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13 hours ago, Zhorn96 said:

Ahhhhh feels so good.  Lot of money guys refused to give because they thought Wilcox sucked and it was wasted $.  Tosh Lupoi is the likely choice to replace

Don’t know who I want at Cal, but Lupoi hasn’t impressed me. Bama and Oregon have him on as an ace recruiter, less as a manager or Xs and Os guy (Saban and Lanning or others seem to have handled that). Cal needs a HC that can do 2 out of 3 by themselves.

I want an OC that has succeeded under a defensive minded HC or vise versa.

 

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29 minutes ago, berlinerbaer said:

Don’t know who I want at Cal, but Lupoi hasn’t impressed me. Bama and Oregon have him on as an ace recruiter, less as a manager or Xs and Os guy (Saban and Lanning or others seem to have handled that). Cal needs a HC that can do 2 out of 3 by themselves.

I want an OC that has succeeded under a defensive minded HC or vise versa.

 

All depends on his coordinator choices.  The $ wants him so I think it’ll happen.  He won’t be calling plays but setting culture and recruiting and he is good at that. 

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11 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

ENMU used to be a chippy but not great team that ruined a lot of good seasons for LSC teams in Blackwater Draw. They were a triple option team. 

For all the shots people take at Lubbock, it's fucking Paris or Rome compared to Portales.  LOL.  It's difficult to put it into words, yet & still; those folks don't deserve that fucker at their school.

It's also dumb that they say the Brazos watershed extends into New Mexico for that dirt that runs down the Blackwater Draw from the Land of Enchantment.  In my rewritten geography book, the Brazos is the longest river contained in the State of Texas.

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15 hours ago, Sandman said:

A guy that covers ou for On3 (George Stoia) said on his postgame podcast that Morris to OSU was a done deal. Also said it should be announced in the next 10 days or so.

I didn't personally listen to it (because fuck ou) but my friend told me. 

Today I saw it’s definitely Colin Klein. Still possibly definitely Morris. And Golesh is still probably for sure the guy. 

I think it’s likely one of those three or Wommack and no one knows for sure. Klein will be the CFP and Morris and Wommack might also. Timing of this stuff is annoying. We want to announce after this week while most of these guys will be preparing for CCG and/or playoffs. I don’t know the answer but it’s annoying. If it’s Klein for example I want him to have CCG and CFP experience, I’d hope he could stay on for aggys postseason.

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2 minutes ago, 'stache said:

If it’s Klein for example I want him to have CCG and CFP experience, I’d hope he could stay on for aggys postseason.

That's what Sark did.  Accepted the Texas job and then kept his OC duties at Alabama for the championship game.

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13 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Whatever happens with Lane, he should coach his team through their playoff appearance. 

If he chooses LSU, then the Ole Miss AD needs to go full Bo Shembechler and have only a OM guy coach OM. 
 

12 hours ago, coachherman'sgrill said:

Has the supposedly $40 mil NIL money been confirmed for Lame if he goes to LSU?

For the love of God tell me this is a typo. 

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On 11/17/2025 at 4:27 PM, Sgt Hulk said:

Yeah we don’t belong in this list 

 

On 11/17/2025 at 3:57 PM, Slacks said:

Only winning 3 conference championships in the last 25 years should not warrant a spot on that top list.

 

On 11/17/2025 at 4:59 PM, TwiceHorn said:

But we've got TALENT!  And RESOURCES!

We have won a national championship more recently than two of the other teams on his list. 

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Has been a DC for Sark in past...

California fires coach Justin Wilcox after nine seasons

Story by Pete Thamel         16hr ago

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Cal has fired coach Justin Wilcox after he went 48-55 over nine seasons with the Golden Bears, general manager Ron Rivera announced Sunday.

Wilcox's final game came Saturday, as Cal lost 31-10 to rival Stanford, a game in which Cal was favored. The loss dropped Cal to 6-5 on the season, which marked the third straight year that Cal reached bowl eligibility.

"I want to thank Justin for all of his contributions to our football program, our athletic department and our university," Rivera said in a statement. "He has always comported himself with class and professionalism. After careful consideration, we believe the time has come for new leadership. We wish Justin the best of luck in his future endeavors."

Per his contract, Wilcox, the sixth-winningest coach in program history, will be owed approximately $10.9 million.

