Sundays in the fall have a new nickname in college football: “Black Sunday.”
Why? Because over the past three weeks, high-profile programs have been firing head coaches left and right — including LSU (Brian Kelly), Penn State (James Franklin), and Florida (Billy Napier).
Which head-coaching vacancy is the most appealing? The “Big Noon Kickoff” crew debated that very question on Week 10’s edition of the show.
“It’s a layup [to go to LSU],” Brady Quinn stated. “You bought the governor, who’s involved about this. You do not assume you are going to get all of the help on the earth from the state of Louisiana for those who go to LSU? Let’s take a look at the historical past, too. Les Miles, Ed Orgeron and Nick Saban earlier than that each one gained nationwide championships [there].”
LSU fired Kelly after a 49-25 loss to now-No. 3 Texas A&M at dwelling final week and a 5-3 begin to the season. The Tigers went a mixed 34-14 below Kelly from 2022-25. LSU has made the School Soccer Playoff simply as soon as since 2014, which was when it gained the 2019 Nationwide Championship.
In the meantime, City Meyer feels {that a} completely different SEC faculty, one which he gained two nationwide titles with as a head coach (2006 and 2008), is the most effective opening.
“I would say LSU and Florida [are the top openings] due to the expertise degree and expertise pool inside a three-hour radius of your faculty, however I’d say Florida [is the best opening] simply due to the dysfunction proper now at LSU,” Meyer stated. “They [LSU] haven’t got an Athletic Director … they higher get an AD in place fairly fast as a result of actually good head coaches will stroll away from that and say ‘I’m undecided I need to try this.’
So, how would Meyer rank the top-three openings?
“Florida No. 1, LSU No. 2 and Penn State No. 3 [is how I’d rank it],” he stated. “I simply assume it is a bit of tougher to recruit at Penn State now simply because the inhabitants shift has gone down south. You’ll be able to’t simply say [we’ll recruit in] Western Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and New Jersey; that is form of the place they used to get their gamers … nevertheless it’s very shut.”
Florida fired Napier after the varsity’s 3-4 begin to this season. He posted a mixed 22-23 document since 2022. The Gators have by no means appeared within the School Soccer Playoff (2014-present).
Different vacant head-coaching positions within the sport embrace Oklahoma State, UCLA and Arkansas, amongst others.
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