Jonathan Smith at Washington when he was their OC years back...

Steve Spurrier said there were three steps that any Gator coach had to complete to be a success. 1.) Win the state- That means recruiting and beating FSU and Miami. 2.) Win the SEC- Obviously that means beating Georgia, Tennessee, and LSU. The traditional big three rivalries which will now change as the Florida vs LSU rivalry will not be protected. 3.) Compete for National Titles- You gotta do the first two before you can even contemplate the third. Well maybe not anymore, the playoff opens up the chance for programs like Alabama and Ohio State to win the title without winning their league. I still think all three would be the goal every year. Florida hasn't won anything since 2008, so there's going to be a process. I think the program is going to go after a proven P4 head coach this time. I think Jon Gruden would be an interesting choice to go along with Kiffin, Fisch, and Franklin. Will Wisconsin, South Carolina, North Carolina, and FSU soon follow suit? Probably not a great time for Arkansas, UCLA, Virginia Tech, and Oklahoma State to be looking for a proven P4 coach imo. Arkansas and UCLA might just stick with Petrino and Skipper.

Fick might get left in the tunnel at Autzen, depending on the Ducks!

AP TOP 25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLLRANKINGS1 Ohio State 7-0 Big Ten 1643 (60) 2 Indiana 7-0 Big Ten 1583 (6) 3 Texas A&M 7-0 Southeastern 1499 (0) 4 Alabama 6-1 Southeastern 1463 (0) 5 Georgia 6-1 Southeastern 1360 (0) 6 Oregon 6-1 Big Ten 1317 (0) 7 Georgia Tech 7-0 Atlantic Coast 1143 (0) 8 Ole Miss 6-1 Southeastern 1119 (0) 9 Miami (FL) 5-1 Atlantic Coast 1073 (0) 10 Vanderbilt 6-1 Southeastern 1031 (0) 11 BYU 7-0 Big 12 975 (0) 12 Notre Dame 5-2 IA Independents 964 (0) 13 Oklahoma 6-1 Southeastern 882 (0) 14 Texas Tech 6-1 Big 12 782 (0) 15 Missouri 6-1 Southeastern 748 (0) 16 Virginia 6-1 Atlantic Coast 624 (0) 17 Tennessee 5-2 Southeastern 527 (0) 18 South Florida 6-1 American 501 (0) 19 Louisville 5-1 Atlantic Coast 458 (0) 20 LSU 5-2 Southeastern 388 (0) 21 Cincinnati 6-1 Big 12 350 (0) 22 Texas 5-2 Southeastern 318 (0) 23 Illinois 5-2 Big Ten 168 (0) 24 Arizona State 5-2 Big 12 155 (0) 25 Michigan 5-2 Big Ten 123 (0) AP Top 25 Poll

Brace yerselves for Wisconsin greybeards!

What's the record for single season 'Nail in the Coffin' games FOR OBD? How many careers have our Duck Kids derailed?

Is ScoopDuck following in the footsteps of OregonLive?

Go Fisch!

James Franklin on deck? He DID promise his next team was gonna win CHAMPIONSHIPS! On a serious note, GAT, good luck findinga good coach. It's been weird not having Florida keep Mari 00 in line.

Fickell soon to join the Gundy, Bray, Franklin "sidelined' team? Luke Fickell, Wisconsin should just forfeit instead of starting Hunter Simmons again He should at least make it to and through our game. I can't imagine making an interim coach have his first start against Oregon.

Well Florida lost to a former Oregon head coach this year.

I just saw that Jon. I heard there was a meeting scheduled for today so it was probably decided this past Monday. I'm glad Billy went out with a win, but the air feels a little fresher. That sounds terrible, but the man was just in over his head. He'll get ten million dollars to soothe the pain. He'll get an additional 13 million spread out over the next four years if he isn't hired by anybody else. Time to move on. Who's next?

Not sure it’s a terrible thought at all. Could well be that Smith is next up, be it next year or the year after, and we go into the portal if needed. There’s no way to groom (and keep) 3 future QBs at once in the portal era.

Wait, how can Napier be out when we haven't played them yet.

A Pink Slip and a Gator Chomping for Billy. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/billy-napier-fired-florida-gators-coach/