Some names to watch before it’s deleted

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Arkansas has DEEP pockets. I'd be shocked if we can truly "outbid" them
I still not sure we have to. Anyway you slice the second briles was on the board it was his agent’s job to get him a raise. The narrative right now should be that Briles is happy in Arky. Why say anything else when he didn’t officially get offered the Miami job?
 
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I think it's very clear that Mario cares deeply about this thread reaching 1000 pages. Each Offer/Rejection/Next-Candidate-Up cylce is good for 40-50 pages. We will have our coordinators in about 3 more offers.
 
Lewis' offensive production at Kent State looks pretty impressive. Many of the low scoring games were against top P5 opponents like TAMU, ASU, Auburn, Wisconsin, Penn State, Ole Miss. In the year prior to him taking over as HC, the team only had one game (v FCS Howard) above 30 points.

I know most ignore the recruiting aspect because rankings are so spotty in the MAC. But it's worth noting Kent State was at the bottom for most years under Lewis, meaning he arguably did more with less. But of course that also most likely means he's not a strong recruiter. I'm okay with that tradeoff in an OC, personally.

20212020 (Covid)20192018 (Y1)2017 (Prior HC)
Games w/ over 30 Points9 of 143 of 47 of 133 of 121 of 12
OPPONENTRESULTOPPONENTRESULTOPPONENTRESULTOPPONENTRESULTOPPONENTRESULT
6 Texas A&ML41-10Eastern MichiganW27-23Arizona StateL30-7IllinoisL31-245 ClemsonL56-3
VMIW60-10Bowling GreenW62-24Kennesaw StateW26-23 OTHowardW54-14HowardW38-31
5 IowaL30-7AkronW69-358 AuburnL55-1611 Penn StateL63-10MarshallL21-0
MarylandL37-16BuffaloL70-41Bowling GreenW62-20Ole MissL38-1719 LouisvilleL42-3
Bowling GreenW27-208 WisconsinL48-0Ball StateL52-24BuffaloL27-13
BuffaloW48-38AkronW26-3OhioL27-26Northern IllinoisL24-3
Western MichiganL64-31OhioL45-38Miami (OH)L31-6Miami (OH)W17-14
OhioW34-27Miami (OH)L23-16AkronL24-23 OTOhioL48-3
Northern IllinoisW52-47ToledoL35-33Bowling GreenW35-28Bowling GreenL44-16
Central MichiganL54-30BuffaloW30-27BuffaloL48-14Western MichiganL48-20
AkronW38-0Ball StateW41-38ToledoL56-34Central MichiganL42-23
Miami (OH)W48-47 OTEastern MichiganW34-26Eastern MichiganL28-20AkronL24-14
Northern Illinois *L41-23Utah State *W51-41
Wyoming *L52-38
 
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Tidbit on Lewis: "In a shortened 2020 season, Lewis guided the Golden Flashes to a 3-1 record, securing the first back-to-back winning seasons at Kent State for the first time since the 1976-77 seasons. " They were 7-7 this year with a Bowl loss, so that means he had 3 regular season winning records in a row. Which doesn't sound like much until you realize it's better than any other HC at Kent State in 40 years.

Lewis' contract extension isn't public yet, but he only made 450K a year up until now. Meanwhile, Candle made 1.2M and was the highest paid coach in the MAC to produce the same number of wins.
 
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Tidbit on Lewis: "In a shortened 2020 season, Lewis guided the Golden Flashes to a 3-1 record, securing the first back-to-back winning seasons at Kent State for the first time since the 1976-77 seasons. " They were 7-7 this year with a Bowl loss, so that means he had 3 regular season winning records in a row. Which does sound like much until you realize it's better than any other HC at Kent State in 40 years.

Lewis' contract extension isn't public yet, but he only made 450K a year up until now. Meanwhile, Candle made 1.2M and was the highest paid coach in the MAC to produce the same number of wins.
For the new Miami fans, Don James, a Miami grad and then passing record holder in 52-53, was the Kent State coach from 1971-74 and won their only MAC title. While there, he coached Jack Lambert, Nick Saban, and Gary Pinkel. He then went o Washington, for 18 years with success and won the National Championship in 1991. He is in both the Miami and College Football Halls of Fame.
 
Tidbit on Lewis: "In a shortened 2020 season, Lewis guided the Golden Flashes to a 3-1 record, securing the first back-to-back winning seasons at Kent State for the first time since the 1976-77 seasons. " They were 7-7 this year with a Bowl loss, so that means he had 3 regular season winning records in a row. Which does sound like much until you realize it's better than any other HC at Kent State in 40 years.

Lewis' contract extension isn't public yet, but he only made 450K a year up until now. Meanwhile, Candle made 1.2M and was the highest paid coach in the MAC to produce the same number of wins

Whether we get him or somebody else does, he won’t be there for much longer.
 
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