Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel: Frames Janklin to USC is possible if Helton fired
November 20th, 2018 at 10:20 AM ^
Please don’t go Frames
November 20th, 2018 at 10:24 AM ^
This would another hilarious hire for USC.
The question is: where will Urban Meyer be in two seasons?
November 20th, 2018 at 10:27 AM ^
His new "dream job" of course...with Zach Smith and the rest of the clown show in tow
November 20th, 2018 at 10:34 AM ^
Soooo Notre Dame after the Browns hire Kelly?
November 20th, 2018 at 10:40 AM ^
This would be rather hilarious actually. A good friend of mine is a die-hard ND fan and he does NOT like Urban Meyer lol. Oh man the fun I could have with that scenario.
November 20th, 2018 at 10:42 AM ^
Oh the dilemma for Catholic ND fans to finally have a coach that shares his name with many Popes, but for that coach to also be the sleaziest scumbag in the college game.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:08 AM ^
I don't think Notre Dame would hire him anymore after his Ohio State tenure. As much as I love to hate Notre Dame, they actually take their academics seriously and would not invite the embarrassment Urban would eventually bring to their program.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:17 AM ^
Brian Kelly killed a man. I can see ND and their fans rationalizing the hire.
November 20th, 2018 at 12:04 PM ^
Technically the ground killed him (with an assist from gravity). Kelly just forced the guy to go up on the lift and let the chips fall (no pun intended) where they may.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:42 AM ^
Notre Dame has had multiple academic scandals under Kelly and had an intern die because Kelly made him go up in a scissor lift in 60 mph winds. I think their administration could justify hiring Urban Meyer in their heads.
November 20th, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^
They justified keeping Prince Shembo on the team, so I agree.
November 20th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
I believe they didn't hire him for the 1st go around (from Utah) because he wanted them to loosen academic standards and they refused.
November 20th, 2018 at 10:49 AM ^
Didn't they already try hiring him back in the day before he went to Florida but all the players he was recruiting did not qualify for ND?
November 20th, 2018 at 10:37 AM ^
Notre Dame actually seems like it's going to be a while, but I guess you never know. On the other hand, Florida State could be open in a year or two if he's willing to alienate the Florida faithful.
November 20th, 2018 at 10:55 AM ^
uf fans already hate him, so there’s no real risk there
November 20th, 2018 at 12:06 PM ^
Alabama.....when Saban retires.
November 20th, 2018 at 12:39 PM ^
Florida fans would lose their minds.
November 20th, 2018 at 10:25 AM ^
Are there any names circulating about who might possibly replace Franklin if he did end up taking the USC job?
November 20th, 2018 at 10:31 AM ^
There aren't a whole lot of home-run options out there this year. As much as I like the idea of a Franklin-saddled PSU going forward, I think a dose of instability in Happy Valley is probably even better, especially in terms of disrupting their recruiting momentum.
Also, this would ensure that USC continues to be a head-shaking shit show, which is also nice.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:15 AM ^
Matt Millen is asking somebody to hold his beer somewhere right now
November 20th, 2018 at 10:32 AM ^
They should hire Scott Paterno. That neckless bastard needs to put up or shut up.
November 20th, 2018 at 10:44 AM ^
Scott Paterno is fat Zach Smith. Prove me wrong.
November 20th, 2018 at 10:48 AM ^
That's not fair. The Paterno family has never been a party to abuse. They just turn a blind eye to it. Zach Smith would be Scott Paterno's Offensive Coordinator.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:11 AM ^
If you protect and employ a known child molester for 30+ years, you're a party to abuse, my guy.
That's like saying you didn't help The Green River Killer kill anybody, you just knew he was doing it and didn't tell anybody and gave him the means to continue doing it by employing him and not alerting authorities.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:57 AM ^
Pretty sure he was being sarcastic. If not, then you are correct.
November 20th, 2018 at 1:03 PM ^
If so, my b, but I don't think I'm the only one who missed that. Don't think he worded his comment very well if that was his intent.
November 20th, 2018 at 12:31 PM ^
Time to tune your sarcasm meter there Doc.
November 20th, 2018 at 1:12 PM ^
We are all on high alert this week. Sarcasm meters are malfunctioning.
November 20th, 2018 at 12:11 PM ^
Turning a blind eye to it is literally one of the severest forms of being party to abuse.
November 20th, 2018 at 10:57 AM ^
No rumors on this but Rhule would probably be a good hire for them. Got Temple good and is in the process of repairing Baylor.
