2025-26 Coaching Carousel

[UCTitleTown]

Boise is not small as there are about 240k in Boise and about 450k in the metro area and growing. Boise is focused on winning and everyone is aligned to make that happen.

Idaho is 15 times larger in size, but CT has almost twice their population. That's sparse no matter how you slice it.

 

[LIUCHusky]

Idaho is 15 times larger in size, but CT has almost twice their population. That's sparse no matter how you slice it.

What part of the metro Boise area having a population of close to a half a million don’t you understand. If you have ever visited Boise you would never think of it as rural or remote.

 

[Bongo Fury]

HCJM lives in Idaho.

 

[jostar1]

HCJM lives in Idaho.

 

[UConnJim]

yeah, James Franklin is delusional if he thinks another penn state -level program is going to hand him the keys. The reasons he got fired are the same goals any of those other programs would have. he needs to humble himself, and re-set at VT, which is a big enough brand that he could build something awesome there and PROVE he's what he claims to be; someone who can win it all.

I think Franklin would be a home run hire for Virginia Tech. Their biggest issue is recruiting as they are not recruiting as well in Virginia as in the past and Franklin would open up Maryland and Pennsylvania as well. 24/7 ranks VT's roster talent at #40, 9th in the ACC. Plus, VT has decided to increase investment in athletics and they have a large loyal fan base that is desperate for a winner. Franklin had 5 top 10 and 7 top 25 seasons at Penn St. and 2 top 25 seasons in 3 years at Vandy. Winning in the ACC is a lot easier than winning in the Big 10 or SEC.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Boise St football has grown with the city and surrounds since WW2. As Jim wrote, all oars have been rowing on the same stroke.

 

[AllHusky]

Someone explain Boise State's success in today's college football. Location is rural and remote, can't be a ton of in-state talent, and how can it compete on NIL with the big boys? Yet, despite all that it's a perennial Top 20 program and was in the CFB playoffs last year.

Boise is a great destination, and they treat their FB'ers really well. No academic pressure, local heroes, usually great coaching, blue Turf was awesome(do they still have it?). Urban enough to be fun, physical geography is breathtaking. Tough to get there, but worth the trip.

 

[DoctorWho85]

HCJM lives in Idaho.

I thought it was Wyoming

 

[CCSUblue]

I thought it was Wyoming

Sun Valley, Idaho... But let's be honest, he lives in Connecticut now and has a house in Idaho.

 

[Windham4th]

Boise is not small as there are about 240k in Boise and about 450k in the metro area and growing. Boise is focused on winning and everyone is aligned to make that happen.

Boise is a young and vibrant city. Awesome place. Not a large city by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[PNolanFan]

Boise is a young and vibrant city. Awesome place. Not a large city by any stretch of the imagination.

Not that it matters in anyway but I would be very surprised if the defined "metro area" for Boise was smaller than the entire size of CT

 

[huskymedic]

 

[UCTitleTown]

Boise is a great destination, and they treat their FB'ers really well. No academic pressure, local heroes, usually great coaching, blue Turf was awesome(do they still have it?). Urban enough to be fun, physical geography is breathtaking. Tough to get there, but worth the trip.

They have exclusive rights to use blue turf.

 

[huskymedic]

They have exclusive rights to use blue turf.

University of New Haven who is upgrading from D2 > FCS has had a blue turf field for years…

Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium - Facilities - University of New Haven Athletics

The official facilities page for the University of New Haven Chargers

newhavenchargers.com

 

[CCSUblue]

They have exclusive rights to use blue turf.

That's just false. Any school may use any color they want.

Besides New Haven, University of New England in Maine and Luther College in Iowa also have blue turf.

 

[Windham4th]

That's just false. Any school may use any color they want.

Besides New Haven, University of New England in Maine and Luther College in Iowa also have blue turf.

It's in between what each of you said. Just Google it. SUNY Morrisville dared them to sue with a black field and Boise didn't

 

[Purple Stein]

College football's dynasty era is over, and the sport is better because of it
Dan Wolken
Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 1:40 PM EDT

Welcome to the new era of college football. We’ve known it and we’ve seen it, but as we reach the second half of the 2025 season, the impact of movement through the transfer portal, player compensation and an expanded playoff field have changed the sport in previously inconceivable ways.

Outside of Ohio State and maybe Alabama (at least until the next loss), every one of the sport’s traditional blue bloods wakes up today in some stage of an existential crisis. Meanwhile, Indiana is the nation’s No. 2 team, Georgia Tech is looking increasingly like a favorite to make the CFP and ESPN’s "College GameDay" is rightfully headed to Missouri at Vanderbilt next weekend.

College football's dynasty era is over, and the sport is better because of it

Parity reigns in college football, as evidenced by ASU's high-wire win over Texas Tech. This is now a year-to-year, week-to-week enterprise and nothing in American sports is delivering more drama for a wider array of teams and fan bases.

sports.yahoo.com

Sounds like good news for a scrappy, up and coming Independent program that has a chip on its shoulder.

 

[UConnJim]

Sounds like good news for a scrappy, up and coming Independent program that has a chip on its shoulder.

The portal has been very positive for UConn football.

 

[DoctorWho85]

The portal has been very positive for UConn football.

Definitely been a net positive for us. I said when it first started that we'd lose some good players, but we could easily reload with players that either graduated or want more playing time. Mora has shown he knows how to keep the team competetive in today's game.