Good gosh...LSU had a massive buyout to pay, (53 Million) but fired the always-congenial Brian Kelly anyway. A ton of big openings...LSU, Florida and Penn State, and they all want the next great coach? Urban Meyer is not coming back, neither is Nick Saban. Indiana wisely wrapped up Curt Cignetti, although his buyout is only 15 million.

So, prepare to hear about Dan Lanning on everyone's list. (Until we lose another game!)

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They’re all just going to get hired by other programs that fired their coach. A coaching musical chairs if you will. Kelly is going to have to work on a different accent.

Of course Lanning will be on everyone’s list.

But he’s not leaving, right?

I just hope he doesn’t receive an offer he can’t refuse.

He is not leaving although he might get "Cig'd"

Kelly should never coach again. I would rather root for ewe dub than Kelly ever since he killed that kid at practice.

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Oh, and practice continued. Can't get any more despicable.

The money that the big schools will be throwing at the top coaches to leave their current school may very well reach the absurd Gonna be a wild ride.

There are some extremely talented players who can transfer out of the schools firing those coaches. The coaches who stay put could certainly bolster their rosters.

Early signing day is just around the corner. Committs may be decommitting.

At the beginning of the year, Kelly and Franklin were considered top coaches. So they will be on the merry-go-round and where it stops no one knows.....

Hope DL stays at Oregon until he gets that Natty.

26 minutes ago, Charles Fischer said:

Good gosh...LSU had a massive buyout to pay, (53 Million) but fired the always-congenial Brian Kelly anyway. A ton of big openings...LSU, Florida and Penn State, and they all want the next great coach? Urban Meyer is not coming back, neither is Nick Saban. Indiana wisely wrapped up Cignetti, although his buyout is only 15 million.

So, prepare to hear about Dan Lanning on everyone's list. (Until we lose another game!)

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Lanning’s buyout if he leaves on his own is only $20M. However, it’s been reported that he has $30M in unvested Nike stock if he stays through his contract. So, that $20 M buyout would likely have to go up to $50M to get him out of Eugene.

Well, Kiffin's daughter currently is dating a junior linebacker at LSU. Kiffin's ex-wife is a graduate of Florida, and the two are reportedly back together but still divorced.

As a 2028 QB prospect, Knox has already received several offers, including from SMU, Arkansas State, Western Kentucky, Sacramento State, Murray State, and FIU. Notably, top programs like Oregon, Florida, and LSU are on his radar. Knox recently visited LSU for a game.

But with all these choices, where is Ole Miss? Knox didn’t really put Ole Miss in his top 3 schools list. The reason? “I’m definitely not going to play for my dad,” Knox told Adam Gorney from Rivals. “I want to do my own stuff.”

1 hour ago, HappyToBeADuck said:

There are some extremely talented players who can transfer out of the schools firing those coaches.

The coaches who stay put could certainly bolster their rosters.

Coaches Fired

LSU

Penn State

Florida

OK State

Arkansas

UCLA

Virginia Tech

Oregon State

Colorado State

UAB

Pending Possible Firings

Auburn

Florida State

Wisconsin

Michigan State

There's not enough fresh talent until there is. Twenty years ago Urban Meyer wasn't a known commodity. Two years ago Curt Cignetti was a guy in his 60's that never had any high league experience. Four years ago Oregon lost Super Mario and hired a guy in his thirties that had no ties to the West Coast. His first game didn't go that well, that guy is still there I think. Six years ago people were asking why Ohio State would hire some unknown dude from the NFL instead trying to poach Brian Kelly. Who thought Notre Dame would promote a linebackers coach in his thirties to head coach?

FSU isn't getting anybody from anywhere. Virginia Tech might get James Franklin, but they aren't getting a P4 coach currently employed. Oklahoma State, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Auburn, UCLA, maybe they get some of these retreads like Kelly, Jimbo, Orgeron?

Why is it that programs like LSU, Florida, FSU, Miami, Michigan, USC, Texas, Notre Dame, Tennessee, and Texas A&M would cycle through coach after coach, while Oregon has only fired one coach in thirty years? Wisconsin had a record like that until they fired Chryst four years ago and hired an outsider who wanted to change the way they play. Nebraska fell into that same trap when they hired Callahan after the 2004 season.

Has Ohio State fired a coach for on field results in your lifetime? I'm on the train of thought that you gotta have the right system in place before you can consistently win. Oregon has the facilities, alignment up and down the booster and athletic director tracks. When you hire a guy, you have total support in place and he just has to do his job.

I don't think Lanning or Cignetti would ever leave because they have everything and anything they will ever need to succeed. At Penn State, Florida, Texas, USC, Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, there are about fifty million different levels of people you have to appease. It's not easy. That's one reason why Lane Kiffin or Eli Drinkowitz could choose to stay where they are. They won't face the same pressure and they'll both be paid just as much without the pressure to be Joe Paterno or Steve Spurrier.

I never thought Brian Kelly was a good fit at LSU. I was right.

Hope Oregon cleans up on a few recruits and transfers. We can be very picky.

Really like your point of view GAT!

In my eyes, Franklin should wait until the dust settles. He is under rated. Reputation be damned. That guy should wait to see if Vandy's coach gets scooped up and go back to Nashville. Va Tech is another "fit" I see for him. A program like that won't be unreasonable in their expectations. College Football is looking more like a landscape of parity. Franklin will revive a program from the ashes (Va Tech), or maintain a middling program as a threat elite programs will have to take seriously (Vandy).

The dust is going to settle pretty unbalanced at Natty seeking programs like PSU, UF, LSU, Auburn and Florida State. They are going to be competing to keep their talent and convince the younglings they are worthy enough to develop them. There probably are some hidden gems in the coaching field at present. Some fan bases are not going to be happy with the choices they receive since they all have a title and expect one "yesterday".

If the P2 get their act together and provide a better football environment than what has emerged the past two years, College Football has a wonderful future ahead of itself. If... I never imagined how wonderful and exciting the football world has been the past 15 months. NIL has shattered monopolies, and despite the sour taste of spoiled 17-22 year olds looking for unearned bucks, it has been a joy to watch the drama unfold these past two seasons.

Can't see Orgeron at LSU

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6 minutes ago, 1Ducker1 said:

I never thought Brian Kelly was a good fit at LSU. I was right.

Look at how he abandoned his Cincy squad the day after they finished their best ever season in 2009. He just left without even talking to his team the day after they came within a Texas extra special bonus second from going to the BCS Title game. Florida trashed that Bearcat squad in the Sugar Bowl, but it felt like Brian Kelly couldn't even do what the notoriously less than motivated Scott Frost did when he finished out the season at UCF even after taking the Nebraska job. UCF almost beat the same LSU squad that would go on and become that 2019 legendary wagon. People don't ever talk about that because Cincy isn't a huge brand. But the signs of Kelly being a pretty classless guy goes back almost twenty years now.

He fired the LSU strength and conditioning coach that had been there since the Les Miles days. He destroyed what made LSU special. If I were Wisconsin, or any other program that might give him another shot, I would think twice. He'd dump them for a second if he started winning.