TUBERVILLE TO ARKANSAS

If this falls apart, and I refuse to believe in it until I see Tommy at a presser in Fayetteville, then I think you’ll be getting your wish granted and the Dread Pirate Leach will land in Fayetteville – I think Jeff Long is rather fond of him and he’s pretty high on the list of candidates

I’ve heard it wasn’t Walton family money, but Jerry Jones money that is being used to pay the cost of buying out Tuberville’s contract.

Oh, and it rumors are true – and it’s rumors we are dealing with here – it’s not Wal Mart’s money doing this – it’s Jerry Jones.

…whoever’s money it is—- and there are a lot of candidates (Wal-Mart money, Tyson’s money, JJ’s money, the interest from the Fire Nutt Banner Fund), it is going to be mind-boggling.

3.5 million in Nutt buyout; check. 6 million Tubbs buyout; check. 3.5 million for Tubbs per year; also check.

 That’s a 12.5 million dollar statement that ‘8-4 is a firing offense at Arkansas.’

Who said Bammers are the only people with the will to bust a budget?

Maybe now they’ll yank those games out of Little Rock, play them all on campus, and finish enclosing RRS to make it 90,000. God knows there is enough money left over, even with that ridiculous price tag.

….er…13 million. Darn that Sun Belt undergrad education.

Pat Dye for interim coach!

Just kidding. I think this is all fake, and Tubby will be back in Auburn with his new $3 million+ smile.

Let’s see, tonight, CTT has denied it, Sexton has denied it, Jacobs has denied it, and Arkansas’ AD has denied it.

The multiple sources – Tigerdroppings.com, Tider Insider, and a handful of Hog boards.

I’m gonna shit in my pants.

Tubs’ Denial

Quote from Arkansas AD ""I won’t narrow it that far, but I will say that many of the reports about an SEC West coach are extremely premature and actually aren’t even premature," Long said. “They’re fantasy.”"

Jay Jacobs, AU’s AD denies it.

ESPN is reporting that CTT and Sexton denied it and both stated he would be at AU next year.

Welcome to 2007’s College Football Version of War of the Worlds.

Tommy said the only way he was living Auburn was in a pine box…..or by a jet to sign the new contract with Arkansas.

and apparently Auburn’s 6 victory over my team made sure I cannot spell…..leaving not living.

…..for the money they’re paying him, he could line that box in silk, $1,000 bills, and co-ed titty. I’m just saying it’d be a hell of a comfortable box :)

I think Leach could have a similar effect on the SEC as Spurrier did in the early-mid 90s, when the SEC teams started to open their offenses to catch up. Or then again, he could be Hal Mumme Part II.

fotodog – Leach was in the SEC, with Hal Mumme.

…on a hillarious note— if this falls through, Jeff Long may be fired before he officially gets to start his new job on Jan 1.

Nick Saban, Houston Nutt and now Tommy Tuberville? Why does the SEC have the coach-whores?

… John, it’s the SEC. If you can’t beat ’em, you buy ’em :)

Well I hate to see him go before we can pay his ass back. If we get Ar-Kansas on the ropes, and he is the coach, run up the score. Auburn is a duck on the pond now……The SEC West will only have Saban and Croom left over….Miles—-Dead,will be at Michigan…..Tubby——Dead, will be at Ar-Kansas, specifically to win a MNC——Oregeron—-Dead——Houston Nutt——Dead, but in Orgerons office——Neidlemeyer—-Dead
Hell the only one with any Seniority in the SEC West Coaches Union is the Croomster…I’ll take my chances this year…..See ya Tubs, the SEC West is One BIG SWINGERS CONVENTION, I’LL COACH UR TEAM IF YOU’LL COACH MINE>>>>

Hell if this is true, expect Alabama fans to be rollin Toomer Corner soon…..How is Tubbs gonna get outta town now? I hope he had PODS on standby….

Whores? Not so much…Swingers,well lets see…

Saban-LSU swapped with Bama with a Miami affair inbetween

Nutt—-Arkansas, now sleeping with Colonel Reb

Tubberville—-Auburns Mr. Mediocre is now doin a Hogg in Nutts old bed…

Orgeron—-I dont think he knows he fired yet……

Miles—-Leavin LSU for the whore Ann Arbor, screwed LSU outta MNC while eyefucking that whore….

