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Eric Morris hired at Oklahoma State- anyone think he could have held out for a better gig
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:15 pm
At a SEC program? Seems like he’s going to run into a lot of issues with NIL at OSU
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Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:17 pm to Taurus 357
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Seems like he’s going to run into a lot of issues with NIL at OSU
...and another person who has no actual knowledge of the situation. OKST will be just fine with NIL.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:31 pm to Taurus 357
oSu has no NIL issue. They have donors that were tired of Mike Gundy.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:32 pm to New Money
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...and another person who has no actual knowledge of the situation. OKST will be just fine with NIL.
Seems like they spend significantly less in NIL than most other power 5 schools.
T. Boone died before NIL.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:33 pm to Taurus 357
The proximity to Texas is what helped this guy decide. He's a good coach with deep Texas ties. Hopefully the pokes found them a good one.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:39 pm to Gimme Vaughn
Gundy didn’t adjust … he hated paying players . Old school ways bit him .
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:39 pm to Taurus 357
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Eric Morris hired at Oklahoma State- anyone think he could have held out for a better gig
Absolutely. But Kiffin is holding all the schools coaching search hostage as he’s the first domino.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:43 pm to Taurus 357
quote:one of two things happened
anyone think he could have held out for a better gig
1) he found, via his agent, that there was not a lot of serious interest for him at these SEC openings. Maybe because while he's been great, maybe these big schools wanted to see more consistency first.
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2) he likes the setup at OK State. And he can make some noise in the big 12.
In any case, it's a great hire for little bro.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:49 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Seems like they spend significantly less in NIL than most other power 5 schools.
Gundy shunned NIL. It's part of the reason he was fired, a move pushed by a group of donors.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:49 pm to RoscoeHarper
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oSu has no NIL issue. They have donors that were tired of Mike Gundy.
This.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:51 pm to Gimme Vaughn
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The proximity to Texas is what helped this guy decide. He's a good coach with deep Texas ties. Hopefully the pokes found them a good one.
Grew up in a town about ten miles outside of Lubbock...
Went to Texas Tech.
Stillwater probably feels pretty comfortable to a guy like that.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:55 pm to New Money
The problem for OSU, is they lost their reason to exist when OU went to the SEC.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 5:55 pm to Gunga Din
Okie Light is stable and has shown patience. And if he succeeds there he's got both a path to the playoff and a leg up to a blue blood job.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 6:41 pm to Gimme Vaughn
Posted on 11/25/25 at 7:18 pm to Taurus 357
I'm not sure if this is a direct answer to your question, but I believe Baylor will be kicking themselves for this Mack Rhodes fiasco. I believe Dave Aranda gets another year, SOLEY on the fact Baylor doesn't have an AD now, and Morris was a dream candidate.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 7:19 pm to castorinho
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e likes the setup at OK State. And he can make some noise in the big 12.
In any case, it's a great hire for little bro.
Yet another Texas Tech former player to become a head coach or coordinator joining the likes of Kliff Kingsbury, Lincoln Riley, Graham Harrell , Dana Holgorsen, Sonny Cumbie, and many others.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 11:09 pm to Taurus 357
Posted on 11/26/25 at 12:07 am to Taurus 357
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At a SEC program? Seems like he’s going to run into a lot of issues with NIL at OSU
His staff wanted Baylor. Baylor is keeping their coach
He could have had the Arkansas job and chose the Oklahoma State job because it’s better
Morris has strong ties to Texas and Oklahoma
Oklahoma State won’t have problems with NIL. They won’t be as solid as Texas Tech or BYU, but they’ll have as many resources as anyone else in that conference. Plus they already have nice facilities and it won’t require a dramatic alumni investment
Mestemaker, RB and WR will likely follow
This post was edited on 11/26/25 at 12:09 am
Posted on 11/26/25 at 12:27 am to Raoul_Duke
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He could have had the Arkansas job and chose the Oklahoma State job because it’s better
He didn't have an offer from Arkansas. That probably helped him make his decision.
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