What a loser. This is pathetic. Play the game.

Too many bowl games.

Drew Lock would benefit from this.

That's for the best.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You&#39;ve waited long enough. The new candidate who we are told will interview with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash">#Mizzou</a> is Utah State head coach Matt Wells</p>&mdash; Gabe DeArmond (@GabeDeArmond) <a href="https://twitter.com/GabeDeArmond/status/671502290092625920">December 1, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Have been told <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash">#Mizzou</a> was one of five schools to reach out to Mark Richt today. Do not know if he was receptive.</p>&mdash; Gabe DeArmond (@GabeDeArmond) <a href="https://twitter.com/GabeDeArmond/status/671509409860685824">December 1, 2015</a></blockquote>
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He's not the best choice, but it's not like it would be Muschamp to South Carolina bad.

I find it ironic that Richt was one of the coaches they were looking at when they hired Pinkel in 2001.

Well now that we've finally found a worst case scenario that makes me throw up in my mouth, I'm pretty sure that means we've found our next head coach.

How the !@#$ has it come to this?

Is Rhoades really going to step on his dick here?

The only time Mack Rhoades has failed to make an excellent hire in his AD career was when he bowed to pressure and hired internal candidate Tony Levine at Houston.

Every other hire he has made has been spot-on, all the way back to his time at Akron.

What I'm saying is that I have a lot of faith in him in this hire, because I think he has earned it. If he thinks Wells is the guy, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

And I'll admit my initial reaction to Wells was the same as yours, but then I did some research on him and it changed a little bit. Tough OOC schedules have depressed his overall record, but he's been very successful at Utah State despite significant injuries at the most important position on the field - QB.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources...887-ncaaf.html

Oh dear ****ing lord. Just hire Odom already.

Should've hired Scott Frost...

Seriously. Hopefully he's just doing due diligence before going in-house.

And I'm not normally a fan of in-house hires, but in this case everything I've read about Odom impresses me. Him being a Mizzou guy actually has little or nothing to do with it.

Odom will be our coach by the end of the week.

Even interviewing Mike Bobo makes me wonder if Rhodes hasn't just gotten lucky with coaching hires in the past. That's...sheesh.

At what point is 'due diligence' just jerking off?

For ****'s sake, if you can't get someone that's clearly better than Odom (and Wells, Rhule, Campbell, Dykes and Bobo most assuredly are not that), then just hire Odom.

I understand wanting to take a run at Herman, Richt or even Fuente, but why are you interviewing the rest of these !@#$ing clowns?

Unless Odom has flat out told Rhoades that he will not accept the Memphis offer before he knows for sure about Mizzou, then Rhoades is playing with fire here and he's doing so stupidly.

**** it just hire Joey Freshwater at this point.

I'd say by this point they are certainly going with Odom. The job is toxic right now, so they've got to roll the dice.

Also Sonny Dykes would be a disaster hire but his offense would be fun as shit to watch

Hearing some Larry Fedora rumors. This is a guy who would make Rhoades' actions this week (Which I think have been consistent with a guy throwing up a smoke screen) make a lot of sense.

IF Rhoades is throwing up a smoke screen, it's for a guy who is coaching in a championship game on Sunday, who doesn't want to distract his players with talks of him leaving (And also gives Rhoades cover in keeping the coach's current admin in the dark).

I think Fedora would be a slam-dunk hire. It's been reported that the NCAA issues at UNC were for a time period before he arrived, and if that's the case, he doesn't bring any NCAA stink with him. That's the only major potential drawback, IMO.

Pros:
Experienced in Power 5 league, high level of success. Has won everywhere he went, has made strong assistant hires and is part of a great coaching tree (Miles/Gundy). Has recruiting ties you'd like to see (Georgia, Florida, SE in general, Mississippi JUCOs).

I've long had an eye on Fedora, going back to his time at Southern Miss. He was one of the guys I wanted Mizzou to keep an eye on if it ousted Pinkel after 2013, had it not reversed the disaster of 2012.

Memphis has pulled the Odom offer and is going a different direction.

If Rhoades strung Odom along and cost the dude a shot at a HC gig, he's really being a monumental prick about this.

I still think this whole process is starting to have the same feel as the Todd Haley hire.

I don't think Memphis and Odom are dead. The columnist who broke that story immediately started backtracking from it. The tweet was much more strongly worded than his column about it.

I think that stuff is just normal negotiation tactics.

I'd be excited about Fedora or Herman, fine with Odom, and :facepalm: with just about everybody else mentioned. Wells, Dykes, etc. would be just like hiring Pinkel from Toledo all those years ago IMO. It may work out in the long run, but it wouldn't take Mizzou football to the "next level" anytime soon.

I would be goddamn ecstatic if we hired Fedora...

Why would Fedora want to come to Missouri? It's not a better job than UNC.

I wasn't really considering it until recently because I thought the same, but it recently was pointed out that:

1) He gets paid shit at UNC (annual salary of $2 million) and so do his assistants. Mizzou could double his salary and his assistant budget.Not sure UNC is willing to do that any time soon.

2) UNC may be about to get hammered again by the NCAA, apparently.

Those are the two big factors. It may all just be smoke, but Fedora is definitely a candidate it would make sense to throw up a smoke screen for (which is what the interview rush Rhoades has done comes across to me as).

Well he has been linked with South Carolina recently so who knows...the SEC has that enticement factor too.

Fedora would be a great hire.

Also, don't listen to the footballscoop people. They are just throwing shit on the wall now.

