![]() ![]() Down 14-0 at the half, UVa scored three times in the third quarter to take a 21-14 lead over the Cardinals. 11 Louisville, and the Cavaliers didn’t shrink away from the opportunity to pull an upset. Virginia (2-8, 1-5 ACC) began the weekend with a Thursday night showdown at No. Just a suggestion to Boise State: Whoever you hire, beware the buyout. The school with the blue home field has always been an aspiring outsider, but nothing says big-time football more than bailing on a coach who’s a former player and a longtime assistant two-plus years into a somewhat successful (22-16) tenure. Meanwhile, Boise State parts ways with 2022 Mountain West Coach of the Year Andy Avalos after the Broncos beat New Mexico. It pays to have a hungry fan base with deep pockets. This year’s team clinched bowl eligibility Saturday, but after almost six years and a 45-25 record the powers that be have reportedly had enough and fired Fisher Sunday morning.Īlthough the former coach of Florida State (where he won a National Championship) never won an SEC West in his time with the Aggies, he does become a winner in the wallet as the school hands him a $76 million dollar buyout (for the record he’s only getting $19.2 of that in the next sixty days, with $7.3 coming annually through 2031). The Aggies, for all of their bluster and booster dollars, haven’t been ranked No. Jimbo Fisher isn’t the first highly-touted coach to land at Texas A&M, and he’s not the first to leave without delivering the highly-sought after first National Championship. Meanwhile, the silly season of ending coaching regimes is underway with the big domino falling in College Station, TX. Read his latest rankings here.Įntering the weekend, the three area schools that were in position to make November runs to the postseason knew a loss wouldn’t bounce them from bowl eligibility, but a defeat Saturday would have delivered serious body-blows to the postseason dreams of Maryland, Virginia Tech and Navy.Įach school won, placing the Midshipmen within two wins of being bowl-bound, the Hokies one victory away and the Terps in the postseason party. Gratz) Dave Preston is an AP Top 25 voter. Jack Howes kicked a pair of fourth quarter field goals to help send Maryland bowling. Business & Finance Click to expand menu. ![]()
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