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January 9th, 2010
The latest from the college football world
Texas Tech is set to name Tommy Tuberville as its next head coach, replacing the recently fired Mike Leach. Tuberville's lasting coaching gig was at Auburn, where he went 5-7 in his last season before resigning. Prior to the 2008 season, Tommy's tenure with the Tigers was much more successful. While Nebraska doesn't play Texas Tech in either of the next two seasons, it will be interesting to see what an established coach can do with the Red Raiders. By the sounds of it, Tuberville plans to keep most of Leach's staff members as his own assistants.
Out on the Left Coast, Pete Carroll couldn't leave well-enough alone. The USC head coach is returning to the NFL ranks as coach of the Seattle Seahawks after a less-than-stellar 2009 season with the Trojans. Carroll's prior stint in the NFL was viewed by some as a bust, but few can argue that his time at Southern Cal was anything but a success. USC was much like Texas before Mack Brown, a program sitting on top of a hotbed of high school football talent, but whom underachived on the field. Carroll changed that in a big way, leading USC to two national championships and one of the more dominant runs in recent college football history. Many compared the Trojan teams of the mid-2000's to the Nebraska dynasty of the mid-1990's. Carroll's departure at USC could have major implications on recruting in the Golden State as Southern Cal usually had their pick of the litter. Odds are that Oregon State coach Mike Reilly would be the lead candidate to replace Carroll, but Washington coach Steve Sarkisian may also be mentioned. The Huskers play at Washington next fall in their lone challenging non-conference game. If Sarkisian were to go back to USC, chances are good that Huskies QB Jake Locker would not return for his senior season and instead opt to enter the NFL draft. I almost forgot to mention, USC may be facing NCAA sanctions regarding their football program. I wonder if that has anything to do with Pete going pro.
The Huskers are already being mentioned as a pre-season Top 10 team going into the 2010 campaign. Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com has Nebraska at #8 in his pre-season poll. Surprisingly, Maisel has Texas at #5 despite losing their best players on both offense (McCoy and Shipley) and defense (Kindle and Houston). Who wants to bet me that Texas will not end the 2010 campaign in the Top 5?
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