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I hardly could have imagined he'd ever get another power conference job after his failure at the U. To be fair, he was young by coaching standards, and he might have improved as a coach since then. I assume there's never been a time when a father and a son have been coaching in the same...

The state of Indiana loves basketball. I find it to be different than Nebraska football, which arguably defied the odds by becoming a power in the first place.

He was 18-36 in the Big 12 at Texas Tech. He was going to get fired before much longer.

I think he's saying it shows the next coach that if he fails at Minnesota, he might land on his feet. However, he's failing to take into account the fact that the next coach won't be Rick Pitino's son.

Yeah, I forgot that Tubby "left" Kentucky before he got fired there. I guess this type of thing is less unprecedented than I thought. I find it amazing how downward Tubby Smith's career has curved. People were thrilled beyond belief when Minnesota hired him. Now, he's coaching at High Point...

The season ended 3 days ago. If he was going to get fired after this year, I think it would have already happened. I guess Pitino might figure he'll probably get fired after next year, though.

Miles was 52-76 in the Big Ten. Pitino is 54-96. Neither has been good, but Pitino has been worse. Pitino has got to be near the top of the all time list for conference games below .500 for a BIG coach. Bad coaches usually get fired long before they can get to be more than 40 conference games...

Pitino has been here way too long. I still don't understand why he wasn't fired five years ago. And I have a bad feeling he'll be back next year.

Definitely wouldn’t have expected that. The main problem is that our bowl appearances are for the most part in toilet bowls. 2019 was the first season since 1973 that we’ve lost less than 3 conference games.

Gary Patterson would have been a monster hire. Most people forget about how putrid TCU was for the last 30 years of the SWC. What he’s done there has been exceptional.

Oprah Winfrey being a hero of his? I have to really lol at that.

They seriously had Bobby Bowden at 50/1 odds? He was ridiculously old when he retired after the 2010 season. He’s a decade older now. He’s gotten so senile that he did a U (for U of Miami) symbol. And they didn’t even have odds on Norvell, the guy they ended up selecting? Bizarre.

Holy cow. I had no idea about that. That's awful. But, with that being said, Iowa State was only playing 7 conference games when they went 5-2 and Vandy was only playing 6 conference games when they went 4-2. Minnesota has been playing at least 8 conference games every season.

I think it’s in part because MN football was in a trough from 1969 until just last year. For God’s sake, coming into 2019, we hadn’t lost less than 3 conference games since 1973. I don’t know how many other FBS teams held that distinction. Vanderbilt, probably. But who else? There’s a...

Sometimes, fired coaches will voluntarily choose to stay unemployed and enjoy their buyout. However, if they’re taking a new job, they’ll always select a Power 5 job or even a Group of 5 job over an FCS job. They want to take the most prestigious job available. It’s not just because of the...