GDT: The 2020 NCAA Football Thread

[MinJaBen]

This beautiful, wonderful day really delivered...

Well, it was a beautiful day, I’ll give you that.

 

[HisIceness]

Clemson vs Notre Dame game of the year so far.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

College football replay remains questionable

 

[Brock Anton]

James Franklin is lucky that Harbaugh is taking all the attention from the media because ... yikes.

 

[sabremike]

My poor Owls got crushed by SMU:

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

VT winning but not winning then losing was pretty funny yesterday.

hopefully Fuentes sticks around

Clemson wins by 20 in the ACC championship? Any guesses?

 

[DaveG]

WVU utterly controlling the game against a pretty decent TCU team yesterday was good to see. Now if only we could transfer our offenses form to the road.

On another note, was not expecting Muschump to be the first P5 program coach to get shitcanned this year. I wasn't NOT expecting it to happen because, well, Muschump, but I figured that someone else would get the ax first.

 

[Canes]

Muschamp still gets set for life (again) with another huge buyout from a SEC school. Deserved to be fired a year ago but the buyout was even more asinine than it is now. How the AD is keeping his job is beyond me. Given the dismal state of South Carolina's program expect another terrible hire or for them just to promote Mike Bobo.

 

[HisIceness]

I'm not sure why exactly Muschamp got the SC job to begin with. They saw his Florida teams every year he was there, and they usually beat them too which was something that never happened until Spurrier got there, I guess that one year when the Gators went to the Sugar Bowl (and IIRC got destroyed by Louisville w/ Bridgewater) was enough to say "Yeah, this is our guy!"?.

Another SEC school will pick him up as their DC.

 

[skipnjump]

ACC circle of suck strikes again.

Indiana about to beat Michigan for the first time since 1987.

This Hoosier grad is liking this season so far, though I am worried when we mess it up...

 

[HisIceness]

This Hoosier grad is liking this season so far, though I am worried when we mess it up...

Ohio State next week

Crazy things happen though, so I dunno.

 

[Canes]

I'm not sure why exactly Muschamp got the SC job to begin with. They saw his Florida teams every year he was there, and they usually beat them too which was something that never happened until Spurrier got there, I guess that one year when the Gators went to the Sugar Bowl (and IIRC got destroyed by Louisville w/ Bridgewater) was enough to say "Yeah, this is our guy!"?.

Another SEC school will pick him up as their DC.

He was their 3rd or 4th choice. Tom Herman was interested until they lost to the Citadel, and apparently they were close to getting Kirby Smart until UGA abruptly fired Richt to steal him away. Apparently it came down to Muschamp and Rich Rod lmao. I'm sure the AD will botch the search again this time too.

 

[Brock Anton]

I'm not sure why exactly Muschamp got the SC job to begin with. They saw his Florida teams every year he was there, and they usually beat them too which was something that never happened until Spurrier got there, I guess that one year when the Gators went to the Sugar Bowl (and IIRC got destroyed by Louisville w/ Bridgewater) was enough to say "Yeah, this is our guy!"?.

Another SEC school will pick him up as their DC.

I'd be shocked if Muschamp isn't at either Bama or LSU next season.

As for SC, the smart hire would be Billy Napier. Ace recruiter at Clemson/Alabama and has proven he can win at ULL. But of course, they'll fall in love with another former UF coach and hire Jim McElwain.

 

[To Be Determined]

The AD at south carolina is Ray Tanner - he'll keep the job as long as he wants it, because he's the only person to actually win anything at that school. back to back national titles in baseball, which is the number 2 sport there as far as i can tell.

edit to add - i saw someone mention hugh freeze as a candidate based on his season at liberty. maybe that is why they moved this quick to fire muschamp? they want first shot so the kirby smart deal doesn't play out again.

 

[hblueridgegal]

A w is a w..however...just wish my team had even the semblance of a high school defense at this point. The joy of the thrill ride fades with repetition.

 

[DaveG]

The AD at south carolina is Ray Tanner - he'll keep the job as long as he wants it, because he's the only person to actually win anything at that school. back to back national titles in baseball, which is the number 2 sport there as far as i can tell.

edit to add - i saw someone mention hugh freeze as a candidate based on his season at liberty. maybe that is why they moved this quick to fire muschamp? they want first shot so the kirby smart deal doesn't play out again.

Wouldn't shock me if that's exactly what they are planning while Freeze is the hot commodity. That said that's one quick way to get the program in a shit ton of trouble fast when his recruiting goes full SMU again.

 

[Canes]

The AD at south carolina is Ray Tanner - he'll keep the job as long as he wants it, because he's the only person to actually win anything at that school. back to back national titles in baseball, which is the number 2 sport there as far as i can tell.

edit to add - i saw someone mention hugh freeze as a candidate based on his season at liberty. maybe that is why they moved this quick to fire muschamp? they want first shot so the kirby smart deal doesn't play out again.

