CFB Week 7 Thread

[Bulldogs4]

But even Alabama is vulnerable. Yes they have won three games in a row. And yes they still have great talent. But unlike the Saban days, they lack the killer instinct of years past. A Saban team would have scored a TD in the second quarter to go up 24-7 and effectively win the game before halftime. But instead they get sacked, punt and Mizzou kicks a FG to make it a one score game. And then it was a dog fight in the second half. And they eeked out wins against Georgia and Vandy. 
I am not sure if any team gets to 10 wins this year in the regular season. A lot of parity. 
Georgia has two wins against Tennessee & Auburn that to be generous are fortunate at best. 
Very possibly there will be multiple 9-3/8-4 type seasons when it is all said and done. 

[NoWammies]

Annnnnd James Franklin has been fired. 

[Dawg83]

2 hours ago, NoWammies said:

Annnnnd James Franklin has been fired. 

Man talk about a fall from grace. From number two in the polls to firing their head coach in 3 weeks.

 

My understanding is there was years of pent up frustration within the fan base. They returned a ton and this was a get it done or get out kind of year. And they’re basically out of playoff contention by early to mid October. It was going to be tough for him to recover from this.

[Bulldogs4]

I guess just winning is not enough these days. 
Yes he has struggled against the best teams but his record there is 104-45 and 64-36 in the conference. Pretty impressive. 
Will be interesting to see who might be willing to take that task on. Penn State could find themselves relegated to Nebraska status if they are not careful. 
 

[NoWammies]

He’s set to make $22K a day for the next 6 years from PSU. The best life to live is one as a fired D1 coach. 

[Insideradvantage]

^^^ Damnation ! 

[Dawg83]

1 hour ago, NoWammies said:

He’s set to make $22K a day for the next 6 years from PSU. The best life to live is one as a fired D1 coach. 

I tell my wife all the time that my dream job is be a fired SEC head football coach.

Edited October 12, 2025 by Dawg83

[rebmus]

4 hours ago, Bulldogs4 said:

I guess just winning is not enough these days. 
Yes he has struggled against the best teams but his record there is 104-45 and 64-36 in the conference. Pretty impressive. 
Will be interesting to see who might be willing to take that task on. Penn State could find themselves relegated to Nebraska status if they are not careful. 
 

We'll see. 

Nebraska pulled the trigger at a strange time on Frank Solich after what he did I thought... nothing has seemed to work for them since then. 

On top of that, I think times have changed on coaches just taking a "bigger job" just because it's a "bigger job". I do think they look at job security now more than they did 10-20 years ago. 

 

On this weekend of football, Ole Miss "survived", that's all I can say about it. Played like poop but survived... at the end of the day the W is all that really matters. 

Play like that the next two weeks and it's 6-2. This team is obviously better than what they showed Saturday, but will they show up the next two weeks and beyond?

 

[Dawg83]

I’m not sure it will happen but if I was Arkansas I would think long and hard about Franklin. Look, he clearly hit his ceiling and couldn’t get past that at PSU. But you can do A LOT worse than Franklin. Believe the statistic is going into this year, 9 of his 14 teams at Vandy and Penn State finished the season ranked in the Top 25. The list of coaches with that kind of track record is extremely short.

 

Could Penn State do better than Franklin and are they justified in having higher expectations? Maybe. But it’s entirely possible their next coach is a downgrade.

 

I guess we will find out if this is Mark Richt at Georgia where the next guy proved UGA made the right call, or if it’s Bo Pelini at Nebraska where they are still trying to recover more than a decade later.

[Bulldogs4]

Now UAB has fired their coach. Which I always thought was a strange hire in the first place. Dilfer won a SB but had done nothing to show his ability as a HC on the collegiate level. 
 

I think the days of multi year coaching contracts may be coming to an end. Mississippi with the four year limit is actually ahead of the curve here. 
 

Why tie up so much money with a multi year guaranteed contract. Ridiculous and a waste of resources. Especially if you are going to fire him in the middle of the season. 

[NoWammies]

The exact reason why Orgeron asked LSU if they wanted him to go out the front door or the back door when he got fired because he knew he was over his head as the coach of LSU but enjoyed his buyout to get him gone. 
 

Still got Jimbo Fisher living his best life as an unemployed coach. 

[NoWammies]

Call me crazy but I think the PSU job is one of the most could get Saban back out of retirement jobs there is for him. They’re going to look for a grand slam hire and that’s the biggest one there is that’ll keep fans excited and boosters boosting. I keep seeing Cignetti but in this day and age do you leave a good thing like he has at Indiana for a job you could get fired at in 5 years if you have a bad year? Cignetti and Kiffin are in the same situation. They could retire at their current schools if they wanted to. I also keep seeing Rhule. That guy is another Franklin made over. 

