HOWDY, BOOM M'FER: MUSCHAMP TO TEXAS

Although I’m just a fan—not a blogger—I’m pretty sure Muschamp coached under Tuberville at Auburn.

Muschamp is going to wonder what he got himself into the first time one of his linebackers gets outrun by a white fullback from (insert random Big 12 North school here).

Of course, he’ll be making 500k to be an assistant, so he may not mind.

I say he stays for 1 year, tops.

this is not a done deal yet. Orangeblood had that posted last when when it was confirmed by papers in bham and austin that is wasnt a done deal

How miffed are any Auburn fans who read your blog that you confused their school with Arkansas?

retard

http://blog.al.com/trackingtigers/2008/01/austin_paper_says_no_deal_yet.html

Orgeron to D-Coordinator at Auburn!

Real nice Eric, also totally ignorant comment

I knew Tuberville to Arkansas was a done deal! KNEW IT!

Awesome. Now if Texas and UGA can just meet up for the national title victory is all but assured.

Corrected, motherfuckers. DAMMIT.

if true, i’m not sure i understand. seems very lateral to me. i kinda just assumed he’d be at auburn until he found the hc job he wanted.

This is the first time I’ve noticed that Muschamp’s heart grew out of the side of his neck.

I just wonder who Aub. is going to find to replace him. Do they go after Foster? He just got a raise. Tenuta? It’s going to be interesting. Losing Muschamp hurts Auburn in my opinion. Good move for him, though. It’s a lateral move, but it pads his resume.

If I were a Big 12 DL, I’d be calling around for chop block insurance.

I thank the gods for this. No more Muschamp at Auburn, no more annual misery for Gator fans. Of course, Tuberville will just dig up another wunderkind. . . but in this case change is good for us, if only because it can’t possible get. . . worse.

And I sincerely doubt DC Muschamp is going to teach Texas’ OL to chopblock; he’ll have his hands full with the DL.

The only people who think Auburn to Texas is a lateral move are SEC people.

Shocking…

Yeah, and when Bear left Kentucky for A&M it was a “lateral move.”

You know who doesn’t think Auburn to Texas is a lateral move?

Georgia alum, Will Muschamp.

#8: Cripes – what’s with all the killjoys on here lately?

The general tenor of my post – that Big 12 linebackers (well, entire d-units, really) are capable of giving up long touchdown runs to fairly slow, plodding, fullbacks was pretty well proven when Runaway Beer Truck lumbered past “the best run defense in The Big 12” on Wednesday night.

I think it was your use of “white” as proxy for “slow,” Eric. Just a shot in the dark.

You’ll know it’s a done deal when the schools start calling press conferences. Until then it’s all guessing.

A lot of teams are capable of giving up long TD runs to fairly slow, plodding fullbacks, as LSU demonstrated against Arkansas.

1. - equating 21st Century Auburn with 1950s Kentucky automatically renders your argument null and void.

If being DC at Auburn is so low-profile, why were about a half-dozen schools lining up to interview him to be their Head Coach?

I guess he’s hoping for those cherry coaching jobs you get when you’re the DC at Texas…football factories like Iowa State and Syracuse.

again…no deal yet

http://jaygtate.blogspot.com/2008/01/news-of-day-14.html

1. - actually, “fullback” was my proxy for slow….but, yes, generally African-American backs have proven they are a tid bit faster than their Caucasian teammates.

If he’d like, we could list the top 50 running backs in terms of career yards-per-carry since the 1960s, and see how many are black, and how many are white. I would venture to guess the statistics would back up my “ignorant” statement.

The point is that the kind of LBs he’ll get at Auburn hold Darren McFadden to under 50 yards rushing, the kind of LBs he’ll get in the Big 12 give up 57 yard touchdown runs to Owen Schmitt.

Will Muschamp’s interview consisted of an Orange Bowl drinking game with Mack Brown and step son du jour Chris Jessie. Drink everytime Todd Reesing’s height or courage was mentioned, drink everytime Sean Glennon bonerama’d the ball into the Kansas secondary, drink everytime Mangino encompassed more than 75% of Mack’s DLP TV (it’s the mirrors!). Muschamp passed with flying colors boom motherfuckering his way into a sleep over and remembering nothing of Chris Jessie inadvertedly nearly touching his balls on any of the turnovers in the second half.

It’s a no-brainer move for Muschamp, since Tommy Tuberville already left for Arkansas. At least according to all the rumor-mongering knee-jerk numbnuts on the Internets.

coop,

i’m probably one of the sec idiots you speak of, but i’m going to need a little more evidence than that to prove that going from coaching arguably the best def in the arguably the best conference in america, to coaching a middle of the pack def in the big 12 is not a lateral move.

