Don’t need it. Not personally, anyway. If he leaves, he leaves. Make Kiffin an offer he can’t refuse and keep on truckin’…
I will say that if (and honestly, I think it’s a big IF…) OU expresses any interest in Heupel, how Heupel handles it will go a long way towards cementing him as “our guy” or just another guy…
Interesting to see if Caleb Williams follows Riley to SC. I assume that 2023 5* Cali QB Malachi Nelson will flip from OU to USC in a matter of days.
Upon scouring the Oklahoma internet world for the past hour, I've convinced myself that OU and Heupel are not a match currently. *However as a battered and abused UT alum, I reserve the right to change my opinion on the subject at hand hourly.
Ah yes, a semi-retired journalist from Bristol whose timeline is mostly claiming to have broken big coaching news stories (without evidence). I’m sure that this is extremely accurate.
I’d never heard of the guy. I figured it was a troll account like we saw whenever we had coaching searches… I’m surprised he didn’t drag out the tail number of the OU airplane to bolster his tweet.
I’m 100% sure we have nothing here to worry about… the OU fans don’t want Heupel, the OU boosters/staff don’t want Heupel and none of the talking heads are mentioning him as anything other than an afterthought as far as potential candidates go. Which is perfectly fine with me. I’m glad Heupel is our guy and I hope it stays that way for several years to come.
I'm now at Defcon 2. Non-troll accounts, i.e. media people, are now independently saying there is interest from OU.