Rich Rod to Jacksonville St
The OU president with his "I wish we'd had some more notice" comments. . .
Talk about some stones. The Big 12 would like a word pal.
Nothing brings out the hypocrisy in college sports like realignment and the coaching carousel. You could set your clock to it -
"It's just unfair and bad for the sport for one conference to steal from another" (raids the next smallest fish in the pond)
"I just feel bad for these kids that he looked in the eye and recruited that must feel so shaken" (don't mention that the coach we're about to hire would have done the same thing)
"I can't believe these kids and their lack of commitment, they should have committed to the school not the coach" (happy to accept the guys from the new coach's old school or pick up pieces from some unrelated school when they have a coaching change)
I agree. The hypocrisy is incredible.
I still say, Lincoln Riley is getting out while the getting is good. He knows OU has almost no chance of winning the SEC West against Bama, LSU, TX A&M, etc....every year in the new SEC, so he's splitting town while he can. And Riley got a good job too, in a conference he knows he can dominate. This is a VERY astute move for Lincoln Riley. He outsmarted them all, and will parlay his success at OU into generational money at USC. Hey, there's nothing wrong with living near the beach either.