re: Program Killing Games In SEC History?

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everything was murdered when Franklin bolted to Penn State, which was inevitable.

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Not so fast. Sometimes programs make a good hire and keep the momentum going.

For example, I would argue Saban's program at LSU continued long after he was gone because LSU made the right hire with Les Miles. In the LSU example there wasn't a program killing moment for LSU (unless you want to argue SABAN's program died after 21-0 and all that was left was a Les Miles program).

If Vandy would have followed Franklin with a great hire they could have kept the party going. The Temple game was proof to the world that they failed at hiring a replacement. Hence why it is a significant game, the proof matters.

Hell OU beat us 0-77 because Fran was a moron. When we hired Fran is when we really killed RC's program. But we didn't know until 0-77.

It is a small but important difference.