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Buckeye to Bobcat
11/19/2025 12:52 PM
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Virginia Tech just hit a home run. That guy will have Mid-Atlantic recruiting dialed in for the Hokies and Dabo's free ride in the ACC ends. I get it, Clemson is not currently the best team in the league, but has always been easy for them given how the rest of the league recruits and pays for their facilities, coaching, NIL, etc.
I'm not so sure that Franklin will do well in Blacksburg. It's not the easist place to recruit to. It's kind of like Athens, without being 1:15 minutes from the capital city with a huge football factory that takes up so much oxygen. And, I just don't think he's that great a coach. As always, I could be all wrong, but that's my gut assessment.
He got Vandy to three bowls in three years without a Diego Pavia level QB.

Jordan Rodgers is a decent TV announcer but he was a marginally "better than nothing" QB option for Franklin at VU. My gut feeling is he will do pretty good at VT.
If he recruits anywhere near his levels at Penn State (which I'm sure he does), he would have a top three if not top two recruiting class every year with a fake Miami and Florida State up in that mix. This makes too much sense, and given the talent level in State College was darn close to the same level of Columbus year in and year out.....yeah.....lookout
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BillyTheCat
11/19/2025 1:34 PM
Buckeye to Bobcat wrote:expand_more
Virginia Tech just hit a home run. That guy will have Mid-Atlantic recruiting dialed in for the Hokies and Dabo's free ride in the ACC ends. I get it, Clemson is not currently the best team in the league, but has always been easy for them given how the rest of the league recruits and pays for their facilities, coaching, NIL, etc.
I'm not so sure that Franklin will do well in Blacksburg. It's not the easist place to recruit to. It's kind of like Athens, without being 1:15 minutes from the capital city with a huge football factory that takes up so much oxygen. And, I just don't think he's that great a coach. As always, I could be all wrong, but that's my gut assessment.
He got Vandy to three bowls in three years without a Diego Pavia level QB.

Jordan Rodgers is a decent TV announcer but he was a marginally "better than nothing" QB option for Franklin at VU. My gut feeling is he will do pretty good at VT.
If he recruits anywhere near his levels at Penn State (which I'm sure he does), he would have a top three if not top two recruiting class every year with a fake Miami and Florida State up in that mix. This makes too much sense, and given the talent level in State College was darn close to the same level of Columbus year in and year out.....yeah.....lookout
Franklin isn’t recruiting to PSU anymore, that’s part of the draw for sure, was before him, will be after him. Not sure I’d say they continually had equal talent to Columbus, but ok.
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M.D.W.S.T
11/19/2025 2:36 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
Virginia Tech just hit a home run. That guy will have Mid-Atlantic recruiting dialed in for the Hokies and Dabo's free ride in the ACC ends. I get it, Clemson is not currently the best team in the league, but has always been easy for them given how the rest of the league recruits and pays for their facilities, coaching, NIL, etc.
I'm not so sure that Franklin will do well in Blacksburg. It's not the easist place to recruit to. It's kind of like Athens, without being 1:15 minutes from the capital city with a huge football factory that takes up so much oxygen. And, I just don't think he's that great a coach. As always, I could be all wrong, but that's my gut assessment.
He got Vandy to three bowls in three years without a Diego Pavia level QB.

Jordan Rodgers is a decent TV announcer but he was a marginally "better than nothing" QB option for Franklin at VU. My gut feeling is he will do pretty good at VT.
If he recruits anywhere near his levels at Penn State (which I'm sure he does), he would have a top three if not top two recruiting class every year with a fake Miami and Florida State up in that mix. This makes too much sense, and given the talent level in State College was darn close to the same level of Columbus year in and year out.....yeah.....lookout
Franklin isn’t recruiting to PSU anymore, that’s part of the draw for sure, was before him, will be after him. Not sure I’d say they continually had equal talent to Columbus, but ok.
I think he'll be damn good at VT, and with a lot less pressure. I doubt he wants Vick breathing now his neck, but Michael Vick as offensive coordinator...? Talk about a recruiting pop. That would be wild.

Problem is once you have Vick at OC, and you have some success... where does he go from there? Hired your replacement.
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OhioCatFan
11/19/2025 3:38 PM
Steele's preseason pick for #1 was Penn State, so yes I think the talent was there. He didn't produce. He won't be able to recruit that level of talent to Blacksburg. Even if he has the best recruiting class in the ACC, which is doubtful, I doubt that he gets the most out of that talent. I think of him as kinder, gentler, nicer version of Brian Kelly. Just one man's perception.
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GoCats105
11/19/2025 6:03 PM
Buckeye to Bobcat wrote:expand_more
Virginia Tech just hit a home run. That guy will have Mid-Atlantic recruiting dialed in for the Hokies and Dabo's free ride in the ACC ends. I get it, Clemson is not currently the best team in the league, but has always been easy for them given how the rest of the league recruits and pays for their facilities, coaching, NIL, etc.
I'm not so sure that Franklin will do well in Blacksburg. It's not the easist place to recruit to. It's kind of like Athens, without being 1:15 minutes from the capital city with a huge football factory that takes up so much oxygen. And, I just don't think he's that great a coach. As always, I could be all wrong, but that's my gut assessment.
He got Vandy to three bowls in three years without a Diego Pavia level QB.

