r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 08 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] SMU Defeats Florida State 27-24

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SMU 7 10 0 10 27
Florida State 7 3 7 7 24
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u/Aedanwolfe Oklahoma Sooners Sep 08 '26

Its not thaaat much savings relatively

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u/xmjm424 Florida Gators • Team Meteor Sep 08 '26

There’s also not that much benefit to firing him midseason when who ever replaces him isn’t available until after the season anyways. Unless they’re AD is an idiot (and he might be), he’ll work through back channels regardless.

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u/kill-devil-films Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 08 '26

Yeah but its a signal to donors at least.

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u/WorkerMotor9174 California Golden Bears Sep 08 '26

The major donors are probably the ones putting up at least some of the money for a buyout. Then again they were prepared to can him last year if they could have gotten Kiffin.

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u/kill-devil-films Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 08 '26

Yeah, Im just looking at the timeline with recruiting battles in Nov/Dec that will need NIL funds for.

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u/Substantial_Good9669 Sep 08 '26

Idk, for VT getting in early let us get our first pick of candidates, we hired Franklin before our season even ended

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u/Volleyball45 Penn State • Appalachian State Sep 08 '26

I wonder how long before Franklin’s name starts popping up in coaching rumors. It was an open secret that at Penn State that he wanted his name out there and he never did much to shut down the rumors. FSU was always a job that was rumored to be very attractive to him and that he’d consider leaving PSU.

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u/Big_Watch4135 Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 08 '26

Frumors

I will say- we are lucky with his buyout that he is a good coach - just time ran out here.

Does anyone realistically want Norvell? They may be stuck with the full buyout.

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u/Substantial_Good9669 Sep 08 '26

I mean if he does well enough at vt we will have rumors after one year. He was pretty highly sought after when he was fired and if he shows those 2 losses were flukes I imagine he'll be a top target every cycle. 

We will still be a way better program for it, his contract was structured knowing this was a possibility.  Its back loaded with a modest buyout for a school seeking to poach him, so financially we'd be ahead and he's already totally modernized our administrative pracrices. And presumably it'd mean he won 9 ish games a year

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u/max_power1000 Navy Midshipmen • Michigan Wolverines Sep 08 '26

That was kind of a perfect storm where you had an ideal candidate come available early in the cycle too though.

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u/Substantial_Good9669 Sep 08 '26

Sure but assuming it wasn't Franklin, we'd have still been postured to get in early on guys like Chesney or Sumrall. I'm not saying it's a guarantee but I think if you do know you're moving on, the process feels way better if you get to officially start your search in November rather than in December. 

Also the team just flat out was better after the firing. We got to properly evaluate some guys who we ended up paying to stay

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u/Distance_Runner Florida State • Wake Forest Sep 08 '26

The AD was the same guy who was goated into signing Norvell to his insane contract to begin with. Yea he might be an idiot

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u/Icedcoffeeisgreat Florida State Seminoles • LSU Tigers Sep 08 '26

Oh he is an idiot

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u/ItsFreakinHarry2 UCF Knights • Florida Gators Sep 08 '26

Man I wish I could consider $8.5m “not that much”

Obviously it’s different when it’s an entire athletic department but sometimes I think we forget this is real money that is getting spent and not just numbers on a spreadsheet

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u/guinness_blaine Princeton Tigers • Texas Longhorns Sep 08 '26

In the current landscape, they could put some of that saved 8.5M towards rebuilding the roster. I think it’s relevant.

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u/TrixieLurker Notre Dame • Northwestern Sep 08 '26

Giving how cheap they are about maintaining the lights at Doak Campbell Stadium...