Are we sure UNC and UVA will want to leave the ACC. I could see Georgia Tech, Miami, Florida State, Clemson maybe bolting for the B10 or the SEC. I think UConn will be invited to the ACC or perhaps the B10 in this decade if the football team gets cleaned up.
Fickell is a great coach, but Texas and Oklahoma are brands in this country that networks etc are willing to pay for. You can’t say that about CincinnatiI don't know. Fickell and Cincy have some serious momentum right now. His abilities to identify and develop players coupled with the level of guys he's got rolling in now, and he has them where he says he wanted and that was being a top 10 program. I don't think the new coaches at Texas(Sark) and Oklahoma(Venables) are as good at developing kids as he is, and let's face it nothing takes the steam out of a program like facing an SEC schedule. I get a kick out of the Dude of WV talking about the SEC. Cincy is moving past them and it's evident in recruiting. WV getting an impact kid out of Ohio is a thing of the past. Fickell is almost done with his 23 class in June.
Fickell was rumored to want the Notre Dame job this past year, but it did not open up and I think he would move to a top Big 10 job or Notre Dame if they open up. Although the Big 12 is a step up from the AAC, Cincinnati is a geographical outlier and that will hurt Cincy over time. And, Cincy benefitted from a down AAC in 2021. The Big 12 is a much tougher conference and Cincy will experience more losses.
Notre Dame was literally open. Freeman got the job as Fickell declined to interview.
Not what I heard. He wanted it, but Freeman was the choice as they were able to keep both the DC, Freeman, and the OC, Tommy Rees.
Regardless of the details on the notre dame job I would agree with you that this is probably not his last stop as a coach, and when he leaves the program will not likely take a step back.
ND is really high on Marcus Freeman. He has ND recruiting at #1 for 2023 and #2 for 2024.
The IBM of college sports speaks
He decided the 150k Bentley wasn't good enough so he opted for a 200k Mercedes instead
I’m not sure there weren‘t a couple of worried looks passed among Irish fans in the second half of the Fiesta Bowl.
They should be worried. Day's not going to call the dogs off until he's done making a statement in what will be the day's most watched game. It could get out of hand if ND doesn't come ready to play.
At those rates he better deliver or he’ll find himself driving a Yugo in Akron next year. I’m with those who 5hink the NIL stuff is out of hand and is going to eventually lead to its own demise. Most players aren’t as good as they appear coming out of high school, and if most donors won’t want to pay a kid to redshirt or be a b@ckup. Gonna be a mess.
I thought you were a big NIL fan. Funny thing is all this NIL stuff relies on outside sources to make the payments. The argument has always been schools and coaches make millions while players get nothing ( though one could argue $40-60,000/ year plus the opportunity to get a college degree AND be trained for the NFL/NBA/NHL etc ain’t exactly nothing). Now players get money, but the schools and coaches still get their millions. What a racket. One would hope they stop referring to student athletes pretty soon.
This seems directionally correct/plausible. One would think UConn will have to negotiate their way into the breakaway P5+) football level along with Army and Navy.
UConn, UMass, and Army would get to stay Division 1.
