January 12th, 2021 at 5:34 PM ^
Son, Rhett, is also transferring there from Arizona.
January 12th, 2021 at 5:44 PM ^
The OC and not the HC?
January 12th, 2021 at 6:10 PM ^
Correct.
January 12th, 2021 at 7:40 PM ^
They hired Terry Bowden to be head coach, Rich got his big break working for Terry's brother Tommy at Tulane and followed him to Clemson.
January 12th, 2021 at 8:03 PM ^
Holy Crap. What a fall. Dude made a ton of money so I'm sure he is fine there, but wow. Bottom of the barrel program.
January 12th, 2021 at 10:01 PM ^
RichRod supposedly passed on Bama. So they hired Saban. In his first year Saban lost to ULM. Now all these years later they hire RichRod...as OC.
January 12th, 2021 at 5:46 PM ^
Thought he might backfill Art Briles at Mount Vernon High School...
January 12th, 2021 at 5:52 PM ^
To think he was the hottest head-coaching name in 2007.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:02 PM ^
I wonder what would have happened to RichRod if he had stayed at WVU. Would he have had continued success and still be coaching there today? Or would he have eventually flopped, especially after the move to the Big 12?
January 12th, 2021 at 6:07 PM ^
Good question. I’m guessing “see: Greg Schiano”. RichRod made some stupid mistakes where Schiano made some good ones.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:56 PM ^
Given the Big 12's allergies to good defense, I think he would have been just fine with that move.
January 12th, 2021 at 7:31 PM ^
Hard to say. Looking back, especially after everything that he happened post-WVU, I’m honestly inclined to think that RichRod is a mediocre coach that caught onto a fluke at West Virginia—he ran a (at the time) novel offense that most of CFB hadn’t really caught onto yet, and he had the fortune of playing in a crappy conference. I find it hard to believe that he would’ve found sustained success for THAT much longer, especially with the move to the Big 12.
January 13th, 2021 at 5:03 AM ^
WV at the time reminded me a lot of Houston being an early adopter of the run and shoot. Looks great. Defenses hadn’t figured it out yet. Rules hadn’t changed making it a bit harder (but safer) for defenses. Makes the cult of offense people happy.
But in the end but sustainable for the school.
January 12th, 2021 at 7:52 PM ^
Moving to the Big 12 destroyed WVU's program. The thing nobody remembers is, WVU paid this huge exit fee to leave the Big East a year early to join the Big 12. They were supposed to give a 2 year notice per Big East rules but they paid this exorbitant fee to leave early. If they had waited the entire 2 years, Maryland leaves the ACC for the Big 10 and WVU is sitting there as an absolutely perfect addition to the conference they'd always wanted to join for 70 years, the league that had all their biggest rivals except Penn State.
Instead Louisville ended up being in the right place at the right time and now WVU is stuck. I've lived in North Carolina for decades now, and people have forgotten how legendary WVU's road travel was. Their fans would make HUGE road trips to support their team, especially for an ACC game. But now? They're a 1000 miles away from the next closest team, not even their fans can do that. They have no recruiting base, because their team had been built around recruiting Florida since Rich Rod. It's just been a disaster.
January 12th, 2021 at 8:39 PM ^
This is a perfect example of how the avalanche of conference-switching/realignment over the past 20 years has damaged college football in general and a number of programs in particular. Lots of longtime traditional rivalries that were the heart and soul of college football were ditched in the compulsive search for more productive revenue streams necessary to pay for the CFB arms race.
January 13th, 2021 at 11:37 AM ^
Imagine having to explain to a college football fan waking from a coma after 30 years that Oklahoma/Nebraska, Michigan/Notre Dame, Texas/Texas A&M, Kansas/Missouri, West Virginia/Pitt & West Virginia/Va Tech, Florida/Miami all don't happen anymore because of "revenue streams."
That's before you start talking about CONFERENCE RIVALRY games that happen sporadically because conferences got so big and they're on opposite divisions, like Auburn/Florida or Michigan/Minnesota
January 12th, 2021 at 11:11 PM ^
Damn man, beyond solid research and insight. Appreciate it.
January 12th, 2021 at 9:31 PM ^
He was seconds away to going to Alabama. Bama would be Bama and we wouldn’t have fallen to far.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:58 PM ^
To think Michigan was able to land the hottest head-coaching name. ?
January 12th, 2021 at 9:34 PM ^
shut yer mouth!
January 12th, 2021 at 5:55 PM ^
Movin' on up, to the east side, to a deluxe apartment in the sk--
Oh...wait. Nevermind.
Fish fries in that kitchen. Beans definitely burn on the grill.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:46 PM ^
Dyn-o-mite!
January 12th, 2021 at 6:53 PM ^
Two totally different shows...
January 12th, 2021 at 7:09 PM ^
But the same universe (originally)
January 12th, 2021 at 6:59 PM ^
Actually, after he get's fired at UL-Monroe he will get the Glenville State job and it will be full circle.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:11 PM ^
Really wish he would have taken the Bama job.
January 12th, 2021 at 7:00 PM ^
Then maybe Saban is available the next year to take our job? Nah...never woulda happened.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:12 PM ^
There is an alternate universe out there in the cosmos where this news is being discussed by Alabama fans as they ponder whether their program will ever be successful again while Michigan fans are celebrating their umpteenth national championship win last night.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:30 PM ^
How does one travel to this alternate universe?
January 12th, 2021 at 7:47 PM ^
I want to go to there
January 12th, 2021 at 6:30 PM ^
That alternate universe also has a Spider-Man that can’t shoot webs and doesn’t do anything a Spider can.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:48 PM ^
Unfortunately I don't think even the best case scenario is that good. There's so much more talent in and around Alabama. Of course they get guys like Najee from CA too but check their roster. This isn't like OSU recruiting largely outside of the Midwest.
January 12th, 2021 at 7:01 PM ^
In this alternate reality, global warming altered the climate much faster, making Michigan the new Southern California and Alabama the Sahara desert.
And Ohio is flooded with feces and declared uninhabitable by the government.
January 12th, 2021 at 7:55 PM ^
They have the feces part already. Just need to get the government to act.
January 12th, 2021 at 7:39 PM ^
And in that universe all Americans hold hands and sing songs of love and joy every day.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:32 PM ^
Is Greg Robinson DC?
January 12th, 2021 at 6:36 PM ^
He should take the offense back to the wishbone triple option. Back to the future!
January 12th, 2021 at 6:43 PM ^
UL Monroe will be lighting the scoreboard. Eager to see what he cooks up. He had the Rebs cooking in 2019.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:52 PM ^
Not an inspiring career arc. But the man’s doing what he loves with his son, and he’s a multimillionaire. Good luck to him.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:58 PM ^
We should all remember that it was his idea that we have a yearly BBQ !
January 12th, 2021 at 7:00 PM ^
Great point!
January 12th, 2021 at 7:40 PM ^
January 12th, 2021 at 9:23 PM ^
His son is his secretary?
January 12th, 2021 at 6:53 PM ^
Mmm... Cajun Nachos
January 12th, 2021 at 7:29 PM ^
Waits for Calvin McGee to be named his TE coach
January 12th, 2021 at 8:01 PM ^
The man has had an interesting career arc to date. I will say that at least.
January 12th, 2021 at 8:10 PM ^
This is absolutely insane...my god it’s just nuts. I am having trouble comprehending the awesomeness.
January 12th, 2021 at 8:33 PM ^
The guy can flat out coach offense. Too bad he was stuck on some terrible defensive ideology. His baggage must be preventing him from returning to a power five school.