September 15th, 2021 at 8:03 PM ^
Maybe.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:06 PM ^
I wouldn't go that far.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:13 PM ^
Jesus walk back the hot takes.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:06 PM ^
No they're interested in his arch rival Frames Janklin
September 15th, 2021 at 8:09 PM ^
I thought they were keeping the spot warm for Meyer...
September 15th, 2021 at 9:54 PM ^
At dinner, I saw Urbs on the bar TV’s saying he has no interest in the job. The caption below him showed a very long losing streak for the Jags, to which I thought “he gone”!
September 15th, 2021 at 10:20 PM ^
Meyer's not going anywhere this season.
He's coached exactly one game at Jacksonville so far, and they were 1-15 last year. Everybody knows they're going to suck this year, so he's not under that much pressure.
You look at college coaches like Spurrier, Chip Kelly and Nick Saban, and they all made it two seasons (Kelly got fired towards the end of his third). Sure, there are coaches who didn't last out a full year (Petrino and going back a bit Lou Holtz), but Meyer's pride is going to keep him there until at least sometime next season.
If Jacksonville still sucks next year, though, all bets are off.
September 16th, 2021 at 1:55 AM ^
Is it that unlikely he pulls a Saban? The man can't handle not winning. He was going apeshit losing preseason games. He will probably be hospitalized (for real, this time) if he goes 1-15.
September 16th, 2021 at 9:37 AM ^
1-16.....FIFY
September 16th, 2021 at 8:11 AM ^
Jax is going to continue to be chaos..... before the season is over, his fate will be sealed.
He's going to start having migraines again, maybe a heart palpation or two.... he's retiring and will be the next coach at usc.
September 15th, 2021 at 10:07 PM ^
Things could change, but I was listening to The Audible podcast. Coaching changes are Bruce Feldman's thing, and he's well connected to USC. He said the USC President, who's a woman, wanted absolutely nothing to do with Urban after the debacle with his assistant and his wife. Can't remember his name now. So, I'd say probably not.
September 15th, 2021 at 10:33 PM ^
I live in LA and I have heard similar... that he doesn't have buy in at the high levels to get the job.
September 16th, 2021 at 7:58 AM ^
This was the going story last year, too, when USC stuck with Helton. I don't see Meyer getting that job for several reasons:
1) He just started with Jacksonville and needs to prove himself
2) Ego - he needs to prove he can win in the NFL, now that he's there
3) USC needs a coach today, and Meyer is gainfully employed by an outfit with more money than USC
4) USC employs bumbling fools in its AD
5) Nobody in USC's C-suite seems to want him
6) Ego. He doesn't want to be equated with Bobby Petrino, or even Nick Saban on that level...
All that said, he'll be announced in two weeks, when the Jags go 0-3.
September 16th, 2021 at 8:25 AM ^
maybe they'll hire Luke Fickell as an interim head coach to keep the seat warm for Urbs?
September 16th, 2021 at 11:56 AM ^
Good to point out USC's president is a woman. If she was a man, then she'd have balls. Literally, but not necessarily.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:11 PM ^
I haven't seen anything more than clickbait speculation at this point from Franklin, to Campbell, to Meyer. Is there anything that suggests Franklin has been contacted and/or offered?
From what I've seen, it's not even known that Franklin is a candidate and could be as likely as [pick a coach here] to take the job.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:53 PM ^
It's a pretty limited field, so I'd imagine he's being considered. But no confirmation of that yet.
After what Meyer did at OSU, I'd be really surprised if the USC president even allows to him to be contacted.
Campbell, maybe, but I really don't think it's his scene.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:14 PM ^
Serious question…What are you referring to in regards to what Meyer did to OSU?? USC has obviously had far worse sanctions in the past (although I’m guessing they didn’t do anything worse that what OSU has done. Just a matter of getting caught). But if he brings multiple National championships, they will for sure give him a look at the very least.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:39 PM ^
If USC actually wanted Meyer, they could've hired him before he took the Jaguars job.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:55 PM ^
1) Being completely pantsed and embarrassed on a national stake makes even reputable institutions get desperate, and
2) Winning solves everything.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:53 PM ^
Just because USC faced fare worse penalties doesn't mean that what Pete Carroll did was far worse. Pete Carroll was a cheater. Urban Meyer was a cheater, but that's not what got him in trouble. He got in trouble for being a scumbag.
September 15th, 2021 at 11:41 PM ^
His wr coach was beating his wife and she filled a restraining order or something like that. He covered for him at Florida and vouched for him at OSU.
September 16th, 2021 at 6:21 AM ^
His role in the Zach Smith stuff.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:13 PM ^
He's drawing up the contract as we speak...
September 15th, 2021 at 8:17 PM ^
you make a hell of a caucasian, Jackie
September 15th, 2021 at 8:13 PM ^
Frames is leveraging his worth to get more $$$, that’s his MO. He is not going anywhere.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:50 PM ^
I think this is the right answer. He knows he probably isn't a great culture fit at USC, but unless they really back up the money truck, his footsie with them is just trying to get his Xth extension and a pay raise at PSU.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:56 PM ^
Genuinely curious: how is he not a good culture fit at USC?
