How weird are things going to get if Deion ends up coaching at a big school? I mean, at Jackson St he'll get some kids b/c he's Deion, but at USF, CU, potentially FSU/etc in the future...every single commercial he's in serves as a recruiting video. He could insert star players from his teams into his commercials for that matter. Directly into the living room of every 5*/4*/3* recruit in the nation. And if it's any Florida or Texas school, his deep roots in both states would certainly give him a significant leg up on local stars.

If USF hires Deion, it will possibly be the biggest sports-related news in the history of the school.

(11-29-2022 03:07 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 02:59 PM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 01:18 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  Haven't been able to determine if credible yet.


JP Peterson
@FanStreamJP
BREAKING! I have 2 sources telling me #DEIONSANDERS
@DeionSanders
was in the
@USFFootball
facility this morning and the deal is 90% done. Money and control were issues but big boosters have stepped up. Deal expected 5 yrs/25 Million range. Would be GRAND SLAM hire for USF! Wow!

Supposedly he was at USF very early this morning, 5:30 am. Likely to avoid being noticed, and to get back to Jackson State. I do not know if this is true, just reporting what we've heard.

I don't think JP Peterson is going to make up information. This is what he heard from his sources.

Never heard of him before today. His unverified account doesn't inspire much confidence.

I trust the TB Times to break the story. They have broken a lot of major USF stories.

It feels like TB Times has played a lot of defense against this Deion rumor.

(11-29-2022 03:19 PM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 03:07 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 02:59 PM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 01:18 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  Haven't been able to determine if credible yet.


JP Peterson
@FanStreamJP
BREAKING! I have 2 sources telling me #DEIONSANDERS
@DeionSanders
was in the
@USFFootball
facility this morning and the deal is 90% done. Money and control were issues but big boosters have stepped up. Deal expected 5 yrs/25 Million range. Would be GRAND SLAM hire for USF! Wow!

Supposedly he was at USF very early this morning, 5:30 am. Likely to avoid being noticed, and to get back to Jackson State. I do not know if this is true, just reporting what we've heard.

I don't think JP Peterson is going to make up information. This is what he heard from his sources.

Never heard of him before today. His unverified account doesn't inspire much confidence.

I trust the TB Times to break the story. They have broken a lot of major USF stories.

It feels like TB Times has played a lot of defense against this Deion rumor.

I have no idea if rumor is true, but JP Peterson has over 7,000 followers including a lot of big names like Phil Steele, Rick Stroud, and Joe Schad. He's also followed by local reporters such as Joey Knight and Greg Auman and is also followed by USF athletics.

(11-29-2022 03:34 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 03:19 PM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 03:07 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 02:59 PM)ArmoredUpKnight Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 01:18 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  Haven't been able to determine if credible yet.


JP Peterson
@FanStreamJP
BREAKING! I have 2 sources telling me #DEIONSANDERS
@DeionSanders
was in the
@USFFootball
facility this morning and the deal is 90% done. Money and control were issues but big boosters have stepped up. Deal expected 5 yrs/25 Million range. Would be GRAND SLAM hire for USF! Wow!

Supposedly he was at USF very early this morning, 5:30 am. Likely to avoid being noticed, and to get back to Jackson State. I do not know if this is true, just reporting what we've heard.

I don't think JP Peterson is going to make up information. This is what he heard from his sources.

Never heard of him before today. His unverified account doesn't inspire much confidence.

I trust the TB Times to break the story. They have broken a lot of major USF stories.

It feels like TB Times has played a lot of defense against this Deion rumor.

I have no idea if rumor is true, but JP Peterson has over 7,000 followers including a lot of big names like Phil Steele, Rick Stroud, and Joe Schad. He's also followed by local reporters such as Joey Knight and Greg Auman and is also followed by USF athletics.

He has almost as many followers as Matt Baker. Not saying his sources are right or not, but he clearly has his finger on the pulse of the Tampa-area sports community.

(11-29-2022 02:04 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 01:44 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 01:39 PM)Pervis_Griffith Wrote:  Perfect time to go to USF.

Cincy, Houston, and Central Florida Golden Knights are leaving.

Tulane may be losing their coach.


The American is up for grabs.


Deion goes to USF, crushes it, and sets himself up for a bigger stage in a couple of years.

