Saw this posted on the Tennessee board:
Badger fan here just checking in to provide some perspective on the potential rumors that may be headed your way.
First: Wisconsin coach Bret Beilema will not be the next Auburn HC. (Some folks on the Wisconsin board are floating this idea)
Second: The Kent State coach would be the best hire you guys could make, IMO.
Here is why BB (as we call him) will not be leaving UW anytime soon. Barry Alvarez hand picked him and they have a great relationship. BB is the fifth highest paid HC in the Big Ten. That means UW has a little work to do in the compensation department, but that is the natural expectation in college football.
BB has gone to three straight Rose Bowls and is building a long-term national power at UW and won't be quitting his masterpeice anytime soon.
I think Butch Jones is going to end up at Purdue, but that may be a guy Tennesssee should look at, but I would strongly suggest the Kent State coach. He has strong ties to the fertile recruiting state of Ohio and oh yeah, just happens to be a hell of a coach.