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With how obvious it seemed that Bryan Harsin was going to be axed at some point following the failed coup 12 months ago, it almost felt like we didn’t have any SEC coach firings this past season.
Of course, Auburn still counted. We had only 1 SEC coach get the boot, though with the death of Mike Leach, we have 2 new head coaches in the conference.
That, by the conference’s standard of coaching turnover in the past decade-plus, was considered a light year. In 2018, we didn’t have a single coaching change in the SEC, which marked the 1st such occurrence since 2006. Change — by force, not by choice — always feels imminent in this conference.
So does that mean we’re in for some more of that in 2023? It’s complicated.
It’s complicated by the fact that 12 of the 14 SEC coaches are now making north of $6 million annually, with the 2 exceptions being Clark Lea heading into Year 3 at Vandy and Zach Arnett heading into Year 1 as the head coach at MSU:
Annual salaries are obviously not the same exact thing as a coach’s buyout, but there’s some overlap.
If you say “Jimbo Fisher is on the hot seat,” you’re probably forgetting that after the 2023 season, A&M would still owe him $76.8 million if he’s fired without cause. In case you need a reminder of those jaw-dropping figures as Fisher heads into Year 6, here’s what he’d be owed if fired without cause at the end of each season:
I continue to say that it’s a waste of time to put Fisher on any sort of hot seat list. Let’s maybe wait until that contract is somehow renegotiated and/or his buyout is less than $50 million.
In addition to Fisher, Kirby Smart, Nick Saban and Brian Kelly aren’t getting fired. Do I need to explain that? I hope not.
While some on the outside might not understand it, context of the program is needed to understand why Lane Kiffin and Mark Stoops are now in the $9 million club after their recent raises, which means they’re also not going anywhere.
While I’ll never fully rule out the idea of Tennessee totally blowing things up, Danny White just rewarded Josh Heupel with a contract extension worth $9 million annually that runs through 2028. According to ESPN’s Chris Low, Heupel’s buyout terms are:
In other words, no, Heupel isn’t going anywhere, either.
Speaking of places that have been known to have atypical hirings and firings: Let’s also dismiss the idea that Hugh Freeze could get fired without cause after 1 year at Auburn. It was a 5-7 team in need of a major influx of talent. He’s not going anywhere unless he’s fired with cause.
That puts our “not going anywhere” SEC coaches at:
That leaves us with Arnett, Lea, Sam Pittman, Eli Drinkwitz, Shane Beamer and Billy Napier as coaches who failed to crack the “not going anywhere” group.
Don’t get it twisted. I’m not saying that means those coaches are on the hot seat. They just deserve to have their contracts broken down a bit more in depth than the rest.
Let’s start with Beamer, because while I’d bet the farm on him getting a Year 4 at South Carolina, we should at least be mindful of his contract in case things somehow go south immediately.
Beamer just got a $4 million annual raise that’ll pay him an average of $6.5 million annually. As Low reported, the buyout terms with his new deal are just like his old deal. That is, he gets 65 percent of the remaining salary, which runs through 2027. So if Ray Tanner decided to fire Beamer after 2023, Beamer would be owed roughly $17 million.
This would have to be a Jeremy Pruitt-like Year 3 collapse for that to even become a conversation. And even that feels a bit far-fetched considering the former Tennessee coach was technically fired with cause, and the Vols haven’t had to pay that $12.6 million buyout (that’s an ongoing legal matter). How bad could things get for South Carolina and Beamer, who currently has an incredibly high approval rating after an 8-win season with wins against top-10 Tennessee and Clemson?
It’s the SEC, but $17 million to move on from Beamer doesn’t seem like a move South Carolina will make, especially since Tanner hired and extended him.
Speaking of guys who have been hired and extended by their current bosses, Pittman’s case is worth reexamining.
