2 and 2*

I wanted somebody much younger who has a fresh take on the game. Instead we get a guy who is 4 years older than Jimbo whose best days are well behind him. He'll probably do well enough to get us back to 8 regular season wins. We'll get an upset here or there but also drop a couple we shouldn't b/c he'll abandon the run.

Unless Petrino totally bombs out in the first part of a season, Jimbo takes over, and then proceeds to crush it I think he's done calling plays here.

schedule the next two years is

2023
09/02 New Mexico
09/09 @ Miami
09/16 ULM
09/23 Auburn
09/30 vs Arkansas
10/07 Alabama
10/14 @ Tennessee
10/21 bye
10/28 South Carolina
11/04 @ Ole Miss
11/11 Mississippi State
11/18 Abilene Christian
11/25 @ LSU

2024 (may change if OU/sip leave Big 12 early)
08/31 Notre Dame
09/07 McNeese State
09/21 Bowling Green
09/28 vs Arkansas
11/16 New Mexico State

TBA @ Alabama
TBA @ Auburn
TBA @ Mississippi State
TBA @ South Carolina
TBA Georgia
TBA Ole Miss
TBA LSU

*Petrino should be good enough to get us to 8-4 next year which will still be disappointing but will be good enough that plenty of people will start guzzling kool aid again. Hopefully it's not good enough for Petrino to up and leave right away but I wouldn't be shocked w/how tough '24 looks on paper right now. Either way I don't see Petrino lasting more than two years as he's surely thinking this is a way to get another FBS HC job. I don't see him leading us to a losing season but I also don't think he's going to lead us to double digit wins.

This post was edited on 1/6/23 at 5:30 pm