September 15th, 2021 at 11:22 PM ^
It's true. With one exception they've hired mediocre coaches for the last 40 years. So he would fit right in with that culture of mediocrity. But, it's not too often you see head coaches completely jumping from one region of the country to another. It's a lot to learn, to coach and recruit in So Cal, v. the midwest and the upper south, where he's been head coaching for over a decade. And, did I mention he's mediocre?
September 16th, 2021 at 4:01 AM ^
Why James Franklin? I don't understand the link to USC and this supposed culture fit. Franklin is from PA. He was an assistant at Washington St and Idaho St in the late 1990's but that isn't CA and it was a very long time ago. Since 2000 he has only coached at Kansas St and points eastward. OK, maybe he recruits the west coast but so do a lot of other high profile and successful head coaches and assistants. Franklin seems like a middle America kind of guy. I don't get it.
September 16th, 2021 at 5:31 AM ^
i have the same question. i actually think he’d be a pretty good fit. not to say a good “hire,” of course.
September 16th, 2021 at 6:26 AM ^
Hard to describe, but I think a coach has to really embrace all things LA to be successful out there. Think about Pete Carroll--he made USC football a very LA thing, with celebrities and all that stuff. Franklin just doesn't seem willing to be particularly over the top. He's fairly boring.
September 15th, 2021 at 10:18 PM ^
Agents are usually working on some kind of commission, so it makes sense to throw their client's name out there.
More than for themselves, this is the time when head coaches try to leverage better salaries for assistants, facility upgrades, etc.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:13 PM ^
Kind of want him to stay. Won’t they just hire Joe Morehead?
September 15th, 2021 at 8:17 PM ^
That's probably what I would do if I were PSU AD for a day
September 15th, 2021 at 8:54 PM ^
Moorhead is a fine offensive coordinator, but his stint at Mississippi State closed some windows for him. IMO he's not really a viable candidate for a higher-tier HC position anymore - mid-tier yes, but not higher-tier.
Net, I don't really get where this Moorhead/PSU talk is coming from, but that's just me. Right now Mike Yurcich is the 5-years-ago version of Moorhead, w/ more potential as a HC. If PSU is thinking Moorhead, they just may as well promote Yurcich.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:15 PM ^
As a Nittany fan I'd defer to your familiarity with Moorhead over the field. I do think though Starkville is a tough job to determine whether or not a coach could succeed elsewhere, Mullen aside.
As an outsider, I could see how Fickell or Campbell might be favorable, but I think Moorhead is going to get another P5 look and wouldn't surprise me if he does well.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:56 PM ^
Sure, Moorhead may get another P5 look ---- but there are tiers even within P5.
Mississippi State is what it is in terms of their place in the pecking order. Since WW2, there's only been 1 HC who (1) got fired from Mississippi State and (2) had a HC job at the D-1/FBS level afterwards (Bob Tyler, and he only qualifies here by coaching 1 year at North Texas).
September 15th, 2021 at 9:20 PM ^
Yeah I’ve never been blown away by him. Certainly a good coach but he doesn’t intimidate me.
The plus side would be that we would almost certainly get Domani because he’s not going to appreciate Frames’ bitchy negative recruiting towards Michigan
September 15th, 2021 at 9:26 PM ^
Joe “a lot” Morehead.
September 16th, 2021 at 8:35 AM ^
How is he only 47 years old?
September 16th, 2021 at 9:09 AM ^
Is that Craven's brother
September 15th, 2021 at 8:14 PM ^
I want to see that happen just for the laughs.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:38 PM ^
He would have access to all the hot SoCal moms
September 15th, 2021 at 8:16 PM ^
I’ve heard more about the Chiefs OC Bieniemy to USC than anything
September 15th, 2021 at 8:23 PM ^
Bieniemy seems like a risky hire. NFL teams seem to not want to touch him with a ten foot poll despite the Chiefs' success
September 15th, 2021 at 9:11 PM ^
Yeah, I think many people think KC is Andy’s show, kind of like DC’s under Belichek .
September 16th, 2021 at 8:10 AM ^
He has some baggage as a person from his college days in Colorado. Read some stories about it... A lot of his 'issues' seem to arise from him being one a very few prominent black men in Boulder back in his day, combined with him being somewhat immature (shocker - college kid is immature!). I suspect most (if not all) of those 'problems' have long since been left in the past. But today's NFL is a little more aware of its personality than it has been in the past. (Well, in some cases, anyway...)
September 15th, 2021 at 8:17 PM ^
Would any coach leave their current program during the season to go to USC?
I know its a premier destination and all .
September 15th, 2021 at 8:17 PM ^
Full on rumor mill…
If James Franklin does take the USC job, then supposedly Penn State will immediately target Luke Fickell as his replacement.
Fickell has declined other offers in the past due to fit and a desire to stay close-by in the “Midwest.” Penn State would seem like an ideal landing spot for him.