Curious if there are links you can provide where ranters either claimed that Patterson was "never ever leaving" (as you claimed on the other Patterson post), or that he's TCU's Joe Pa. The vast majority of level-headed posts I've seen thus far have merely argued that, when you consider all of the objective elements of THIS moment in time, it's unlikely that he leaves TCU in 2011. That's it. If they hadn't just won the Rose Bowl, or they weren't moving to the Big East, or they weren't about to play in a brand new $100M stadium, or Patterson hadn't built that program with his own two hands...if any of these factors weren't in play, the probability of Patterson moving to LSU in 2011 would be higher. But that's not the case. Doesn't mean it won't be different in future years - just means that's the state of affairs today. Period.

And if it's so impossible for you to comprehend, how can you explain Peterson staying at Boise all these years, while some of the biggest gigs in college football have been draped in front of him.....Notre Dame, Michigan, Florida, USC...

But as a few wise ranters have said in other posts today, certainly no reason why Joe shouldn't give it a shot. But it's not the direction I'd spin the wheels for more than a conversation or two.

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Posted by Books

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Posted on 1/9/11 at 4:54 pm to DallasTigerFan

But u didn't argue ALL the objective points, only ones that ignored lsu's advantages; which a lot of objective observers would likely say outweigh all that tcu has. It was said time and again that he's not leaving. Peterson is looking at stanford as we speak

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Posted by bgtiger

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Posted on 1/9/11 at 4:58 pm to DallasTigerFan

You are leaving out facts about other coaches within that exact same conference who bolted to bigger programs, even though their B.E. jobs held all of these same qualities. Some of them in better situations than GP is in now.

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Posted by NOLAeer

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Member since Jan 2006

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Posted on 1/10/11 at 2:05 pm to DallasTigerFan

I dont think the BE bashing is true. Had WVU not lost to Pitt in 07, they would have played for the title instead of LSU and likely beaten Ohio state.

Depends on the team and ooc schedule. For instance WVU had LSU, and Terps(3 in the ACC). Had they won out, they may or may not have been in the title game depending on where they were ranked starting the season.

Also, Auburn was unbeaten in the SEC and got left out one year. There is no guarantee being unbeaten gets you in the title game. Depends on other factors.

All that said LSU is a top 10 job. TCU is not. So it will come down to how loyal he is to TCU. the Northwestern coach refused to even interview with Michigan. Michigan is obviously a better program than Northwestern, and the coach obviously considered factors other than money when he refused to even talk to Michigan.

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