Something just happened that I believe is a signal and could be a historical few weeks in College Football history. Three very successful, storied "Blue Blood" programs lost their head football coaches. Oklahoma lost Lincoln Riley that moved to USC, Notre Dame lost Brian Kelly that moved to LSU, and Oregon lost Mario Cristobal that moved to Miami. Non of these universities is used to losing coaches unless they are the ones asking the coach to move on. They are the divorcer versus the divorcee. Brand new territory, by why so many all at once? Normally one of these moves would be major news for a good decade.
- Oklahoma: 7 National Championships - last in 2000 Bob Stoops (lost their coach)
- Notre Dame: 11 National Championships - last 1988 Lou Holtz (lost their coach)
- Oregon: 0 National Championships, BCS finalist: 2010, 2014 (lost their coach)
- USC: 6 Unclaimed National Championships
- LSU: 4 National Championships (1958 Paul Dietzel, 2003 Nick Saban, 2007 Les Miles, 2019 Ed Orgeron)
- Miami: 5 National Championships, last 2001 Larry Coker
These coaches are leaving storied programs for two reasons: The money, and the potential to win National Championships. I think it is fun to watch some of these so called Big Blue Bloods lose a coach to greener pastures.
Coaching Changes:
- Oklahoma Lincoln Riley moves to USC, Oklahoma hire Brent Venables DC Clemson
- Notre Dame, Brian Kelly moves to LSU, Notre Dame hires Marcus Freeman DC Notre Dame
- Oregon, Mario Cristobal moves to Miami, Oregon hire Dan Lanning DC from Georgia
*** I guess the new flavor of the day is to hire a successful Defensive Coordinator from a top program.
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