I don’t see TB going to Syracuse. That program has a lot of issues besides just the coaching. They need an overhaul of their facilities and it seems like they’ve sold their soles for basketball success. I’m not sure anyone can turn that program around until the administration buys into making it a winner.

And I’m not sure Golden would go from being a head coach to a coordinator at another program. I don’t see how that would advance his career. It looks more impressive to turn around a program like Temple than it would be to go to a school like Penn State, which already has a great defensive tradition, and just keep it out of the ditches.

Penn State had room to grow, Temple does not. With the way college football is not, Temple has a very serious glass ceiling. Unless he is trying to get the school back into the Big East, which is something I never considered. But even that goal is difficult because they are going to deal with major attendance problems, even if they start winning MAC championships, plus never really be able to out recruit against Penn State, Rutgers and so on.

I just think he has too many ties to PSU to pass that up for a shot at making Temple the next Marshall.

that’s why you never got anywhere in life and you spend your time talking about football on blogs.

(j/k)

Being the head coach at PSU is a lot of politics. You have to be able to put on a suit and tie and rub elbows with the corporate sponsors that support the program. Like it or not it’s a big part of the job. Paterno could do that with the best of them. I’m not sure Bradley can pull it off. He strikes me as the type of guy that would wear a powder blue tuxedo to the country club. That’s just not his type of environment.

Golden, on the other hand, I get the impression would do very well in that type of setting.

I suspect it’s a Bradley thing.

I’d call UConn head coach Randy Edsall. That guy took a program that is less than five years old and turned it into a conference contender and a fringe top 25 team. He’s also a Syracuse grad that understands the tradition of Syracuse football. It must kill him to see his alma mater the way it is, and I bet he’d be willing to take over and try to turn it around.

Edsall began his coaching career in 1980 at his alma mater, Syracuse University. A former quarterback for the Orangemen, Edsall started as a graduate assistant from 1980-1982. In 1983, coach Dick MacPherson named Edsall running backs coach. He coached the running backs for three seasons at Syracuse (1983-84 and 1986) and coached the tight ends in 1985 before making the switch to the defensive side of the ball. He coached the Syracuse defensive backs from 1987-1990 and during that period the Orangemen were ranked amongst the National Division I-A leaders in pass defense.

In 1991, Edsall moved on to Boston College and joined the staff of Coughlin. He coached the Eagle defensive backs for three seasons (1991-1993) and had his secondary ranked among the national top 20 in pass defense in two of those three seasons. He moved with Coughlin to the NFL in 1994.

Success has followed Edsall at every stop along his playing and coaching journey. He has been a part of 10 different teams (nine as a coach) that made bowl appearances and came away with a victory seven times.

The Jacksonville Jaguars advanced to the NFL Playoffs in two of his three seasons, including an AFC Championship Game appearance in 1996. From 1985 to 1993, Edsall was a part of seven teams that made bowl appearances and in 1993, Boston College upset three top 10 teams on the road in Notre Dame, Penn State and Syracuse.

The guy is perfect for the job.