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Art Briles to Baylor

Posted by HenryJames on November 28th, 2007 under Football

 height=Per the Houston Chronicle.

Baylor will be paying him twice as much as Houston did. Wonder why he left?

Offensive innovator, good contacts in the high school coaching community, needs to start fielding a competitive defense. Maybe Baylor will be happy with the Texas Tech model, and he won’t need a defense.

Long live the Greg Davis to Houston rumour!

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  1. Wasn’t Greg Davis in the running for the job when they hired Briles ?

    He’d be good fit, keep up the offensive jaugernaut.

  2. He is the favorite for the UH job. But he loves Mack and the Horns to much to leave.

  3. So, this is how rumors get started?

    Well, it’s also how our hopes get dashed every year he stays.

  4. What if we promised to never schedule UH in football again so Davis would never have to go against Mack at Texas?

    It would be an incredible sacrifice, but…

  5. I figured Briles would hold out and see if Leach bailed since him and Graham’s pop are BFF.

    I predicted Briles going to Tech and hiring Sam Harrell as WR coach/asst OC.

  6. Mockingbird said:

    November 28th, 2007 at 1:18 pm

    Bad move, IMO.

    With so many job openings he would have been better off waiting for something a little better than a paycheck from shared BIG 12 revenue.

    I’d like to start the first Major to Houston rumor. Oh ya, betch ya wish you thought of it first beeatches!

  7. B.J. Symons said:

    November 28th, 2007 at 1:32 pm

    Major’s a mark ass busta - that fool would get smoked in the 5th ward. Come correct and bring by boy Dub-K Kliff Kingsbury up in H-town fo dat Cougar love…

  8. Mack Tripper said:

    November 28th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    UH is in the Third Ward, actually.

    And winning at Baylor doesn’t mean winning the Big 12 or Big 12 South. Win 6 or 7 games, a la Tech, and go bowling and he’ll be aces for a big time gig soon.

  9. Kansas / Missouri / USF / UCF / Boise St / hell even Mississippi St have proven that you can recruit second tier guys and win.

    Houston radio has been burning up with Major to Coog High talk.

    No BS here, Davis would be a great hire for Coog High. Briles already built it back up from the 0 - 11 days, the players are in place for continued success. Plenty of HS players in Houston to feed the UH program.

    If Briles takes Weddell with him, Baylor will have two of the most connected coaches in the Big 12. I 100% agree with Scipio, you can recruit and win at Baylor.

  10. Does Art really sport that much of an overbite? That picture looks like it’s right out of SAW VIII.

  11. Per DMN:

    “Briles got a seven-year contract that will pay him up to $1.8 million per season, including all incentives. Briles, who turns 52 Monday, had four years left on his Houston contract with a base salary of $900,000 annually.”

    I was initially surprised that Briles left his alma mater for a doormat in a better conference, but that’s real money they are offering, so it’s starting to make more sense now.

    What did the Baptists have to mortgage to pony up that kinda scratch?

  12. “What did the Baptists have to mortgage to pony up that kinda scratch?”

    The baptists have been laying the points for the past four years and raking it in. They are Enron CEO style cash flush.

  13. Did his kid finish this year or does he have another year of eligibility? I guess he must be done.

  14. Kendall was done last year

  15. Mockingbird said:

    November 29th, 2007 at 1:13 pm

    “What did the Baptists have to mortgage to pony up that kinda scratch?”

    Their share of BIG 12 revenue. They are a parasite funding their new coach with money earned by other BIG 12 teams in bowl games and tv revenue.

    This will be great locker room motivation. Kick the parasite’s ass!

  16. Baylor has T Boone type donators, if they could put something respectable together on the field.

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