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The thing that stuck out to me about that interview was when he said something like “now that’s an AD I want to work for.” That to me sounded like a shot at Stanford AD Bernard Muir. I mean, how does that dude still have a job after the fiasco of cutting all those sports then bringing them back, AND the Varsity Blues scandal??

I think they wanted to help both Oher, and their alma mater.

IMO they may have been most motivated to get him to go to their alma mater of Ole Miss where they were boosters. They may not have known he would make the NFL but he was already rated as the #5 OL recruit in the country.

The year he was hurt was the “free year.” Maybe if Josh Humphreys gets a medical then he might be able to…

I don’t see Ayres going to CA…his daughter goes to Princeton

Looks like SF State needs to update his bio. About all it says about his coaching record is he was 6-4 in his first season in 2017-2018

I mean that’s not saying much. From Scott stepping down to Koll being announced was exactly 2 weeks, and seems like maybe at most a week between Scott stepping down and Koll being offered it.

I guess I was more just saying he only has 1 year left in general, I don't see why that would make much difference, he of course can already say he coached a national champ.

I don't see why that would be a determining factor, this is Alirez's last year

Of course he’s going to say he’s staying now. Maybe it’s the truth, maybe not, we don’t really know. He probably stays at least for this year but I could certainly see him explore his options next year or even a couple years. I do imagine Koll will likely be honest with how long he plans to stick around. I did say in a different thread that Koll is probably one guy he shouldn’t be too mad about if he gets the job, and maybe he does stick around for awhile, but understand if he may feel a bit slighted too.

I think some of the pushback is saying he can "talk about" them, he just can't "promote" them

Good list. Nickerson is one I hadn't thought of but kinda makes sense. Speaking of UVa, do you think Garland would consider it? Although I guess he is a UVa alum...

Was it in relation to this?

I have no idea. But I believe Kyle Snyder runs a Bible study group, so maybe

No way I see Borelli going back to Stanford. How about Storniolo? Seems like something’s up in Evanston with all the transfers this year

Wasn’t Stanford crazy about Covid stuff too though? I know Griffith complained about it

So what happened at Cornell?

I wouldn't be so sure Coleman gets the HC job. I did initially think that was a foregone conclusion, but it sounds like he may have gotten a pay raise, and has family in the area, etc. It may be a good move for him even if he doesn't get the HC job...as long as the new coach wants to keep him of course if he doesn't get it.

Mormons are Christians. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/christians?lang=eng

The guy who was praying at the middle of the football field? The most important quote from that decision IMO is this: "Kennedy offered his prayers quietly while his students were otherwise occupied" and that he made "short, private, personal prayer" Doing your own prayer and then having players join in wouldn't be the same as IF religion is being promoted at practices/private team functions, etc.

Sorry, "promote" Jesus I have no issue with wrestlers being religious or even talking about it a lot (as long as they are not disparaging other religions...) I would have an issue IF religion is being promoted by the coaching staff at state or "state-related" schools. I really have no idea whether this is happening or not at PSU, and knowing Cael's typical adherence to rules I'd probably guess it's not. Maybe something started this apparent correlation with PSU seemingly having a higher % of very religious wrestlers awhile back (although one thing to keep in mind is that PSU guys win more often and thus are interviewed more often so it may just be partly more noticeable due to that), but at this point it seems guys that are both really good at wrestling and also religious are simply attracted to PSU.

Michigan might still be the oldest for this season if I had to guess. Looks like they have 4 projected starters in their 6th year (DeAugustino, Lewan, Griffith, Davison) plus 2 more in their 5th (Cannon, Amine).

I thought it was odd that that poster needed to go back almost 10 years for some of his examples of non-religious PSU wrestlers, and one of them (Taylor) probably isn’t even a good example IIRC. Obviously there are/have been some star PSU wrestlers that aren’t/weren’t religious, but definitely appears that many are. Clearly it seems to be working, if for no other reason than to give them something else they enjoy besides wrestling. Being a “state-related” school that I presume is bound by restrictions on separation of church and state, I’d also find it odd if any of it was coming from Cael or the coaching staff. Cassar’s interview is the first evidence I can recall that it may have been, but yes I suppose as long as he doesn’t talk about Jesus etc. than he’s likely in the clear.

Maybe Lofthouse's former teammate, Tony Ramos?

Yeah I thought Bartlett did, as well as Taylor and Nolf. I don't think I've ever seen a SVN interview, but I don't recall Cenzo talking about God all that much. Ruth (and Taylor) graduated almost 10 years ago, so seems odd that those were the best examples they could come up with.