He got a new contract before the 2022 season from Hunter Yurachek, who has been in Pittman’s corner at every turn. That deal, even after Pittman switched to superagent Jimmy Sexton, looked smart for both sides even though it averaged $6.2 million (including the retention bonuses). It was loaded with performance-based incentives, and it even had the rare performance-based buyout. Pittman actually got an extra year added to the deal simply by virtue of winning 7 games, which also bumped his annual base pay from $5 million to $5.25 million.
Pittman’s deal now runs through 2027. His contract states that if he’s fired without cause, he’s owed 75 percent of his remaining salary. However, if Pittman’s record is below .500 when he’s fired, he’s owed only 50 percent of his remaining salary. He’s currently 19-17, meaning Pittman would have to be at least 3 games under .500 in 2023 for that potential buyout number to drop to 50 percent.
Hypothetically, let’s say Pittman were to go 4-8 and Yurachek elected to fire him at season’s end. Pittman would have $21 million remaining on the deal — that’s 4 years multiplied by his new $5.25 million in base pay — but because of the performance-based buyout, Yurachek would have to pay him only 50 percent of that, which is $10.5 million. If Yurachek wanted to fire Pittman after a 6-6 regular season to pay him 75 percent of that remaining $21 million, it would be $15.75 million.
In today’s market, that’s not that bad for a Power 5 buyout. If you don’t believe that, perhaps you haven’t seen Drinkwitz’s new contract. The deal, which runs through 2027 and pays between $6-7 million with annual $250,000 raises, states that Mizzou is on the hook for 75 percent of whatever is owed on the contract if Drinkwitz is fired without cause.
By my math, here’s how much the Mizzou coach would be owed if fired at the end of each season (terms via Power Mizzou):
To recap, Mizzou firing Drinkwitz at season’s end in 2023 would mean forking over roughly $20 million to a head coach who has yet to have a winning record. That’s why this is complicated. Mizzou athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois rewarded Drinkwitz with that extension even though she didn’t hire him. That was her predecessor, Jim Sterk.
Does that mean Drinkwitz is off the hot seat? Or will his contract all but guarantee that he returns in 2024? It certainly doesn’t make it as simple as “he needs to win 7 games to keep his job.” At the same time, paying a Gus Malzahn-like buyout roughly a year after agreeing to a new contract doesn’t seem likely, even in the event that Mizzou doesn’t take the next step.
That leaves us with Arnett, Lea and Napier. There’s nobody in the country in Arnett’s spot. He got promoted after Leach’s death in hopes of providing some stability and building on the program’s 9-win season. It’s a 4-year contract — that’s the maximum allowed for a state employee in Mississippi — worth $3 million annually. It’s got performance-based incentives, but in terms of the buyout, that’s pretty straightforward. If Arnett’s fired at the end of 2023, he’ll get the $9 million remaining on the deal.
Would that be wild? Not at all, though it would probably take a pretty epic collapse for that to happen. This isn’t just a situation where the interim coach dropped the tag and took over. Arnett got to hire his own staff. It’s hard to imagine MSU — the program with 1 winning record in SEC play in the 21st century — pulling the plug on that 1 year in and essentially signing up to have 3 coaches in as many seasons.
The financial details of Lea’s contract are a bit murkier because Vanderbilt is a private university, but after getting the program its 1st SEC victories of the 2020s, it feels like a matter of time before an extension is announced. Is Vandy really going to can a coach like Lea after 3 seasons on the job after he inherited a decimated roster? I highly doubt it, especially considering that not only is Lea a Vandy alum, but Candice Storey Lee also hired him. Plus, Lea exceeded pedestrian expectations by beating Florida and Kentucky, both of whom spent time in the top 15 of the AP Poll.
Speaking of Florida … Napier. Could Scott Stricklin pull the plug after Year 2?
Remember that Dan Mullen was fired months after he got his 1st and only extension. That was with 3 New Year’s 6 Bowl berths under his belt. The difference, of course, was that Mullen’s buyout stayed at $12 million when he got his raise. Napier’s deal was for 7 years and $51.8 million. A $7.1 million annual salary increases by $100,000 every year, meaning that $37.5 million will still be remaining on that deal after the 2023 season. Per GatorSports.com, Napier’s buyout would be 85 percent of whatever he’s owed.
