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Daily Archives: April 23, 2012

Daily Huddle 4-23-12

A collection of college football photos, stories and links from around the web.

UL-Lafayette received rings for winning the New Orleans Bowl.

2012 UL Lafayette New Orleans Bowl ring

A great story on what it takes to hire a college football coach and keep rumors quiet.

Collin Garrett and Chris Robinson have been kicked off the Kansas team for violating team rules.

USC players went to chemistry class in full pads.

Tennessee couldn’t figure out how to work their scoreboard this weekend for their spring game. Somehow they lost to NC State!

Spencer Hall (@edsbs) was on the Rome Show today:

Ralph Bolden from Purdue kissed “an unwilling older women” and was arrested for public intoxication.

Arizona State has a new football video, but it isn’t very good.

Arkansas new head coach John L. Smith only had a $25,000 buyout from Weber State. Meanwhile, he will be paid $850,000 a year at Arkansas, with $425,000 coming from the school and $425,000 from the Razorback Foundation according to @NWARobbie.

Smith can also earn the following bonuses: $200,000 for winning the national title, $150,000 for reaching the title game $100,000 for making a BCS bowl game and $50,000 for making the Capital One, Outback or Cotton bowls.

Smith also had to following conditions upon becoming coach:

John L. Smith contract clause

For some John L. Smith reaction from around the web, try these links:

Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres)

Kevin McGuire (@KevinOnCFB)

College Football Zealots (@CFBZ)

Earlier reports today had San Diego State looking for a backup plan in case the Big East fails to deliver the promised television revenue. This story says that is all false rumors.

[John L. Smith contract details via @cbahn]

Arkansas has Hired John L. Smith

John L. Smith is the new Arkansas head coach

The AP reports that Arkansas Razorbacks athletic director Jeff Long has hired John L. Smith as the head coach for the coming season.

That’s right, it appears that this contract is for just the coming season according to @footballscoop:

Am told by sources close to the program that Smith’s contract is for less than one year. Wow

If you don’t remember who John L. Smith is, he is the former head coach at Louisville and Michigan State. He is most famous for this half time rant in a game against Ohio State. If you haven’t seen the video before, well, it speaks for itself.

Personally I think the worst John L. Smith moment wasn’t actually the rant, but when he informed his Louisville players during halftime of their bowl game that he was leaving for the Michigan State job. Seriously, what kind of person does that?

Probably a person who would leave Weber State after just 3 1/2 months for what is basically a part-time job at Arkansas.

This will certainly be a very scrutinized hire and is one that could really backfire on Jeff Long, ultimately costing him his own job.