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Art Briles to Baylor: Official

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790 reports Baylor has offered Briles a 10 year deal at 1.8 mil per year.
BCS Money rules college football.

Losing our coach to a dead end job like Baylor makes me hate the BCS and its endless supply of money even more.
 
No official word on acceptance.

But 10 years at 1.8 million is much more than UH could ever pay him. Baylor continues to be one of the worst football programs in the nation but still reaps the monetary benefits of being in a BCS conference.

It comes down to Art's loyalty to UH and $18 million dollars.
 
I wonder what the buyout will be when they fire him in 4 or 5 years.

Briles is a good coach potentially going to a terrible situation. He did turn UH around but C-USA is no Big 12.
 
Matt Jackson was saying earlier that he heard some grumblings from Alumns that are kinda pissed at Briles for putting out feelers ---- again.


On the other hand, how much can you blame Briles?! He has made UH football relevant again, but where can he really go with the program now!? Personally, I think he could do better than the Baylor job, but maybe not right now, unless Leach leaves Tech and he is offered that job.
 
Rumors have been floating around in Cougar circles that Briles would take the TT job if Leach were to leave. But Baylor! The Baylor Bears for Christ's sake! Where coaches go to end their careers.

Hopefully he stays at UH.
 
gwallaia said:
Rumors have been floating around in Cougar circles that Briles would take the TT job if Leach were to leave. But Baylor! The Baylor Bears for Christ's sake! Where coaches go to end their careers.

Hopefully he stays at UH.
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Ultimately that would be the best best for everyone, I beleive. He can continue to pad his resume, while continue to build interest (interest = recruiting and fan support) in UH football.

I wouldn't wish the Baylor job on anyone except Major Applewhite... :stirpot:

:jk:

Maybe Nick Satan.
 
I heard Leach was looking at the Arkansas job, if so then Briles could go to TT. Briles should throw his hat at Arkansas. I hate to see Houston loose him, but for his own his family and career.
 
Yankee_In_TX said:
Not even coaching the Texas Bowl. Was this the AD's decision?

I'll be in the Bullpen with a sign. "Baylor?!?!?!"
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Maybe the recruiting can't wait like what Tommy Bowden said after going undefeated with Tulane in 98 and leaving before the bowl game.
 
gwallaia said:
790 reports Baylor has offered Briles a 10 year deal at 1.8 mil per year.
BCS Money rules college football.

Losing our coach to a dead end job like Baylor makes me hate the BCS and its endless supply of money even more.
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I hear a lot of talk of University of Houston replacing Baylor as a participant in the big twelve south. OK. Put your money where your mouth is. Sell out the Texas bowl. Now the tea sips can put sixty thousand in the stands going to a pig kill when they play Rice. They can sell out the place when they play for the big twelve championship. I know, I’ve been there when they did it. What are you going to do this time? Your team is in a home town bowl. And this is the reason you will never, ever be invited to join a major conference. You are a commuter school whose main campus is in the middle of a ghetto. The main campus is a pig sty and apparently, no one gives a damn because it has been that way for fifty years that I know of. Got Kelo in your hip pocket.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-108.ZS.html
Don’t like it U of H, do something about it. Sell the game out and show the world you’ve turned the corner. Yeah, right. Now tell me another one. The name cougar high is apt. But you won’t because no one gives damn, especially your alumni. Must take some kind of doing to build so much iniquitous feelings from your former students whom owe you so much ?

Baylor a dead end job ? Please . Which is the pot ? Which is the kettle ?
 
threetoedpete said:
I hear a lot of talk of University of Houston replacing Baylor as a participant in the big twelve south. OK. Put your money where your mouth is. Sell out the Texas bowl. Now the tea sips can put sixty thousand in the stands going to a pig kill when they play Rice. They can sell out the place when they play for the big twelve championship. I know, I’ve been there when they did it. What are you going to do this time? Your team is in a home town bowl. And this is the reason you will never, ever be invited to join a major conference. You are a commuter school whose main campus is in the middle of ghetto. The main campus is a pig sty and apparently, no one gives a damn because it has been that way for fifty years that I know of. Got Kelo in your hip pocket.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-108.ZS.html
Don’t like it U of H, do something about it. Sell the game out and show the world you’ve turned the corner. Yeah, right. Now tell me another one. The name cougar high is apt. But you won’t because no one gives damn, especially your alumni. Must take some kind of doing to build so much iniquitous feelings from your former students whom owe you so much ?

Baylor a dead end job ? Please . Which is the pot ? Which is the kettle ?
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U of H is a tough job because the school is a commuter school and a night school. You don't get the same "college pride" or alumni base most universities had.

However, if U of H was in the Big 12 and Baylor got booted, then U of H >>> Baylor. With all the $ up there in Waco, they have no excuses.
 
sucks for the Coogs. I feel for everyone there and it's too bad the old SWC had to go belly up years ago and ruin a great conference. I think Briles has a chance to make Baylor the Ole Miss of the big 12. He's a heck of a coach.
 