Here’s approximately how much Napier’s buyout would be if he’s fired after each of these seasons:
The buyout doesn’t change if Napier gets another job, meaning Florida would be on the hook for 50 percent of the buyout in the first 30 days, with the rest coming in 12.5 percent annual installments over the next 4 years.
To answer the question, no, I don’t think that Florida would really be willing to commit $32 million to Napier to bolt next year. No, that’s not based on the NIL fumbling of the reported $13 million deal for Jaden Rashada, either. That’s based on paying the largest buyout in college football history 2 years into his contract.
What would prompt that? Losing the verbal pledge from 5-star 2024 quarterback DJ Lagway and crumbling to a 4-8 season? I suppose there’s greater than a 0 percent chance of that, but given how many resources Stricklin committed to Napier and his support staff, that’d be an awfully big check to cut beyond the $32 million.
That’s why all of this is messy. We can sit here and say that “Coach X needs to do this in 2023 or else … ” but my response would be, “Or else what? They pay north of $20 million to can him?”
It feels like SEC teams made such heavy investments in their head coaches knowing that the new TV contract will be incredibly lucrative once Oklahoma and Texas join. There’s also some urgency for each SEC team to have its ducks in a row as the new era of the expanded conference and the expanded Playoff approaches.
It makes sense. There has never been a better time to have your coach of the future.
Whether each SEC team has that, well, history suggests otherwise.
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Get Hugh Freeze liquored up and drop him off at a sorority house, AU won’t have a choice, they’ll have to fire him
UGA has that problem with alcohol right now. I'd tread lightly.
Every college in America has to deal with alcohol issues; I’ll take UGA’s standard for handling issues and crisis’ any day
Ah, you're not alumni. Thanks for clarifying.
Good call Ron.
These absurd salaries and buy-outs are just 1 of the reasons a CFB Super League is coming.
I expect the Super League will negotiate with a CFB Players Union, likely affiliated with the NFL Union. Everything having to do with CFB will be assigned by the universities involved to a 3rd party (32 teams each one 'sponsored' by an NFL team?) for a fixed fee and an indemnification of the assignor for any legal actions including CTE, etc.
There will be a salary cap, restrictions on free agency, and a high school draft for HS kids who want to be paid to play. These players may well not be students at all.
Without recruiting being such a big part of the job and with recruiting budgets being axed coaches' salaries will drop.
Football beginning with the BCS has been fully monetized. A semi-pro league is the direction in which CFB is headed.
My only comment concerning these buyouts is the following: It's easy for these Athletic Directors to spend Someone else's Money. When an SEC coach has a record of 15-17 and gets a $2 Million/yr. raise and an extension, there's a lack of realistic & monetary thinking being done by the AD. That was Drink's deal at Mizzou. Even a head coach like Heupel at Tennessee, who has improved the team dramatically and has reenergized the fan base...There are no guarantees of continued success for any head coach. NIL and the Transfer portal make the management of players quite difficult.
Some coaching staffs / roster members want stability, others want hiring firing action on time from the Univ…. Same for fans. Francois took a reasonable RISK.
When you are the manager of an operation the scope of top D1 football but you think you don’t need a Offensive Coordinator, you better be a dynamite OC and hire people to cover a lot of administrative duties.
In my humble opinion Drinkwitz is getting slightly out coached and slightly out managed. How much more top end does he have? 1. He needs to Ace what the NCAA will let him do with off season training. 2. He needs to have a top flight top trained offense from the first snap of 2023 to the last snap. If he has receivers/ rec. coaching and an offensive line well trained he can get in to the top of college football quality this year…. but he has to put down the smmooozer approach and master the manager of man-Tiger- power action Jackson
Ole Reverend Hugh? No way he would do anything like that. He's a man of faith!
One of your basketball players killed a woman.
S T F U.
"No way he would do anything like that. He’s a man of faith!"
You're a special kind of idiot.
