Florida is already looking.
Ole Miss has said they will be in the market.
Tennessee almost certainly will — or Neyland may be empty
A&M supposedly decided to cut ties with Sumlin
Arkansas is allegedly fed up with the Bull
All are or will likely be searching. All but Florida are wildly delusional about their history and place in the SEC world order.
The AU fanbase is generally dissatisfied with Single Bubble.
Given the current state of the athletic department and the paradigm shift that’s about to happen in the SEC — which will in all honesty change very little — will AU enter the marketplace? FWIW, it doesn’t matter who UT, Arky, the rebel black sharks or ags hire. They will remain within a game or two of where they are. Florida could contend pretty quickly in the hideous east.
I have a sinking feeling that barring absolute annihilation by both UGA and UA Gus gets another year to learn nothing. It’s a shame. The media clearly believes. We have been consistently overranked. If he hadn’t gone full Gus against LSU we’d be fourth or fifth now. And ready to chocolate coat the bed this weekend.
Sigh.
I have always been of the mind that Gus MUST beat EITHER UGA or Bama this year. Beating LSU at Tiger Stadium may have given him a pass on both Amen Corner games, but since he failed there, he can't fail in both of these.
I think he has better-than-even odds of beating one of them, and UGA is the more likely of the two.
So I think he stays.
And I'm sure as shit pulling for that because of the things mentioned in the OP. It's a buyer's market right now. Everyone's going to be outbidding everyone and most likely outcome is everyone ends up with a Shula. ESPECIALLY given that we currently have a lame duck AD. It just doesn't make any strategic sense to try to replace Gus now.
But, again, if he ends up dropping all three of our biggest rivals (four if you count Clemson, which at this point you kind of have to), he can't stay.
I'm pulling for him and Auburn.
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