Jordan Rodgers is a decent TV announcer but he was a marginally "better than nothing" QB option for Franklin at VU. My gut feeling is he will do pretty good at VT.
If he recruits anywhere near his levels at Penn State (which I'm sure he does), he would have a top three if not top two recruiting class every year with a fake Miami and Florida State up in that mix. This makes too much sense, and given the talent level in State College was darn close to the same level of Columbus year in and year out.....yeah.....lookout
If you look at Penn State's roster, it's chalk full of guys from the mid-Atlantic belt and tidewater areas where Va Tech made hay in the 90s and 2000s. Even if he doesn't get to national championship/Mike Vick levels, a 10-2 season in the ACC will usually get you into the Playoffs. Hokie fans will be happy with that. This is a HR hire for them and a perfect landing spot for Franklin.
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TWT
11/19/2025 6:16 PM
GoCats105 wrote:expand_more
Virginia Tech just hit a home run. That guy will have Mid-Atlantic recruiting dialed in for the Hokies and Dabo's free ride in the ACC ends. I get it, Clemson is not currently the best team in the league, but has always been easy for them given how the rest of the league recruits and pays for their facilities, coaching, NIL, etc.
I'm not so sure that Franklin will do well in Blacksburg. It's not the easist place to recruit to. It's kind of like Athens, without being 1:15 minutes from the capital city with a huge football factory that takes up so much oxygen. And, I just don't think he's that great a coach. As always, I could be all wrong, but that's my gut assessment.
He got Vandy to three bowls in three years without a Diego Pavia level QB.

Jordan Rodgers is a decent TV announcer but he was a marginally "better than nothing" QB option for Franklin at VU. My gut feeling is he will do pretty good at VT.
If he recruits anywhere near his levels at Penn State (which I'm sure he does), he would have a top three if not top two recruiting class every year with a fake Miami and Florida State up in that mix. This makes too much sense, and given the talent level in State College was darn close to the same level of Columbus year in and year out.....yeah.....lookout
If you look at Penn State's roster, it's chalk full of guys from the mid-Atlantic belt and tidewater areas where Va Tech made hay in the 90s and 2000s. Even if he doesn't get to national championship/Mike Vick levels, a 10-2 season in the ACC will usually get you into the Playoffs. Hokie fans will be happy with that. This is a HR hire for them and a perfect landing spot for Franklin.
There was about 15 years there where VT cleaned up the Virginia/Carolina region like Clemson. I can remember when Clemson first was ranked #1 in the CFP and VT fans were like Clemson? WTH? Everyone today categorizes them as an elite program. The ACC is down so perfect time to go in with a big hire.
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Buckeye to Bobcat
11/23/2025 7:24 PM
Dog at Cal is officially sick......openings continue and expect a few more to follow
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BryanHall
11/23/2025 8:01 PM
Buckeye to Bobcat wrote:expand_more
Dog at Cal is officially sick......openings continue and expect a few more to follow
Wilcox is out. Coach Smith's old boss is the interim coach. I wonder if he gets interviewed for the gig.
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Buckeye to Bobcat
11/26/2025 11:41 AM
Dog at UCONN is officially sick, as he takes his dog to the vet only to catch a flight to Colorado State......wild that actually happened......

So updated Coaching Carousel:

Filled:
Kent State-Mark Carney (Interim to Permanent)
Virginia Tech-James Franklin (Penn State...tho fired)
Oklahoma State-Eric Morris (North Texas)
Colorado State-Jim Mora Jr. (UCONN)

Openings:
Cal
Auburn
LSU
Florida
Penn State
Arkansas
UCLA
Stanford
UCONN
North Texas
Oregon State
UAB
Last Edited: 11/26/2025 4:51:26 PM by Buckeye to Bobcat
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GoCats105
11/28/2025 9:43 AM
From Yahoo Sports' Steven Godfrey:

-Rumor that Tulane's John Summerall will be Auburn's next head coach. He's already accepted the job.

-Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz was talking to LSU, Florida and Penn State (just signed an extension with Missouri, though).

-Ole Miss' Lane Kiffin was the favorite to land at Florida, but that has flipped to LSU.
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GoCats105
12/1/2025 11:46 AM
The absolute dumbest sport alive. Add Kentucky, Coastal Carolina and Michigan State to the list.