Let's take a trip down hypocrite lane, dumb @ss.
Alabama defensive coordinator Pete Golding arrested for DUI, jailed overnight
Where have all the Wrs gone? Not enough passing?
Kirby will be next. He has lost the team and can't keep the school out of national news (for the wrong reasons).
no coaches get fired this season, barring an epic collapse by Arnett. Hes the only one that would even have a chance.
Probably the same for next season. this may be the highest level of stability that sec coaches have been in a very long time, even if the buyouts were not that big.
I think Pittman would be fired if they went 4-8. That's the only other scenario I could fathom. Though, I expect Arkansas won't have that problem next year.
Please help an 'outsider' out. Are the Rebels still the Rebels or is there a new PC sobriquet?
After what Sam inherited and the progress he’s had I think he’s fine this year. The seat will definitely be hot if he goes 4-8 though.
Somebody has to go 4-8, otherwise everybody must go 4-4 in SEC play and we know that won’t happen.
Thanks for this. Can we say losing by an average of 2 points has more value than losing by an average of 3 touchdowns? And when the order of finish per division changes a lot each year it’s a good sign for more coaching staffs.
Big contract buyouts will do that. They’re a natural consequence of hair trigger ADs getting pushed by irrational boosters.
ADs vs Agents is not a fair fight.
ADs should hire their own agents to negotiate with the coaches' agents.
They have some of those vultures on retainers! The market is driving SEC coaches’ contract prices up.
Bet you a steak dinner at Ruth’s Chris that the AD at University of New Mexico doesn’t have to worry about overpaying his football coach.
dixie...I've been preaching that for years. The AD cannot even get a good deal on a car for his daughter, guaranteed.
Stl Gator - How, Sir, do you want your steak done?
AFan - Like bringing a rusty knife to a gun fight.
LOL! Medium rare tastes best to me DixieDuck.
I don't like to use ad hominems often but Connor is an idiot.
What would prompt that? Losing the verbal pledge from 5-star 2024 quarterback DJ Lagway and crumbling to a 4-8 season?
CBN could go 4-8 next year (in fact he might). Losses vs LSU, UGA, UT, FSU and Utah are more likely than not. Losses vs UK, USC and Arky are coin tosses. Likely favored vs Mizzou, Vandy and the two cupcakes. He'll be back in 2024 regardless. UF is taking the long view on this hire imo. The AD realizes this is a strip down and rebuild. No more band aids. If anything, Stricklan goes before CBN.
"I don’t like to use ad hominems often but Connor is an idiot."
A common sentiment amongst the commenters.
This can be determined empirically. What is Connor's IQ?
"What is Connor’s IQ?"
A carrot.
Considering the timing of the Fla/Mizzou game in mid-Nov, Fla will have to have won more games than expected to be favored @Mizzou, or Mizzou will have be well under expectation by then. Not saying it wont happen but that's what will probably have to happen.
Judging by the history of the series, the closeness of the game in The Swamp last season and the big turnover in the Gator roster since season’s end, including at the QB position, your forecast is fairly accurate Booches.
If history is any indication, that game will come down to the effectiveness of the Gator passing game. Solid passing offense is Mizzou’s kryptonite.
If the Gator passing game is as inconsistent as it was last season, Mizzou will likely be favored. If it’s as good as it was in 2020, the Gators will be heavy favorites. The most likely scenario will be somewhere in between.
Regardless of which team wins, neither coach will be fired at the end of next season for no cause. The buyouts are prohibitive.
I bet the AD at Mizzou cannot even balance the checkbook online.
LOL! THAT is a horse of another color.
People keep forgetting that Fisher's buyout is not one lump sum. There is an initial payment, but the remainder is spread over the life of the contract. The program could afford $9M a year for the duration of his contract.
So TAMU would pay Fisher $9 million a year while paying the new HC $9 million to $10 million a year, plus the buyouts for the coordinators and assistants
Yea. Can afford it easily. Would not be ideal though.