Croom—Bama asst Coach doin a Bulldog…

Come on, Orson, I know you’ve seen Blood Diamond. The correct quote re: Petrino would be…

TIA. This Is Atlanta. Knowing nods to follow.

I hate to detract from the Tuberville rumors, but TigerDroppings is reporting, surprising no one, Les Miles has accepted the Meeeechigan job. Apparently, he told the players after practice today.

http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/messagetopic.asp?p=6245874

Is the Arkansas job more prestigious than the Auburn coaching job?

Why would anyone do that, besides more dead presidents?

Isn’t that like leaving Elizabeth Taylor for Totie Fields?

The Michigan job is more prestigious than LSU’s, no problem there.

Saban, Nutt, Tubby, Miles, all chump change compared to Pete Carroll, check out this profile of Pete C in the ghetto:

http://www.lamag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=14D5B253DB1D499F9AD38F459D8E926A&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=FBED63DFDC694D699DA4EAF13E24562D

Do you Michigan fans think Miles is a good hire? Obviously he’s high profile and has had success, but what about his actual coaching abilities.

It’ss a great story, since he’s a “Michigan Man,” but could there be a downside?

By the way- is Orson getting plagiarized?
http://www.entertainmenttwist.com/tag/tommy-tuberville-to-arkansas/

or the other way around?

Leave Auburn, Alabama for Arkansas? Tubby’s too smart for that, Walton money or not. The majority of the idiots involved in the 2003 fiasco are gone, he’s won 6 in a row over Bama, he just needs to make Auburn throw down some more money and then stick around until his ears get too big to fit a headset on.

I think [read: HOPE] Tubby’s just playing hard-ball.
http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/sports/1196417971307080.xml&coll=3&thispage=1

I know he hates Lowder, but who doesn’t- that’s not reason enough to leave as long as they are kissing your ass while you keep beating Alabama (which we all know is objective #1 in the state) and beat most of your other opponents.
I also don’t believe any of the propeganda that he has been planning this coup since Arkansas offered him a job long ago and when Lowder tried to ass-rape him- that just doesn’t make sense.
This a great tactic to play hardball at a school that has more tradition and long-term potential and money than Arkansas does, and he’s just trying to have his demands met- which, as you can read anywhere, are NOT for more money, but for better facilities, stronger contracts for his staff, and basically the control that a coach should be afforded. If he wanted to stick it to Lowder and the Athletic Department, he would do exactly this- strong-arm them into giving him exactly what they tried to take away during Petrino-gate: respect.

But I have been wrong before…

1. - when so many “deny” it that typically means it will happen. See Tubbs 10 years ago at Ole Miss, Saban at Miami, the OSU basketball coach, etc….

1. & 29 – I agree. While I’m no fan of the plains, I can’t imagine Arky has more to offer than auburn. Tubbs simply selling his soul at this point?

“and with the demonstrated tolerance of being mediocre as a college coach after being a superb college HC being a two years, see Spurrier and Saban”

I think I understand what you are saying – maybe?

On a side note – it appears Mr.P-Pants is just giddy this a.m.

all things aside, though, I wouldn’t mind seeing what “Boom motherfucker” Muschamp could do at the helm of a team… maybe if Tubbs leaves and he stays he could take a shot and it could be a blessing in disguise for the Tigers.

#27, I’d say yes.

Is Auburn really that much better a job? I mean Arkansas has a pretty good tradition, the overall winning percentages of the two schools are Auburn .629 and Arkansas .592. They both won national titles a long time ago. Certainly Auburn has had more success of late, but when you have Danny Ford and Houston Nutt as your coaches there’s a pretty firm ceiling on your success (about 6 wins for one and 9 for the other). I don’t really get the move if it happens, because he’s already established his program at Auburn. But all things being equal I don’t see Auburn as an obviously superior job.