Nawzer said:
Money talks.
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True, but I hope Briles saves his money over the next 7 years (if he lasts that long), because the Baylor job could be a career ending move as far HC's go...

I wish him well and appreciate him for the job he's done.
 
threetoedpete said:
I hear a lot of talk of University of Houston replacing Baylor as a participant in the big twelve south. OK. Put your money where your mouth is. Sell out the Texas bowl. Now the tea sips can put sixty thousand in the stands going to a pig kill when they play Rice. They can sell out the place when they play for the big twelve championship. I know, I’ve been there when they did it. What are you going to do this time? Your team is in a home town bowl. And this is the reason you will never, ever be invited to join a major conference. You are a commuter school whose main campus is in the middle of ghetto. The main campus is a pig sty and apparently, no one gives a damn because it has been that way for fifty years that I know of. Got Kelo in your hip pocket.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-108.ZS.html
Don’t like it U of H, do something about it. Sell the game out and show the world you’ve turned the corner. Yeah, right. Now tell me another one. The name cougar high is apt. But you won’t because no one gives damn, especially your alumni. Must take some kind of doing to build so much iniquitous feelings from your former students whom owe you so much ?

Baylor a dead end job ? Please . Which is the pot ? Which is the kettle ?
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Hell if anyone deserves to be in the Big XII it is TCU. They had an off year this year but up until this year and the UT game they

• The Horned Frogs are 9-1 against teams from Bowl Championship Series conferences, .
• Their five-game winning streak against Big 12 teams is the second longest behind Oklahoma (eight).
• They are among only five teams in the nation to have three 11-win seasons in the past four years, joining Southern California, Oklahoma, LSU and Boise State.
• They have been to bowls in seven of the last eight years

They beat UH the last time they played them. Baylor has been their punk 2 years straight.

Briles is a good coach though and I think he can do a little something at Baylor.
 
Vinny said:
sucks for the Coogs. I feel for everyone there and it's too bad the old SWC had to go belly up years ago and ruin a great conference. I think Briles has a chance to make Baylor the Ole Miss of the big 12. He's a heck of a coach.
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That statement confusses me, aminly because isn't Baylor already the Ole Miss of the Big 12, well minus the insane number of foxy co-eds and great tailgating in The Grove?

Am I the only one who finds the rapidity of the last few hires to be a little shocking? Has either A&M, Baylor or Ole Miss even interviewed more then 1 canidate? And how long before we hear about the lack of minority interviews?
 
I think he might make Baylor a better team, but still won't be able to compete against the Big 12 South. He's in a no win situation for sure. Maybe he's doing it for the money? Maybe he's doing it in order to get his name Nationally recognized for later employment? Who knows??:cool:

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Bayor have higher academic requirements than the rest of the Big 12 South?
 
Hoth-Boy said:
That statement confusses me, aminly because isn't Baylor already the Ole Miss of the Big 12, well minus the insane number of foxy co-eds and great tailgating in The Grove?

Am I the only one who finds the rapidity of the last few hires to be a little shocking? Has either A&M, Baylor or Ole Miss even interviewed more then 1 canidate? And how long before we hear about the lack of minority interviews?
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Baylor doesn't do near as well in the Big 12 as Ole Miss does in the SEC.....I used to live in Oxford...the Grove is indeed a great place for tailgating.
 
Yankee_In_TX said:
U of H is a tough job because the school is a commuter school and a night school. You don't get the same "college pride" or alumni base most universities had.

However, if U of H was in the Big 12 and Baylor got booted, then U of H >>> Baylor. With all the $ up there in Waco, they have no excuses.
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The rapes that break out biannualy don't help the image out much either. Working poor kids whose prarents eek out tuition, I get it. Tired of the whininng.
Obviously, the power stucture of the city of Houton and Harris county like it just the way it is. Stop whinning.
 
threetoedpete said:
I hear a lot of talk of University of Houston replacing Baylor as a participant in the big twelve south. OK. Put your money where your mouth is. Sell out the Texas bowl. Now the tea sips can put sixty thousand in the stands going to a pig kill when they play Rice. They can sell out the place when they play for the big twelve championship. I know, I’ve been there when they did it. What are you going to do this time? Your team is in a home town bowl. And this is the reason you will never, ever be invited to join a major conference. You are a commuter school whose main campus is in the middle of a ghetto. The main campus is a pig sty and apparently, no one gives a damn because it has been that way for fifty years that I know of. Got Kelo in your hip pocket.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-108.ZS.html
Don’t like it U of H, do something about it. Sell the game out and show the world you’ve turned the corner. Yeah, right. Now tell me another one. The name cougar high is apt. But you won’t because no one gives damn, especially your alumni. Must take some kind of doing to build so much iniquitous feelings from your former students whom owe you so much ?

Baylor a dead end job ? Please . Which is the pot ? Which is the kettle ?
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This is all BS... baylor is a dead end job & even there own alumni (john McClain) admits it.

