Post Bert, I wouldn't mind Utah's Whittingham

Why are you saying "post Bert?"

Yeah, Bert can just convince him to coach the field goal unit

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He wouldn't come here.

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That's what they said about Frank, Lou, Ford, Petrino, Bert etc.

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Why are you saying "post Bert?"

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Coaches aren't lifers anywhere these days. At some point we'll have to hire a head football coach again. When that day comes nobody but he knows.

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That's what they said about Frank

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Zuh?

Broyles coveted our job for years and practically begged Barnhill for it before taking the Mizzou job as a stop gap.

He actually told me that himself two years ago at a family thanksgiving dinner (#CSB).

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Whittingham is 10 years older than Bert, for the record

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Cannot be overstated how important it is that Bert is as "young" as he is. He's 46, which is fairly young for a college head coach, but he already has over a decade of big time P5 collegiate head coaching under his belt.

He's built/building a foundation here for something that is sustainable via development, redshirting and a solid walk-on program. The "up" years of both Nutt and Petrino were great but were overreliant on a few star recruits on one side of the ball.

With Nutt, we lose the core of the 98 and 99 years and go into a hole. We get Matt Jones and have a few good years, and then go into a hole. We get McFadden and Felix and have a few good years, and then go into a hole.

With Petrino, we have Mallett, Wilson and the stud class of 2008, then go into a hole because they're gone and we have no development program, too much attrition and thus no depth.

The biggest thing our program needs is stability.