Lessee, Austin or Auburn/Opelika? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

And Erik has obviously never heard of the blazing speed of Jordy Nelson or whoever that white dude is at K State. Oh, they got some fast whiteys on them plains out there. You just gotta pay attention outside of the SEC every once in a while.

seriously, coop.

We SEC homers are certainly prone to hyperbole from time to time, but calling something a lateral move isn’t really bashing the Big 12.

He’s got a good defensive unit returning, the offense should be better . I say he stays at Auburn, waits on a HC job. Why risk having problems somewhere else. At any rate he won’t be at Auburn but another year or 2 anyway, if he hasn’t already committed to Texas. Should know by this pm. BTW, Auburn is not part of Opelika. 2 totally different towns.

#29
I don’t know, Legends is pretty fun.
I don’t think Austin has a night life, does it ?

Oooopps
replace Legends with the Supper Club.

Wow, how many Auburn fans put their tampons in sideways this morning?

It was an easy mistake. Alabama and Arkansas (the states) don’t look much different from the ground.

…but, Fayetteville is a booming metropolis compared to greater (sic) Opelika area.

The talent level at Texas is sick. Not saying Auburn is bad but not at the level of Texas. texas has an easier road to a BCS championship, Has been there recently and has much more money to spend on coaching. It’s glam job, soon they will be making coins w/ muschamp’s face on it some mid-western state

I’m sure Muschamp wanted a tour of the bars,etc. before talking about the UT job. Small towns have something big towns don’t. They’re small!!!!!

I would say moving from the SEC to the Big 12 is a lateral move at best….after the Sooners showing vs WFV and the Noel Devine,star of NBC’s Jumpers,(he jumps from the backfield and instantly appears in the end zone 70 yrds away in the blink of an eye), its definately not a step up. What Oklahoma needed was a Defensive Line, and their 2 missing corners , plus a new HC….Muschamp will be able to continue his recruiting pipeline in the south , plus in Texas he should be able to get all the talent he needs to build his style defense…..the one he is leaving behind is freakin loaded with NFL talent…..he best be getting paid

1. - in Austin those are called Liberty Dollars.

If this deal goes through, and the rumors that Mack Brown will only remain coach for 2-3 more seasons until he retires, I would assume there is some sort of silent agreement that Muschamp would replace him. Currently there is no one on that staff that would be a suitable replacement.

#32/33
Warehouse District and 6th St. in Austin < War Eagle Supper Club? Willy Nelson never wants to smoke with you..

Well I think in a few years he may be in line to be the next Sooner coach based on the parallels between Will Muschamps resume and Bob Stoops…..think about it

cont…..
After this Texas gig

Willie Nelson either..

Eric:

I think the Owen comment from #25 is a little un-neccassary. Obviuosly he could run a little faster because he was slidding on a combination of blood and tears. (not a knock against owen, a win like that would have prob. made me cry my own tears and bleed my own blood as well.)

I got a strain of dysentery so powerful just from walking into the Supper Club, that only a ride home on the drunk bus floor…. unconscience…. cured it.

Dr.ED- While Opelika and Auburn are 2 different towns, they are no different at all

#31:

Yeah, but they share the same Airport. A matter of fact, it’s named Auburn/Opelika airport.

WorstFan -

Best post.

1. I didn’t know Opelika had a major University, I’ve lived in Auburn since the 2nd grade (1958), Darn I must have missed that. Auburn also has a very highly rated school system Auburn High is 2nd in the state. Kind of handy if you are going to coach at the University and have children. A great place to raise a family.

I might be going back a ways but his coaching vitae was forged in the furnace of Brother Oliver who laughs at the puny defensive resumes of Tubs, Saban, and Mack Brown…

I would love to see him stay but if he leaves I think almost anybody could coach a defense returning that talent to a respectable record.

Know what Chiz, Gibbs, and Muschamp all have in common? None of them ever lost to Bama.

Dr. Ed PHD.XYZ ,

i’ve never heard someone defend the auburn/opelika metroplex so strongly. you’re funny.

The Bear remark was for sarcasm. Geez, people.

At any rate, nobody is comparing the SEC to the Big 12, in this context.

We are comparing Texas to Auburn. You know, Texas, as in the school with more national championships, more conference titles, more players in the NFL, overall, more money, better facilities, a “national” university and a “national” football program, and, oh yeah…

he can win multiple national titles in the next 3-4 years at Texas, if he is there that long, which he can’t do at Auburn.

