OT: D1

[Chuck Norris]

[Fightingscot82]

Franklin has an elite agent, too, who no doubt had him linked to USC, LSU, and who knows where else.

Yes, good point. This should keep him out of coaching vacancy speculation for at least a few years barring something major.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I think Penn State football is also used to the continuity of having your head coach for a long time. I like that too. I agree that a 10-year extension is probably too much until he can win the Big Ten or at least beat Ohio State. But they bring in the revenue to have his salary match.

Franklin has an elite agent, too, who no doubt had him linked to USC, LSU, and who knows where else.

[Fightingscot82]

I think Penn State football is also used to the continuity of having your head coach for a long time. I like that too. I agree that a 10-year extension is probably too much until he can win the Big Ten or at least beat Ohio State. But they bring in the revenue to have his salary match.

[Fightingscot82]

ACU is quite an interesting job to take if you're an young upcoming coordinator. They're in the newly formed WAC which has intentions of moving the entire conference up to FBS in 5 years or so. It's in a good area to attract HS recruits as well as get kids to come home after they see they're just a number at the P5 FBS programs. Idaho State I can't imagine they'll land a splashy hire, Troy has history and potential to land a decent coach and well Florida is Florida lol. If smart they hire a young coordinator to inject some swag into the program but knowing them they'll hire a old retread and fall behind even further in the SEC

Their limitation is money but also their socio-political views. They're in the Liberty-Oral Roberts-Pepperdine realm. That could limit their pool some.

[IUPNation]

So who had James Franklin 10 year extension on their bingo card?

[shipfbfan1]

New vacancies:

Abilene Christian
Florida
Idaho State
Troy

In DII, Lake Erie's coach unexpectedly resigned after just 2 years.

ACU is quite an interesting job to take if you're an young upcoming coordinator. They're in the newly formed WAC which has intentions of moving the entire conference up to FBS in 5 years or so. It's in a good area to attract HS recruits as well as get kids to come home after they see they're just a number at the P5 FBS programs. Idaho State I can't imagine they'll land a splashy hire, Troy has history and potential to land a decent coach and well Florida is Florida lol. If smart they hire a young coordinator to inject some swag into the program but knowing them they'll hire a old retread and fall behind even further in the SEC

[Fightingscot82]

So who had James Franklin 10 year extension on their bingo card?

[Fightingscot82]

New vacancies:

Abilene Christian
Florida
Idaho State
Troy

In DII, Lake Erie's coach unexpectedly resigned after just 2 years.

[Fightingscot82]

I don't think Franklin is a bad coach. He's annoying in press conferences. I believe he's an overrated recruiter and as you say his teams aren't deeply stacked like they were with some Paterno years. Some of that I believe is that there are fewer hidden gems with internet-based recruiting. But we're also getting close to 20 years since the lore of Paterno's great experiment and Linebacker U.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Penn State is 10-9 in its last 19 games.

[Ship69]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...st/8608446002/

[Fightingscot82]

USC
LSU
Virginia Tech
Washington
TCU

(and more to come).


Some nice openings.

FIU

[Iupgh]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...st/8608446002/

Always thought he was a phony. Was surprised he survived the crisis when he was at Vandy.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Justin Fuente out at Virginia Tech. Really surprised he wasn't able to do more.

USC
LSU
Virginia Tech
Washington
TCU

(and more to come).


Some nice openings.