Bronco Mendenhall to UVa

[Aweart23]

I feel like you know something specific and you're not letting on.

Potatoes

 

[jekelish]

Potatoes

No.

I refuse to believe that's even an option.

 

[Toga]

I feel like you know something specific and you're not letting on.

The 69 year old dude.

 

[chakka3421]

If Babers is potentially our leading candidate this is great news taking yet another P5 job off the market.

 

[Ozcuse]

Does this put BYU in the Babers sweepstakes or do they just promote from within?

Wow that sucks for BYU- they probably didn't see this coming at all.

 

[690West]

Under Armour money

Virginia?

 

[jekelish]

Does this put BYU in the Babers sweepstakes or do they just promote from within?

Wow that sucks for BYU- they probably didn't see this coming at all.

As mentioned earlier in the thread - I wouldn't be surprised to see Matt Wells from Utah State getting the gig.

 

[kcsu]

winner winner chicken dinner

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Does this put BYU in the Babers sweepstakes or do they just promote from within?

Wow that sucks for BYU- they probably didn't see this coming at all.

BYU has some unique hiring guidelines. It pretty much has to be a Mormon.

 

[Crusty]

That's completely out of left field, right? I don't remember seeing any buzz about him even interviewing there, unless I missed something.

Talk about stealth - I thought he was dead!

 

[cuseattle]

If this hire is works half as well as Tony Bennett, it's a good hire.

 

[Crusty]

Yep. If it's not Babers, look for us to do the same.

What pay $3+ million?

 

[PhatOrange]

Great hire for them

 

[Rocco]

Wow, no one saw that happening.

5 yrs, $3.25 mil/yr. Step it up Cuse!!!!

 

[Stern]

Virginia?

my bad, was thinking Maryland.

 

[Ish88888]

Mendenhall is sccc a solid hire! His teams are physical and DISCIPLINED! Then again most of BYU's player's are older than 23, lol.

 

[sabach]

Well, between Mendenhall and Richt, the league has upped its religious quotient.

Babers is no religious slouch himself.

 

[longtimefan]

Babers is no religious slouch himself.

Seems to be a trend.

 

[billsin01]

$3.25 million per year. Looks like they are getting serious about their football program.

I keep saying this -- it will be the new normal. The idea that coaches' agents aren't going to try and tap into that money is naive. I just hope the folks on the hill understand it.

 

[billsin01]

Babers is no religious slouch himself.

He is? Ugh. There's something about the mix of big-time athletics and religion that makes my stomach turn.

 

[Deuga]

Bronco is a great hire for UVA. He'll have some talent to work with their too. UVA always had solid recruiting classes. They just couldn't produce on the field.

By contrast we need an offensive minded coach with an offense taylor made for a dome: Babers.

 

[Briancuse]

Great hire for Uva.

 

[retro44]

Wow, no one saw that happening.

5 yrs, $3.25 mil/yr. Step it up Cuse!!!!

http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120415aaa.html

 

[sabach]

He is? Ugh. There's something about the mix of big-time athletics and religion that makes my stomach turn.

Sorry to disappoint you.

 

[billsin01]

Sorry to disappoint you.

I'm not commenting on religion, per se -- I just get queasy when it mixes with the dirty, ugly, win-at-all-cost world of big time athletics. it feels really hypocritical. I'm sorry if that offends.