Gone from Memphis moving on from Odom to Odom must decide today. Okay?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cal DB coach, with Sonny Dykes, who it’s reported interviewed with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash">#Mizzou</a> yesterday <a href="https://t.co/kTgXV4c88h">https://t.co/kTgXV4c88h</a></p>&mdash; Gabe DeArmond (@GabeDeArmond) <a href="https://twitter.com/GabeDeArmond/status/672097521032822784">December 2, 2015</a></blockquote>
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It says...

@CoachGregBurns Just landed in LA! Fired up to have @CalCoachDykes with me this morning!"

Soooooo did we even interview the guy?

You haven't heard anything about the (most likely bs) rumor on TB about GP?

I don't read TigerBoard. What is it?

An aids dumpster fire from 1997.

I just started a couple of days ago. It's so inconceivable that I'm embarrassed to admit the rumor, but it's just a huge name.

A huge name in the coaching search?

Yeah.

But it's as delusional as the Harbaugh to kU rumors from a few years ago. It's fun to dream, though.

I thought you meant a rumor about Pinkel, a la, the real reason he resigned is because he's banging another KOMU weather girl.

Just saw a tweet saying Dykes is the hire. Can't embed from phone. Dave Matter unable to confirm.

Patterson or Shaw?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Football coach Sonny Dykes, who brought Cal from nowhere to 7-5 in three years, is history. He&#39;ll sign as new coach of Mizzou shortly.</p>&mdash; Chris Preimesberger (@editingwhiz) <a href="https://twitter.com/editingwhiz/status/672102533205102592">December 2, 2015</a></blockquote>
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That's the one.

Lmao

Chris Preimesberger is a San Fran-based "Editor, Features & Analysis at eWEEK, covering IT business/innovation since 1995 & NCAA hoops for The AP since 1983. Creator of eWEEK Innovation site."

No. Same initials.

****

Not sure how to feel about that.

So, bullshit?

First one.

I would need a change of pants.

No idea. Maybe he's a big Cal booster who would know.

I assumed he was somebody even remotely in the know if Matter bothered to respond to it. Who knows.

This is why I always feel like there's a giant grand piano dangling above my head when Mizzou is searching for a coach. I'm afraid to look up, knowing I'll eventually be crushed.

Matter tweets that if true, Mizzou would be breaking protocol, as curators typically announce a meeting to approve contract.

I hope it's not true. I hate the idea of that hire.

Agreements can be made early, in principle, until a deal is approved.

From a KC Star article:

So he has a recent connection to Rhoades.

All I really know about him is: 1) I keep wanting to call him Spike; 2) he runs a version of the Air Raid, which Hal Mumme had some success with in the SEC (thanks, Tim Couch!).

:hmmm:

Matter has been told the report is not accurate.

TigerBoard is were all the posters are spawn of Prison Bitch, CoMo, and Hootie all wrapped into one.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m told that report on Sonny Dykes signing with Missouri is incorrect</p>&mdash; Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dave_Matter/status/672116968992952321">December 2, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Of course, the key word there is "signing."

When I go over there, I feel like I have to take a shower afterward.

When I go to Rock M Nation, I feel like I need to go to Bourbon Street afterward and drink and cuss and whore it up.

LMAO

Good point.

While not likely, this could be a ploy to get Cal to extend his contract. Would figure recruiting would suck asshole as a lame duck.

Can't say I'd be too enthused for Dykes.

Gabe at PowerMizzou has Willie Taggart of South Florida "Trending Up" on his Coaching Hot Board.

Now that seems like a Frank Haith hire.

I'd rather hire Sgt. Taggart from Beverly Hills Cop

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As with <a href="https://twitter.com/Dave_Matter">@Dave_Matter</a>, I&#39;m hearing that the report Sonny Dykes is close to signing with Mizzou is not true.</p>&mdash; Tod Palmer (@todpalmer) <a href="https://twitter.com/todpalmer/status/672117676089585664">December 2, 2015</a></blockquote>
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I'd rather hire Dagny Taggart. We could become the first Objectivist football team.

Just a hunch, but I think the actual hire is somebody not expected at all.

I'd look at a squad playing this weekend for a hint.

So you're saying it's Gary Patterson?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sonny Dykes to Mizzou has not happened. That doesn’t mean it won’t happen. My understanding is the interview went well but no offer yet.</p>&mdash; Dieter Kurtenbach (@dkurtenbach) <a href="https://twitter.com/dkurtenbach/status/672122357285150720">December 2, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Note: He's the "Senior Staff Writer & talker @KNBR following the Warriors, 49ers, Giants, Stanford, Cal, and anything else interesting in Bay Area sports."

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Source tells me Barry Odom to Memphis looking good now. Think is going to happen.</p>&mdash; Chris Vernon (@ChrisVernonShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisVernonShow/status/672121326224596992">December 2, 2015</a></blockquote>
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"The Chris Vernon Show is on 92.9 FM ESPN from 11a-2p in Memphis."

I guess that could indicate that Rhoades has his guy, and Barry ain't it.

If MU put enough money on the table, sure. Doubt they will.

Odom was never a serious candidate imo

Pretty obvious they're targeting someone involved in this weekends games...Fedora? Someone else?

If I had to lay money on it, i'd say either Fedora or babers.

Still holding out hope for Herman, though...

I would be underwhelmed with Babers. I'd be happy with Fedora but ecstatic with Hermann. That being said, I'm not very educated about any of the three.

Fedora is by far the best hire we can make right now realistically IMO...I've already counted hiring Herman out.

I agree. And other than Herman (and not counting a surprise name hire ) Fedora and Odom are close to even, AFAIC.

What don't you guys like about babers?

I don't dislike him, and I like him far more than other names out there (Dykes, etc). It's just not a hire I'll be excited about.

Same here.