With the way you talk, Baylor must sell out every game & win 9 plus games a year in Football. That has to be why they deserve to be in a BCS conference & UH or TCU for that matter don't. I see those tarps covering the stands in the background when i peek in on there games every now & then, they aren't exactly setting attendance records either. I would venture to say that the only time they even come close to filling their stands is when they're playing a perennially ranked opponent or someone they consider a rival. Oh, what a coincidence, U of H does the same thing, & as you say i know i've seen it. Put U of H in a conference with its old rivals & it would surely do at least the same things baylor has been doing since it's been in the Big 12. USC is in the middle of the "ghetto", doesn't exactly limit what they've been able to do the last 5 years. You have no point whatsoever.

At least we're relevant in more than 2 major sports. Outside of baseball & track & field Baylor does absolutely nothing.


As far as briles, i'm a little disappointed with his departure, but i can understand, i'd leave too if my salary was being doubled & i had a significantly better shot at getting to a BCS bowl & the possibility of playing for the NC was open to my program.
 
The one thing I'm afraid is that Robert Griffin may change his mind and join Art Briles instead.

How good of a track program does the Bears have, anybody knows?
 
threetoedpete said:
The rapes that break out biannualy don't help the image out much either. Working poor kids whose prarents eek out tuition, I get it. Tired of the whininng.
Obviously, the power stucture of the city of Houton and Harris county like it just the way it is. Stop whinning.
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If you want to call it whining, I'll take his "whinning" over your griping (and BTW Why??) anyday. My "prarents" went to U of H and both provided we with a good "stucture" with which to build. I have been a "Houton" Cougar and I love the school.

You are the one "whininng" and about what??? Good God. As a courtesy why don't you at least proofread your posts or hit spell check. I make 'em too, but Geeezus. I only see this many misspelled words "biannualy."
 
When did contracts become nothing more than a piece of paper? Unless I'm totally confused, contracts are still considered a binding agreement on both parties. While I appreciate the stability that Briles has brought to the team, I've got to admit that this move is causing me to lose respect for the man.

Oh well, having said that, let's pony up the cash & sign R.C. Slocum like we should've done in the first place.
 
threetoedpete what duck from Oregon came out from under a rock and teabagged you today?

I think one of the great tragedies about UH is that everyone outside the state of Texas talk about how it's a pretty good university, yet the people who live closest to it are the ones who will most likely **** on it every chance they got, and that's a damn shame.
 
76Texan said:
The one thing I'm afraid is that Robert Griffin may change his mind and join Art Briles instead.

How good of a track program does the Bears have, anybody knows?
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04' Jeremy Wariner & Donald Williamson..... & of course 96' Micheal Johnson...... I'd say it's pretty good.
 
Personally, I think he can bring respect to that program. Not immediate impact, but in three years. I hope he can bring in some good talent for that program. Either way, it will be fun when Texas plays them.
 
Mr teX said:
04' Jeremy Wariner & Donald Williamson..... & of course 96' Micheal Johnson...... I'd say it's pretty good.
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Yeah, I guess Baylor has been quite decent in track & field.

I just read that if he runs track only, Griffin would have stayed at Baylor to be close to home.

But I also read that he loves basketball.
I hope Penders get him to watch all the Coogs' games during the holiday season.

He's supposed to graduate in December and enroll in college in the Spring.
 
As a former Baylor Bear I'm very excited about the move. I think Briles can get the Bears moving in the right direction & I'm prepared to give him all the time he needs to get things back on track. He might want to start trying to figure out how to clone Mike Singletary.
 
threetoedpete said:
You are a commuter school whose main campus is in the middle of a ghetto. The main campus is a pig sty and apparently, no one gives a damn because it has been that way for fifty years that I know of?
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You obviously have never been on the main campus of UH.

Sadly, for whatever reason, we do not have enough die-hard fans. Personally, I have been a season ticket holder since I graduated from UH in 1990 and have only missed a few home games in that time. But yes, attendance is terrible. I don't know what the solution is.
 
gwallaia said:
You obviously have never been on the main campus of UH.

Sadly, for whatever reason, we do not have enough die-hard fans. Personally, I have been a season ticket holder since I graduated from UH in 1990 and have only missed a few home games in that time. But yes, attendance is terrible. I don't know what the solution is.
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New buildings + new housing + new stores = more students on campus = more students going to games = more students who graduate and care about U of H football.

And they're building all 3 of those. But foreign, adult, or full time students living off campus simply aren't going to catch any U of H football spirit.
 
gwallaia said:
You obviously have never been on the main campus of UH.

Sadly, for whatever reason, we do not have enough die-hard fans. Personally, I have been a season ticket holder since I graduated from UH in 1990 and have only missed a few home games in that time. But yes, attendance is terrible. I don't know what the solution is.
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Maybe... Just maybe, its time to move the games back off campus. I try to make it to at least half the home games each year, but I cant make it to them all.
 
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