Anyone else worried that in Tulane fashion they will make Nagle permanent head coach after we get waxed in Annapolis? Hopefully this isn’t prophetic, but I have a weird feeling this is what’s going to happen. No. They’re naming a new coach within the week. They’ve already provided that time table i...

I’m guessing it will be Virginia Tech

So what do we have an AD for? That's HIS job. We don't need someone else to be the school's "agent". When you’re negotiating a deal of this size you absolutely want someone doing some of the groundwork in negotiating before it reaches the principals. You want an agent for the same reason ...

tpstulane wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:05 pm Lenny’s list
https://crescentcitysports.com/potentia ... at-tulane/

If we are even considering a P5 position coach or a G5 coordinator I’m grabbing pitchforks.

Yes. But we hired a search firm to find a baseball coach. Who cares about the search firm? That’s a check the box move. I have no idea why you guys get hung up on that. The search firm isn’t relevant. We hired a search firm with Fritz too, it doesn’t matter. The firm is just the school’s agent. So ...

This isn’t like the AD hire for me. In this case every fan already knows the resumes and the interviews are irrelevant. If it’s not Sumrall someone somewhere screwed the pooch. Triple his salary and give him the job. He will immediately bring talent through the portal. Yes. But we hired a search fi...

sader24 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:58 am Rich Rod will come back for the right price.

Not interested. At all. He’s not the right fit for us and his offense is not the future of college football the way it was 20 years ago

golfnut69 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:58 am The "seasrch" should last no more that one week

Which is exactly what Fitts said. “Within the week.” I think they already have their guy.

This isn’t like the AD hire for me. In this case every fan already knows the resumes and the interviews are irrelevant.

If it’s not Sumrall someone somewhere screwed the pooch.

Triple his salary and give him the job. He will immediately bring talent through the portal.

greenie78 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:33 am "National search firm to hire a coach within the week".

Yeah we're screwed.

The National Search firm is just boilerplate, I’m more focused on the “within the week” which is highly encouraging.

Someone explain to me—we are a 3.5 point pick but espn has smu at 72% chance to win?!?!? The computer models like SMU a whole lot more than the bookies do. Not just the computer models, generally— their model uses FPI. You should see the FPI top 25 for how seriously to take it. https://www.espn.com...

27-23 (late SMU TD).

We win the turnover battle again and play complementary football — keeping SMU’s offense off the field and out of rhythm. Makhi Hughes goes for 140 yards. Lot of two TE sets. Pratt has success in play action game.

I don't think Fritz will be offered the Houston job. The UTSA coach went back yesterday for a second interview and the list now includes Kingsbury and the OC of the Oregon ducks. I just wonder if our coach will ever stop this yearly tango with other schools and extracting more money and just live u...

Whether you believe it or not, our new AD knows what we need to do to be considered for an invitation to a P5 conference: Fully commit to improving our programs/teams, facilities and fund-raising. It will be up to him and his staff to get the job done. While many on here were not impressed with his...

Uglier the weather, the better for us. We are the mentally and physically tougher team IMO, have the experience edge in big games, and are at home. And anything that slows down SMU’s vertical passing game is good.

What do you think Dannen told Harris when Harris called to ask Dannen why he left , not just the money ? Only they know. But if I had a guess I would say TD said it’s a cake job to build your resume and the bar is set very low. You’ll never be fired unless there’s a scandal. And there’s very little...

I would prefer to play a red shirt freshman in a pressure game. I think this is it right here. It’s easy to underestimate how good Pratt is in these spots. Statistically he didn’t play great vs UTSA. But he’s a leader and he just simply always makes the big play when needed. He doesn’t play scared....

My question about Sumrall is why hasn't he gotten any run for these 2nd tier jobs like Miss State? I think some don't appreciate how GREAT the Big 12 is for a coach and for a school They get P5 $$, P5 coverage, without a single power program in that league. It's like the AAC (pre 2023), only deeper...

New Year's Day Six bowl predictions A look at our New Year's Day Six predictions for Week 13: DATE BOWL PROJECTED MATCHUP Dec. 29 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic Texas vs. Missouri Dec. 30 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Tulane vs. Penn State Dec. 30 Capital One Orange Bowl Ohio State vs. Louisville Jan. 1 Vrb...

I’ve never said style points don’t matter with polls. I’ve said style points don’t matter for us anymore in getting the NY6. We are where we want to be. Do I care whether we are #14 or #17 in the AP poll right now? Not a bit. We are a win away (at home) from accomplishing all of our goals for the ye...

I want to see us move quickly on Jon Sumrall if we need to replace Fritz. Make him the highest paid G5 coach— pay him more than Fritz. Maybe he waits for a lower level P5 job to open, but we can make it really hard for him to say no to a good situation. Give Coach Wood a raise as well, and make him ...

Had conversations with Miss St https://247sports.com/college/ipfw/article/mississippi-state-coaching-search-update-willie-fritz-barry-odom-jon-sumrall-221047735/ As shared last night, I have been told that Tulane head coach Willie Fritz and/or his representatives have had multiple conversations wit...

Ok this was funny I am not at the course until Sunday afternoon, weather permitting... After you hear about the SMU QB injury continue to keep us informed . And oug , you could not figure out the QB injury was what I was referring to ? ! ? I thought you were joking because the dude always acts like...

Different ways to evaluate strength of conference. You can talk about power at the top of the league or overall depth. Most conference rankings look at overall depth, which probably isn’t going to be us. But the top of the AAC is still pretty tough. And as far as NY6 is concerned, that’s really all ...

nawlinspete wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:21 pm Ok , golfnut , it's your time to shine .

What are your golf buddies with SMU connections telling you ?

Ok this was funny