Stanford job is now open

It's not easy to win at Stanford normally, but in the NIL era, I'm not sure it's even possible. Can't see anyone wanting that job right now.

Harbaugh did wonders there

I think the Rice coach is the old OC, be a solid hire

He probably feels bad for taking 9.5 million a year from those nerds.

Stanford has the problem too of older players not being able to get into Grad School at Stanford, so they have to hit the portal to continue playing college football.

If Prime ends up there...we're in a simulation.

Willie Fritz makes a lot of sense here if Stanford wants to poach.

This job is a Chris Peterson wet dream. He can recruit smart kids, have no pressure, doesn’t have to play dirty, etc.

Stanford, Northwestern, GA Tech, Vandy and a few others with higher than normal admissions standards should make their own Ivy League 2.0 conference.

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Should be easier, Stanford is loaded.

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You guys are missing the big picture here for private schools and academically-focused public schools. They may have access to NIL money, but they can’t ever hope to either use or combat the portal effectively.

Any player who wants to move up will be able to and likely match or make more in NIL. Moving that direction is really easy for them. Not so much for the schools. Those that take a hard line on academics will be limited to only players in the portal who meet their entrance requirements to replace them, which is always going to put them at a severe disadvantage. That talent drain is always going to go one direction, and it’s against the academic schools.

While many of these schools have rich alumni, what they don’t have are the massive alumni bases that all of the public universities they are competing with so. They may be able to match money for some of their best players, but they still aren’t going to have the reach that bigger programs do. Add in the grad school restrictions at places like Stanford (which not all of these schools have) and you have some major disadvantages.