Now, Auburn beat us in OT the other night, congrats for that, and they have a better squad than we do, truthfully we did not beat a decent team all season.

Again, truthfully, we lost to every decent squad (VPI, Auburn, BC) we faced.

But, Auburn, just like Clemson, and just like almost every program in the SEC, is not Texas.

Not historically, except for Alabama, and not currently, except for LSU and Florida, for the last 5 years and next 5 years to come.

FWIW, CTT has a good record hiring DCs, and his defense has been stout since he arrived.

The ball to watch is the OC. CTT’s record when AU scores at least 21 points is 67-5. That is an EYE POPPING number.

To put that in comparison

Pete Carrol is 66-6 over his last 72 games where his team scores 21 points.

Bob Stoops is 63-9 over his last 72 games where his team scores 21 points.
Mack Brown is 64-8 over his last 72 games where his team scores 21 points.

Jim Tressel is 62-7 over his last 69 games where his team scores 21 points. (Has not reached 72 games of 21+ points)

Winning PCT when team scores 21 or more points, last 72 games.

CTT: 93%
CPC: 91.6%
CJT: 89.8%
CMB: 88.9%
CBS: 87.5%

CTT has had 4 DCs – Lovett, Chizik, Gibbs, and Muschamp. The last 3 have all had top 10 scoring Ds, and Lovett had a top 20 unit.

#50, Auburn is where I grew up and it’s a great place to live, and is actually quite different than Opelika. Just trying to point out the difference. Although the “progress” as they call it sucks. Like I said 20 years ago, if you want malls, crime, etc, move 100 miles up the road to Atlanta, They’ve already got all the “progress” you want. Just leave Auburn alone. You would have to have grown up in Auburn to understand.

Coop – what has Texas done in the last 30 years outside of that 1 National Title? They can’t even beat A&M on a regular basis…your delusional to think he can win “multiple” National Titles there. I suppose they’ll be doing this with Colt McCoy under center?

And you can’t compare National Titles – because we all know that Auburn finished 13-0 in 2004, and 11-0 in 1993, and was denied the chance to play for a National Title on both occasions.

Other than ’05, all Texas really has is shitting the bed against Colorado in the ’01 Big XII Title Game, and losing to Georgia in the ’84 Cotton Bowl, when the title was on the line, to show for their “elite program”.

It should be noted that the Chop Blockers were denied the chance to play for anything by…. themselves. They were on this thing called probation. I think that’s a common topic both Clemson and Bama can understand as well.

Eric,

Since 1996, Mack Brown has won more games than any other coach in the country.

1996 and 1997 were the only years in that span that Brown was at Carolina.

It is ironic that I reference Carolina, because in basketball Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, and Duke are, historically, and recently, overall, the big 4 of college basketball.

I think Texas fits in with, say, Alabama, Notre Dame, and Michigan as your Big 4 in football, although you could easily make a case for Southern Cal or Ohio State.

Anyway, in this context Texas remains the big fish in the biggest state of college football interest, and Auburn is still little brother to Alabama, no matter that they have owned Alabama the last 5 years or so.

Muschamp “could” have parlayed his DC gig at Auburn into a legitimate SEC or ACC job, but he was rebuffed by Arkansas, Tech, and possibly others.

He believes that the quickest path to HC at a school he desires is as DC at Texas, not Auburn. Muschamp would not take a $200K pay raise in the short term if he thought he would get a legitimate HC job quicker at Auburn.

Granted, Will Muschamp is not the absolute authority in this matter, but his decision should speak volumes to you as his opinion on what is and what is not a lateral move, and what will put him in the position he wants to be in, ASAP.

#55,Auburn wasn’t on probation in ’04. Has LSU ever been penalized for a chop block? I think they are the most penalized team in the SEC.

Chop Blocks don’t bother Dorsey, mostly because of the Demerol and Cocaine shots he gets in the locker room.

And maybe some Lidocaine and B12.

1. - Of course he’s won more games than anybody else. He’s coaching against inferior teams every week. Let him go to the SEC. He wouldn’t have those stats there.

1. - I won’t belabor this point with you any further. While Texas has more “brand recognition” than Auburn/Georgia/Tennessee, etc. it does not mean they are a better program. Period. It has little to do with recent on-field achievements. Like I sad – if being the Texas DC meant getting a clearcut path to a cherry job, Robinson wouldn’t be a ‘Cuse, and Chizik wouldn’t be at Iowa State.

