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[djw004]

Lashlee to Arky is a 🔥🔥 pick

I haven’t seen anyone talk about it - but alum, great record at SMU, he’s GOTTA be moving to bigger pasture. Then Morris can basically stay right where he is…bring North Texas across town and keep rolling at a higher paying job

 

[Fargo Husker]

I haven’t seen anyone talk about it - but alum, great record at SMU, he’s GOTTA be moving to bigger pasture. Then Morris can basically stay right where he is…bring North Texas across town and keep rolling at a higher paying job

SMU just signed him to a fat extension though. I’d imagine the buyout for Arkansas would be substantial.

 

[djw004]

SMU just signed him to a fat extension though. I’d imagine the buyout for Arkansas would be substantial.

I just think the majority of those ACC guys and Big 12 guys HAVE to see the writing on the wall…you have to win your conference every year to go to the playoffs OR you can jump for an SEC/B1G job and be top 3 or 4 to guarantee a spot in the post season.

You work to make that work, because after 1 postseason appearance, you get top 5-10 money anyways…and the P2 has the money for buyouts. I also haven’t seen any detail that his buyout to take another job has gone up?

 

[king_kong_]

A non official bonus pick: Dabo to Florida St, stays in conference and sticks it to Clemson. BUT my Auburn fan fiction is my favorite thing I’ve cooked up haha

Double Bonus Fan Fiction non official: Sark bolts from Texas before it kills him…Texas takes a stab at the Alum train wreck, Major Applewhite comes home.

Arkansas	Rhett Lashlee
Auburn	Dan Mullen (but damn I want Dabo to do it)
Florida	Eli Drinkwitz
LSU	Sumrall seems like a no brainer down the road, especially with the Governor involved - fan base will flip out (although Brady scares me to go here)
Penn State	D’Anton Lynn (they are going to strike out and go Alum)
Oklahoma State	Alex Golesh
Stanford	Frank Reich stays…
Virginia Tech	James Franklin (I truly don’t get this one, but sounds like it’s coming)
UCLA	Sean Lewis

4 I think will come open:

Clemson	Tony Elliott
SMU	Eric Morris
Missouri	Collin Klein
Michigan St	Jason Eck (even though it SHOULD be Jason Candle)

SDSU's Lewis is a damn good coach with B1G pedigree

he'd toughen up UCLA in a hurry

 

[djw004]

SDSU's Lewis is a damn good coach with B1G pedigree

he'd toughen up UCLA in a hurry

He’s a no brainer in my mind. Would do great

 

[maoskers11]

A non official bonus pick: Dabo to Florida St, stays in conference and sticks it to Clemson. BUT my Auburn fan fiction is my favorite thing I’ve cooked up haha

Double Bonus Fan Fiction non official: Sark bolts from Texas before it kills him…Texas takes a stab at the Alum train wreck, Major Applewhite comes home.

Arkansas	Rhett Lashlee
Auburn	Dan Mullen (but damn I want Dabo to do it)
Florida	Eli Drinkwitz
LSU	Sumrall seems like a no brainer down the road, especially with the Governor involved - fan base will flip out (although Brady scares me to go here)
Penn State	D’Anton Lynn (they are going to strike out and go Alum)
Oklahoma State	Alex Golesh
Stanford	Frank Reich stays…
Virginia Tech	James Franklin (I truly don’t get this one, but sounds like it’s coming)
UCLA	Sean Lewis

4 I think will come open:

Clemson	Tony Elliott
SMU	Eric Morris
Missouri	Collin Klein
Michigan St	Jason Eck (even though it SHOULD be Jason Candle)

If Clemson comes open, do you think there’s a chance Venables goes back or gets pursued?

I feel like that would be on par with how chaotic this year has gone lol

 

[king_kong_]

If Clemson comes open, do you think there’s a chance Venables goes back or gets pursued?

I feel like that would be on par with how chaotic this year has gone lol

They’d be fools not to kick the tires

He’s done a great job at OU

 

[djw004]

If Clemson comes open, do you think there’s a chance Venables goes back or gets pursued?

I feel like that would be on par with how chaotic this year has gone lol

I love the thought - but I just don’t think you go SEC to ACC especially when finally it’s figured it out this year at Oklahoma. And OU was his first love before Clemson

 

[Fargo Husker]

Well there goes one of my guesses 🤦🏻‍♂️

Thought he was as good as gone after some reports a week or so ago.

