BREAKING According to ESPN, Lincoln Riley to Become USC Head Coach

[B1GTide]

Sooner fans think that Kingsbury is going to leave the NFL to coach there.

 

[Al A Bama]

Money. I don't think he cares about winning titles.

It's going to take a LOT more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to live there than in Oklahoma. After watching home renovation shows where a 1200 sq. ft. home cost at least $1 million+. Gas prices are HIGHER, etc.

Well, will he be paid $15 million+ per year?

 

[CrimsonBloodn62]

I don't see Kingsbury leaving the NFL for the Sooners. Unless the money is to good to turn down.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I don't see Kingsbury leaving the NFL for the Sooners. Unless the money is to good to turn down.

Or unless, like Saban, Kingsbury has realized the NFL is not his thing.

 

[CrimsonBloodn62]

Or unless, like Saban, Kingsbury has realized the NFL is not his thing.

That could be true.

 

[Crimson1967]

In Norman, he is pretty much the only game in town. In LA, he can go where he wants and most people won’t notice. They have two teams in all four pro sports plus movie and TV stars.

 

[uafanataum]

Wouldn't Lane be a great replacement at OU? I bet people would barely even notice a difference in his teams versus Riley's teams.

 

[B1GTide]

It's going to take a LOT more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to live there than in Oklahoma. After watching home renovation shows where a 1200 sq. ft. home cost at least $1 million+. Gas prices are HIGHER, etc.

Well, will he be paid $15 million+ per year?

Does he have to buy a new home every year? He will be fine.

 

[B1GTide]

Or unless, like Saban, Kingsbury has realized the NFL is not his thing.

They have built that team around his style of play. If he leaves, fans there would have every right to hate him.

Saban likely stays at Miami if he gets his QB, Brees.

 

[TideEngineer08]

LOL I thought he was a “done deal” to LSU?

 

[BamaNation]

This is Bill Curry leaving for UK…except Riley will get paid a bundle more.

 

[rolltide_21]

Several media types calling USC the best job in college football, haha. SMH. It’s barely a top 10 job now..

 

[tusks_n_raider]

And here I was looking forward to the LSU Memes.....

 

[jthomas666]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1465106165088542733

 

[TideEngineer08]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1465106165088542733

SMH. In this business I would trust NO ONE, except Nick Saban.

 

[DawgAlum2054]

is this not the only head coaching job that Venables might be willing to take?

 

[CB4]

In Norman, he is pretty much the only game in town. In LA, he can go where he wants and most people won’t notice. They have two teams in all four pro sports plus movie and TV stars.

Even by his own fans in the stands at the Coliseum on game day. All 30,000 of them in a 90,000 seat stadium. And half of those show up in the second quarter and leave by the end of third.

 

[NationalTitles18]

This is Bill Curry leaving for UK…except Riley will get paid a bundle more.

And USC has a chance to be very good again.

 

[TideEngineer08]

And USC has a chance to be very good again.

Yes. I get it from a competitive standpoint. USC is the only program in that conference with a chance at being elite. Yes, the only one. Not Oregon with all its Nike money. Not UCLA in the same town as USC. Not Washington.

He could run that conference in short order. And the PAC 12’s success rate in the CFP is precisely because USC has been wondering in the wilderness for over a decade. They could be the west coast version of Clemson under Dabo. (Hell that is exactly what they’ve always been when they were good).

Oklahoma is facing a steep decline when they leave for the SEC. I respect the OU members we have here and realize they all disagree wholeheartedly with that statement. But reality slaps hard.

What Alabama has done under Nick Saban has never gotten the proper respect it deserves. The best Oklahoma can hope for is some version of what LSU and Florida have done over the same time period. And yes I know what this means for us when Coach Saban decides to retire.

So I get the move by Riley. The NFL is probably not something he wants to pursue. He realizes he has maxed out the potential of Oklahoma and in fact their ceiling is about to come falling down several floors.

And on that note, by the way, as time has passed I come more and more to the conclusion that OU and Texas joining the SEC is the dumbest move in the history of collegiate athletics. But it’s going to make a crap ton of money so people are willing to take their brains out of their skulls and ignore all common sense and intelligence.

 

[SkullDuckery]

Did he check the tax rate in California?