No new commits since Jones so let's read some tea leaves and look at B1G coaches who could have their seats warming up:
-- Io_a: Kirk's sugar daddy AD is gone and the new one doesn't seem to care for the Dean of B1G football. HOT!
-- Foster at UCLA. Nope, just hired and no way they can him so soon. Nor should they. SAFE
-- Luke Fickell. He may not get canned after this season but Wisky is swirling around the toilet bowl with his Air Rodent offense. This season may say a lot. WARM
-- Day should be canned immediately for overdoing the hair- and beard-dye, but with the talent he's stockpiled he's beyond SAFE.
-- Jonathan Smith at MSU is brand new. SAFE.
-- Sherrone Moore. Can't speak in public to save his life, but he needs more time to see what he can do at MeCheatin'. They lost a load of talent on the field and in the staff, and it's gonna be way harder to steal signs going forward but I can't get past the idea that Sherrone is a sacrificial lamb. The Cheats appear to blow this year and someone's gotta pay. Sherrone is safe this year but that is one self-entitled fan base/alumni......who else would be so vapid as to dream up the term "Michigan Man"? I see Sherrone as a three-and-done if they poop the bed. SAFE
-- James Franklin at PSU has perennially done less with more than just about any other program. Depends on whether PSU fans are willing to be satisfied with playing well enough to sniff conference titles but not win them. SAFE (but getting warm)
-- Plugs at Minnesota. His schtick at Minny has got to be wearing thin. Never at the bottom but rarely cresting above mediocrity. Personally I hope Minny keeps him for this reason: Minny is one of the few schools who have long-term scoreboard on NU. With Rhule that margin is going to be trimmed back in short order. WARM
-- Bielema. He seems to have Illinois on a good trajectory with the last of Lovey's recruits. He's a truly ugly human being but his job seems SAFE,
-- Mike Locksley. Don't know that much about Maryland but from what little I've seen of them they appear to be a middle-of-the-pack program with odd uniforms,. Besides, for some reason I like this guy and hope he does well there. SAFE.
-- Schiano. Solid coach, knows and recruits the Northeast well and everyone at Rutgers seem to like him. SAFE.
-- Curt Cignetti, Indiana. Again, don't know much about him. Overall hc record is 121-35 but mostly at lower tier schools. 2-0 this season, so......SAFE.
-- Lanning. Looking shaky to start the season, but it's early and Oregon is stocked. SAFE.
-- Lincoln Riley. Safe at USC for now but his stock has kind of plateaued and his cred as a QB whisperer havs taken a hit. He needs to look respectable this season. SAFE
-- Ryan Walters, Purdue. Went 4-8 last year, which is not great news for any program not named Nebraska. Walters ain't Rhule and NU is getting all the positive buzz in the sports media. He needs to make that record better this season or his seat could get toasty, yes even after only two years. SAFE
-- David Braun. Don't know who he is? NWU head coach. Did pretty darned well in 23 after taking over the dumpster fire Fitzgerald left, but can he recruit? The bar is low at NWU.....think Io_a kind of low. But he needs to show he can recruit at least as well as Fitz------again, low bar. SAFE.
-- Jedd Fisch, Washington. New coach at WaWa, but last year he took AZ to 10-3 so he has a record out there, SAFE.
-- Rhule. Rhule could take a dump on 90th and West Dodge during rush hour and people would wax poetic over the culture he built around it. SAFE
-- Io_a: Kirk's sugar daddy AD is gone and the new one doesn't seem to care for the Dean of B1G football. HOT!
-- Foster at UCLA. Nope, just hired and no way they can him so soon. Nor should they. SAFE
-- Luke Fickell. He may not get canned after this season but Wisky is swirling around the toilet bowl with his Air Rodent offense. This season may say a lot. WARM
-- Day should be canned immediately for overdoing the hair- and beard-dye, but with the talent he's stockpiled he's beyond SAFE.
-- Jonathan Smith at MSU is brand new. SAFE.
-- Sherrone Moore. Can't speak in public to save his life, but he needs more time to see what he can do at MeCheatin'. They lost a load of talent on the field and in the staff, and it's gonna be way harder to steal signs going forward but I can't get past the idea that Sherrone is a sacrificial lamb. The Cheats appear to blow this year and someone's gotta pay. Sherrone is safe this year but that is one self-entitled fan base/alumni......who else would be so vapid as to dream up the term "Michigan Man"? I see Sherrone as a three-and-done if they poop the bed. SAFE
-- James Franklin at PSU has perennially done less with more than just about any other program. Depends on whether PSU fans are willing to be satisfied with playing well enough to sniff conference titles but not win them. SAFE (but getting warm)
-- Plugs at Minnesota. His schtick at Minny has got to be wearing thin. Never at the bottom but rarely cresting above mediocrity. Personally I hope Minny keeps him for this reason: Minny is one of the few schools who have long-term scoreboard on NU. With Rhule that margin is going to be trimmed back in short order. WARM
-- Bielema. He seems to have Illinois on a good trajectory with the last of Lovey's recruits. He's a truly ugly human being but his job seems SAFE,
-- Mike Locksley. Don't know that much about Maryland but from what little I've seen of them they appear to be a middle-of-the-pack program with odd uniforms,. Besides, for some reason I like this guy and hope he does well there. SAFE.
-- Schiano. Solid coach, knows and recruits the Northeast well and everyone at Rutgers seem to like him. SAFE.
-- Curt Cignetti, Indiana. Again, don't know much about him. Overall hc record is 121-35 but mostly at lower tier schools. 2-0 this season, so......SAFE.
-- Lanning. Looking shaky to start the season, but it's early and Oregon is stocked. SAFE.
-- Lincoln Riley. Safe at USC for now but his stock has kind of plateaued and his cred as a QB whisperer havs taken a hit. He needs to look respectable this season. SAFE
-- Ryan Walters, Purdue. Went 4-8 last year, which is not great news for any program not named Nebraska. Walters ain't Rhule and NU is getting all the positive buzz in the sports media. He needs to make that record better this season or his seat could get toasty, yes even after only two years. SAFE
-- David Braun. Don't know who he is? NWU head coach. Did pretty darned well in 23 after taking over the dumpster fire Fitzgerald left, but can he recruit? The bar is low at NWU.....think Io_a kind of low. But he needs to show he can recruit at least as well as Fitz------again, low bar. SAFE.
-- Jedd Fisch, Washington. New coach at WaWa, but last year he took AZ to 10-3 so he has a record out there, SAFE.
-- Rhule. Rhule could take a dump on 90th and West Dodge during rush hour and people would wax poetic over the culture he built around it. SAFE
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