That ‘92 game was the one where the Spurrier-coached Gators HAD the lead and the Notre Dame offense stifled in the first half—until Irish Coach Lou Holtz completely reorganized his team’s approach on BOTH sides of the ball for the 2nd half...It was masterful: they didn’t’t actually overtake us on the scoreboard until the 4th quarter, but I remember thinking (with a mixture of both frustration and respect) from early in the 3rd quarter on that “the wise old owl of a Coach was SCHOOLING the young ‘wunderkind’ in the 2nd half”; the writing was on the wall well before it showed in the score!”
However, have been waiting on a proper rematch ever since. We can only hope our team and program has reached and remains at another one of its development peaks when it comes around in another ten years!
Yeah—I can’t imagine what even HALF that many seasons might bring in changes from here...Frankly, at this point I don’t CARE to either!The way things are going now in college football, we can assume with 50% probability that Brian Kelly and Dan Mullen will not be coaching against each other in 10 years. Who knows where these programs will be in 10 years when we have insane Gator fans already calling for Dan Mullen to be fired over trial B.S. Heck, in 10 years these games may not happen if the CFP is restructured in 2026.
I think it is a good thing that these games were scheduled, but 10 years in the future is a long time.
The way things are going now in college football, we can assume with 50% probability that Brian Kelly and Dan Mullen will not be coaching against each other in 10 years. Who knows where these programs will be in 10 years when we have insane Gator fans already calling for Dan Mullen to be fired over trial B.S. Heck, in 10 years these games may not happen if the CFP is restructured in 2026.
I think it is a good thing that these games were scheduled, but 10 years in the future is a long time.
In what way, Lf? “Pull a McElwain”, that is? Are you hinting at a possible deterioration in his principals and/or behavioral standards? Some kind of betrayal of his team and colleagues, for whatever personally flawed or innate, paranoia-based demons erupting from inside, inevitably manifesting themselves?I'm thinking more than 50%, will Brian Kelly coach at 70? and Dan Mullen well, might pull a McElwain.
I have to support your reasoning here, E-. Certainly, among “logical lines of thought”, yours is most hopeful.I doubt Mullen pulls a McElwain and fakes death threats against his players and his family. That crap had better be a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. I was in Gainesville and the surrounding area for a business trip during that time. McDeathThreats was using the situation as an excuse to get out. If Mullen wants out, he can get out just by going to the NFL as an offensive coordinator. It would be a pay cut, but he could get out.
Brian Kelly will be turning 70 in 2031, and will have been at Notre Dame for 21 years at that point. Coaches nowadays do not tend to stay in place this long, and there are no signs that this will change in the next few years. Dan Mullen, on the other hand, will only be 58 and will "only" have been at Florida just over 12 years. If he can get the Gators to the CFP in the next couple years and not let the program implode, he could still be coaching at Florida in 2031-2032. I may be in the minority here, but I do believe that he will fix recruiting to a level that is close enough for him to keep his job.
I am also in the minority in supporting Mullen's decision to keep Grantham. If there were another defensive coordinator on the market, then I would be fine with Mullen firing Grantham. I thought I had posted on this earlier, but it turns out that I only posted it to my personal blog and on my other forums. Here is my support of Mullen's decision to keep Grantham on DRU's post: https://www.gatorenvy.com/threads/the-grantham-question.20769/.