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Finn wrote:Moore was the obvious choice. Current group of guy seem to like him a lot, we'll see how it plays out after a few seasons.

humanrefutation wrote:A **** head coach at a historic university that's about to enter a Power 2 conference is leaving that gig to become an offensive coordinator at OSU?

So **** weird. I'm sure he'll blame NIL.

Day and Kelly have been very close long before either one got into major college football. They’re from the same hometown, Manchester, N.H. Day was Kelly’s quarterback at UNH and then later got his first coaching job as the tight ends coach when Kelly was the offensive coordinator. Kelly later brought Day with him to the NFL with the Eagles and then later to the 49ers. Their families are still very close.

It was no secret that Kelly was open to leaving UCLA as the Bruins program struggled to compete on an NIL front, as well as financially on staffing issues. Kelly had grown tired of having no NIL money to compete for recruits as the conversation would often circle back to money. On top of that, he’d lost his defensive coordinator to crosstown rival USC when D’Anton Lynn was hired away. The Bruins were paying $1 million a year to a first-time defensive coordinator. USC easily doubled that. — Bruce Feldman, national college football reporter

MikeIsGood wrote:If B10 got 3 qualifiers, it feels reasonable that UW would make it every so often, even with the expanded conference. Regularly? No. But sometimes? I could see that. This feels good for us, even though I think a 14 team playoff feels kind of crazy.