The end of Wilcox's tenure comes at an interesting crossroads for Cal. It has two co-directors of athletics -- Jay Larson and Jenny Simon O'Neill. Cal also hired Rivera, the longtime NFL coach, as its new football general manager to help modernize the program.

Nick Rolovich, the former head coach at Washington State and Hawai'i, has been named interim coach. He'd been working as a senior offensive assistant for Cal this season.

Wilcox's teams were always solid and competitive, but they'd recently been undercut by a lack of NIL support. A flurry of starters left the 2024 Golden Bears, including Heisman Trophy favorite Fernando Mendoza (Indiana), former first-team all-Pac-12 tailback Jaydn Ott (Oklahoma) and star tight end Jack Endries (Texas).

Even with all the high-profile defections, it'd been a season of relative optimism for Cal until the loss to Stanford, the tenor of which was unexpected. Cal had recruited perhaps the country's best true freshman quarterback, Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, who flashed the promise of being a linchpin for the future.

It also reloaded with a solid transfer class that helped it with solid wins against Minnesota, North Carolina and an upset win just last week at Louisville.

Cal is in its second season in the ACC, and Wilcox was just 5-10 in ACC play the past two seasons. In none of his nine seasons at Cal did he manage a winning record in league play, which included seven years in the Pac-12 and two in the ACC.

Wilcox, 49, is a well-regarded coach with strong ties to the West Coast, as he has been defensive coordinator at spots such as Boise State, Washington and USC. He has also been a coordinator at Tennessee and Wisconsin, where he worked in 2016 prior to getting the Cal head coaching job

 

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1 hour ago, BlackCat said:

I guess I can see if he wants to take a year off he might come here as an analyst but why would he come here in any other capacity? 

It's a job and with people he knows well. He was Sark's DC at UW and followed to USC. He was PK's boss at Boise before that (DC while PK was DL coach. PK became DC when he left). But yeah analyst would probably be more likely unless he wants to coach DBs

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5 hours ago, berlinerbaer said:

Don’t know who I want at Cal, but Lupoi hasn’t impressed me. Bama and Oregon have him on as an ace recruiter, less as a manager or Xs and Os guy (Saban and Lanning or others seem to have handled that). Cal needs a HC that can do 2 out of 3 by themselves.

I want an OC that has succeeded under a defensive minded HC or vise versa.

 

The fact that they are pivoting so quickly to Lupoi is interesting.  He does not impress me at all.

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I can only speak with knowledge about Lupoi's time in Seattle, but he was literally nothing but a recruiter/bagman there; he did very little actual coaching.  Somehow, that was enough for Saban to hire him away.

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22 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

The fact that they are pivoting so quickly to Lupoi is interesting.  He does not impress me at all.

Strong recruiter with Cal ties and good coaching mentors along his career. That's basically it. The big donors believe that with a football GM, strong NIL, and sports-friendly chancellor all in place, what we need more than anything is a recruiter. Let him delegate play calling to coordinators. 

Not saying I agree - I basically trust our GM to make the call - but that's the thought process.  

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1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

I can only speak with knowledge about Lupoi's time in Seattle, but he was literally nothing but a recruiter/bagman there; he did very little actual coaching.  Somehow, that was enough for Saban to hire him away.

Duhh.

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3 hours ago, LTbear said:

Strong recruiter with Cal ties and good coaching mentors along his career. That's basically it. The big donors believe that with a football GM, strong NIL, and sports-friendly chancellor all in place, what we need more than anything is a recruiter. Let him delegate play calling to coordinators. 

Not saying I agree - I basically trust our GM to make the call - but that's the thought process.  

I've heard Jim Mora's name connected to Stanford.  That'd be interesting.  I would take him back here.

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5 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

I've heard Jim Mora's name connected to Stanford.  That'd be interesting.  I would take him back here.

Really? He's not a bad coach, but seems the more he had just his players, the more he started to lose at UCLA (if I remember correctly)

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20 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

ENMU used to be a chippy but not great team that ruined a lot of good seasons for LSC teams in Blackwater Draw. They were a triple option team. 

This is fact.   Back in my A&I days I recall teams that absolutely shredded ENM down in Kingsville go up with almost with exactly the same team the following year and have issues at ENM.   Plus Blackwater Draw was  out in the middle of no where outside of Portales, in the middle of peanut fields .  The weather would do some strange things which had an impact and they kept the grass to the point you'd lose your shoes in it

 

 

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3 minutes ago, LTbear said:

Really? He's not a bad coach, but seems the more he had just his players, the more he started to lose at UCLA (if I remember correctly)

No, it was more that his marriage was falling apart due to his own infidelity and he completely lost focus on recruiting and coaching.  By the time it started slipping away, it was too late.

