UPDATE: 3:11p - I don't want to write this (this is Carey). I can't believe what I'm about to write. And I don't want to do it. But all of us have been hearing some rumblings that none of us believe. It's too crazy to believe. But we keep hearing it. And the joke starts like this...
What if Brent Venables is coaching at the University of Oklahoma next year.
But what if he is the defensive coordinator?
I'm not saying this is who it is. Don't go around the Internet telling people we're reporting this is the leading candidate.
But spend some time telling yourself Dabo Swinney is a potential hire for Oklahoma.
People would say we're crazy. And maybe we are. But something weird is happening. And Dabo Swinney's name coming up is what has us weirded out.
Venables at DC? Is Bob coming back to be head coach with Jeff Lebby as OC?
I did reach out and asked people about the possibility. After our Clemson guys stopped laughing at me, they told me Dabo just built a new 20,000 sq/ft house and Clemson would match $15 mil a year if OU wanted to steal him.
I reached out to someone else in the profession and they told me that Georgia has killed off Clemson's pipeline to recruits. It's possible Dabo sees what is happening and could be looking for a new start elsewhere.
I'm not super high on this theory. Swinney's buyout is somewhere near $10 million. But we've heard it enough in bits and pieces that we would add it to the pile.
If Venables is OU's DC next year, I'd almost be willing to set sail with the theory that Bob could be the coach and he'd bring in Jeff Lebby as his OC and keep Caleb Williams in tow.
I will go die of embarrassment now. I don't feel good about any of what I've just typed.
What if Brent Venables is coaching at the University of Oklahoma next year.
But what if he is the defensive coordinator?
I'm not saying this is who it is. Don't go around the Internet telling people we're reporting this is the leading candidate.
But spend some time telling yourself Dabo Swinney is a potential hire for Oklahoma.
People would say we're crazy. And maybe we are. But something weird is happening. And Dabo Swinney's name coming up is what has us weirded out.
Venables at DC? Is Bob coming back to be head coach with Jeff Lebby as OC?
I did reach out and asked people about the possibility. After our Clemson guys stopped laughing at me, they told me Dabo just built a new 20,000 sq/ft house and Clemson would match $15 mil a year if OU wanted to steal him.
I reached out to someone else in the profession and they told me that Georgia has killed off Clemson's pipeline to recruits. It's possible Dabo sees what is happening and could be looking for a new start elsewhere.
I'm not super high on this theory. Swinney's buyout is somewhere near $10 million. But we've heard it enough in bits and pieces that we would add it to the pile.
If Venables is OU's DC next year, I'd almost be willing to set sail with the theory that Bob could be the coach and he'd bring in Jeff Lebby as his OC and keep Caleb Williams in tow.
I will go die of embarrassment now. I don't feel good about any of what I've just typed.
