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Clark, apparently, wants the job but GT isn't interested. I suspect Chadwell will not get a look nor any coach from the Sun Belt (or FCS). Harsin, beyond his W-L record, was a disaster recruiting because he simply didn't know ANYONE in the area, had no connections, and was completely tone deaf...

Reality is reality. Have you seen the facilities at Alabama? Tennessee? Georgia? I'm touring the Auburn facility on Friday and it's $100M investment based on input from several NFL teams and Premier teams in Europe. State of the art. The purpose? Not just to Win, but to help SA's see that there...

Ironically, to make it in the NFL, you also have to be a good student. I was speaking to a coach about this last year. Unless you are a running back, athletes who don't do well in school make poor candidates for the pros. Seems as if the playbooks are ginormous and the complexity of today's...

I agree GT was not his first choice, but didn't he get an offer from FSU only to realize that Norvell, on arrival, pursued another highly rated QB and Jeff saw the writing on the wall ... that he would not be FSU's first choice? So he transferred to be Nr 1 somewhere else? Just musing, but I...

He's not coming back. I heard from Deep Throat and he said Sims had planned to go into the portal last year to an SEC team (he mentioned the team, but I choose not to divulge that) but Collins begged him to stay and hooked him up with an expanded NIL deal. So Sims stayed for the money. OK, fine...

Bobby Dodd isn't from Tennessee. He is from Galax, VA.

The Strategic Plan goal for Competition is "Ensure all student-athletes have opportunities, support and resources to win ACC and NCAA team and individuals championships in every sport."

Hard to say. The basketball coach has an 8 yr deal for $50 million.

Rumor in Auburn is that Kiffin is being offered a 10 year, $120M contract. Talk about salary inflation...

I've been posting here for the last 6 years. My position has always been that Tech is a 7-5 team, year end and year out. Anything else is gravy. And FWIW, VERY few teams can sustain a win rate over 65%. I was not a fan of the NFL Lite strategy. But it seems most people... that's what they want...

This is Auburn's path. They recognized they were nickel and dime-ing the program and just said, F it. We are passing the hat and paying the best coach we can get who will take the job.

No one was happy with averaging 7-5 every year.

You cite one year? Doesn't exactly meet the statistical definition of a proven trend. There's an analytical technique that if you can't prove something, you can establish it by proving the converse doesn't work. I just did. That's ok. Keep doing what we are doing. Playing average teams that...

We tried that. Tech is tied for the nation's second-longest active bowl streak, at 18 consecutive seasons. Did it translate into long-term success? No. Beating Lower Slobodia and going to the Preparation H Hemmorhoid Relief Bowl doesn't move the needle either.

I don't disagree but rather than open against Alcorn State, open against Vandy. Sprinkle in an Ole Miss, a Kentucky (or better yet, Auburn) and recruit where you are seen. Recruits from Georgia don't care if we play Boston College. It's anecdotal but, I was not an Auburn fan when I arrived...

Obviously, I disagree. NCAA research on attendance confirms this ... teams that play better opponents get more attendance (and tv viewership) than those that don't. If you want to increase recruiting quality, you have to increase awareness, and you increase awareness by improving opponent...

Good post. A few thoughts. The perennial decision at Tech is ... a) We are unable to compete with the factories and therefore, must hire for scheme; or b) we can compete with a Tech version of NFL-lite and if that's the case, we have to not only hire for that, but also recruit for that and...

There's a QB at Auburn who "is not traveling with the team". That's code for "he's entering the portal and we are done with him." If you aren't attending meetings or engaged in game prep, you're done.

This speaks to my own view that to be relevant, you have to be present. Notre Dame is Notre Dame because they went anywhere in the country to play the best teams they could. That was their brand. Tech, in my view, needs to be the best SEC team NOT in the SEC. Stop playing Alcorn State, Austin...

Carnell Williams, the interim at AU, is probably NOT going to get the job. (Kiffin is the front runner and boosters have ponied up whatever it takes to hire him.) But, there is MASSIVE support for Carnell. He has lit a fire under the team and oozes passion. He many coach here, but could be a...