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1 hour ago, Sbbruin said:

No, it was more that his marriage was falling apart due to his own infidelity and he completely lost focus on recruiting and coaching.  By the time it started slipping away, it was too late.

Now I know this is bullshit - no coach would ever let marital or personal problems keep him from having laser focus on the good of the team.

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Hearing our #1 target, Bob Chesney (JMU) is now the leader in the clubhouse at Penn St.  Quite the leap from Franklin to Chesney.  They better hope it works out.

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1 hour ago, Nueces River Rat said:

This is fact.   Back in my A&I days I recall teams that absolutely shredded ENM down in Kingsville go up with almost with exactly the same team the following year and have issues at ENM.   Plus Blackwater Draw was  out in the middle of no where outside of Portales, in the middle of peanut fields .  The weather would do some strange things which had an impact and they kept the grass to the point you'd lose your shoes in it

 

 

Could have sworn that Javelina Stadium was a grass field but looks like they did switch to turf. Likely a lot more cost-effective in South Texas and holds up better for playoffs but I still hate losing real grass fields. 

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33 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Hearing our #1 target, Bob Chesney (JMU) is now the leader in the clubhouse at Penn St.  Quite the leap from Franklin to Chesney.  They better hope it works out.

James Madison U - the new "Cradle of Coaches"

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Posted
7 hours ago, BlackCat said:

I guess I can see if he wants to take a year off he might come here as an analyst but why would he come here in any other capacity? 

Sark has a hard on for hiring coaches fired from other programs. Neal Brown as an analyst and Chad Scott from WVU to coach our RBs. What a steal for Sark to snatch up these fired guys.

Wilcox will come here just to reunite with his party boy friends Sark and Nansen and rekindle the good ole days from UW and USC. 

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2 minutes ago, MrBig said:

Sark has a hard on for hiring coaches fired from other programs. Neal Brown as an analyst and Chad Scott from WVU to coach our RBs. What a steal for Sark to snatch up these fired guys.

Yeah, I never saw Nick Saban hire a fired coach.

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5 minutes ago, MrBig said:

Sark has a hard on for hiring coaches fired from other programs. Neal Brown as an analyst and Chad Scott from WVU to coach our RBs. What a steal for Sark to snatch up these fired guys.

Wilcox will come here just to reunite with his party boy friends Sark and Nansen and rekindle the good ole days from UW and USC. 

What about Patterson?  

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2 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

What about Patterson?  

What about Kyle Flood? He was fired from Rutgers as a HC for having no control of his team after a bunch of players were charged criminally for theft and assault. We’re so lucky we have Flood and his 3rd string Rutgers QB Mike Bimonte advising the offense to help make it the juggernaut it is today. 

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On 11/23/2025 at 6:15 PM, gatormarc said:

Yeah, not sure that Kiffin is worth the amount being thrown around but the demand is greater than the supply right now.

If you look at the three fanbases, all still feel really good about getting/keeping Kiffin.

FYI, both Florida and LSU play Ole Miss next year.

The demand for BRAND NAME coaches is greater than the supply, but there are plenty of coaches out there who would do a damn good job without all the bullshit that comes with Lane.

 

 

The only place the guy has been the HC that didn't have resources with FAU and he hasn't exactly crushed it. 

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11 hours ago, Iceman said:

For all the shots people take at Lubbock, it's fucking Paris or Rome compared to Portales.  LOL.  It's difficult to put it into words, yet & still; those folks don't deserve that fucker at their school.

It's also dumb that they say the Brazos watershed extends into New Mexico for that dirt that runs down the Blackwater Draw from the Land of Enchantment.  In my rewritten geography book, the Brazos is the longest river contained in the State of Texas.

Good lord, man, could you find a lower fucking bar to compare Lubbock.  

Seriously, Portales has less than 20,000 residents who don't go Eastern.

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2 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Could have sworn that Javelina Stadium was a grass field but looks like they did switch to turf. Likely a lot more cost-effective in South Texas and holds up better for playoffs but I still hate losing real grass fields. 

It’s been turf for the last 10 years or so.   With the water shortage in this area, it will become the standard even at the very small high school if they don’t have it already for their outdoor fields.  

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