Maryland football coach Michael Locksley to return in 2026; AD vows to boost resources

Maryland football coach Michael Locksley is returning in 2026, ending speculation about his immediate future amid a disappointing season.

www.baltimoresun.com

 

[Fargo Husker]

There’s one correct pick!

 

[V-Doub]

I love the thought - but I just don’t think you go SEC to ACC especially when finally it’s figured it out this year at Oklahoma. And OU was his first love before Clemson

Any coach, who is winning at his current school, would be a damn fool to go from SEC/B1G to any other conference.

 

[Quint]

If Clemson comes open, do you think there’s a chance Venables goes back or gets pursued?

I feel like that would be on par with how chaotic this year has gone lol

Unless Dabo goes off the deep end before the end of the year I think he gets a mulligan. Clemson fans are pissed as are donors of substance, but he does have a ton of built up credit.

Also Venables knows what Clemson is like and in all honestly it’s not much different from an expectation standpoint than OU…without the SEC money, media attention and recruiting reach. He does look like he’s got it figured out in Norman now, so I’d be shocked if he even thinks about going anywhere.

 

[maoskers11]

Unless Dabo goes off the deep end before the end of the year I think he gets a mulligan. Clemson fans are pissed as are donors of substance, but he does have a ton of built up credit.

Also Venables knows what Clemson is like and in all honestly it’s not much different from an expectation standpoint than OU…without the SEC money, media attention and recruiting reach. He does look like he’s got it figured out in Norman now, so I’d be shocked if he even thinks about going anywhere.

I agree 100%. It made sense in my head at the time but you and @djw004 talked me off the ledge. Doesn’t make sense to leave and I was unaware of Venables history with OU.

I tend to also agree that Dabo gets a mulligan, but I will say his leash is much shorter than many think. I’m out here in the Carolinas and many are fed up with his antics. The sentiment is Dabo’s gotta go if he’s unwilling to do the song and dance with boosters for financials and make the portal the number one priority.

 

[djw004]

Well there goes one of my guesses 🤦🏻‍♂️

Thought he was as good as gone after some reports a week or so ago.

Maryland football coach Michael Locksley to return in 2026; AD vows to boost resources

Maryland football coach Michael Locksley is returning in 2026, ending speculation about his immediate future amid a disappointing season.

www.baltimoresun.com

I think you’d be right normally. But I think none of these middle-tier-at-best schools want to be in a search this year.

 

[maoskers11]

A college football podcast I listen to was doing this and I thought it would be a fun thing to try on the board.

1) Predict 4 other P4 schools that will have head coaching openings this cycle.

2) Add those 4 schools to the list of the 9 current P4 openings (Stanford, UCLA, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, Penn State, Florida, LSU, Auburn) and fill out your board with your predictions for which coaches will take those jobs.

3) Points will be scored as followed:

• 100 points for correctly guessing a P4 job that comes open.
• 100 points for correctly guessing a coach who takes ANY new P4 job.
• 250 points for correctly matching a coach to their new school.

No money involved. Just the chance to prove you’re the greatest coaching carousel mind in all of tPB. If you’re interested in participating, make your prediction post ITT before midnight this coming Saturday (Nov 15).

Alright boys

Arkansas- Ryan Silverfield
Auburn- Brent Key
Florida- Lane Kiffin
LSU- Jon Sumrall
Penn St- Brian Hartline
Oklahoma St- Zac Robinson
Stanford- Frank Reich
Virginia Tech- James Franklin (probably doesn't count, but also called this about a week ago in the other coaching thread)
UCLA- Jonathan Smith

4 that I think will come open:
Florida St- Jedd Fisch
Colorado- Dan Mullen
Michigan St- Alex Golesh
Ole Miss- Glen Schumann (shout out @Dawgsauce)

 

[Dawgsauce]

Alright boys

Arkansas- Ryan Silverfield
Auburn- Brent Key
Florida- Lane Kiffin
LSU- Jon Sumrall
Penn St- Brian Hartline
Oklahoma St- Zac Robinson
Stanford- Frank Reich
Virginia Tech- James Franklin (probably doesn't count, but also called this about a week ago in the other coaching thread)
UCLA- Jonathan Smith

4 that I think will come open:
Florida St- Jedd Fisch
Colorado- Dan Mullen
Michigan St- Alex Golesh
Ole Miss- Glen Schumann (shout out @Dawgsauce)

If so, I'd be happy for him. He's put the time in.

