[msqueri]

Well, if the ACC won't take us, the AAC would be more than happy: https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/smu-mu...ment-race/

It looks like their media deal pays about twice what the MWC does--8 million vs 4+ million.

Based on everything I can find as of a few hours ago, the ACC is out, the NO schools are not interested.  Maybe someone can come up with enough money for one of them to say Yes, but it looks doubtful.  All that is left seem to be very bad choices, maybe not so much for other sports.  I assume Taylor will stick around for at least one season, but if he really wants to coach at a Power 5 School and he does better than expected his first year, my guess is that he will be a hot prospect in 2024 if we are still stuck in a non power 5 conference.  
We can blame no one but ourselves and the of immense proportions lack of leadership and common sense exhibited by the President, Provost and BoT.  I regard Bernie has having no real role in this mess as I don't believe he had any significant decision making authority.  It was a more, "Bernie sit at your desk and we will tell you when to talk" type deal.
If Condi becomes the next President, then maybe we have a chance to get out of the mess we got ourselves into.

I wouldn’t worry about Taylor leaving within the next couple of years. Hiring an FCS coach to Power Five is a big reach almost no programs would do. Taylor would really have to knock it out of the park to have his resume read as proven Power Five coach rather than FCS guy who is TBD in the big leagues. The jobs we’d be talking about are most likely Texas A&M, West Virginia, Northwestern, Indiana, and Syracuse. While a Taylor doesn’t have nearly the juice to replace Jimbo Fisher, the rest of the list is somewhat plausible for Taylor to shop around if he wants to but there’s a geographic problem and it’s hard to imagine Taylor high on any of these lists. If for some reason teams look to the Pac-12 zombie programs, Jonathan Smith is far more proven than Taylor and Jake Dickert may be. If for some reason teams are willing to roll the dice on somebody who has been coaching major college football for a year, our former Lance Taylor is more of a geographic fit for these Big 10 programs. This is all probably moot because typically Power Five programs hire bigger name current/former established head coaches. If you consider the Northwestern option, for instance, candidate lists have consistently included guys like Matt Campbell, Willie Fritz, Mike Elko, and Dave Clawson, as well as Mike Kafka (obviously a uniquely interesting fit there). 

I could see stewarding a dying program not be what Taylor signed up for, but he’d have to be pretty darn good/lucky to ever get an opportunity like Stanford gave him. My guess is it would take several years.

[msqueri]

Well, if the ACC won't take us, the AAC would be more than happy: https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/smu-mu...ment-race/

It looks like their media deal pays about twice what the MWC does--8 million vs 4+ million.

Based on everything I can find as of a few hours ago, the ACC is out, the NO schools are not interested.  Maybe someone can come up with enough money for one of them to say Yes, but it looks doubtful.  All that is left seem to be very bad choices, maybe not so much for other sports.  I assume Taylor will stick around for at least one season, but if he really wants to coach at a Power 5 School and he does better than expected his first year, my guess is that he will be a hot prospect in 2024 if we are still stuck in a non power 5 conference.  
We can blame no one but ourselves and the of immense proportions lack of leadership and common sense exhibited by the President, Provost and BoT.  I regard Bernie has having no real role in this mess as I don't believe he had any significant decision making authority.  It was a more, "Bernie sit at your desk and we will tell you when to talk" type deal.
If Condi becomes the next President, then maybe we have a chance to get out of the mess we got ourselves into.

I wouldn’t worry about Taylor leaving within the next couple of years. Hiring an FCS coach to Power Five is a big reach almost no programs would do. Taylor would really have to knock it out of the park to have his resume read as proven Power Five coach rather than FCS guy who is TBD in the big leagues. The jobs we’d be talking about are most likely Texas A&M, West Virginia, Northwestern, Indiana, and Syracuse. While a Taylor doesn’t have nearly the juice to replace Jimbo Fisher, the rest of the list is somewhat plausible for Taylor to shop around if he wants to but there’s a geographic problem and it’s hard to imagine Taylor high on any of these lists. If for some reason teams look to the Pac-12 zombie programs, Jonathan Smith is far more proven than Taylor and Jake Dickert may be. If for some reason teams are willing to roll the dice on somebody who has been coaching major college football for a year, our former Lance Taylor is more of a geographic fit for these Big 10 programs. This is all probably moot because typically Power Five programs hire bigger name current/former established head coaches. If you consider the Northwestern option, for instance, candidate lists have consistently included guys like Matt Campbell, Willie Fritz, Mike Elko, and Dave Clawson, as well as Mike Kafka (obviously a uniquely interesting fit there). 

I could see stewarding a dying program not be what Taylor signed up for, but he’d have to be pretty darn good/lucky to ever get an opportunity like Stanford gave him. My guess is it would take several years.