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What if the Nebraska players got in touch with the Ohio State (or any other BIG 10 school) players and agree to just meet in some random field and play. People could stream it live on YouTube.

Lol, you caught me...felt like doing some trolling against our fanbase.

Thanks man. The way Penn State got things turned around so fast after probably the biggest scandal in college athletics ever should give Tennessee and Nebraska fans plenty of hope. We are both just one good coaching hire from being nationally relevant again. Even if we strike out this time, I still hope you guys pull it off and get Frost. That guy even looks somewhat like a young Tom Osbourne...perfect guy at the perfect time for your program!

Thanks, I appreciate it. I know you guys have never had a dumpster fire on this level probably, but I do see a lot of similarities between the Tennessee and Nebraska programs. I’m really pulling for you guys to get back on top...I view Nebraska as one of the true “good guys” in college football, and I think college football is just better when Nebraska is good. I was always jealous of your program growing up but just because you were so good.

These were the days!

And I definitely would be happy with that. But I could totally understand if Tee doesn’t want to jump into this dumpster fire!

He would be way overpaid, but we may be running out of options. This tells me we are getting desperate. When we offer Mike Riley $20 million per year tomorrow, you’ll know how bad it’s gotten!

In terms of me personally, I wasn’t excited by Schiano but it was mainly because I just didn’t think he was going to be a very good fit for our program. He has a reputation for being abrasive with fans and not being liked by a lot of his players (this was mainly from his NFL tenure though). These are similar issues we just went through with Butch Jones. If Currie had bothered to read a Tennessee message board, he could have seen that a revolt was coming if Schiano was hired. So Currie’s biggest mistake was listening to a couple prominent boosters over the actual fans. The Penn State stuff did concern me but I don’t want to assume Schiano had something to do with it when there just isn’t proof at this point. So while I wasn’t excited at all about Schiano, I was willing to give him a chance if hired. And I do honestly feel bad for the guy if he truly did have nothing to do with the Sandusky coverup. Just a bad situation all around that could have been avoided if the AD had been more in tune with the fanbase.

Yeah this is what scares me. I’m starting to think we end up with a local high school coach by the time this is all over (I’m talking as a Tennessee fan btw).

I wish we had Moos right now...Currie isn’t going to last long imo. I really do hope you guys land Frost...you deserve to be a top team. In all honesty, you are the classiest fanbase I’ve met.

I know you guys are just jealous of how smoothly our coaching search is going !

This reminds me a lot of watching us play.

Brother

In terms of me personally, I would definitely have some concerns about hiring him. I believe he last coached in 2008, and it has been almost 30 years since he has been on a college staff. The upside is it’s not like he hasn’t been around football these last 9 years, and you would have to figure he would recruit very well off name alone. Although he would need to win for that recruiting to be sustained. So he wouldn’t be my first choice but I would definitely take him over a lot of other guys. But overall, yes a good portion of our fan base desperately wants him...he’s sort of become this god-like, infallible coach somehow in people’s minds. To be totally honest, Scott Frost would be my number 1 pick, although I know the chances are incredibly low...I think he either goes to Nebraska or stays where he is. The main thing I don’t want happening is Frost going to Florida...I would fear that combination of coaching and recruiting!

Don’t forget about Gruden’s son being a current UT student and that mysterious parcel of land that Gruden supposedly owns somewhere in East Tennessee. If he wears an orange tie on Monday Night Football, we will have confirmation that it’s a done deal.

Now that I think about it, I guess Frost’s last game was against us in the 98 Orange Bowl...is that right? Hadn’t thought about that before. It was Manning’s last game for us.

Thanks. I honestly hope you guys do land Frost, even though I’d love to have him at Tennessee. In my opinion, college football is just better when Nebraska is good.

We are on “Official Jon Gruden thread XLI” on volnation. Each thread before it holds 6,500 posts, so that is 40 x 6,500 = 260,000 posts...plus however many posts are in the current thread. http://www.volnation.com/forum/tennessee-vols-football/284202-official-jon-gruden-thread-xli.html

Personally I would be really nervous to go back to my alma mater because it’s definitely a big risk. You are already a hero there, so my attitude is why potentially mess that up. But to be totally honest, I’m just not a risk taker in general and usually like to take the easy route. People like Scott Frost who are really competitive often welcome those kinds of opportunities and look at it as more of a challenge than a risk.

I post on volnation under the same screen name as here. I would take anything on there with a grain of salt. According to the rumors over the past few days, we’ve had about 30 different coaches locked up at one time or the other.

It’s mostly just a bunch of unsubstantiated rumors and trolls posting made up “inside knowledge”. Then combine that with a couple hundred thousand posts about Gruden, combined with airplane tracking, recent real estate transactions, etc. Got worn out so I have been browsing Florida and Nebraska boards tonight.

A lot of our fans actually have Frost as the coach we would want the most (if you exclude the Gruden maniacs). We just all assume that it would be a waste of time going after him because he’s either going to Nebraska or staying put. Plus it’s not like we can outbid you...I’d say we are pretty even financially.

Everyone on our board is assuming Frost is a lock for Nebraska. It is definitely interesting coming here and seeing that there is still quite a bit of doubt. Maybe I’m living in the 90s somewhat, but I still definitely consider you guys a top 10 job.

What if Saban is willing to come? He’s about 5 years older than Bohl. Let’s say that Saban even said upfront that he would come to Nebraska but would only coach five seasons and then retire. Would you take him?

I still can’t believe how fast Penn State has bounced back. I thought they would be totally irrelevant for at least a decade after the whole Sandusky thing went down. It just shows you how much coaching matters in CFB.