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Generally, I agree. But there are some at Clemson who would disagree, especially given their run the last few years. Before that, Tallahassee was a dream destination for a prized recruit.

 

Oh - kids grow up wanting to play for Clemson, or FSU - but not "the ACC", like a kid will take a scholarship for a dogmeat B10 or SEC school.

 

What a pisser.

 

Arkansas fans are crazy.

 

Strong turned a team that should've went undefeated and played in a NY6 Bowl into a 4-8 team in less than three years. That takes talent.

 

Arkansas, Missouri and Oxford are all about equally miserable. I'd kind of feel bad if one of those LSU offensive assistants make the leap.

 

At least two members of the Arkansas media are at this hanger now.

 

That's a big part of why I am not overly worried about Bill Clark going to one of them. Clark is not going to take a job with an SEC/ P5 bottom feeder just for a big paycheck. When he leaves he'll go to a southern school, likely in the SEC, with a viable path for a national title shot. He's seems quite comfortable with what he's building at UAB. I would be very surprised if he moves on before playing in the new stadium here in 2021.

 

You should have been around Birmingham when 'Bama couldn't get a coach to sign and the Saban hire was hanging fire. The Finebaum show was hilarious then.

I still have a picture that some fan made on my old computer of Rich Rod photoshopped into bammer gear. My boss the doctor was a huge 'Bama fan, and I kept torturing him with rumors that Saban was going to Texas. Good times.

 

Ole Miss makes it official by releasing the statement.
Within 10 minutes of this coming out, Matt Luke's bio was 404'd off the school's web site. Ole Miss leading the nation in Coach Removal Efficiency.

 

Was he whacked for his lame response to the incident at the end of the Egg Bowl? Or was he really whacked for being what he was, an internal promotion who only got that promotion before he was an alum and nobody else would take the gig at the time? Seriously. What did they expect when they had an NCAA bowl ban staring them in the face? I'm guessing they have already come to terms with the next guy.

 

He had his issues, and the Egg Bowl incident didn't help. He was taking a lot of flak for it, especially since D.K. Metcalf did the same thing two years ago. It shows a bit of a pattern.
Here's what I hate about this, though. He is an Ole Miss guy through and through. Played there, spent a lot of time there as an assistant, stepped in as an obvious stopgap when all of the stuff with Hugh Freeze went down. He was, as you said, an alum who got the job when no one else would take it. But he also did a credible job the first two years and this year had 45 freshmen on the roster, a number of whom were playing key roles and look like they could be decent in the near future. The freshman QB rushed for 1,000 yards. Two freshmen RBs, one of whom was a top recruit in the state last year, had good seasons. A couple of the linemen are young. They lost five games by seven points or less.
Maybe loyalty has no place in this business, but from the outside looking in it certainly felt like he'd earned another year. But, they have a new president and AD so that might have something to do with it as well. You never quite know what kinds of politics are going on behind the scenes.