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after the players meeting yesterday and
after Orsini's appearance at last night's basketball game
the latest name to re-surface is Todd Graham.
(he still has one game left to coach this weekend)

Sure it won't be easy to lure him from Tulsa,
but usually good things don't come easy.
But if you don't at least try, you can be
sure it won't happen.

Todd Graham:
From Mesquite, Texas
all-state defensive back at North Mesquite High School
signed as a free agent with the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals
Asst Coach Poteet High School in Mesquite 1988-1990
Head Coach Allen, Texas High School 1995-2000
2003 hired by Steve Kragthorpe as the defensive coordinator at Tulsa
2006 Head coach @ Rice - Took Rice to first bowl game in years
2007 Krag leaves Tulsa for Memphis, Graham returns to coach Tulsa

Conference USA experience
Proven winner - Bowl experience
Rising Star, on the way up, not down.
No baggage, not been fired or scandals
HC experience
Knows Dallas/Texas/OK area recruiting
Young (born 1964) energetic guy
Says his favorite book is the Bible (should get Turner's blessing)

If Graham comes to SMU, his good friend and asst coach at Tulsa
Gus Malzahn will most likely take over Tulsa, but if he doesn't
SMU might get a "two-fer" and get Gus Malzahn for a year or
two before Gus gets his first HC gig.

Graham has twice helped programs make the best turnarounds
in Division I-A. West Virginia improved from 3-8 to 9-4 in 2002,
his first season as co-defensive coordinator under Rich Rodriguez.
Tulsa improved from 1-11 to 8-4 in 2003 with Graham serving as
Steve Kragthorpe's assistant head coach and defensive coordinator.
Not to mention the Rice one year turn-around.

SMU could probably pay Graham more
Graham gets to return home to the metroplex.
More money, move home, better stadium
Dallas vs Tulsa?.......lol......come on
I think Orsini should have this guy on his final list.

I think Graham would kick [deleted] here.

Not saying that Graham is what I'm about to describe, but for the record I'd rather have a a-hole (or, as the case may be, a [deleted]) who wins than a nice guy who continues the losing.

i hope todd graham does not come to smu

Could we handle the Rice band making fun of us?

Not gonna happen. Plus 3 CUSA jobs in 3 years? He will wait it out at Tulsa for another few years.

Rumor from houston is that Todd is interviewing for the Georgia Tech opening.

RGV Pony wrote:kick [deleted] here.

Excuse me, we might have some ponyfan-kids who shouldn't be exposed to such language!

jkflamebo wrote:i hope todd graham does not come to smu

Graham won't win popularity contests, but then again, the only popularity contest at SMU is during homecoming. Man can coach.

WOW??????????????????

i don't see someone leaving two schools in 2 years to go to a third all in the same conference

Do you REALLY want a guy that will have left two schools in two years?

That's like stealing that hot girlfriend from your best friend, who you know stole her from another friend.

She's good for one semester, but is she really loyal to you? Don't you think that he's going to bolt after his first winning season here, be it 7-5? and don't you just know that any of his recruiting will be dirty recruited by the other coaches (hey, he'll be leaving within 2 years)??

I don't think so, not my choice.

Todd Graham = Franchione if he does that

PhirePhilBennett wrote:
She's good for one semester, but is she really loyal to you?

that gave me a chuckle!

More of a HUH???? Candidate than a WOW candidate. If you're a recruit and the guy says come to SMU and we'll win championships together and you look and see that the guy left Tulsa, then left Rice after a year, then left Tulsa again after a year, you might pass on going to SMU to play under Graham. The guy has to stay put for a little while to get credibility with the recruits.

QuikSStang wrote:

PhirePhilBennett wrote:
She's good for one semester, but is she really loyal to you?

that gave me a chuckle!

Who here stole a girl only to get dumped by that same chick? C'mon, fess up...

PhirePhilBennett wrote:Do you REALLY want a guy that will have left two schools in two years?

That's like stealing that hot girlfriend from your best friend, who you know stole her from another friend.

She's good for one semester, but is she really loyal to you? Don't you think that he's going to bolt after his first winning season here, be it 7-5? and don't you just know that any of his recruiting will be dirty recruited by the other coaches (hey, he'll be leaving within 2 years)??

I don't think so, not my choice.

Todd Graham = Franchione if he does that

If the goal is to score with a hot girl, then I think it is ok, plus your friend will forgive you when he sees how much of a skank the girl was to begin with.