Reminds me of - can’t find his name - but he was a D3 and had crazy rushing stats over 4 years and I think got a try out in the NFL but didn’t make it.
This may have been overlooked yesterday…crazy #s. Good for this young man - then again, 71-27, was there padding? Well, the game is 60 minutes.
Curry College RB Montie Quinn rushes for NCAA-record 522 yards - ESPN
Yes. UNC’s coach has a 5 year contract at $10 million per year plus potential bonuses; Lane Kiffen is paid $9 million per year at Ole Miss plus potential bonuses.
I may be in the minority, but I think that Penn State wants Lane Kiffen so Ole Miss will have to consider raising his salary to about $12 million per year plus potential bonuses if U Mississippi wants to lock in their current head football coach.
I think schools will because they have to tighten up on the golden parachutes -so I’m not sure they’ll get the huge name who already has one but rather someone willing to take a 4 or 5 year deal and that’s it.
Paying for 8 and 10 years after firing isn’t sustainable.
Wisconsin just extended Luke Fickell who on paper was a home run hire. Crap years and they extended him. Now they will have to eat lots of $$.
Penn State is a big enough job they’ll get a great name on a shorter deal.
Disagree.
Many, maybe most, payments after a firing are reduced by any coaching compensation received during the golden parachute years. (This applies to James Franklin.)
Few coaches qualified for the Penn State Head coaching position will accept a short-term contract as most expect rebuilding to take 4 to 5 years of recruiting classes by the new head coach. Of course, NIL money & the transfer portal may change the time frame required if the school’s boosters supply enough money to buy the best college football players (as LSU boosters did for their current over hyped coach).
Regarding LSU’s deal for then Notre Dame’s head coach Brian Kelley, the deal contained a major flaw as both Brian Kelley & LSU boosters assumed that the Brian Kelley acquisition would include his star defensive co-ordinator who stayed at Notre Dame and took over as head coach. To state the obvious, LSU should have made a package deal when buying Brian Kelley from Notre Dame.
Reduced but you’re assuming the new school for Franklin pays a market salary.
They should pay college coaches like they do in the NFL. It’s gotten nutty.
I guess we’ll find out but I suspect they’ll get an up and comer, like Franklin himself was.
Coaches are getting NIL deals too so making much more than their posted salaries. Prime has all kinds of deals with hospitals and businesses and sunglasses companies. He gets a cut on all the sweatshirts and gets appearance fees. His sons were making $5M as players, but he’s making that and more.
Enough to pay his campus parking tickets that he kept getting.
Thanks for asking! The wedding was at 3:30. Dad left the reception right after dinner, probably because he wanted to catch the game! My husband and I got back with a few minutes left in the game. It sounds funny, but I was actually glad the Horns looked anemic, because my dad was so mad at them! It was good to see him exhibit some passion!
Expert guesses as to who is being targeted by Penn State for the vacant head coaching position are interesting, but none mention Ole Miss’ Head Coach Lane Kiffen who I think is receiving serious consideration. This might be a sign that he is the prime target as Nebraska’s Matt Ruhle doesn’t offer anything above that displayed by fired coach Franklin.
I’m not sure any coach out there is a lift above Franklin.
Kiffin would not succeed there.
Would Ryan Day ?
I mean Luke Fickell eas a home run hire - and he’s failed.
Years ago they said Dan Mullen - they he failed.
Nick Saban might but he’s a car dealer now - just bought a Toyota and Lexus store to go with his multiple Benz stores and Ferrari store.
Penn State has Joe Pa expectations but it’s no longer that school.
Don’t forget, Franklin was a great hire - but he came from Vandy.
PSU also needs someone who has a stable of assistants and staff, because many of the current ones will leave as soon as James finds a new job and sends for them.
Kotelnicki is in trouble – the asnwer to “what has gone wrong” really can’t be “I don’t really know” at his pay grade.
Not sure Kiffin is a serious option. Would he even go to Penn State? I see him as a Florida candidate more than Penn State…
Interesting post. I do not have an answer as to whether or not Lane Kiffen (not sure whether correct spelling is Kiffen or Kiffin) would accept an offer from Penn State. My preference is for Coach Kiffen to remain at Ole Miss, but my preference counts for nothing. Agree that Kiffen would be a fit at U Florida.
Pat Fitzgerald, the former head football coach at Northwestern is available, qualified, and is worthy of consideration (so long as he recuses himself from any Penn State v. Northwestern games due to a conflict of interest). Fitzgerald has been mentioned by a few professional speculators as a candidate for the job. In my opinion, Pat Fitzgerald would be a solid choice as Penn State’s next football coach.
I think Pat Fitzgerald is a solid hire - I like him. I’m not sure he excites the fanbase. (which is also how I feel about Rhule).
Would he get a second chance ? Hrs more attuned to a Stanford or rice I’d think
MattRhule with the faux pas, and more about what the heck happens next
GEORGIA TECH IS 8-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1966 
Since this is a bye week for UGA, I’ll shout out to Georgia Tech for another W today.
Sadly 8-0 will go unseen. Where Brent Key resides next year will be the talk of the week 
He’s done an incredible job.
I have the Minnesota-Iowa game on. As a Gopher fan, it ain’t pretty…
But a great year. PJ Fleck is legit
As a born and bred Hawkeye fan, it is a very nice game.