November 20th, 2018 at 12:04 PM ^
He's got Baylor one win away from bowl eligibility after one of the biggest rebuilding processes ever. And turned Temple into a ranked team that hosted Notre Dame in a prime time game and competed with them. Rhule would be a HOME RUN, and I would assume that the language in his contract has a big buyout on Baylor's end, but probably less so on Rhule's. He'd be a home run and a half. Neal Brown would be a great hire as well, I could see Charlie Strong being a name that gets brought up, Ryan Day would be an interesting name that could get some traction, and I think you'll get the obvious coaches throwing their names out to leverage more money/support, like Gundy, Holgorson, Dave Doeren, Matt Campbell if Ohio State doesn't open up, and maybe if they really want to get frisky, they go Larry Johnson.
November 20th, 2018 at 12:57 PM ^
Holgorson seems like a target they'd want to pursue. Culturally WV and Central PA are pretty similar, but recruiting would be much easier at PSU, it's an upgrade for Holgorson and he could get paid a lot more, he's a top notch offensive coach, proven success as a P5 HC.
Can't see Gundy leaving his alma mater and that T. Boone money but I think he has been frustrated by certain things lately.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:00 AM ^
November 20th, 2018 at 11:15 AM ^
If they can't get Moorhead, maybe they can get Shoop? Both of those guys were good coordinators at Penn State.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
They should take a look at Lance Leipold. I know Buffalo just got blown out by Solich, and it would be a big jump to a blueblood, but having that school 9-2 is rather astonishing. He also had a ridiculously good record in D3:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Leipold
I thought maybe he inherited a power at Wisconsin-Whitewater, but I checked: though they were seemingly a decent program before him, they had never won a D3 National Championship before he won six times in eight years.
November 20th, 2018 at 4:59 PM ^
He inheritated a growing giant at Wisconsin-Whitewater. I played D3 in the Minnesota conference from 2003-2006, they were a top 5 program during 2004-2006, for sure 2005 & 2006.
They were national runners up in 2005 & 2006. And from what I remember of those two years, it was basically Mount Union, Wisconsin-Whitewater and everyone else (similar to Bama & Clemson). Whoever won our conference--St Johns, Bethel, St Thomas, Concordia Moorehead --was always ranked top 10 heading into the playoffs. St Johns & Bethel were completely blown out of the water (pun intended) by Whitewater in the playoffs my junior and senior year.
The Wisconsin D3 league also has a tremendous advantage in D3 because all the schools in thier conference are public, which is a big advantage for recruiting when traditional scholarships arent awardeded and tuition comes in to play.
November 20th, 2018 at 7:12 PM ^
They were a terrific program before he took over. They made the title game the previous two years, but were never able to get over the Mount Union hump. That being said, I think taking a program from Great to Legendary is more impressive that decent to Great. He's a fantastic coach. He coached against Matt Campbell when he was at Mount Union (Both were assistants)
November 20th, 2018 at 10:25 AM ^
As long as they don't get Morehead to come back, I would still be happy with Frames leaving. It would cause some chaos with their recruiting class this year. Also, with McSorely leaving this year, they are going to regress no matter what. If that can be associated with a new coach instead of being inevitable due to graduation, it could set them back a few years.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:17 AM ^
Moorhead would come back, MSU is a stepping stone job. A year is pretty quick but he’s from Pittsburgh and been a Midwest/East Coast guy his whole life. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was named after Paterno. If USC makes a nice offer to Franklin I could totally see this happening. Get away from the yearly gauntlet of B1G East, sunshine and easy recruiting. I don’t think Penn State would try to hard to keep him either.
November 20th, 2018 at 10:26 AM ^
He's wise to have an exit strategy before the B1G East exposes the shit out of him in '19.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:40 AM ^
Might be too late for that, seeing as he got smoked by M and lost to both OSU and MSU at home this season.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:52 AM ^
Yup. That train has already left the station.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:51 AM ^
Frames Janklin and Drevno vs Everybody
November 20th, 2018 at 10:26 AM ^
What do they smoke in southern California?
November 20th, 2018 at 10:35 AM ^
In LA? Weed. In Bakersfield? Meth.
November 20th, 2018 at 10:38 AM ^
Forests.
Too soon?
November 20th, 2018 at 10:41 AM ^
Seeing as people are dying, yeah. Probably too soon.
November 20th, 2018 at 10:53 AM ^
Well, I mean, not anymore. The smoke gets you before the fire.
Also, we feel bad for celebrities in Malibu having their 14th house burn down now? Interesting.
November 20th, 2018 at 10:57 AM ^
Fuck you.
November 20th, 2018 at 11:22 AM ^
...and this is one reason why he's got fewer than -970,000 MGoPoints.