If what I'm hearing is true...

[Dawgface]

**** no. Texas has a $30MM NIL in football. Our football program is done

I read somewhere it’s more like $35-40 mil. Yes we are done. A 6-6 record will feel like a NC for us.

[Pancho]

That is a good reason to hang onto Lebby as long as possible and make him feel appreciated if he can get us to averaging close to 7 wins a year.

[PGHBulldogBG]

The only thing that gives me small hope about football is that Ole Miss is competing. They clearly have a great coach which we will need. Whether or not that?s Lebby or not is TBD, but is there any reason we couldn?t do the same thing if we got a coach on Kiffin level. I mean I don?t know if Kiffin can get them to the playoff or not if he couldn?t last year but if we get a coach his level we should still be able to win 8 or 9 games most years. Their NIL is better right now but I think ours would still pick up if we started having some 6 or 7 win seasons instead of 2

[Pancho]

I agree but lets shoot for the 6 or 7 wins first. Lebby is an excellent football mind and just needs a team full of players and good depth.

[Cooterpoot]

I believe we'll 100% hire a sitting HC at a P4 program. Kendall seems to think with the settlement stuff shaking out coaches will be on the move. One rumor would make folks run naked down Montgomery with joy but I've got my doubts about that one.

[Commercecomet24]

We really are trying to become a Top 5 program moving forward with forward thinking. More of a pro mentality. Pro set up.

With NIL/Portal- go ahead and take the pro approach.

I've heard inklings of this as well.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I believe we'll 100% hire a sitting HC at a P4 program. Kendall seems to think with the settlement stuff shaking out coaches will be on the move. One rumor would make folks run naked down Montgomery with joy but I've got my doubts about that one.

There are some big names linked to this one early. I have heard 3 national championship coaches mentioned and a handful of guys who've taken teams to Omaha.

[Coursesuper]

I've heard inklings of this as well.

Something is up, I have no idea who or how but there is something moving from that direction.

[Coach34]

There are some big names linked to this one early. I have heard 3 national championship coaches mentioned and a handful of guys who've taken teams to Omaha.

I'm more excited as to the structure we seem to be wanting to put in place.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Something is up, I have no idea who or how but there is something moving from that direction.

It's called we finally got our ish together and realized we're actually not Poor Ole State and have big time money. Selmon is actually accessing it becuase he cares about being an Athletic Director. I still don't know what Cohen cared about.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I'm more excited as to the structure we seem to be wanting to put in place.

The sad thing is that we should've had this structure put in place from the moment the plane from Omaha touched down in 2021. We had the damn former baseball coach as the AD. He should've already had a GM in place and be ready to roll. Should've been working the portal while we were still in Omaha. Instead he and his crony Lee Van Horn were going to start peddling signed baseballs and each player would get a WHOLE $400!!!!!

[Tater]

Oh man this totally doesn't feel like 2018.

[Hot Rock]

Sooner or later the Big 10 is going to decide it wants to be the best baseball conference and college baseball will explode in popularity.

Hmmm, spring baseball in the North? Don't think so..

[Quaoarsking]

That's going to be a tough sell to their fans. Some of the bigger Big 10 schools like Michigan, Ohio State, USC, and etc. are going to have the same problem that Georgia and Florida have in the SEC and for the same reasons.

If you're in LA right now and you want to watch a baseball game- do you want to watch USC or do you want to watch the Dodger or Angels? That's a no brainer.

Big 10 territory is also full of NFL, NBA, MLS, and NHL teams, and that doesn't stop the Big 10 from being the #1 or #2 conference in all of those sports.

If the boosters will fund it, the Big 10 could become the #2 baseball conference very quickly.

[Hot Rock]

I'm more excited as to the structure we seem to be wanting to put in place.

Question here, not a statement. Am I thinking about this correctly?

Was this not the appeal of Bill Belichick to NC. It's not that he can or even will be coaching for a while, it's the structural aspect of how the program is ran. The transfer portal and NIL is not what a HC needs to be great at, he needs to be a coach and have input on talent but the hours it takes to make the portal and NIL work takes away from coaching. You need your coach being a coach while the workings of acquiring talent is not his main focus. That is up to a group solely dedicated to doing that.

We have always and so has every other college football program always had an eye on is he a great recruiter or great coach or some combination of both. Pros... only think how good a coach he can be but with a say on the talent that is acquired.

I am not informed, but is this the line of thinking of the Structured like Pro teams.

[Hot Rock]

Big 10 territory is also full of NFL, NBA, MLS, and NHL teams, and that doesn't stop the Big 10 from being the #1 or #2 conference in all of those sports.

If the boosters will fund it, the Big 10 could become the #2 baseball conference very quickly.

and I do not think so... it's still freezing temps during baseball season up there. You ever felt the winds coming off those great lakes in March and April? Baseball is a summer sport, in college, it's played in the spring so teams from the south and out west will always have an advantage. The teams out west? They got Pro sports and less care about college. Even the mighty USC struggles at times with Football attendance and such.

Now, they can dominate Football and basketball if they chose.

[Coursesuper]

Question here, not a statement. Am I thinking about this correctly?

Was this not the appeal of Bill Belichick to NC. It's not that he can or even will be coaching for a while, it's the structural aspect of how the program is ran. The transfer portal and NIL is not what a HC needs to be great at, he needs to be a coach and have input on talent but the hours it takes to make the portal and NIL work takes away from coaching. You need your coach being a coach while the workings of acquiring talent is not his main focus. That is up to a group solely dedicated to doing that.

We have always and so has every other college football program always had an eye on is he a great recruiter or great coach or some combination of both. Pros... only think how good a coach he can be but with a say on the talent that is acquired.

I am not informed, but is this the line of thinking of the Structured like Pro teams.

I feel like that is how the game is evolving for sure. Roster management is going to be its own entity, but how that works in college will be a different animal for sure.

[3dawgnight15]

Whether this rumor is true or not remains to be seen but it feels like a little momentum may be brewing. Rumors like this swirling up to an appropriate hire could mean a huge portal/recruiting jump for the 25-26 season. Just have to keep it all moving that direction.

[Commercecomet24]

Something is up, I have no idea who or how but there is something moving from that direction.

Yeah, cautiously optimistic that we're putting something together that will be new innovative and with a structure, that as C34 said is more mlb ish.

[Commercecomet24]

Question here, not a statement. Am I thinking about this correctly?

Was this not the appeal of Bill Belichick to NC. It's not that he can or even will be coaching for a while, it's the structural aspect of how the program is ran. The transfer portal and NIL is not what a HC needs to be great at, he needs to be a coach and have input on talent but the hours it takes to make the portal and NIL work takes away from coaching. You need your coach being a coach while the workings of acquiring talent is not his main focus. That is up to a group solely dedicated to doing that.

We have always and so has every other college football program always had an eye on is he a great recruiter or great coach or some combination of both. Pros... only think how good a coach he can be but with a say on the talent that is acquired.

I am not informed, but is this the line of thinking of the Structured like Pro teams.

Bingo! College sports are now a professional sport. As such they're going to have be managed like a professional sport now.