Day coached against Oregon State, Rutgers and a significantly weaker TCU. That team would have won those games, if the waterboy was coaching. I hear that as a Ryan Day resume point, all the time, here in Colimbus. Not saying he won't be a good coach - I am saying the name Ryan Day, does not recruit like the name Urban Meyer. There will be a drop off. They will experience a cycle of down recruiting and performance. I have no idea what Dabo will do, when Saban leaves - but assuming he wins this game, he's built his own kingdom, at Clemson, and doesn't need to go anywhere. A lot of people are baggin' on the Diaz hire - but I don't recall Dabo or Ryan Day coming from successfull HC positions,.to take their current jobs. I mean neither was ever a P5 HC prior to their current tenure.
Day was a candidate and turned down NFL offers from what I hear. Day still blew out Oregon St. TCU was winning that game until the D took over and flipped it. Rutgers would give UM a dogfight. Saban built himself a kingdom at LSU and still left. Urban built himself a kingdom at Florida and left to win another natty at OSU. Bama will do what Bama does. Just buy Dabo. Throw Jimbo Fisher money at him and more. Dabo has a cool slide. UM should get one maybe.