Michigan, Pitt May Jump Aboard Coaching Carousel

Anyone know what is the record for most bowl losses in one day by a conference? Big Ten 0-4 headed into the Rose Bowl

Haywood is toast. I wager so is Rich Rod. The ranks of the needy grow. We will strike tomorrow, I hope.

I guess this is today’s bowl game open thread – is today January 1?

I expected Miss St. to win, but that kind of a housing is flat out embarrassing. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy in Rich Rod.

Apparently the Rose Bowl is being held in Pasa_ena today.

Hilarious update from Erin Andrews on TCU slipping all over the field in their custom-designed Nike cleats.

I wonder who Pitt’s second choice was. That’s a messed up situation.

Some guy at a party last night told me, after explaining a convoluted connection he has with Jim Harbaugh, that Harbaugh had a $5M/year offer on the table from Michigan.

I do remember that Pitt was somewhat interested in Paul Rhoads. That’d be a good hire. I’d feel bad for the Cyclones if that happened.

I sure as hell hope that Mack’s decision to be a gentleman in the coach hiring process hasn’t cost us the best candidates, but it sure feels that way. We’ll find out in a few days.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5978467

It’s official. Haywood is out at Pitt.

Alan

0-5 if you count Nebraska.

If I’m Michigan I’m not trading in Rodriguez unless they could get Harbaugh. Miles wouldn’t even enter the conversation if I was the decision maker. Brady Hoke at SDSU might make think but you could wait another year and still get him.

I sure as hell hope that Mack’s decision to be a gentleman in the coach hiring process hasn’t cost us the best candidates

Why would it? I mean, the guys we get – if they would be swayed by openings – would go regardless right? (See: Addazio.) They might feel bad about it for a while, but still…

I agree on Nebraska but that was not today. I am really curious about most bowl losses on one day

I think RichRod gets the boot even if they can’t get Harbaugh.

CJD, I have zero info on what’s happening with the hiring process. I’m just wondering out loud if we could have/should have locked down new coaches with contracts & announcements as soon as we knew we were kicking some people to the curb.

Davis officially left on Dec. 4th. Meyer announced his retirement on the 8th. Then the other openings unfolded.

We’re now a month removed from the shakeups here and signing day is about 5 weeks away. Time is growing short to lock down recruits and start on the 2011 season.

T fuCking U

Up 21-13.

Texoz, the problem is that once you hire a guy, you can’t contractually obligate him to stay. UT has a very serious ego, and that ego must be stroked to maintain happiness with the big cigar types. No one wants to see UT formally hire someone just to see another school swipe him, even if its for a promotion. Well, I wouldn’t mind, but UT fans would go apeshit. The guys UT hires need to stay put at least through next year. SImply put, who wants the Texas OL job when you can be someone’s OC? Who wants to be just a DL coach when you can be someone else’s DC or at least co-DC? Why would Bostad take the UT OL job when the Wisconsin OC job may be getting offered to him? Addazio likely would’ve made more money as UT’s OL coach than as Temple’s HC, but money isn’t the main thing to these guys. They want to move up the hierarchy. UT needs to find the guys who are exceptional at their job, but who are willing to stay at UT for a while. With all the job openings coming up, I’m not sure how easy that will be.

Hey Badgers – the second half started a few minutes ago.

Can somebody remind me the touchback rule in college football? If the ball never touches the ground in the end zone, and the player touching the ball never touches the ground in the end zone, but the ball crosses the plane, is that a touchback? I am watching the Rose Bowl and that ball looked like it crossed the plane of the goal line, but I think that doesn’t matter.

TCU is a brilliantly coached team in every phase of the game.

I like the Wisconsin offense, too. I wouldn’t mind seeing that in burnt orange.

This is a hell of a game!

Rich Rod for offensive coordinator? A cool million a year to coach our offense would be a nice landing spot.

Obviously Gilbert would not fit that offense well.

Oh and there should be an open offer of 5 million per for Patterson to coach Texas when Brown retires.

What a GREAT Wiscy drive!

THAT is “Dancin’ with who brung ya!”

I like.

Didn’t get the 2-pt, but that was a clutch drive.

Great game.

Why can’t we put Mack out to pasture and hire the entire TCU staff. They seem to be better evaluators of talent and better game day coaches.

How sad have we become that we are now pining for Leach and RichRod.

And Patterson will never coach at Texas, thankfully…go back and see how that cat treated a player with a concussion earlier this season…complete asshat.

Fuck. The football is certainly not good right now.

Uhm, did anyone else feel like watching the Wisconsin offense was like watching GD? They just couldnt help but throw the ball and try and run outside when they were killing TCU up the middle with their power attack.

Michigan will go after Harbaugh first, then SEC coach Les Miles, then Peterson or Patterson.

I’ll say it. Wisconsin’s offense looked like shit. And I don’t know who’s decision it was to lolly gag around and waste 2 minutes when they were in the red zone effectively ending the game when they did not make the 2 point conversion either.

NFL TV bubbas say Harbaugh is the 9er’s first choice to replace Singletary.