A couple of thoughts – one thing mentioned here, that I had heard was that he was going to get the “Jimbo Fisher” deal at UT. That is – take over for Mack in a few years when he retires. If so – it would definitely not be a “lateral move” as he would be getting a beeline to a great job.

Second – also hearing that he’s staying in Auburn because they are giving him a raise. An interesting sidenote to this is that Tubs and Muschamp have the same agent.

With that in mind – it’s quite possible Jimmy Sexton, the agent, used this overture by Texas to secure his client a healthy raise, either way. He’s done it with his other clients many times. (Including Tuberville)

coop,

texas’ “history” is a joke b/c it was all attained while in the swc. even most big 12 folks will tell you the swc was fucking laughable.

A friend with a sister on the AU BOT told me AU matched the offer he got from Southern Miss during Tub’s negotiations……

Reggie Brown lowered his head into Rosegreen. Watch the replay.

Look, it is very simple why a guy who wants to be an head coach would rather be a DC at a Big 12 school than an SEC school — he gains exposure to a lot more shitty programs that are going to need coaches in a few years. Think about it, he can go to Texas and play Baylor, Iowa St., Texas Tech, Ok St, Colorado, etc. every year. Then, when those programs fire their coaches in the hope they can crawl out of the shit cellar, he’ll be tops in their minds as a replacement. There are only a couple of SEC programs (MSU, UK, Vandy) who would readily take a chance on a young guy with no head coaching experience. There are half a dozen or so at least in the Big 12.

NEWSFLASH !!!! Muschamp landed in Auburn and said he has not made up his mind yet. He’s going to talk with Auburn before making an announcement. This was just announced on the local Auburn " Sports Call" radio show.

From the 30s to the early 80s, the SWC was as good as any other conference out there.

To argue otherwise is to reveal ignorance.

It’s official. Muschamp to Texas, per Phillip Marshall.

Mack Brown probably cried and said it wouldn’t be fair to Texas for them to work so hard and not get the defensive coordinator they wanted.

Texas all time record vs. Alabama 7-0-1
 Arkansas 55-21,
Auburn 5-3, Georgia 3-1, LSU 9-7-1, Tennessee 2-1 They have had trouble with Vandy (3-8-1)

Bye, Motherfuckers

hilarious, “Texas and the SWC sucks,” how old are you? 18?

auburns last 2 DC’s left for Texas even though it’s supposedly a lateral move to a shitty school in a shitty conference.

Multiple MNCs at Texas in the next 3-4 years? That’s pretty amazing considering the not so young Mack Brown’s run of 1 conference title……ever. As for Muschamp, he’s a good young coach, but he’s not worth those dollars. Anyway, that’s what Matt Stafford told me.

Yay! We might beat UGA next year!!!

National Ranks, Scoring D at AU under CTT at Auburn :

2002- 13th (Chizik)
2003- 9th (Chizik)
2004- 1st (Chizik)
2005- 6th (Gibbs)
2006- 6th (Muschamp)
2007- 5th (Muschamp)

Can you spot the constant?

Coop:

The SWC — at least in my viewing lifetime, from the late 70s forward — combined all the football excellence of the ACC with the ethics of the SEC.

Sure, there was Texas and A&M, which have a level of national recognition. However, they were joined by perennial cheats SMU and a legion of also-rans and never-weres like TCU, Texas Tech (pre-Dread Pirate Leach), Baylor, Houston, and Rice. Sure, Arkansas was competent — but never more than that in the time frame I reference.

Quite frankly, it was significantly weaker as a football conference than the Big 12 it managed to, frankly, hijack. If either NU or OU was Texas’ equal, the other was definitely A&M’s superior from a national recognition perspective. In the later years when Colorado and KSU got good, well, there’s really no contest.

Texas Tech (pre-Dread Pirate Leach),

your supposed viewpoint of experience would have any credibility if Tech had markedly improved under Mike Leach, but the reality is that Spike Dykes was regularly winning. Grant Teaff is a notable coach, Houston was a top 25 program under Yoeman, Jenkins, Pardee.

Texas has Auburn’s coach, yet again. All the yapping on the internet doesn’t change the fact both Chizik and Muschamp see it as a step up.

A P —

Help me out again by listing all the conference and national titles they’ve won out there in Lubbock. I’ve lost count.

Calling Texas Tech an also-ran in college football history is being charitable.

Tubby will find another good DC. Good Luck to Muschamp, at least he came back to Auburn and told them in person. He’ll do well, with easier competition and a larger recruiting area.