Not so fast. UTSA is coming in next year, and they are just as strong as Tulane right now. The common team that Tulane and UTSA played this year was Houston. UTSA lost by 3 to Houston, and Tulane almost lost to Houston. UTSA still have their head coach. I say UTSA may be a threat to win AAC conference championship next year when they join.

Agree that UTSA football is ready to rumble in the AAC from Day 1.

Tulane will too-

(11-29-2022 03:51 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 02:04 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 01:44 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 01:39 PM)Pervis_Griffith Wrote:  Perfect time to go to USF.

Cincy, Houston, and Central Florida Golden Knights are leaving.

Tulane may be losing their coach.


The American is up for grabs.


Deion goes to USF, crushes it, and sets himself up for a bigger stage in a couple of years.

Not so fast. UTSA is coming in next year, and they are just as strong as Tulane right now. The common team that Tulane and UTSA played this year was Houston. UTSA lost by 3 to Houston, and Tulane almost lost to Houston. UTSA still have their head coach. I say UTSA may be a threat to win AAC conference championship next year when they join.

Agree that UTSA football is ready to rumble in the AAC from Day 1.

Tulane will too-

I wonder how much of a raise he just got...for not even being .500 over 7 years at Tulane. 2 years of 6-6 apparently gets you nothing, but 2-10 followed by 10-2 = big raise. What a world.

(11-29-2022 03:18 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  How weird are things going to get if Deion ends up coaching at a big school? I mean, at Jackson St he'll get some kids b/c he's Deion, but at USF, CU, potentially FSU/etc in the future...every single commercial he's in serves as a recruiting video. He could insert star players from his teams into his commercials for that matter. Directly into the living room of every 5*/4*/3* recruit in the nation. And if it's any Florida or Texas school, his deep roots in both states would certainly give him a significant leg up on local stars.

If USF hires Deion, it will possibly be the biggest sports-related news in the history of the school.

This is exactly why it won’t happen.

Any confirmation or contradiction of these reports?

(11-29-2022 04:52 PM)Sellular1 Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 03:18 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  How weird are things going to get if Deion ends up coaching at a big school? I mean, at Jackson St he'll get some kids b/c he's Deion, but at USF, CU, potentially FSU/etc in the future...every single commercial he's in serves as a recruiting video. He could insert star players from his teams into his commercials for that matter. Directly into the living room of every 5*/4*/3* recruit in the nation. And if it's any Florida or Texas school, his deep roots in both states would certainly give him a significant leg up on local stars.

If USF hires Deion, it will possibly be the biggest sports-related news in the history of the school.

This is exactly why it won’t happen.

Not trying to get your hopes up, but I disagree. Everything about this move looks good for Deion. It gets him into Florida. It gets him into a much more high-profile league. It gets him a shot at proving he can compete against other quality coaches. His son has a shot at being the starting QB on day 1. And it moves him closer to his ultimate goal...FSU.

(11-29-2022 03:51 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 02:04 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 01:44 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 01:39 PM)Pervis_Griffith Wrote:  Perfect time to go to USF.

Cincy, Houston, and Central Florida Golden Knights are leaving.

Tulane may be losing their coach.


The American is up for grabs.


Deion goes to USF, crushes it, and sets himself up for a bigger stage in a couple of years.

Not so fast. UTSA is coming in next year, and they are just as strong as Tulane right now. The common team that Tulane and UTSA played this year was Houston. UTSA lost by 3 to Houston, and Tulane almost lost to Houston. UTSA still have their head coach. I say UTSA may be a threat to win AAC conference championship next year when they join.

Agree that UTSA football is ready to rumble in the AAC from Day 1.

Tulane will too-

Major score for Tulane. Willie F. is a fine coach.

https://twitter.com/FanStreamJP/status/1...HXHZOj6CvQ

(11-29-2022 07:37 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  https://twitter.com/FanStreamJP/status/1...HXHZOj6CvQ

...does not exist...

Bill Clark.

(11-29-2022 11:23 AM)Claw Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 06:40 PM)UpStreamRedTeam Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 05:52 PM)Claw Wrote:  I thought Deion's long-term goal was to coach at Florida State. Would Florida State ever hire the USF coach?

They hired the Memphis coach, so why not.

Memphis isn't their in-state little brother.

That has repercussions though.

I think hiring Norvell from Memphis takes Memphis off of Deion's list of schools. If Norvell collapses, I don't think FSU would go get another Memphis coach. I don't think our administration would pay him enough either. Since the Big XII hopes collapsed our administration is feckless.

