Not saying it's over, but it appears to be. Massive buy out and Liberty has assured the players and the staff they are going to pour everything into the football program. Liberty has a lot of money. Brand new ELITE facilities. and adding more.
Looks like Chadwell is out
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Getting told to kick rocks by a coach at Liberty is some twilight zone ****.
Liberty and SMU are both schools that can be really good in the future. Both are rich enough to compete with state schools
SMU is another that made the decision to go all in. It's why they switched conferences. They raised that money in what .. 24 hours?
What does that matter in today's game? Liberty is not going to be kept out of the playoff winning like this, and they are dedicated to becoming a power house.
For one, I know several alumni that give enough to know. I talked with them when they hired Freeze and moved up to FBS. Per those Alumni, they were going all in.
Now as to the other, some is coming from media for Liberty and then some MSU writers. The buyout is not and will not be disclosed. But it appears to be north of 12 Million per MSU writers.
How are they going to make the CFP? They are 10-0, unranked in the CFP rankings, #25 in the AP, and unranked/receiving votes in the coaches poll.
Is the CFP expanding to 32 teams?
I was afraid his buyout would be a problem. It's a good thing Salmon still has Big Game Bob up his sleeve
In a 12-team playoff, Liberty is a Tulane loss away from playing a first round game at Alabama.
He makes $4 million a year and has a $12 million buyout at Liberty.
It would probably take a 4 year/$25 million contract plus the buyout. We could reduce the buyout by playing a future game in Lynchburg.
He makes $4 million a year and has a $12 million buyout at Liberty.
It would probably take a 4 year/$25 million contract plus the buyout. We could reduce the buyout by playing a future game in Lynchburg.
It's pretty simple. The new 12-team College Football Playoff field will include the six highest-ranked conference champions, which will receive automatic bids.
11 different conferences: the ACC, American, Big 12, Big Ten, C-USA, Independent, MAC, Mountain West, PAC-12, SEC and Sun Belt conferences.
6 of those conferences get an automatic bid.
A CUSA team would have to play an incredible non conference slate to get in the playoffs…. NExt to impossible in my opinion… now that does not mean chadwell wants to go elsewhere eventually. Not a bad gig to make that much money and never really have much pressure. But liberty is never going to be a premier program. No matter how rich the alumni are. What they don’t have and will never have in the CUSA is a large annual tv contract like the sec and big 10 do
"The buyout is not and will not be disclosed, but some guy with the nickname Rosebowl is certain that its above $12,000,000"
Exactly.
These days, anything is possible.
I've never heard of this coach y'all are talking about. Regardless, I wouldn't rule out anything.
6 conference champions will get an automatic bid:
ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, PAC-12, SEC. That's 5. One more out of these will get the other automatic bid:
American, C-USA, Independent, MAC, Mountain West, and Sun Belt conference.
A better chance there with more money for NIL, a University going all in on Football.
Now, will they get killed in the playoffs, maybe. But MSU has about as hard of a path one could imagine.
It really is amazing to me how you guys aren’t happy with the fact stoops is coming.
And I will say this, I don't like the new play off system because of this very reason. Liberty has an easier path even though they may not be a good as MSU. There is a case where the top 4 teams in the nation could be in the SEC, and they may not get in. UGA, a 1 loss UT team, Bama, one loss West team.
It's why they need to expand it to 24 teams OR make the strength of Schedule a visible factor.
It's why they need to expand it to 24 teams OR make the strength of Schedule a visible factor.
Well, I'll take the Methodists over the baptists....anytime.
if he agreed to a $12 million buyout he needs to fire his agent.
The format will change with conference realignment.
And no C-USA team has ever made the NY6. Not saying it’s impossible, but I don’t think coaches are staying at Liberty because the path to the CFP is so easy. It would be because of the money and holding out for other jobs.
And this is why Memphis higher ups aren't pursuing a new conference like they used to. They believe the AAC will receive one of those 6 auto bids. And they finish near or at the top of the AAC in a lot of years. It would be more likely they could get a playoff spot staying in the AAC than if they were in the SEC, BIG12, or BIG10, etc. And if they don't get an auto bid right off, then the AAC Champ will get one of the remaining at-large bids. In essence, they are more likely to get into the playoffs sooner than Miss. State by staying in the AAC.
It means everything to be in the SEC or B1G right now. You play on national tv. You're a household name. You play for national champions. Also it means recruiting at much much higher level.
If the buyout is a problem for us, it won't be for another sec school and he will jump at the opportunity.
Speaking of buyouts, when did a buyout become an obstacle when a coach wants to leave? What did Florida pays us for Dan? Little to nothing is what I recall.
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I’ve been wondering the same thing as your last paragraph. I can’t remember hearing a buyout as an obstacle in the past.