While I like college baseball, it's still not much a revenue sport. Winning 2 titles there doesn't even come close to making you qualified to be an AD at a P5 program, and it really shows since their main revenue sports are now mostly a dumpster fire. They did have a fluke final 4 run with Frank Martin that they'll never come close to again, and Dawn Staley has turned their WBB into a powerhouse but Tanner's own hires have mostly been bad.

I'd be shocked if Freeze took the job. He'll probably wait for Auburn or Tennessee to open. South Carolina will be stuck with it's 3rd or 4th choice again. A guy like Napier or Chadwell.

 

[DaveG]

I was going to comment but decided to look it up... Holy hell, Tennessee is only 2-4, Yeah I can see them wanting another coach here soon. Though tbh I'd honestly go to SC before that shit show of a job/fanbase. Tennessee fans make Texas fans seem rational and patient by comparison.

 

[Chrispy]

Wouldn't shock me if that's exactly what they are planning while Freeze is the hot commodity. That said that's one quick way to get the program in a shit ton of trouble fast when his recruiting goes full SMU again.

As long as the Gamecocks keep forgetting to look north to Winston-Salem, I'm fine with that.

I doubt I need to worry about Tennessee, they ran Clawson off once already.

 

[Canes]

As long as the Gamecocks keep forgetting to look north to Winston-Salem, I'm fine with that.

I doubt I need to worry about Tennessee, they ran Clawson off once already.

Clawson is interesting but ultimately there’s a reason a bigger program hasn’t hired him away already. He’d be like drafting Brandon Sutter in the top half of the 1st round - boring with a high floor and a low ceiling. You ultimately can’t sell a top 20 revenue program on such a milquetoast hire

 

[DaveG]

As long as the Gamecocks keep forgetting to look north to Winston-Salem, I'm fine with that.

I doubt I need to worry about Tennessee, they ran Clawson off once already.

Yeah I have the same reservations about someone coming up to Morgantown for Brown. He's building the program back up the right way, but he's from Kentucky and if the right SEC job came calling he's probably gone, though we have the resources to maybe put up a fight. I don't think Tennessee would interest him given how crazy they are, but Auburn might.

 

[Chrispy]

Clawson is interesting but ultimately there’s a reason a bigger program hasn’t hired him away already. He’d be like drafting Brandon Sutter in the top half of the 1st round - boring with a high floor and a low ceiling. You ultimately can’t sell a top 20 revenue program on such a milquetoast hire

I can see that, but he's never really had an opportunity to show what he can do at a top program.

He's built Fordham, Richmond, Bowling Green, and Wake Forest into consistent winners. It's different college experience, but I'd argue it's experience that's more applicable to South Carolina than going after the next big name.

Could see them making a run at Coastal's coach as well; definitely familiar with the region.

 

[HisIceness]

I was going to comment but decided to look it up... Holy hell, Tennessee is only 2-4, Yeah I can see them wanting another coach here soon. Though tbh I'd honestly go to SC before that shit show of a job/fanbase. Tennessee fans make Texas fans seem rational and patient by comparison.

We covered this in another thread (probably when Tennessee was going through that bizarre coaching search 2-3 years ago), but man that's a hard program to recruit. Tennessee as a state doesn't produce the athletes that Georgia, Florida, Texas, or even VA/NC do, well they do sometimes but there are not as plenty, and what recruits the Volunteer state does produce is just as likely to leave for 'Bama/UGA/Auburn etc. Fulmer hit the jackpot when he got Peyton Manning and IIRC his bread was buttered here in NC with several of the High School coaches being his friends.

As for South Carolina, I would be all over Billy Napier for reasons @Brock Anton stated. Chadwell at CCU is intriguing but he's never held a job at a big-time program before. Nothing that probably won't come in time but I think he'd be in for a very rude awakening at an SEC school right off the heels of the Sunbelt conference. He's the kind of coach I feel will go to a non-P5 school like Memphis or South Florida or ECU and he proves he can win there too, then the likes of South Carolina, Tennessee, etc. will come calling.

Edit: I guess I stupidly missed this, but App State also competes in the Sun Belt and their coach last year went to Mizzou (granted he was also OC at NC State and worked as QBs coach at Auburn before so he's had experience in a major conference before).

 

[HisIceness]

You know it's a weird year when a home win over Liberty is considered a quality win. On that note, Hugh Freeze is a dirt bag so I'm glad they lost.

 

[HisIceness]

Michigan tried like hell to give Rutgers the victory but Rutgers showed why they are Rutgers.