2024 Coaching Carousel gets an early start…

[bobbyinaz]

Who decommitted? 247 still has their class as 13th in the country.

5-star QB Lewis commits to Coach Prime, Buffs

Five-star quarterback Julian Lewis, the No. 2 recruit in the 2025 ESPN 300, committed to Colorado on Thursday.

www.espn.com

 

[CCSUblue]

5-star QB Lewis commits to Coach Prime, Buffs

Five-star quarterback Julian Lewis, the No. 2 recruit in the 2025 ESPN 300, committed to Colorado on Thursday.

www.espn.com

He decommited because a different 5 star QB committed to USC.

 

[UConnJim]

Fired college football coach's wife takes bitter swipe at former school's roster

The wife of former UMass head coach Don Brown has blasted the school's decision to fire her husband after pointing to its astonishing lack of NIL money compared to other teams.

Yet while he departs with a poor 2-8 record this season, Brown's wife Deborah has fumed that her husband was actually performing miracles with the roster at his disposal after claiming UMass's roster falls well below the NIL value of its rivals.

She wrote on X: 'The combination of NIL money of the teams UMass played this season is a combined $48,798,653 million dollars to our $36,000. And we played how many teams so close?!'

One user replied: '360K did you mean? Has to be more than 36K.'

But Deborah confirmed: 'Correct amount !'

Other fans were left in disbelief after the NIL revelation, with one writing: 'Yeah that was a impossible situation'.

Another said: 'NIL in its current form is ruining college athletics... UMass will always be UMass and never win anything meaningful... but this disparity is just gross'.

While one simply posted: 'Coach Brown is a wizard!!'

Fired college football coach's wife takes bitter swipe at ex-school

Don Brown was fired by UMass earlier this week after going 6-28 in his second stint as head coach, having previously taken charge of the team from 2004 to 2008.

www.dailymail.co.uk

According to my buddy, he thinks the UMass football NIL is in the neighborhood of $300k.

It's a tough way for Brown to go, but they need a reset as they go the MAC. Brown is going to be 70 and UMass probably needs 2 years to become competitive in the MAC so it's better to move on given the poor record. And, NLI starts December 4th (earlier than in the past), so it's better to let commits know the situation now. Ideally, they should have negotiated a retirement.

 

[ZooCougar]

Fired college football coach's wife takes bitter swipe at former school's roster

The wife of former UMass head coach Don Brown has blasted the school's decision to fire her husband after pointing to its astonishing lack of NIL money compared to other teams.

Yet while he departs with a poor 2-8 record this season, Brown's wife Deborah has fumed that her husband was actually performing miracles with the roster at his disposal after claiming UMass's roster falls well below the NIL value of its rivals.

She wrote on X: 'The combination of NIL money of the teams UMass played this season is a combined $48,798,653 million dollars to our $36,000. And we played how many teams so close?!'

One user replied: '360K did you mean? Has to be more than 36K.'

But Deborah confirmed: 'Correct amount !'

Other fans were left in disbelief after the NIL revelation, with one writing: 'Yeah that was a impossible situation'.

Another said: 'NIL in its current form is ruining college athletics... UMass will always be UMass and never win anything meaningful... but this disparity is just gross'.

While one simply posted: 'Coach Brown is a wizard!!'

Fired college football coach's wife takes bitter swipe at ex-school

Don Brown was fired by UMass earlier this week after going 6-28 in his second stint as head coach, having previously taken charge of the team from 2004 to 2008.

www.dailymail.co.uk

It’s not a swipe at the roster. It’s a swipe at lack of support versus the support that the opponents on their schedule get. Really a swipe at the AD.

Their AD is AWFUL. It’s not even debateable.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[DoctorWho85]

Fired college football coach's wife takes bitter swipe at former school's roster

The wife of former UMass head coach Don Brown has blasted the school's decision to fire her husband after pointing to its astonishing lack of NIL money compared to other teams.

Yet while he departs with a poor 2-8 record this season, Brown's wife Deborah has fumed that her husband was actually performing miracles with the roster at his disposal after claiming UMass's roster falls well below the NIL value of its rivals.

She wrote on X: 'The combination of NIL money of the teams UMass played this season is a combined $48,798,653 million dollars to our $36,000. And we played how many teams so close?!'

One user replied: '360K did you mean? Has to be more than 36K.'

But Deborah confirmed: 'Correct amount !'

Other fans were left in disbelief after the NIL revelation, with one writing: 'Yeah that was a impossible situation'.

Another said: 'NIL in its current form is ruining college athletics... UMass will always be UMass and never win anything meaningful... but this disparity is just gross'.

While one simply posted: 'Coach Brown is a wizard!!'

Fired college football coach's wife takes bitter swipe at ex-school

Don Brown was fired by UMass earlier this week after going 6-28 in his second stint as head coach, having previously taken charge of the team from 2004 to 2008.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Good for her sticking up for her husband.

 

[UConnDan97]

I think this is probably a bigger indictment of where UMass is at than Don Brown's wife's statement...

 

[UCFBfan]

According to my buddy, he thinks the UMass football NIL is in the neighborhood of $300k.

I'd be curious to see what the average NIL budget is for fellow MAC schools. It most likely is above $300k but I wouldn't be shocked if it's not that much more. So while we might be appalled by this number, it might fit right in with their future home.

 

[huskymedic]

AAC going for the sweep:

 

[BigTenFan]

Add Ryan Walters Purdue to the list....he is gone after the Oaken Bucket game in Bloomington on Saturday

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Purple Stein]

Wow -that's wild. Reno is lifelong northeasterner with no FBS experience. Not saying it's a bad choice but definitely surprising.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Wow -that's wild. Reno is lifelong northeasterner with no FBS experience. Not saying it's a bad choice but definitely surprising.

Rice would be a good place to go. Texas recruiting, easy access as they're in Houston, decent history and good academics. Probably will have lower expectations to build your rep at FBS.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[noeynox]

Wow -that's wild. Reno is lifelong northeasterner with no FBS experience. Not saying it's a bad choice but definitely surprising.

His son is a QB at South Carolina. Have to figure he joins his dad.