I doubt that he accepts the offer. He has strong roots now in Athens. I'm one of the few on this board old enough to remember when Bill Hess publicly turned down an offer from Pittsburgh. It had us all on pins and needles for several days until the story broke on the wires that he had decided to stay put.

I don't know Albin personally, but I have friends who do, and they tell me he is really committed to this program and has no plans to go elsewhere. That, of course, could change, but this is not the young "up and commer" who leaves an assistant coach position at a highly regarded P5 program to take a G5 program to new heights and then skips town at the first P5 HC offer. The dynamics here are just a lot different.

I brought up the notion a month ago that Ohio could lose either its coach or members of the coaching staff if it kept on winning and people here thought I was nuts (well, I am but for other reasons).

Any coach that turns around a team like Coach Albin has will be sought after by somebody. I don't think he'd leave as he's obviously rooted in the community but it's certainly possible. Whatever happens, I wish him continued success wherever he is.

I am not convinced Nebraska would ultimately pull the trigger here. Makes sense they would take a look at him, but ultimately I think the powers that be will want a smooth talking up and comer.

We may just get lucky 2 times in a row with a moonlighting loyal head coach for a decade or 2. If Albin is the real deal and keeps things competitive, we may be looking at 30 years with 2 coaches and effectively one regime. Absolutely insane to even fathom in today's coaching carousel world. I love the stability.

Nebraska alums tell me - not a chance. Scott Frost 2.0

Like Frost he would have had one poor/average year and one breakout year at a group of 5. Won't repeat the same journey.

This. When we were talking about the possibility of him leaving a month ago it seemed a little far fetched. Not so much now. But I thought after a three win season that was the first losing season since 2008 he'd have to run the table to get on AD's radars. He's 57, unknown, at least right now, to nearly all fans outside the MAC, and not exactly charismatic in front of the camera. I don't think this is the big splash hire that Nebraska's boosters are demanding.

From what I read on Nebraska boards, the University, after getting burned with so many buyouts, wants to offer less guaranteed money and big incentives for wins. Supposedly, they aren't thinking that the Nebraska brand is going to get them the coaches the originally sought with that kind of structure. The may have to settle for a lesser name. Who knows? Maybe in the end it could be Albin.

I still feel like we probably won't lose him this year. If we have another 9 or 10 win season next year then that's very different.

I think Bobcatblitz is jumping on the Twitter train of announcing coaching changes before they happen or even are in a realm of possibility.

This also just in: my dog puked on the rug, but she's not confirming or denying the move. She wants to wait and play out the rest of the season.

there is no question nebraska would rather have albin than rhule

lol

When I first read this thread, I though it was the latest April Fools joke I had ever read. First of all, we know this Nebraska thing would never happen. Angry Nebraska fans might do irrational things if Coach Albin were hired. They simply wouldn't stand for Scott Frost 1.5.

Secondly, if lighting did strike, Coach Albin would make more money in his four year contract than he could ever hope to make in Athens if stayed another 17 years. He would take the money, even if he would get fired after two years, because he would never have to work again.

Back in the 1980s I received an offer from Texas Instruments that would have doubled my salary. But it would have meant moving to Fort Worth. That was an easy No Thanks. Have a VERY happy Thanksgiving, Carl.

What from 10k to 20k or 30k?

Success that can be attributed to COVID year players and a MAC that is having a down year. Track record as a long time OC is strong as he put up 40 points per game in a few years and architected the offensive turn around in the program. Nebraska could get him on the cheap (4.9 million) instead of pulling an Auburn and paying a coach that was making 7.5 million now 10 million+ in hopes of finding the next Saban.

For some reason, people have a natural instinct to diminish achievements. Let's look at some data, and see if the MAC is actually having a down year. I looked at Sagarin ratings, not because they are perfect, but because they are readily available. Here is the average rating for the MAC since 2016, skipping the Covid year when there was not enough data:

MAC Average:
2016 59.14
2017 57.72
2018 59.89
2019 57.84
2021 61.41
2022 60.81

2022 was the second strongest MAC overall.

What about the MAC East?
2016 53.95
2017 56.11
2018 59.47
2019 56.11
2021 56.27
2022 60.16

This was by far the strongest MAC East in many years.

So, no, this was not an unusually weak MAC. In fact it was an unusually strong MAC, overall. So, if "weak" is an incorrect adjective, what adjective accurately describes this year's MAC. Let's look at the standard deviation:
2016 10.14
2017 10.4
2018 8.2
2019 9.77
2021 7.87
2022 5.02

Let's also look at the range, the difference between the highest ranked team and the lowest:
2016 37.38
2017 36.63
2018 23.47
2019 33.94
2021 26.04
2022 19.88

This was the most BALANCED MAC in a very long time. With the exception of Akron, all teams were between 57.25 (BG) and 68.49 (Ohio). That is close enough that any team could have beaten any other team on any given week, which is precisely why every other MAC team other than Ohio has at least 2 MAC losses, and when it all over, it is not impossible that they will all have at least 3 losses, which would happen if Buffalo loses to Kent and Toledo loses to WMU.

Rather than diminishing the achievement, for Ohio to dominate a balance conference shows what a great achievement it was. Ohio kept their focus each and every game, and they had a will to win. That is precisely what ExCat21 pointed out about them when he compared them to the 2006 team.

Congratulations, Bobcats, on a job well done. Beat Toledo.