They were shooting this idea around on the Beaver board (the OSU one) a few days ago.
For OSU, Smith mostly makes sense because if he's succesful, he'd likely be there to stay. Baldwin, if succesful, would jump to a better job as quickly as he could.
Smith and Erickson were also the leaders of the team for the microsecond that they were a good program. Makes sense for mostalgia's sake too.
I watched him ass rape the Ducks in the 2000 Civil War on Larry Scott's Innovative Network the other day and his single back offense would do pretty well in today's game. It's the same thing Auburn runs but out of shotgun. Buck, counter, power, power stretch. All you need is a Simonton and Jackson and that fucker is unstoppable.
Shit, Erickson is only 70? I thought the dude was creeping into his 90s at this point. But as much as I would love Erickson to drag Smith away, I don't really see why Babushka himself would go for it. Unless he sees the writing on the wall here, you're really looking at a substantial demotion with no actual guarantee of becoming OSU's HC any time soon.
Never underestimate the allure of a) the HC you played for b) the school you played for.
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I stand with Smiff.
For OSU, Smith mostly makes sense because if he's succesful, he'd likely be there to stay. Baldwin, if succesful, would jump to a better job as quickly as he could.
Smith and Erickson were also the leaders of the team for the microsecond that they were a good program. Makes sense for mostalgia's sake too.
Step 2? Trade OSU to Mtn West for Boise St. WDWTA
It just beat Bama.