I’m iffy on it. He did say he won’t be hiring anyone from Riley’s staff (but that could be because Riley is taking the “core” of his staff).

I wrote Bob with these suggestions:

• Bronco Mendenhall
• Bryan Harsin
• Matt Wells
• Scott Frost

That’s my short list. It’s his job to research their contracts not mine, so I am not sure how realistic those guys are. Keep the names coming and maybe someone intrigues me more than these guys.

Extend it and you get some less interesting guys.

• Troy Calhoun (I’ve always respected this guy)
• Jeff Casteel
• Will Muschamp
• Justin Wilcox
• Jack Del Rio
• Beau Baldwin

etc.

Then the retreads like Erickson, Bellotti, etc. No thanks.

This is shocking in the sense we’re finally moving on (hip hip horray!!!), but it is not shocking at all given Riley and is “loyalty” BS. We have seen him leave before, we’ve seen his true colors with the Brenda Tracy situation, and now we see them again. He’s not loyal and has no character. But thank God he is gone.

The downside is we lost the option to hire Lance Leipold by just days.

An AngryBeavs dark horse favorite for years, Leipold makes the jump to D1

Read full story here.

It’s good to see a D1 school take notice of the buy, but of course the downside is that this confirms once again that when there’s an intriguing coach out there, OSU fans can’t even consider him.

post game retirement………………………………….please?