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15. Rumor Of The Week
As always, we preface the ROTW with the obligatory If.
If Texas A&M (translation: assorted big-money Aggie power brokers) decides to dismiss R.C. Slocum at season's end, the talk within coaching circles is that Alabama's Dennis Franchione would be on the A&M short wish list.
Would Dennis Franchione leave Alabama for Texas A&M?
Franchione has done a remarkable job at Bama, but would he be tempted by A&M's facilities, recruiting base, checkbook and the absence of any NCAA sanctions? Got us, but the Tide is ineligible for postseason play this season and next and has to make do with 21 less scholarships (a killer) over a three-year period.
Another thing to consider: Alabama has discussed a new long-term contract with Franchione, but at last check, Franchione hasn't signed a thing. That doesn't mean he isn't going to re-up, but first everyone has to dot the i's and cross the t's on such items as buyout terms and guarantees.
Franchione has heard his name mentioned before (remember Kansas?. . . remember he wasn't pleased?), and he'll hear his name mentioned again. It goes with being a damn good coach at a place on NCAA probation.
The first part of the rumor is equally interesting. All Slocum has done at A&M during his 14 seasons as head coach is win 122 games. In all, he has spent 30 years of his life at College Station.
But his critics say he doesn't play for national championships, that he doesn't win enough bowl games, that he can't even crack the most recent Top 25 rankings. Maybe not, but he's been incredibly loyal to A&M, and his won-loss record is enough to make other coaches drool on their whistles.
This is a fluid situation. With the loss to Oklahoma State, the Aggies drop to 5-4 and still have Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas left on their schedule. And not to be forgotten: A&M has a new president (former CIA director Robert Gates) and a new athletic director on the way.
15. Rumor Of The Week
As always, we preface the ROTW with the obligatory If.
If Texas A&M (translation: assorted big-money Aggie power brokers) decides to dismiss R.C. Slocum at season's end, the talk within coaching circles is that Alabama's Dennis Franchione would be on the A&M short wish list.
Would Dennis Franchione leave Alabama for Texas A&M?
Franchione has done a remarkable job at Bama, but would he be tempted by A&M's facilities, recruiting base, checkbook and the absence of any NCAA sanctions? Got us, but the Tide is ineligible for postseason play this season and next and has to make do with 21 less scholarships (a killer) over a three-year period.
Another thing to consider: Alabama has discussed a new long-term contract with Franchione, but at last check, Franchione hasn't signed a thing. That doesn't mean he isn't going to re-up, but first everyone has to dot the i's and cross the t's on such items as buyout terms and guarantees.
Franchione has heard his name mentioned before (remember Kansas?. . . remember he wasn't pleased?), and he'll hear his name mentioned again. It goes with being a damn good coach at a place on NCAA probation.
The first part of the rumor is equally interesting. All Slocum has done at A&M during his 14 seasons as head coach is win 122 games. In all, he has spent 30 years of his life at College Station.
But his critics say he doesn't play for national championships, that he doesn't win enough bowl games, that he can't even crack the most recent Top 25 rankings. Maybe not, but he's been incredibly loyal to A&M, and his won-loss record is enough to make other coaches drool on their whistles.
This is a fluid situation. With the loss to Oklahoma State, the Aggies drop to 5-4 and still have Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas left on their schedule. And not to be forgotten: A&M has a new president (former CIA director Robert Gates) and a new athletic director on the way.
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