FIU hired UCF's Deputy AD as AD. Won't shock me if he hires Tim Harris Jr as coach. Harris was set to be Butch's OC this year until Gus hired him away as Co-OC/RB coach. His dad is Ice Harris, who has been on the Miami staff before and is a well-respected HS coach in Miami.
Edit - Didn't know...
Venables to Oklahoma?
There's a press conference at 3 CT where this is allegedly the announcement.
Guess we'll see if this just DONE DEAL or actually a done deal.
I realized what I want Santa to bring me for Christmas. Miami fires Manny and hired ORGERON to bring back the glory days from when he was there previously.
Oh, for sure, the overall point stands. And the SEC schools' large fanbases are still derived from when the region had no professional sports. It's part of the culture now.
I lived in the Gainesville area for a bit. It's a pretty nice place to live other than all the blue and orange shit and the hellish traffic regardless of students being in town. Great live music scene; not far to beaches, Jacksonville, Orlando, or Tampa.
You're way off on Fayetteville. The Northwest Arkansas metro area is one of most thriving metro areas in the country and quietly one of the wealthiest as well by some measures. Helps to have 3 Fortune 500s and a flagship university. Lots to do with both amenities (such as the world class art...
I'd be shocked if Stoops doesn't torpedo him. They had quite a falling out when Stoops fired him instead of his idiot brother. And I don't think Heupel has any real loyalty towards OU as a result. Better job than Tennessee, but given the outsized expectations at OU, maybe not.