And what happens when the next coach sucks too? Tennessee fans can tell you how messy it can get when you stack a few big contracts on top of each other. Took them a while to get out of it.
You can even ask Auburn the same question now.
Auburn doesn't really have that problem. Gus and Harsin's buyouts combined were less than the average in the league today and had no affect on the last coach search.
"You can even ask Auburn the same question now."
AU has had a better ROI when it came to some of those coaches. SEC Championships, National Championship etc.
I think AU is in a good place now.
www dot sportingnews dot com/us/ncaa-football/news/bryan-harsin-contract-buyout-auburn-coach-gus-malzahn/qcpmbs5bgn8qgntqskibcrpl#:~:text=Malzahn%2C%20who%20spent%20eight%20seasons,%242.68%20million%20over%20four%20years.
"When Bryan Harsin signed a six-year, $31.5 million contract back in December 2020, it included a buyout clause amounting to 70% of whatever remained on his deal at the time of firing ... According to Nathan King of 247Sports, that figure is in the neighborhood of $15.3 million with at least half to be paid within 30 days."
"To make matters worse, the school still hasn't even finished paying off the contract of Harsin's predecessor, Gus Malzahn. Malzahn, who spent eight seasons as Auburn's head coach and led them to a national championship game appearance in 2014, had a massive contract buyout of $21.45 million. Half of it was paid within 30 days of his firing, with the other half set to be paid in annual installments of $2.68 million over four years. After some quick math, we can surmise the program still owes Malzahn somewhere in the range of $5-8 million."
"Between Gus Malzahn and Bryan Harsin, Auburn will have paid around $37 million to buy out two head coaches since 2020 (not including staff).
Harsin had nearly the exact same buyout clause as Malzahn. He'll be owed around $15.5m, 50% within 30 days, no offset from another job."
Again, the money quote (pun intended)
"Between Gus Malzahn and Bryan Harsin, Auburn will have paid around $37 million to buy out two head coaches since 2020 (not including staff).
Harsin had nearly the exact same buyout clause as Malzahn. He'll be owed around $15.5m, 50% within 30 days, no offset from another job."
TDOWTheGreat
Thanks for sharing how much you care about AU sports.
Don't underestimate the old Ag football contributors. The budget could handle it.
TAM is notorious for bad hires.
Some truth there. Particularly after Slocum's time.
Sherrill and Slocum were good hires.
How many Nobel Prize-winning professors could be hired for $9M a year?
Ignorant comment. Professor salaries have nothing to do with the self-sufficient athletic department. A&M has plenty of other revenue sources to hire professors.
FYI, last stat I saw, A&M tied with Vandy in the SEC for most Nobel Prize winning professors (8).
This was not a shot at A+M, an AAU member institution, but at the entirety of what CFB has become.
I blame the game and not the player.
But I'm an old guy and I liked it better when the Rose, Orange, Cotton, and Sugar Bowl mattered every season.
I personally never had a problem with co-champions. And I liked football played in the sunshine instead of late at night.
I agree CFB has plenty of problems, but I'll never have a problem with athletic departments paying what the market will bear within their budget.
Well A&M is partially responsible for the massive increase in coaching salaries over the last several years, A la Jimbo
True.
Same could be said at Georgia, Alabama, etc.
Those two got their big paydays AFTER bringing a trophy home. Big diff. Paying best-in-class money for ephemeral “potential” is another thing altogether.
At least Jimbo had a ring from another school. Debatable logic, but an argument can be made for carryover, especially after Saban and Meyer. The worst contract ever, though, was Michigan State backing up the Brinks truck for Mel Tucker when he had barely a dozen P5 wins on his career resume. I love Mel, but that was sheer insanity.
Boosters don’t pay to get professors. They pay to win football games.
I would say very few coaches get paid by the universities. Most are paid through booster organizations.
huh? they're on university payrolls
They are, but it’s a complicated contract structure where the school athletic association - usually a separate entity from the university and funded by the public and boosters - pay the lion’s share of these contracts.
