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Is anyone ready for Wednesday’s discussion?
That’s what I thought.
If, on the other hand, I had posted this on a Sunday afternoon, I am sure many would be willing to discuss it with me.
Since the USC shooting, Clay Helton has done a lot about where the job ranks compared to the best in college football. We’ll get further into USC soon, but this conversation made me think about what are definitely the best head coaching positions in all of college football.
Here are the top ten and a few reasons why everyone ranks there:
(Reminder: these are real investment investments, not the current coaches who hold every position)
10. Texas A&M
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In terms of brand growth nationally, Texas A & M’s move to the SEC has only helped it. Playing in the same division as Alabama, Auburn and LSU makes it difficult to win at the highest levels, and before you think about it, Texas and Oklahoma will join the league soon. Nonetheless, Texas A&M surpasses almost anyone in paying the entire staff, not just the head coach, which is a significant help to any head coach.
9. USC
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Just over a decade ago, there would be a good chance you would have found USC at the top of most lists, but what has happened since Pete Carroll left for the NFL? University football has become as regional as ever as the thrust of the Southeast on sports only grows. Then think Los Angeles has added one but two NFL teams since then, and the spotlight shining in the Coliseum simply doesn’t shine so bright these days.
8. Texas
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Texas is like a fake profile on an online dating site. This person looks perfect in every way: they are dead, gorgeous, they have an amazing home (facilities), they are loaded, and they lack confidence.
Just when you see them up close and realize from January 2009 that the only thing they’ve done well is get in their own way, Texas’s shortcomings reveal themselves. They are far from terrible, but we are also far from 2005.
7. Notre Dame
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Some of me feel this is too low for Notre Dame, but another sees how much higher it is now than it would have appeared on one of these lists a decade ago. There are still entry challenges that make big winning a little harder, and Indiana’s recruitment base isn’t far from the sowing site compared to much of the south. All of this said that Brian Kelly has not fully restored the program in terms of national championships, but he has achieved a lot to get this program back on its ranks.
6. Oklahoma
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Growing up in the 1990s, I didn’t understand Oklahoma’s love for prestige. They did six seasons from 1994 to 1999 without finishing last in one season, but after 22 seasons when they were ranked in the top ten only six times. Bob Stoops restored the Sooners to greatness and all Lincoln Riley has done three College Football Playoff games during his four graduation seasons. The recruitment base isn’t as rich as the other southern power plant states, and that’s really the only thing preventing Sooners from fighting, perhaps, the two on the list.
5. Clemson
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Ten years ago, Clemson could have appeared somewhere between 15 and 20 on this list. Dabo Swinney has made Clemson a power plant and mostly an SEC program without having to play an SEC schedule. Getting children to play in the ACC instead of the SEC is a challenge, but one Swinney and his staff win regularly enough. Whenever the day comes when Dabo moves forward, will Clemson turn into a program like Oklahoma or the state of Ohio that just shuts off, or will there be a significant step backwards, as we’ve seen in so many other power plant programs?
4. Georgia
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Georgia has come close to winning the national championship with no real victory in recent years. Being the head coach of Georgia means that instead of the West of the SEC East, you get to be a top dog (not a pun) widely in your talent-rich state, and your history is one of the best around you, even if you have a severe heartache.
3. LSU
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How many programs can say they won the championship with their last three head coaches? LSU definitely has a loaded talent base with perhaps the best Home Field in all college football, and while they don’t have the Iron Bowl nickname, they make up half of the best competition in college football in the last 15 years.
2. State of Ohio
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The only thing the state of Ohio has been missing for the past 20 years has been blessed with Nick Saban coaching for about 15 years. They are easily the most successful program in their area in recent decades, they have great facilities and they have a state full of great high school talent every year. The Buckeyes have owned the Big Ten for the past two decades, and the way things look in the early stages of this is going to be more of the same.
1. Alabama
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Was this ever even a question?
If you suspect Alabama has run away number one, ask yourself this:
When Nick Saba retires one day, which current head coach wouldn’t consider Alabama’s work an upgrade?
Answer: not one.
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