Quick summary:
— Manny and Blake were essentially done after the Michigan State game. That’s when most people turned on them.
— DMoney identified the names of all the important boosters who are working behind the scenes to make this program relevant again. He brought up how many of them are connected, personally, to Mario.
— Mario is choice #1. Kiffin is choice #2. We’re most likely going to end up with one of those two.
— Mario is 50/50. We’ll be able to match whatever offer Oregon counters with, and the tax situation in Florida is advantageous compared to Oregon. It will also be tough for a Cuban like Mario to turn this job down. -- A lot of pressure to come home. With that said, we need him to lose to Utah this weekend. It would greatly improve our chances.
— Kiffin will come here as long as we match the Ole Miss counter offer, which shouldn’t be a problem. He’d rather live in South Florida instead of Oxford. Having Van Dyke, Garcia, and other offensive weapons in place makes this job appealing to him. He’s about to lose all of his starters at Ole Miss, so he knows next year will be a rebuilding year if he stays.
— If for some reason we don’t get either, Aranda will probably get a call. He is apparently interested in the job.
— On the AD side of things, Jurich has legit interest. Alonzo will most likely end up being a football ops guy — he’s not necessarily an AD candidate. We should have someone in place before December, at the very latest.
