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I understand the retread thought, but who would be your short list. We sure as hell are not going to the Big 12 like we did going into 1996. To be honest, I'm not sure where I would go.
This is an exercise in futility - as Grantham, with his $1.8 million salary isn't going anywhere unless he gets fired. In this budget crisis year, he's likely not getting canned. Also, the D is likely to improve and we'll get the coach-speak from Mullen on how much we've improved "since the beginning of the year" (along w/ all the covid excuses). BUT, if I was going to look I'd consider one of Ohio State or Clemson's top assistants (not their DC's, but one of the other top up and comers who have been there a while). The Iowa State DC is old (59/60) - but his D has gotten rave reviews and Venables (Clemson) spent an entire week two years ago at Iowa State learning their D. So maybe one of the assistants there? There's a ton of good young DC's out there as well, but it would be nice to get a proven DC from a P5 school.