Claw, I still think Memphis could have a shot at the Big 12 even if half of the Pac-12 merges with the Big 12. But if its administration is caught with their pants down, they might not make it, unfortunately.

(11-30-2022 03:03 AM)DawgNBama Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 11:23 AM)Claw Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 06:40 PM)UpStreamRedTeam Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 05:52 PM)Claw Wrote:  I thought Deion's long-term goal was to coach at Florida State. Would Florida State ever hire the USF coach?

They hired the Memphis coach, so why not.

Memphis isn't their in-state little brother.

That has repercussions though.

I think hiring Norvell from Memphis takes Memphis off of Deion's list of schools. If Norvell collapses, I don't think FSU would go get another Memphis coach. I don't think our administration would pay him enough either. Since the Big XII hopes collapsed our administration is feckless.

Claw, I still think Memphis could have a shot at the Big 12 even if half of the Pac-12 merges with the Big 12. But if its administration is caught with their pants down, they might not make it, unfortunately.

That's the concern. One of our boosters a little while back said they aren't giving up, but more recently a local reporter said the admin might be giving up on the idea. If the latter is true then it's unfortunate because it's not like there has been a lengthy effort put into properly building the football program. And until Warren says and shows they aren't expanding the door isn't closed on a future opportunity. So I'm hoping they aren't ready to call it quits just yet.

(11-30-2022 04:03 AM)Alanda Wrote:  

(11-30-2022 03:03 AM)DawgNBama Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 11:23 AM)Claw Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 06:40 PM)UpStreamRedTeam Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 05:52 PM)Claw Wrote:  I thought Deion's long-term goal was to coach at Florida State. Would Florida State ever hire the USF coach?

They hired the Memphis coach, so why not.

Memphis isn't their in-state little brother.

That has repercussions though.

I think hiring Norvell from Memphis takes Memphis off of Deion's list of schools. If Norvell collapses, I don't think FSU would go get another Memphis coach. I don't think our administration would pay him enough either. Since the Big XII hopes collapsed our administration is feckless.

Claw, I still think Memphis could have a shot at the Big 12 even if half of the Pac-12 merges with the Big 12. But if its administration is caught with their pants down, they might not make it, unfortunately.

That's the concern. One of our boosters a little while back said they aren't giving up, but more recently a local reporter said the admin might be giving up on the idea. If the latter is true then it's unfortunate because it's not like there has been a lengthy effort put into properly building the football program. And until Warren says and shows they aren't expanding the door isn't closed on a future opportunity. So I'm hoping they aren't ready to call it quits just yet.

Warren doesn't know if he can convince enough Presidents that expansion makes sense, so no way the B1G is sending any definitive signals right now.

(11-30-2022 04:15 AM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(11-30-2022 04:03 AM)Alanda Wrote:  

(11-30-2022 03:03 AM)DawgNBama Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 11:23 AM)Claw Wrote:  

(11-28-2022 06:40 PM)UpStreamRedTeam Wrote:  They hired the Memphis coach, so why not.

Memphis isn't their in-state little brother.

That has repercussions though.

I think hiring Norvell from Memphis takes Memphis off of Deion's list of schools. If Norvell collapses, I don't think FSU would go get another Memphis coach. I don't think our administration would pay him enough either. Since the Big XII hopes collapsed our administration is feckless.

Claw, I still think Memphis could have a shot at the Big 12 even if half of the Pac-12 merges with the Big 12. But if its administration is caught with their pants down, they might not make it, unfortunately.

That's the concern. One of our boosters a little while back said they aren't giving up, but more recently a local reporter said the admin might be giving up on the idea. If the latter is true then it's unfortunate because it's not like there has been a lengthy effort put into properly building the football program. And until Warren says and shows they aren't expanding the door isn't closed on a future opportunity. So I'm hoping they aren't ready to call it quits just yet.

Warren doesn't know if he can convince enough Presidents that expansion makes sense, so no way the B1G is sending any definitive signals right now.

True about some of the Presidents. At the same time the lack of definitive signals works both ways. Even with that current hangup he still does not say "we have no plans of expanding further". I will pass on linking an article from The Athletic since I don't know if and when JRsec will start laying the smackdown on paywall articles, lol. In an interview with Mike Decourcy in October Warren said:

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-foo...6e4j5nqbsb

Quote:TSN: You’ve talked, it appears – because they haven’t been conversations with me – somewhat aggressively about this isn’t the end of expansion, there’s more out there. You already have the biggest television contract, now you have LA, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, what’s the value to getting even bigger than you are? And take Notre Dame out of the equation, because everybody gets that.