[DrownInEtown]

1 hour ago, NoWammies said:

Call me crazy but I think the PSU job is one of the most could get Saban back out of retirement jobs there is for him. They’re going to look for a grand slam hire and that’s the biggest one there is that’ll keep fans excited and boosters boosting. I keep seeing Cignetti but in this day and age do you leave a good thing like he has at Indiana for a job you could get fired at in 5 years if you have a bad year? Cignetti and Kiffin are in the same situation. They could retire at their current schools if they wanted to. I also keep seeing Rhule. That guy is another Franklin made over. 

That’s Rhule’s Alma mater. But still, don’t think he’s a better candidate than Golesh or Matt Campbell. And you’re right, I would consider Cignetti untouchable at this point. 
Also haven’t seen anyone saying this guys name yet anywhere, but what Clark Lea’s doing right now is special. That guy definitely deserves his name in the hat

[NoWammies]

@DrownInEtown I’ve seen folks saying Lea and Franklin need to swap spots and Franklin come back to Vandy. Lea has def earned his name being mentioned in big time jobs. Not many can dictate he’s done. 

[NoWammies]

One thing is for certain, this offseason coaching carousel is going to be crazy. 

[Dawg83]

14 hours ago, NoWammies said:

One thing is for certain, this offseason coaching carousel is going to be crazy. 

October 14th and we’ve already seen a full offseason’s worth of firings.

 

And there still about 4 major SEC jobs where a coaching change is very much in the realm of possibility.

[maroontide06]

2 hours ago, Dawg83 said:

October 14th and we’ve already seen a full offseason’s worth of firings.

 

And there still about 4 major SEC jobs where a coaching change is very much in the realm of possibility.

I know there's Florida and Kentucky, but what would be the other two?  This would obviously exclude Arkansas since they've already given Pittman the ax.

[NoWammies]

I think Freeze has become firmly on the hot seat at Auburn. Drink and Lea will have schools coming at them hard that could possibly open up Missouri and Vandy. I doubt it happens but could possibly see Beamer leave USCe for VA Tech opening up the USCe job. Also there’s no certainty that Kiffin will or won’t take the Florida job if it opens up. He’s def the fanbases first choice so that would open up Ole Miss if so. Landry still has a year left at Ole Miss and entire family is comfortable here together now so I’m leaning that he stays. 

[maroontide06]

38 minutes ago, NoWammies said:

I think Freeze has become firmly on the hot seat at Auburn. Drink and Lea will have schools coming at them hard that could possibly open up Missouri and Vandy. I doubt it happens but could possibly see Beamer leave USCe for VA Tech opening up the USCe job. Also there’s no certainty that Kiffin will or won’t take the Florida job if it opens up. He’s def the fanbases first choice so that would open up Ole Miss if so. Landry still has a year left at Ole Miss and entire family is comfortable here together now so I’m leaning that he stays. 

With a name like Freeze, shouldn't he be able to stay at Auburn for as long as he wants?  Shouldn't he have the power to keep his seat freezing cold?  If not, his last name is definitely false advertisement.

[Dawg83]

1 hour ago, maroontide06 said:

I know there's Florida and Kentucky, but what would be the other two?  This would obviously exclude Arkansas since they've already given Pittman the ax.

Florida and Auburn for sure could open up

 

I’m not ruling out LSU or Oklahoma. Look at both of their schedules down the stretch. Very possible those end up being 6 to 8 win teams and it gets very dicey at that point.

 

Had not even considered Kentucky to be totally honest with you, but it’s not a zero percent chance. I’m skeptical how committed they are to football right now so they may be hesitant to pay a big buyout for Stoops. If they did move on from Stoops, that job would be Jon Sumrall’s approximately 5 seconds later.

 

You also have to consider the possibility of coaches like Lea, Beamer, Drinkwitz, etc. leaving for greener pastures.

 

I’m not sure I buy the Lebby to Oklahoma State talk just yet, but you never know. He’s gotta win some SEC games before anyone else tries to hire him.

[Bulldogs4]

Saban ain’t coming out of retirement. 
Kiffin is staying at Ole Miss (Florida is not as good a job anymore).

Lebby to OK State? Just don’t see the desire for him there. He is building a pretty good program at State. I look for him to ride that bus for a while.

This microwave system of coaching changes is going to continue the downward spiral of college football. Mercenary players and new coaches every year and a half will combine to put a poorer product on the field. 
The only positive is the top teams will no longer be as dominant. Still at the top but winning 10 or more in a season will become less and less.