Yeah, plus I wouldn't be surprised if there's a clause in the contract that makes the buyout for Texas astronomical.

I don't see it happening, but you make him Asst HC + DC and show him the $$.

Hearing that Muschamp is looking to hire John Papuchis (Nebraska) and/or Bo Davis (Alabama) as part of the defensive staff.

I think this is just smoke before Bob Stoops gets hired.

Honestly, kind of a meh hire. No certainty that a good coordinator will become a good head coach.

He got a huge bump in pay this past offseason.

He wouldn't leave for UGA, his alma mater, who were going to make him the highest paid assistant in the country and give him HC in waiting status....he ain't leaving for Florida.

Again, I don't think he'll leave, but Muschamp and Smart are very good friends. They both played at UGA and coached together at Voldosta State and LSU.

That's why I was surprised to hear Stoops' name. Bob made it clear last time the Florida job was open that he wanted to stay in Norman

Good point, who knows...just don't think he'll go.

I personally didn't really want him at UGA, I think it's more Saban's defense than him...think he just goes along with NS and rides shotgun.

Not saying he's a bad DC or whatever but I was weary of UGA making him the highest paid assistant.

They ALWAYS bring up Stoops for the Florida connection. I always feel the chance of it happening is very low. The local paper even brought up Shanahan again, even though he has a job (but perhaps little job security) in Washington.

Thing is, I've read that when Urban stepped down for a day or two last year Stoops agreed to take the Florida job then. Obviously I can't confirm that or state it as fact, but it's what I've heard/read. On the same note, Stoops turned us down after Spurrier left and after Zook got fired so take it as a grain of salt.

That might be another reason he'd leave. Everyone perceives Bama's defense as Saban's, not Smart's. He might want to leave Saban's shadow and make more of a name for himself. Over the past 2-3 years more Florida assistants have left for HC jobs elsewhere or NFL jobs than probably any other University, so it's technically more of a stepping stone position than at Bama.

LMAO. There's the DaKCMan we know and love; making the hyperbolic seem rationally stated.

Dan Mullen - HC at MSU
Charlie Strong - HC at Louisville
Doc Holliday - WVU before HC @ Marshall
Greg Mattison - DC for Ravens
Dan McCarney - HC for North Texas

Show me another school that has had as many guys become HC/DC for NFL in the same time period.

I'm not sure that I could. It doesn't matter; those placements don't mean that Florida is "technically a better stepping stone" than any other similarly-competent program. Those placements are explained in full by the following: "teams were good, yo."

If Muschamp can assemble a coterie of coaches and players that equal the success of Urban Meyer's years, then there will be a similarly-large number of placements. And it will have very little, if anything, to do with it being at Florida vs somewhere else.

There was a rumor that Texas was looking at Papuchis before Muschamp left. Rumor is Papuchis is good friends with Muschamp and is a hell of a recruiter.