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The 2021-2022 Coaching Carousel

I assume the proximity to Texas and joining the SEC will keep them at a big time program level, but is there any chance that program permanently takes a step back to a lower tier? Not to the extent ****braska has, necessarily, but maybe just more of a tier two kind of program?

They’ve just had Stoops and Riley for 22 years to continue the momentum, and I’m just wondering if Norman, OK is a place where blue chip kids are still going to want to be, ala Lincoln, NE

They're top 10 in overall revenue, have the booster support and can be considered a Texas school for recruiting purposes. I think they'll be just fine.

The biggest "flaw" probably is that their stadium is on the smaller side by SEC standards with "just" 80k.
 
They're top 10 in overall revenue, have the booster support and can be considered a Texas school for recruiting purposes. I think they'll be just fine.

The biggest "flaw" probably is that their stadium is on the smaller side by SEC standards with "just" 80k.
Their stadium is fine, lots of premium seating that brings in money and they did fit almost 90k in there before.
 
They're top 10 in overall revenue, have the booster support and can be considered a Texas school for recruiting purposes. I think they'll be just fine.

The biggest "flaw" probably is that their stadium is on the smaller side by SEC standards with "just" 80k.
Nebraska had/has pretty much everything you listed except “considered a Texas school for recruiting”. I still feel like they’ll have to nail the hire. As we are seeing, OU recruits are committing to Riley, not OU.
 
****braska had/has pretty much everything you listed except “considered a Texas school for recruiting”. I still feel like they’ll have to nail the hire. As we are seeing, OU recruits are committing to Riley, not OU.

But don't you think it's a rather big factor to be one of the top three schools "in Texas"?

I am also not sure whether you can say OU recruits are committing to Riley or whether it's SoCal OU recruits who are committing to Riley. Texas is, has been and will be their bread and butter and I think the OU brand factor will ensure they're just fine there.
 
Conference championships will be extremely important in the the new CFP. I think we will see ND join the ACC. I believe that there will be less room for independents. IMHO

Only P5 champions will get an auto bid (if that’s a thing). Brand name independents will have a seat at the table because they bring eyeballs. Unless and until the ACC has a real TV deal, there’s not a great incentive for ND to join, especially when they can have their cake and eat it too.

Which is why ND is so in favor of expansion, specifically the 12-team format since that allows for more at-large bids and therefore independents. But another thing the proposed format calls for is that the top 4 seeds have to be a conference champ which of course means ND would never get a bye as long as they remain independent. They seem to be ok with this, along with getting less TV money to remain independent. At least for now.
 
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But don't you think it's a rather big factor to be one of the top three schools "in Texas"?

I am also not sure whether you can say OU recruits are committing to Riley or whether it's SoCal OU recruits who are committing to Riley. Texas is, has been and will be their bread and butter and I think the OU brand factor will ensure they're just fine there.
You’re probably right. We’ll see which recruits stay on with OU and which go to SC or elsewhere.
 
****braska had/has pretty much everything you listed except “considered a Texas school for recruiting”. I still feel like they’ll have to nail the hire. As we are seeing, OU recruits are committing to Riley, not OU.
I would argue that OKC is a lot better of a market than Lincoln and that doesn’t even take into account their presence in the best football market in the country with Dallas.
 
BTW, how would you rank the top 5 recruiting states? Is Texas, California and Florida still the unquestioned top three?
 
Any current USC recruits that might be looking elsewhere soon that we could go after?
 
Not saying that OU is a bad job or anything, because it is not, but I am unable to think of a good fit for them right now. It does seem like a weird job
I know Riley is planning on bringing Alex Grinch along as his DC. Any chance OU offers Grinch the HC job? People seem to think he's on track to get a look for a HC job soon.
 
OU losing Riley just before the move to the SEC could be extremely damaging.

I wouldn't be too concerned about OU's ability to compete in the SEC. OU had a bumpy ride going from the Big 8 to the Big 12 and I think OU might endure one in the SEC even if Riley remained in Norman. I don't think this coaching move was avoidable by any means especially when the road to the CFP would be much easier at USC than what it will be for OU in the SEC.

I don't think Riley would have lasted much longer in Norman after the SEC move and I think Riley knew it too.
 
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