Filled:
Kent State-Mark Carney (Interim to Permanent)
Virginia Tech-James Franklin (Penn State...tho fired)
Oklahoma State-Eric Morris (North Texas)
Colorado State-Jim Mora Jr. (UCONN)
LSU - Lane Kiffin (Ole Miss)
Arkansas - Ryan Silverfield (Memphis)
Auburn - Alex Golesh (USF)
Florida - John Sumrall (Tulane)
Ole Miss - Pete Golding (Ole Miss DC)
Oregon State - JaMarcus Shephard (Alabama WR)
Michigan State - Pat Fitzgerald (unemployed)

Openings:
Cal
Penn State
UCLA
Stanford
UCONN
North Texas
UAB
Memphis
USF
Kentucky
Coastal Carolina
Tulane
Last Edited: 12/1/2025 3:45:56 PM by GoCats105
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GoCats105
12/1/2025 3:47 PM
LOL I totally forgot about Michigan State's hiring of Pat Fitzgerald. I guess when you see a guy on the board who went 14-31 (including a 7-2 COVID year!) in his final four seasons at the only school he's ever known, you have to take him!
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Pataskala
12/1/2025 5:01 PM
ESPN says JMU's Bob Cheney will go to UCLA.
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Buckeye to Bobcat
12/1/2025 5:55 PM
Do we now include ourselves with this? This cannot be good.....
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Andrew Ruck
12/1/2025 6:14 PM
Any jobs open at Hawaii?
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M.D.W.S.T
12/1/2025 6:26 PM
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Any jobs open at Hawaii?
Too soon, Mr. Ruck. Too soon.
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GoCats105
12/2/2025 10:21 AM
Rumors that BYU coach and alum Kalani Sitake is being courted by Penn State. BYU boosters and administration scrambling at the 11th hour to get him more money.
Last Edited: 12/3/2025 2:06:29 PM by GoCats105
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Buckeye to Bobcat
12/2/2025 2:03 PM
GoCats105 wrote:expand_more
Rumors that BYU coach and alum Kilani Sitake is being courted by Penn State. BYU boosters and administration scrambling at the 11th hour to get him more money.
To think that Crumbl Cookie is in this fray......safe to say business will not be good in Central PA haha
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GoCats105
12/3/2025 2:03 PM
Oregon's offensive coordinator Will Stein will be the new coach at Kentucky.

Tavita Pritchard will be the new coach at Stanford. He was a former WR there and most recently the QB coach for the Commanders.

Filled:
Kent State - Mark Carney (Interim to Permanent)
Virginia Tech - James Franklin (Penn State...tho fired)
Oklahoma State - Eric Morris (North Texas)
Colorado State - Jim Mora Jr. (UCONN)
LSU - Lane Kiffin (Ole Miss)
Arkansas - Ryan Silverfield (Memphis)
Auburn - Alex Golesh (USF)
Florida - John Sumrall (Tulane)
Ole Miss - Pete Golding (Ole Miss DC)
Oregon State - JaMarcus Shephard (Alabama WR Coach)
Michigan State - Pat Fitzgerald (unemployed)
Kentucky - Will Stein (Oregon OC)
Stanford - Tavita Pritchard (Commanders QB Coach)

Openings:
Cal
Penn State
UCLA
UCONN
North Texas
UAB
Memphis
USF
Coastal Carolina
Tulane
Last Edited: 12/3/2025 2:05:32 PM by GoCats105
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GoCats105
12/4/2025 6:04 PM
James Madison coach Bob Chesney is officially the new coach at UCLA. And former ULL and Florida coach Billy Napier will replace him at JMU.

UAB is expected to give interim head coach Alex Mortensen the full time job.

Cal is in negotiations with Oregon Defensive Coordinator Tosh Lupoi

Kalani Sitake is staying at BYU.


Filled:
Kent State - Mark Carney (Interim to Permanent)
Virginia Tech - James Franklin (Penn State...tho fired)
Oklahoma State - Eric Morris (North Texas)
Colorado State - Jim Mora Jr. (UCONN)
LSU - Lane Kiffin (Ole Miss)
Arkansas - Ryan Silverfield (Memphis)
Auburn - Alex Golesh (USF)
Florida - John Sumrall (Tulane)
Ole Miss - Pete Golding (Ole Miss DC)
Oregon State - JaMarcus Shephard (Alabama WR Coach)
Michigan State - Pat Fitzgerald (unemployed)
Kentucky - Will Stein (Oregon OC)
Stanford - Tavita Pritchard (Commanders QB Coach)
UCLA - Bob Chesney (James Madison)
James Madison - Billy Napier
UAB - Alex Mortensen

Openings:
Cal
Penn State
UCONN
North Texas
Memphis
USF
Coastal Carolina
Tulane
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Ted Thompson
12/4/2025 6:35 PM
Matt Campbell to Penn State?
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GoCats105
12/5/2025 12:09 PM
Kansas State head coach Chris Kleiman is retiring and will be replaced by current Texas A&M offensive coordinator and former KSU Heisman finalist QB Collin Klein.
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Ted Thompson
12/5/2025 10:28 PM
Jason Candle to UConn
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colobobcat66
12/5/2025 10:58 PM
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Jason Candle to UConn
He’s a good coach and you have to wonder why he didn’t leave earlier.
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OhioCatFan
12/5/2025 11:05 PM
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Jason Candle to UConn
He’s a good coach and you have to wonder why he didn’t leave earlier.
That's not exactly an upgrade in quality of program; maybe in salary. Wasn't he the highest paid MAC coach at something like $1.2 million? (going from memory here)
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