That Sunbelt Billy contract is particularly hilarious, especially considering how relatively smart (for idiot ADs who hand out contract extensions like candy from the rich neighborhood at Halloween) the Sideshow Dan the Clown contract was.
Au got a steal with Freeze.
Hopefully he can stay away from those h00ker$
Hopefully you can stay away from small children.
wtf????
"wtf????"
The above TAM fan is a "Willyboob" type.
Ron, he’s a troll, but sadly, he has a point. It’s up to Freeze to prove he’s a better man after the heat is turned up, as SEC West competition is likely to do.
"Ron, he’s a troll, but sadly, he has a point. "
She's not making a point. Posting hooker jokes over and over and over and over again is not making a point.
You’re right bud. However, trolls like that one are mean, but not very bright. The only way to get them off their meme is for their point to evaporate.
I believe Freeze should make that happen in time, but for now, his reputation precedes him and time is on the troll’s side.
BTW, how do you know that’s a she-troll?
"BTW, how do you know that’s a she-troll?"
Call it a hunch.
"The above TAM fan is a “Willyboob” type."
That is rich coming from you, mam.
@STLGator "However, trolls like that one are mean, but not very bright. The only way to get them off their meme is for their point to evaporate."
I am much smarter than you and just pointing out facts. Hugh Freeze paid h00ker$ w/ dirty booster money. Sorry for offending your fragile soul with my meanness :(
"I am much smarter than you and just pointing out facts. Hugh Freeze paid h00ker$ w/ dirty booster money. Sorry for offending your fragile soul with my meanness :("
HA HA!!!! Random moron shows up on SDS to tell me she is smarter than me. That is AMAZING!!!!!!
EKingGill, the man paid a dear price for his sins, sins I may add that’ve been committed by far more powerful men than SEC football coaches and who’ve managed to get away with them.
He did his penance and now seeks a shot at redemption. We should withhold judgement unless he transgresses again.
“Dumb trolls” can’t help continuing the ad hominem attacks just for their pure entertainment value. You should consider the admonition, “Let he without sin cast the first stone.”
Preacher man, take the self-righteousness and jump off a bridge. Ronald is the worst troll on this site with the IQ of a pile of bricks. Relax.
@Ronita "HA HA!!!! Random moron shows up on SDS to tell me she is smarter than me. That is AMAZING!!!!!!"
I think this comment should solidify how dumb you are. Did you not see the "@STLGator"? Wasn't talking to you. But yes, I am a random SDS troll that is much smarter than your trailer park, cousin loving self.
He was a steal because no one else really wanted him and he had little to no leverage.
Why are you stupid?
"He was a steal because no one else really wanted him"
I know you're not a AL alumni, you probably can't read and you're a moron.
Report: Alabama wanted to hire Hugh Freeze as co-OC, but SEC commissioner Greg Sankey discouraged it. Hugh Freeze was close to becoming Alabama's co-OC, but SEC commissioner Greg Sankey encouraged Nick Saban and the Tide not to hire him, according to a report by AL.com's John Talty and Matt Zenitz.
Yes, you're right. That was for a Co-OC position under Saban, not the head coach and leader of a program. It's a very different situation, wouldn't you think?
"It’s a very different situation, wouldn’t you think?"
How moronic can you be? First, you said "No one wanted to hire him." Then, you said "Oh that's different."
If you're going to troll, at least try harder.
Yes, no one really wanted to hire him at the same position that Auburn hired him at, thus having little to no leverage in the process. That is why Auburn got a "steal" as you so eloquently put it. Saban wanting to hire him as Co-OC almost 5 years ago was a completely different situation, as I spelled out. I am not sure what is so hard to understand.
"Yes, no one really wanted to hire him at the same position that Auburn hired him at, thus having little to no leverage in the process."
You're saying no one wanted to hire him yet he was in a head coaching position at Liberty making good money.
Try again.
You’re right he was the head coach at Liberty. Proud that you knew that.
Other teams were not banging down the door to hire Freeze, in fact, auburn was the only one going after him to be head coach. He also desperately wanted back in the SEC. He had little to no leverage and therefor Auburn was able to get him cheap. I don’t know why this is so hard for you to understand.
