I don't know about that...he explicitly admitted his agent is out there testing the market. Mario and Willie weren't that honest but he did sound like somebody with one foot out of the door. Now he said more in the interview than that excerpt but a lot of it was similar. And the one time he talked about having confidence in OSU's direction it was clearly welded to OSU getting major money from the dissolution of the Pac-12. That's a strange and temporary horse to hitch a wagon to
https://footballscoop.com/news/mich...-head-coach-jonathan-smith-sources-top-target by the way, I'm posting Smith rumors and news in this thread because I imagine it would be unwelcome in the Beaver forum coming from a Duck fan **************************************************** by the way, there's growing chatter that Kalen Deboer will be the new coach at Texas A&M if Washington loses one of the two games in the next 10 days. Rumor is A&M won't wait a month for Deboer to coach UofW in the playoffs. They'd go with either Elko or Fisch instead
even with all the smoke about MSU, I wouldn't assume that Smith will leave OSU for that job. He's looking around for sure, but he'd be going to a state, and region, as a coach, for the first time UCLA might have an opening and if they do, I'd bet Smith would be a lot more interested in that job. But I'd wonder if UCLA would go after Jedd Fisch or how about Deboer-->A&M/Fisch-->UCLA/Smith-->UofW?
or USC...........he grew up close by and was a trojan fan. I know Riley has been rumored to be interested in NFL? might be bs though.......
Riley might be interested in the NFL but I'd be surprised if any NFL teams were interested in him I think Smith & Deboer would both be better NFL head coaches than Riley. And if Riley did leave USC they'd be aiming a lot higher than Smith
Smith in UCLA or USC would be scary. Or, honestly, Washington if Deboer leaves. I bet Smith is gone after this season. I don't think OSU can hold on to him outside of a power conference...
Oregon has an incredibly deep and star studded 2024 recruiting class set to commit during the early signing period Dec. 20-22. The deepest and highest rated position group is DLine with 5 guys all rated in the rivals top 200 overall prospects. For the Beaver game a potential 6th is visiting, 6'3 320 true NT Jericho Johnson of California. STOMP
