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Genuine question about BK’s bye week vacation
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 10/28/25 at 6:59 pm
I’m confused. Josh Pate reported that BK took a vacation during our first bye week. But Frank Wilson said today that the team practiced on their first day of the second bye week unless I misunderstood. So does that mean that Kelly took a vacation when the team was still practicing? What am I missing? That would seem to be an insane head scratcher for a coach to skip out on practice for a vacation because it was a bye week. Did they not actually practice during the first bye week?
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Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:01 pm to Tzanghi
Teams usually practice for part of the bye week then get some sort of long weekend. It’s not uncommon for coaches to take some sort of vacation during a bye week
This post was edited on 10/28/25 at 7:02 pm
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:08 pm to LSBoosie
I’ve never heard of a successful college coach going on vacation mid season.
Take a day off during a bye week, possibly! No way a coach leaves and goes out of town!
Take a day off during a bye week, possibly! No way a coach leaves and goes out of town!
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:22 pm to Restoringtheground
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I’ve never heard of a successful college coach going on vacation mid season.
Lane Kiffin goes to his house in Florida during the bye week
This post was edited on 10/28/25 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:23 pm to Tzanghi
I think he was at passages Malibu
Posted on 10/28/25 at 7:29 pm to Restoringtheground
Steve Spurrier did this with Bob Stoops, he was then his dc, the bye week before they played Florida State one year
Posted on 10/28/25 at 8:02 pm to Restoringtheground
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I’ve never heard of a successful college coach going on vacation mid season.
Welcome to 2025
Posted on 10/28/25 at 8:24 pm to Restoringtheground
Supposedly Spurrier used to hit the beach on bye weeks. Bill King was talking about it on his radio show yesterday.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 8:48 pm to LSBoosie
Let me say it this way, a championship coach doesn’t check out for 4-5 days mid season.
Let me ask this question: Saban, Meyer, Smart. Are these guys taken over 4-6 days mid season.
Can you win 8-9 games? Heck yeah! Can you win a championship when you aren’t 110% sold out? Nope!
Even Coach O was Ax to the grind in 2019.
Your players see when you check out! Your coaches see it and ultimately the fans see it!
At 10 Mil per year, yes, you work 150 days straight with little vacation. Vacation in the SEC means 3-4 loses if you are a top contender!
Let me ask this question: Saban, Meyer, Smart. Are these guys taken over 4-6 days mid season.
Can you win 8-9 games? Heck yeah! Can you win a championship when you aren’t 110% sold out? Nope!
Even Coach O was Ax to the grind in 2019.
Your players see when you check out! Your coaches see it and ultimately the fans see it!
At 10 Mil per year, yes, you work 150 days straight with little vacation. Vacation in the SEC means 3-4 loses if you are a top contender!
Posted on 10/28/25 at 9:02 pm to Tzanghi
If you listened 15 seconds later he also said
usually a bye week they would give them days off
usually a bye week they would give them days off
Posted on 10/28/25 at 9:26 pm to 520460
Spurrier was not an especially hard worker. He admitted to it.
Winning cures a lot of ills and masks problems. As long as you're winning, nobody is going to care about your vacations.
But when you're getting your arse kicked by Ole Miss and Vandy, and Tamu at home, you better not be anywhere near the beach.
Winning cures a lot of ills and masks problems. As long as you're winning, nobody is going to care about your vacations.
But when you're getting your arse kicked by Ole Miss and Vandy, and Tamu at home, you better not be anywhere near the beach.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 9:30 pm to Restoringtheground
We (LSU under Coach Saban) used to practice nearly every day of bye weeks. It was pretty much a normal practice week, typically used for fundamental practice and prep for a particular future opponent.
Posted on 10/28/25 at 9:37 pm to Restoringtheground
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I’ve never heard of a successful college coach going on vacation mid season.
How many coaches do you track during their bye weeks?
Posted on 10/28/25 at 9:40 pm to 610man
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Steve Spurrier did this with Bob Stoops, he was then his dc, the bye week before they played Florida State one year
I’ve heard Stoops tell the a story about being at the beach during a bye week. Goes something like, him and Spurrier floating on tubes in the ocean and Spurrier looks over and says “Hey Bobby, you think them boys at Tennessee are having as much fun as we are right now”
Posted on 10/28/25 at 9:49 pm to Tzanghi
This is overblown. BK said on Finebaum that he took some time to take his wife shopping.
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