Yea bc Liberty is the same as Auburn? Also, Jerry Falwell and Liberty University aren't exactly a beacon of integrity. Have some pride, you insufferable doosh.
"Yea bc Liberty is the same as Auburn? Also, Jerry Falwell and Liberty University aren’t exactly a beacon of integrity. Have some pride, you insufferable doosh."
Who said it was the same as AU, dumb@ss? The bama troll claimed no one will hire Hugh Freeze yet Hugh Freeze was being paid millions to coach.
Between you and "The Standard" I don't know which one of you has the lowest IQ.
"Other teams were not banging down the door to hire Freeze"
Who cares?
Other teams can have the Jimbo Fishers and the Bert Belimia's
"Have some pride, you insufferable doosh."
GO F^CK YOURSELF.
" Jerry Falwell and Liberty University aren’t exactly a beacon of integrity"
Jerry Falwell died years ago you brainless sack of donkey dung.
Ron, “who cares” that no one wanted to hire him? That’s the whole point of my argument that he had no leverage and thus Auburn got him cheap. Do you know what leverage means? Do you have any idea what we’re actually talking about?
I’m literally having to explain to you what we’re arguing about because you’re that dumb.
It’s hard to discern if you’re a 15 year old kid or a 60 year GED carrying superintendent of a trailer park.
@Ron you are so dense.
Let me recap:
"You’re saying no one wanted to hire him yet he was in a head coaching position at Liberty making good money."
You clearly insinuate that Freeze being employed by Liberty = people wanted to hire him..... You equate Liberty and Auburn.....
Also, Jerry Falwell JR. is very much alive. I thought you might be able to use context clues to figure out that is what I was referring to. Because, you know, he was the President of Liberty U when they hired Freeze in 2019.
StlGator...I agree with you concerning Hugh Freeze. Let's just say this: He did the crime and served his time. He's a good football coach nd will do well at Auburn.
Could well be but I believe Commish Sankey is still antiFreeze.
Freeze took a lower contract to get back into the SEC.
Stop talking about Fisher’s buyout. He has another 4 or 5 win season we’ll have that money in under half an hour.
TAM has a lot money yet has a track record of hiring bad coaches.
Why is that?
A&M is hardly alone in that respect. Why is that?
Why ask why?
Why is in centerfied. Maybe What can ask him
Because AU only hires home runs
Two of the last three have taken AU to a national title game. That's a lot better than what TAM has done.
OlArmy09
When's the last time TAM won the SEC West? The SEC? A national championship?
Answer: NEVER
Jumbo's buyout can be raise in very little time. Compute a $1.25 increase in the price of crude oil=Got it !
Poor Gators did the same thing UT did several years ago. We hired the dumbest guy from Alabama and the Gators hired the dumbest guy from Tennessee. Better start digging or have a huge payout.
#1 Rule: Don't get caught!
Don’t think so dummy even though we are in rebuild mode we will soon start another long winning streak in our series
Greg Sankey would be the perfect person to lead CFB away from the dysfunctional NCAA.
To anyone good enough to reply, thank you.
Sorry, my lead: What happened to the Transition Committee chaired by Greg Sankey and the Ohio U AD?
It was my understanding that the committee was going to recommend that G5/P5 CFB break off from the NCAA and create its own rules, regulations, and enforcement of the same.
Sorry for the upscrew. I wish this site had an Edit function. But at least this site allows comments when all of the other Saturday sites do not.
An Alabama, an Auburn ,and a Tennessee fan are climbing a mountain and arguing about who loves his team more. The Auburn fan insists he is the most loyal. "This is for Auburn," he yells, and jumps off the side of the mountain. Not to be outdone, the Tennessee fan is next to profess his love for his team. He yells, "This is for the Vols!"and pushes the Bama fan off the mountain!
Yeah, that's the exact same joke as the old "Alamo Skydiving" joke from 40 years ago.