In Reply to: I assume Nico and the injured OL are still "day to day"? posted by TheHappyBurgermeister on November 22, 2025 at 15:16:06
When Kelly left, my list included KSU's Kleiman.
Kleiman won 4 NC's in 5 years at NDSU. And, in 7 years at KSU, he's 35-26 in conference. I'd take him. I'm not advocating for him, but I'd surely take him. It doesn't hurt my perception that KSU put up 341, that's 3-4-1 rushing yards against Utah, in Rice-Eckles, in the first half. Utah just scored, KSU might manage to lose the game. But, I'd take Klieman. Reportedly, his salary is $5million/year. If we went after him, I don't think there would be a bidding war between anyone but us and the Cats. There are so many viable coaches out there, the "search committee" can't mess this up. Can they?
I'm sure many will say we can do better. I'm just saying I hope we don't do worse.
TBF, I also listed KU's Liepold, who won 6 D3 NC's in 7 years, won at Buffalo, and had KU going in a good direction. But, they've had two losing years in row, he may have petered out. He woudn't be on my list now.