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Mean Green Matt Veteran

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Sad day for our friends at Arky State. I feel for them on this.

Count me in the camp that doesn't feel bad for them one bit. The amount of crap they talked about how great it was, and how Malzahn really loved coming home and he would be there for years. LOL.

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Eagle1855 Newbie

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Good hire for Auburn.

Cash rules college football.

Coaches follow the cash (which is perfectly understandable).

Small (budget) programs don't have cash.

So success generally is greeted with staff turnover.

And the cycle starts over.

Them's the breaks.

Officially jaded,

Eagle1855

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Eagle1855 Newbie

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I don't understand why this is a surprise to anyone. I mean, Malzahn practically lived in Auburn the three years he coached there. He already knows where the grocery stores and churches are.

I wonder if Kristi Malzahn will be doing any interviews this go 'round...

UNT90 Newbie

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I'm thinking about the 4 or 5 star running back that transferred to Ark St. from Auburn, but wasn't given an exemption to play right away last year.

Maybe he will transfer back to Auburn?

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Mean Green 93-98 Grand Master

Mean Green 93-98

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I'm thinking about the 4 or 5 star running back that transferred to Ark St. from Auburn, but wasn't given an exemption to play right away last year.

Maybe he will transfer back to Auburn?

Michael Dyer . . . and I doubt he ever plays FBS ball again.

GrandGreen Grand Master

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One thing about playing in the Belt, it doesn't take long to have your dreams trashed. All the talk that the Belt is already even if not superior to CUSA and there is no reason for any Belt team to jump and yet like anyone with a brain would guess; any team will be gone in a second if able. A Belt HC with better offers staying, not likely to happen.

The thing about it is that losing coaches to better offers means normally that the program did something right. In the case of ASU, it was strange he took the job in the first place so I guess there was hope that he might stay to accomplish something.

All About UNT Veteran

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I am thinking about several Ark St recruits that could be changing their commitments.

Like the 3 star QB from DeSoto HS.

Not to be a naysayer but that kid has offers from everywhere and I bet if he does jump ship (bet the bank he will) it won't be to here.

DeepGreen Grand Master

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I am thinking about several Ark St recruits that could be changing their commitments.

Like the 3 star QB from DeSoto HS.

3star from Cedar Hill? Lot of great offers, but alas, UNT was not one of them. How can we not recruit this type of talent?

All About UNT Veteran

All About UNT

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3star from Cedar Hill? Lot of great offers, but alas, UNT was not one of them. How can we not recruit this type of talent?

who is to say we didn't? He very well could have told our coaches no way no how as soon as they showed up to practice.

tylermeangreen Newbie

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I'm thinking about the 4 or 5 star running back that transferred to Ark St. from Auburn, but wasn't given an exemption to play right away last year.

Maybe he will transfer back to Auburn?

Are you talking about the one who was suspended at Auburn; then went to Ark State and was then suspended for being arrested for drugs and a gun in his car? I believe his name was Mike Dyer.

If so, I think not.

TIgreen01 Veteran

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Gotta say, ASU firing Roberts a few years back really benefited Hugh Freeze and Malzahn. Roberts built that team over the course of several years and had assembled the best front 7 and QB in the conference. Those 2 guys came in and parlayed it into better jobs. In the end, I definitely feel bad for ASU....esp. since their donors stepped up last year to dramatically raise coaching salaries. I wonder if they will now cut their budget back to where they had been, or if they will bring someone in with a big enough name to warrant keeping their budgets the same?

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