LSU surprises me for Riley. I would have thought that if he would move, it would be to the NFL. An accomplished version of Kingsbury.
"It looks like this fake Brett McMurphy account got the internet all riled up here. But as of now, there’s no deal to bring Lincoln Riley to Baton Rouge. Yet." Lincoln Riley has a lot of new Twitter followers that are LSU head coaches
Sounds like an opportunity for a few coaches to get a healthy raise as the arms race continues. This will mean raises for Saban, Fisher, Dabo, etc, too. The agents are doing their Montgomery Burns impersonations right now…..”Exxx-cellent!”
Unless Riley feels like he's plateaued at OU and can't get any more out of that program, I just don't see the value in moving to LSU for him - assuming they can't pay that much more than OU is paying. I can't imagine OU couldn't match anything LSU could pay. Beyond that, why? Equal prestige, about to be in the same league... Now Jimbo would get an upgrade and I think he'd take it. No one who wasn't raised an aggie is going to want to hang around that environment unless he thinks there's an NC in it for him, and I think Jimbo may be starting to see that reality.
Or if , like Urban at Florida, he sees integral assistants and players leaving and seeing any form of rebuilding in the near future he takes off for more money. Riley took over a well greased machine and hasn't faced adversity. If he's going to face any sort of rebuilding/restocking he may as well make $12million while doing it. But OU just jumped us in the recruiting rankings so I don't see this happening.
I'd be surprised if Riley doesn't get an NFL job at the end of this year. Kilff's success is going to put pressure on NFL teams to take an offensive minded coach.
Good point, wadster. You would think that NFL teams in the market for a new coach would certainly consider Riley.
After being debunked yesterday, the rumor popped up again tonight. Report: LSU has verbal agreement with Oklahoma head football coach Lincoln Riley
Looks like some texags posters would help jimbo pack his bags after last night’s loss to LSU and questioning the mega-millions extension. Queue the roller coaster meme.
And there it is. I never tire of this meme, as it is so freakin’ on point / accurate. Always makes me laugh.