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LSU had a weird year indeed, they edged Alabama, great, got hammered at home by Tenn, beat the Miss teams, good, lost to FSU by a missed PAT, then lost to A&M while winning the SEC W.  Got down 35-7 to UGA and made a comback to make it look more even.

Lots of things happening fast at Purdue right now.

Insiders say Brian Brohm has been trying to convince Purdue AD Bobinski to hire Jim Leonhard at HC, keep Brian Brohm as OC, and retain Mark Hagen as DC.  Very strange.  It's reported that Brian was not in the Brohm family decision making circle (the inner circle is Jeff, Greg, Oscar and Brady...wtf!).  Apparently Brian may be wanting to go off on his own here, even though Jeff has already named him part of the Louisville staff.

Bobinski is not convinced though.  He is viewing this as an opportunity to make a statement.  Todd Monken (Georgia OC) and Kalen DeBoer (Washington HC) are supposedly at the top of the list now.  Bobinski plans to wrap this up ASAP. 

Purdue DC Mark Hagen wants to stay at Purdue, even though Jeff Brohm made a strong attempt to bring him to Louisville.  Retaining Hagen is critical for Purdue.  He is their best defensive recruiter.  He is the reason Purdue's DL made major improvements, and had excellent 2 deep depth.  Also literally the top 5 rated players in Purdue's 2023 recruiting class are all DL, and were recruited by Hagen.

Insiders say Brian Brohm has been trying to convince Purdue AD Bobinski to hire Jim Leonhard at HC, keep Brian Brohm as OC, and retain Mark Hagen as DC.

that would be really smart move to make and especially if it was made fast. Most AD's are not that smart however.

Purdue had a last minute candidate jump in.  Rumor is Kliff Kingsbury.  I'm not sold on Kliff.  His resume from Texas Tech is not impressive, and that was with Patrick Mahomes.  He seemed to have Arizona rolling, but then completely collapsed.

Looks like Kalen DeBoer is staying in Washington.  His buy out is $10M+, which Purdue was going to pay.  Shows how serious this admin has gotten toward football.

I'm hearing Chris Kleiman is on the short list.

Tyson Helton (Western Kentucky) is also on the short list.

Corey Trice to sit out the bowl game for Purdue.  That's a pretty big hit to the defense.

I'm hearing the Purdue coaching search is down to Shane Beamer (South Carolina HC) and Ryan Walters (Illinois DC).  Waiting to see if USCe can match Purdue.  Of course, there is always the possibility Beamer is using this to leverage a pay raise.

They are also trying to get Jamarcus Sheppard on board as OC, and retain Mark Hagen.

Sheppard is also a fall back option as HC.  Along with Tyson Helton (Western Kentucky HC).