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GoCats105
12/1/2021 9:49 AM
Oregon OC Joe Moorhead is indeed the #1 target for Akron. Expected to formally announce the offer/hire after Oregon plays in the PAC 12 title game.
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SBH
12/1/2021 11:00 AM
What the hell is he thinking?
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GoCats105
12/1/2021 11:08 AM
SBH wrote:expand_more
What the hell is he thinking?
I keep asking myself that same question. He could get a way better job than that. Unless he's seeing some kind of untapped potential that none of us do, I don't get it. Or he could just be trying to get closer to home? (from Pittsburgh)
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Ohio69
12/1/2021 11:25 AM
Does seem like a strange move. He should be getting high P5 interest.

Who knows, maybe Akron is finally going to pay huge $$$. Strange they haven’t done this yet.
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cbus cat fan
12/1/2021 1:00 PM
Maybe he thinks he can work some magic in the transfer portal because otherwise, he's got the same type of talent that Mt Union, a few miles to the southeat has. It would be the reclamantion project of all time, if he could do what Terry Bowden and others could not.
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Doc Bobcat
12/1/2021 1:11 PM
cbus cat fan wrote:expand_more
Maybe he thinks he can work some magic in the transfer portal because otherwise, he's got the same type of talent that Mt Union, a few miles to the southeat has. It would be the reclamantion project of all time, if he could do what Terry Bowden and others could not.
Portal magic may be OUr only chance.

I have seen a few JUCO offers in the last two days.
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cc-cat
12/1/2021 1:39 PM
He spent 4 years at Akron earlier in his career - so he knows what he's getting into.
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Jeff McKinney
12/1/2021 3:02 PM
Doc Bobcat wrote:expand_more
Maybe he thinks he can work some magic in the transfer portal because otherwise, he's got the same type of talent that Mt Union, a few miles to the southeat has. It would be the reclamantion project of all time, if he could do what Terry Bowden and others could not.
Portal magic may be OUr only chance.

I have seen a few JUCO offers in the last two days.
Agree
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MonroeClassmate
12/1/2021 5:09 PM
GoCats105 wrote:expand_more
What the hell is he thinking?
Unless he's seeing some kind of untapped potential that none of us do, I don't get it.
Oregon-Nike-most famous son put Akron on the Map?
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Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
12/1/2021 7:04 PM
SBH wrote:expand_more
What the hell is he thinking?
Maybe he's sick of working on weekends.
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GoCats105
12/1/2021 8:12 PM
Bob Stoops will reportedly make $325K for coaching Oklahoma in their bowl game.

Some of y'all still wanna try and compete at this level?
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BryanHall
12/1/2021 8:40 PM
GoCats105 wrote:expand_more
What the hell is he thinking?
I keep asking myself that same question. He could get a way better job than that. Unless he's seeing some kind of untapped potential that none of us do, I don't get it. Or he could just be trying to get closer to home? (from Pittsburgh)
Stepping stone to a Big Ten gig is my guess. An 8-4 season at Akron will do that. Build up the midwest connections, have the Oregon pedigree, and overachieve a little at Akron where you have some comfort level. He may actually be leaving a better job as he may take a pay cut to coach Akron. However, it sets him up for better paydays in the future.
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GoCats105
12/1/2021 9:18 PM
Marcus Freeman will be Notre Dame's next coach.
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GoCats105
12/2/2021 1:12 PM
And the list keeps growing; Steve Addazio fired by Colorado State. It was a disaster from the beginning and I'm glad they did it. That new facility deserves better football.

For those who don't know, instead of hiring a search firm for their coaching search, Colorado State took the the advice and recommendation of Urban Meyer in hiring Addazio.
Last Edited: 12/2/2021 1:13:06 PM by GoCats105
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GoCats105
12/2/2021 5:27 PM
Reports that Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall will step down from the team following their bowl game. In a coaching season full of weird ones, this one is pretty shocking. He was just starting to turn them around.
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Pataskala
12/3/2021 10:34 AM
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So this year it’s 10 million dollar salaries, how long will it take to be 15 or 20 mil? 20-30 million dollar buy outs, no problem. This seems just crazy. Sure there’s a lot of money in the sport, but it seems everybody is chasing rainbows. These teams paying 8-10 million can’t all win a championship. It’s a feeding frenzy that I can’t believe can continue, but it will.
And the backlash of all this: Congress will look into making colleges spend more on athletes. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2021/12/01/college-... /
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Casper71
12/3/2021 4:10 PM
It is time to get out of this sandbox. We don’t have a 60,000 seats stadium and we don’t have millions to throw around.No sense at all in trying to keep up with the Jones’s in this arms race. Time for a new division in college football that is not professional plus in nature.
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Doc Bobcat
12/3/2021 4:31 PM
Casper71 wrote:expand_more
It is time to get out of this sandbox. We don’t have a 60,000 seats stadium and we don’t have millions to throw around.No sense at all in trying to keep up with the Jones’s in this arms race. Time for a new division in college football that is not professional plus in nature.
Dropping down a division is not the answer.
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GoCats105
12/3/2021 5:02 PM
Doc Bobcat wrote:expand_more
It is time to get out of this sandbox. We don’t have a 60,000 seats stadium and we don’t have millions to throw around.No sense at all in trying to keep up with the Jones’s in this arms race. Time for a new division in college football that is not professional plus in nature.
Dropping down a division is not the answer.
With the way things are going between coaching salaries/firings, major conferences expanding to include the bigger brands and smaller pieces of the pie being divided out, we may not have to drop down. It's gonna happen on its own.
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Maddog13
12/4/2021 10:23 AM
I have to say that the College football landscape was getting pretty stale and predictable there for awhile. That's not the case now. I wonder who is going to end up going bankrupt though trying to chase the dream, so to speak?
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Urban Bobcat
12/4/2021 11:51 AM
If a bumbling idiot/moron gets paid $535(k)to coach than why can't a competent person get paid $10(mil) to coach?

Note: figures are based upon annual salaries.
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Casper71
12/4/2021 12:21 PM
Doc, I believe I was referring to a NEW division. We certainly do not fit in the current “big time“ division. It is time to get away from schools that will pay $10 million for a football coach.
Last Edited: 12/4/2021 12:24:51 PM by Casper71
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Pataskala
12/4/2021 12:44 PM
Akron hires Moorhead.
Last Edited: 12/4/2021 12:44:25 PM by Pataskala
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rpbobcat
12/5/2021 10:33 AM
To put things in perspective,when it comes to FBS conferences like the MAC.

According to an article in today's The Record,the combined salaries for the head coaches for the 12 MAC schools,excluding pandemic pay reductions,was $7.8 M.
For the Sun Belt's 10 schools it was $8.61 M.

As the article says,take your pick,10 or 12 equals less then 1.
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Pataskala
12/5/2021 2:10 PM
rpbobcat wrote:expand_more
To put things in perspective,when it comes to FBS conferences like the MAC.

According to an article in today's The Record,the combined salaries for the head coaches for the 12 MAC schools,excluding pandemic pay reductions,was $7.8 M.
For the Sun Belt's 10 schools it was $8.61 M.

As the article says,take your pick,10 or 12 equals less then 1.
It's the difference between having a legitimate shot at a national championship in the near future and the pipe dream of maybe, just maybe one day being considered for a NY6 bowl. It's that shot at a national championship that makes "P" team fan bases want to pony up more for football programs. It'll be interesting to see if Cincy's boosters bump up their contributions now that the Bearcats are in the playoff and heading for the B12.
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