What about Joe Kines and the "Bend, don't break" defense he had at UGA and Bama?
Bama's D was strong while he was there.

I also think SO has someone lined up. He has been very quiet about the whole deal, even when PJ went to GT.
Did I read somewhere that SMU hired a firm to run the coaching search, like Chuck Neinas' company? If so, there will be nothing said until the appropriate time (ie end of season).
One ...

I'm with you, Dwan, I think Muschamp would be a great hire as I have posted before. At least find out if he is interested in SMU.

Johnson was offered before he made the visit.

Isn't June Jones interested in the UCLA job? If he's going to "rebuild" another program, I would guess it would be UCLA and not SMU. Who knows??
What about talking to Will Muschamp? He needs to cut his teeth somewhere and he is supposedly a great recruiter.
What about Jim Donnan? He had great ...

Any chance the NCAA forces PJ to take the job for one year and option himself "in" for a second season, you know, just to try and even things up for SMU??