Rickus-
as far as coaching gigs go, I think any decent coach and any school with a football program with a budget to pay the coaching staff well has it pretty good. Hell, you don’t even need that much tradition (see: the University of South Florida). I think when people talk about one school being better than another, I would think that it is more of a whole picture thing than jsut a “where would I rather coach” thing.
And I think you have it backwards with the “Auburn has had more success of late” comment, since I believe if you take a poll, most people asked would say that AU has a much deeper history in College Football than Arkansas, be it in past players or memorable games or history of winning or whatever, whereas Arkansas- while always being a contender in the SEC, has never really gained that national attention until recently with McFadden and a few years of great play.

But you make a valid point- a coaching gig is a coaching gig, as long as you get paid and you can win. So what does that mean for Big Poppa Charlie Weiss? He’s getting paid but can’t win… I guess that’s a whole nother thread-jack altogether.

I heard TT was in contract negotiations with Auburn. Shit, if he’s not on the hot seat, he’s looking at other gigs.

ESPN First Take, you’re a bunch of bastards!

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You think “I’m not looking to go anywhere” is a denial?

Trust us — we’ve been there, many, many times — that ain’t a denial.

This smells a LOT like the Rich Rod to Bama rumors last year. Tubs is holding Jacobs hostage for facilities/assistant pay and using Arkansas as the gun. A $6MM “iron clad” buyout is significant kevlar though. We’ll all just have to wait and see.

1. - I’m sure you see Houndstooth U as a better job than both, which at this point is laughable considering how many rejections they got last year and how much they ultimately had to fork over in a one sided contract.

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Houndstooth U pulled a sitting NFL coach, who signed with Alabama for a million bucks a year less than he was making in Miami.

1. - Arkansas has some MNCs from before facemasks were standard equipment. To UAT fans, those are all that count toward a programs tradition cache.

I’m amazed no one has made any “coaching incest” jokes about the SEC, since the conference seems determined to keep everyone in the family – Spurrier, Saban, Nutt, Tuberville once, perhaps Tuberville again, hopefully Orgeron, etc.

I’ll believe the Tubs thing when I see it.

But the thought of SEC media day with Spurrier and Leach makes me giddy. Someone please bring the Pirate to the conference.

Tiger,

Rickus is a bulldog you dumb fuck.

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and that’s still a couple million more than he’s worth

i too have been pining for a leach/orgeron combo, though before reading about this tubby fiasco last night, i figured the best chance would be UCLA

although it occurred to me last night that if i was really selfish, i’d want someone to hire Venables away from OU so Stoops could replace him with Orgeron

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How many MNC’s do y’all have in the facemask era? Zero?

Tater,

I apologize for not memorizing every commentors allegiance. I must be such an ass hole.

Upon hearing that the news had been leaked, Tubberville whimsically paced back and forth, head slightly down, with a wry, subtle smirk on his face.

Then, when his wife called him to dinner, Tubberville quietly paced to the dining room, head slightly down, with a slight smile on his face.

Afterwards, Tubberville spent some time on the toilet, head cocked slightly, with an absurdist-yet-reflective smile on his face.

The man rivals Paris Hilton for the person who most employs his or her one and only look.

To which school’s football team should we pin allegiance for someone with a name like “Tater Salad?”

Man, aren’t we all in a fine mood this morning?

For those of you who think Saban is overpaid…

The Tuberville rumors, if true, would mean the Hogs are going to be paying a coach without a single MNC and only one SEC title 3.5 million after forking over a buyout of 6 Million or something close to it…

Saban: 2 SEC titles and 1 MNC in 6 years in the SEC for $4 million
Tubs: 1 SEC title and 0 MNC in 13 years in the SEC for $3.5 miilion

That alone should convince anyone with a brain that Tubs is staying at Auburn…

“I’m not going anywhere,” said Saban as he got on the private jet and left Miami.

Nick went back to college ball cause he was going nowhere at the pro coaching level. Look at this year’s Dolphins; el sucko grande! He fled north for a reason.

At least if he stays on the Plains, none of our fans is bat-shit crazy enough to use the Freedom of Information Act to get copies of all of his cell phone records and text messages! I don’t recall we ever had to deal with a player’s mother getting the AD to come down on our coach for not playing her whiny son and his buddies so that the #2 Heisman vote-getter could get more playing time………..

Arkansas can out-crazy fans bout Auburn and Alabama – and that’s saying something!