 

[Fargo Husker]

So it looks like we have myself, @V-Doub, @realbp, @Kinish, @djw004, and @maoskers11 as our official entrants for this. I'm creating this post to track results.

Me

Stanford - Tavita Pritchard
UCLA - Dan Mullen
Virginia Tech - James Franklin
Oklahoma State - Alex Golesh
Arkansas - Ryan Silverfield
Penn State - Manny Diaz
Florida - Jedd Fisch
LSU - Jon Sumrall
Auburn - Fran Brown
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Colorado - G.J. Kinne
Washington - Eric Morris
Syracuse - Elijah Robinson
Maryland - Bob Chensey

@V-Doub

Auburn - Dabo Swinney
Penn State - Joe Brady
LSU - Jon Sumrall
Florida - Ryan Silverfield
Arkansas - Eric Morris
Oklahoma State - Kliff Kingsbury
UCLA - Jerry Neuheisel
VTech - James Franklin
Stanford - Pat Fitzgerald
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Clemson - Alex Golesh
Colorado - Dan Mullen
Cockeye - Phil Parker
FSU - Gus Malzahn

@realbp

Arkansas - Ryan Silverfield
Auburn - Jon Sumrall
Florida - Kenny Dillingham
LSU - Lincoln Riley
Penn State - Matt Campbell
Oklahoma State - Jimbo Fisher
Stanford - Jeff Monken
VTech - James Franklin
UCLA - Tony White
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Clemson - Clark Lea
FSU - Eli Drinkwitz
Cockeye State - Dabo Swinney
USC - Alex Golesh

@Kinish

Penn State - Manny Diaz
LSU - Frank Wilson
Florida - Eli Drinkwitz
Arkansas - Dan Mullen
Oklahoma State - Eric Morris
UCLA - Jonathan Smith
Virginia Tech - James Franklin
Stanford - Jedd Fisch
Auburn - Alex Golesh
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Michigan State - Brian Kelly
Wisconsin - Jim Leonhard
Baylor - GJ Kinne
South Carolina - Bob Chesney

@djw004

Arkansas - Rhett Lashlee
Aubrun - Dan Mullen
Florida - Eli Drinkwitz
LSU - Jon Sumrall
Penn State - D'Anton Lynn
Oklahoma State - Alex Golesh
Stanford - Frank Reich
Virginia Tech - James Franklin
UCLA - Sean Lewis
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Clemson - Tony Elliott
SMU - Eric Morris
Missouri - Collin Klein
Michigan State - Jason Eck

@maoskers11

Arkansas - Ryan Silverfield
Auburn - Brent Key
Florida - Lane Kiffin
LSU - Jon Sumrall
Penn St - Brian Hartline
Oklahoma St - Zac Robinson
Stanford - Frank Reich
Virginia Tech - James Franklin (Sorry, I can't give you this one since you posted after he was officially hired)
UCLA - Jonathan Smith
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Florida St - Jedd Fisch
Colorado - Dan Mullen
Michigan St - Alex Golesh
Ole Miss - Glen Schumann

 

[Fargo Husker]

Sounds like Sumrall is trending hard for Auburn.

Collin Klein, Alex Golesh, and Kane Wommack are the names for Okie State.

 

[Fargo Husker]

@Kinish nailed this one.

 

[djw004]

I hate the guy - but PJ Fleck would be really friggin good at Penn St.

Now, my rule is, you hire 180* from what you just had, so no chance they do it as Fleck and Franklin are essentially carbon copies of each other. But Fleck at PSU with resources would be pretty scary staying in the B1G.

Also, I think winner of the Fantasy Carousel needs a "King of the Carousel" tag on here.

I've also decided that if any of these WILD picks (which everyone has and SHOULD have) hit, there should also be a tag, or at least notification of the individual, titled "CarouselKnower":

@Fargo Husker for Auburn taking Fran Brown
@V-Doub for Fitgerald to Stanford
@realbp for Dabo to Cockeye State
@Kinish for Brian Kelly to Mich St
@maoskers11 for Jedd Fisch to FSU (but Maoskers is shooting it the straightest I would say)
and for me - if D'Anton Lynn actually goes to PSU