Warren: Because of the landscape we live in, college athletics right now, just being a prudent businesswoman or businessman, you have to be mindful of potential conference realignment or expansion. But this is not something we’re aggressively doing right now.

When people ask me right now: Do I think certain conferences may grow through a natural evolution to 18 or 20 schools? I do believe that. Now, over what time period is the critical question. I don’t know if that’s within a year, or five years, or seven years. I just think there’s been kind of like that … kind of like the Big Ten grew in the past. 

I just think there’s going to be some natural growth. But I made it very clear: Some of my can’t-miss priorities, the things that I have to make sure we execute flawlessly are:

1. Integrating our new television media partners. Because we were with Fox, ESPN, BTN for years. When you have those long-term relationships, you can have a recap meeting at the end of the year, make a few adjustments and come back. Now we’re talking about, in addition to Fox, FS1 and BTN, having two brand-new network partners in CBS and NBC starting next summer, and then with Peacock. So we’re going to have to be very intentional to make sure we integrate those relationships.

The other thing is, we have to flawlessly integrate USC and UCLA. Because any further expansion – if we don’t handle USC and UCLA properly, then any further expansion becomes much more complicated than it should be.
So we’re spending a lot of time focused on that. We have internal integration committees that we’re working on. We’re not sitting here saying, “That’s two years out.”

I don’t want it to be that we say, “We did it pretty well.” I want it to be textbook. And that’s where my focus is.

So even as recently as 1 1/2 months ago he still continues to think some conferences get up to at least 18-20 teams.

USF is also a program needing to make the right decisions to be ready. And until they show otherwise they continue to indicate they will. For us recent info wasn't good to hear if true.

How embarrassing for Colorado to be in a bidding war with USF... and apparently losing...

The PAC collapse is clearly impacting their ability to hire a coach.

If Cincy is entering the Deion Sweepstakes, I am rooting for the Bearcats. Yormark would love that kind of star power in the conference.

(11-29-2022 05:08 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 04:52 PM)Sellular1 Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 03:18 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  How weird are things going to get if Deion ends up coaching at a big school? I mean, at Jackson St he'll get some kids b/c he's Deion, but at USF, CU, potentially FSU/etc in the future...every single commercial he's in serves as a recruiting video. He could insert star players from his teams into his commercials for that matter. Directly into the living room of every 5*/4*/3* recruit in the nation. And if it's any Florida or Texas school, his deep roots in both states would certainly give him a significant leg up on local stars.

If USF hires Deion, it will possibly be the biggest sports-related news in the history of the school.

This is exactly why it won’t happen.

Not trying to get your hopes up, but I disagree. Everything about this move looks good for Deion. It gets him into Florida. It gets him into a much more high-profile league. It gets him a shot at proving he can compete against other quality coaches. His son has a shot at being the starting QB on day 1. And it moves him closer to his ultimate goal...FSU.

Has Deion ever actually said he wants to coach at FSU?

(11-30-2022 09:00 AM)djsuperfly Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 05:08 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 04:52 PM)Sellular1 Wrote:  

(11-29-2022 03:18 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  How weird are things going to get if Deion ends up coaching at a big school? I mean, at Jackson St he'll get some kids b/c he's Deion, but at USF, CU, potentially FSU/etc in the future...every single commercial he's in serves as a recruiting video. He could insert star players from his teams into his commercials for that matter. Directly into the living room of every 5*/4*/3* recruit in the nation. And if it's any Florida or Texas school, his deep roots in both states would certainly give him a significant leg up on local stars.

If USF hires Deion, it will possibly be the biggest sports-related news in the history of the school.

This is exactly why it won’t happen.

Not trying to get your hopes up, but I disagree. Everything about this move looks good for Deion. It gets him into Florida. It gets him into a much more high-profile league. It gets him a shot at proving he can compete against other quality coaches. His son has a shot at being the starting QB on day 1. And it moves him closer to his ultimate goal...FSU.

Has Deion ever actually said he wants to coach at FSU?

Yes, he interviewed for the job during the Norvell search

https://www.on3.com/college/florida-stat...ida-state/