Tiger,

Just fucking with you. At first glance, I assumed that you assumed it was a Bama fan because you didn’t think anyone else could think that AU is not much better than Arky. I don’t necessarily agree with that, and you know about ASSUME.

Not to mention, Rickus has made clear his disdain for Saban and his dislike for Alabama many times.

@50:

Delta State. My brethren, kind of.

52-
Anyone named Sabanite is no longer allowed to comment on things related to Saban.
I love my school and coach, but you don’t see me on here named Tubervillian or anything gay like that.
For a program to worship a coach so much as you guys did before he even won a game just proves the idiocy that surrounds that school and program and fanbase. And don’t act like it isn’t true- people naming their kids Saban and paintings for sale at the Galleria kiosks with Saban floating in the clouds and shit. Give me a fucking break.

I’m not sure the move from Auburn to Arkansas is as dramatically far down as it’s being made out to be. I’m an Arky, so I’m admittedly biased, but we have some of the best facilities in the nation, a nice stadium and Fayetteville and the surrounding area is pleasent enough — what are Auburn’s facilities like? I honestly don’t know. The tigers do have a couple undefeated seasons recently in the last 14 years, but stil haven’t won an SEC championship game or a full MNC.

Dude, this SEC West thing is just like the show
“PINKS”…where if you beat the team, you get to choose if you want to coach it or not…….

#56
Saban spit tobacco on my shoe..I asked him to spit on the other so I could have a matching pair…..I have that pair of shoes framed and charge admission to view them in the Alabama Wing at my house, and I will not wash them til he leaves….The next Daniel Moore painting,Unauthorized and not recognized by the University, is of Elroy the racist dog, chomping down on Jerraud Powers…..with Tubberville flying off into the clouds on a Ar-Kansas jet…..

#56: On the other hand, www.churchofsaban.com is hilarious and always will be.

touche`.

Tuberville leaving doesn’t make rational sense, but something is rotten in Denmark.

Auburn > Arkansas

If he goes to Arkansas a MNC is not in sight, if he stays at Auburn you can see atleast a possibility in the next 3 years.

56

The point of the post was to show the craziness of the Tubs to Arkansas rumors. Tubs will stay on the plains with his 3+ million a year, 6 win streak over Bama and fanbase that is overjoyed with an 8-4 record.

I fully agree that Bama fans are crazy. But the craziness is based on the hope that Saban can take Bama back to the top of the SEC. Because if he can’t do it, no one can.

And sorry I couldn’t come up with a witty name like 6 in a row. Was it tough to choose that over “another year without a championship” or “Irrelevant even when undefeated”?

1. - Auburn did win the the SEC Championship game in 2004 -

see, those are actually kinda funny names…

or you could try “Ignurant Rednex” or “Bring Back the Bear!”

see, it works both ways.

1. - Damn it, I’m a fucking idiot. Thanks a lot.

54 – totally agree. Razorback crazy eclipses Bama/Auburn crazy any day.

56 – I find it hard to believe no one was ever named after any Auburn greats. I recall growing up in Montgomery going to school with a lot of Bo’s. My neighbors across the street named their dog Bo, and there were tons of kids named Shug and/or Jordan (boys and girls). Terry was popular for a couple of years and of course there are the lot of Sullivan’s throughout the state.

I’m sure we could find a Daniel Moore pic of Dye floating in the clouds while cash was raining down on the student dorms.

To the poster that said Auburn has more money than Arkansas:

You’ve lost your fucking mind. IIRC, Arkansas has the 2nd biggest endowment, behind good ole ND, due to Tyson and the Walton Family.

Auburn can’t even hope to compete with that kind of money.

they can’t yank the games out of Little Rock. It is a state law ( really- not joke)

Kenny Hatfield or David Cutcliffe will be next head coach at Arkansas….we ain’t buying out nothing!!!!

Lendale Terry: No, it’s not. This is a longstanding point of contention in the Razorback fanbase, as there have been several attempts to remove all the games from the dump that is War Memorial Stadium. It is not mandated by law, but is currently a term of contract with the stadium authority.

The sooner Arkansas gets out of playing in LR, the better.