FWST: Houston reportedly lures Holgorsen away from W. Va.

[TopFrog]

Big 12 expected to see another coach depart. West Virginia’s Holgorsen linked to Houston


West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen is leaving the Big 12 for a Group of Five job with Houston, according to reports. Houston reportedly lured Holgorsen away with a $20 million contract.

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[Limey Frog]

1. Holgo is nuts

2. Cumbie is the man WVU needs

 

[Froglaw]

Not good for the Big 12 or TCU

 

[Pharm Frog]

Not good for the Big 12 or TCU

Meaningless for both

 

[4TCU]

Not good for the Big 12 or TCU

Why you think ?

 

[West Coast Johnny]

I liked having Holgo in the Big 12. I think he did a good enough job there. Hard to recruit to WVU considering West Virginia produces very little high school football talent. Easier to build a better program at Houston arguably.

 

[Limp Lizard]

He has come close many times but failed, I think WVa may have helped this process willingly.

 

[Prince of Purpoole]

Tbh I’m not interested in having Holgersen competing for offensive playmakers in recruiting Texas. Of course I could be wrong...

 

[FrogLifeYo]

Y

Hard to recruit to WVU considering West Virginia produces very little high school football talent. Easier to build a better program at Houston arguably.

You could say this statement about 1/2 the Big12...KU,KSU,ISU,WVU,OU, and OSU all reside in poor recruiting states...It’s not a reasonable excuse in today’s CFB landscape

 

[Double D]

He's wanted out of WVU for a while.

 

[TCUdirtbag]

Really interested to see how this plays out on Texas Tech Internet. Holgo to UH pretty much tells you he was Tech’s to lose and the AD said no. And in the AAC, Holgo is almost sure to have a better record than Wells every year.

Who does WVU go get? They’re a place that could handle Leach’a eccentricities, yeah? Would Littrell be a candidate? This is late in the cycle and could be a tough search. Can they afford to get Campbell away from ISU?

 

[MTfrog5]

Really interested to see how this plays out on Texas Tech Internet. Holgo to UH pretty much tells you he was Tech’s to lose and the AD said no. And in the AAC, Holgo is almost sure to have a better record than Wells every year.

Who does WVU go get? They’re a place that could handle Leach’a eccentricities, yeah? Would Littrell be a candidate? This is late in the cycle and could be a tough search. Can they afford to get Campbell away from ISU?

I've seen Troy's coach thrown around as a possible hire

 

[Pure Purple]

Aside from the obvious monetary considerations involved.....a move from West Virginia to the UofH is farcical.

A simple case of "Money Talks, BS Walks"

 

[TCUdirtbag]

I've seen Troy's coach thrown around as a possible hire

This makes a lot of sense.

As much as WVU recruits FL, what about UCF’s coach?

Did Gordon Gee hire Tressel when he was at tOSU? Could be a leaf worth turning over.

 

[MTfrog5]

This makes a lot of sense.

As much as WVU recruits FL, what about UCF’s coach?

Did Gordon Gee hire Tressel when he was at tOSU? Could be a leaf worth turning over.

I'm not sure on Tressel but that is a really interesting thought

 

[MTfrog5]

Some very interesting tidbits... Houston opens at OU, "neutral" site in Houston against Leach, at North Texas. Could be 0-3 pretty easily imo. Also they have Tech in 2021 and 2022. Holgo going to try and score 100 in those games.

 

[LVH]

Makes you wonder how successful UH needs to be with this hire for it to be impactful.

I think UH still has their sights set on the Big 12 or a better conference, and I just don't see it happening. The Big 12 is a lot more stable than it was, and any movement would be 2024 at the earliest.

Still wont stop us getting drive by posted from UH fans though.

 

[Dogfrog]

Saturating a state with too much college football has been proven to hurt success by watering down tv viewership and hyper competitive recruiting as we saw in the SWC. There are five P5 schools in the state of Texas, only other state close is California with four. One more would be disastrous. Go ahead and expand if you want but UH is a loser. UH is desperate and any talk of PAC 12 interest is being generated by UH IMO.

 

[Eight]

Makes you wonder how successful UH needs to be with this hire for it to be impactful.

I think UH still has their sights set on the Big 12 or a better conference, and I just don't see it happening. The Big 12 is a lot more stable than it was, and any movement would be 2024 at the earliest.

Still wont stop us getting drive by posted from UH fans though.

you raise a very good question.

if uh wins 9-10 games a season with dana, but stays in the g5 and never makes the cfp will fertitta consider this a success?

 

[TxFrog1999]

Good move. Dana couldn’t get WVU over the hump given the disadvantages facing him from a dearth of quality HS players to geography/travel issues in the B12. At Houston he negates those issues and gains a favorable schedule and grateful fan base to help build a program.

I like to see the G5 schools, like UCF, continue to improve and shake up the cabal of the CFP. The more G5 schools that can pressure the status quo each season the sooner we can get to an 8 or 16 team playoff and a true post-season. However, UH to the B12 makes no sense. I would expect the ACC take UH and UCF before our conference considers adding another Texas school and boxing us in geographically.