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Athletic Dir [1124]
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Dabo/Florida
Sep 24, 2025, 1:00 PM
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I heard someone on the interwebs this morning talking about Dabo to Florida to replace Napier. Thoughts? I cant see Florida wanting someone whos ideals are as controversial as Dabos in the college football landscape. Plus the buyout would be insane.
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Re: Dabo/Florida
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Sep 24, 2025, 1:02 PM
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Not likely, but in this crazy world, I’m no longer discounting anything…
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Re: Dabo/Florida
Sep 24, 2025, 2:25 PM
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If Coach Swinney can sell his self to Florida
it's possible. Florida is in dire-straits/bottom
of the barrel. The Admin, AD, and Big Boosters
want a proven-winner. No coach out there except
Kirby Smart ( Not leaving Georgia ) Ryan Day
( Not leaving OSU ) has a resume that can stack-up
to Swinney's. It's going to be interesting going
forward especially if he can win out the remaining games.
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Letterman [199]
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Wishes
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Sep 24, 2025, 4:34 PM
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Dabo leaves and says keep the 60 he don't need it, just to be able to leave quickly.
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Orange Beast [6425]
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Not sure why this keeps coming up....Dabo is not that attractive ATM....
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Sep 24, 2025, 4:35 PM
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UF is not going to hire Dabo even if he were available. Just wont happen. Not sure why ppl keep saying this.....
I had to laugh last Tuesday when Dabo, being 1-2, was very confident about going somewhere else. Yep, you could, but it won't be a better place/program than Clemson. Do I think he could get a GT type job...sure. But a Top 10 type job at this time...no. I don't think some Clemson fans understand that CDS isn't that popular outside of Clemson. The tirade on Tuesday soured ppl even more. Just dont understand why he felt that was a good thing to do...go off on a 14 minute rant.
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Re: Not sure why this keeps coming up....Dabo is not that attractive ATM....
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Sep 24, 2025, 5:05 PM
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I have a feeling he didn’t think it was such a good idea shortly after, particularly, when he saw how it played or even when he actually saw it himself.
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Re: Not sure why this keeps coming up....Dabo is not that attractive ATM....
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Sep 24, 2025, 5:13 PM
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Think UF is still a top 10 job? Probably, but they are on the edge. Bama, UGA, LSU, Texas, Oklahoma, ND, USC, Mich, tOSU are a very obvious top 9, imo. But #10 is probably a slugfest between UF, Clemson, Miami, Oregon, TAMU, Penn State.
Anyway, I wouldn't discount a desperate UF to go for a coach like Dabo. Meyers tenure was stained with off field shenanigans and character issues. Followed by a brutal run of mediocrity, Muschamp, Mcelwain, Mullen and Napier. Mullens run was decent, but it got back to some questionable culture. If they want a proven winner without character issues, it’s basically Dabo or Saban. Ficke, Klieman and Leipold would also be solid choices but they haven’t proven they can win it all. Dabo hasn’t proven he can win it all in our current system but he’s one the very short list of active national championship winning coaches.
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Re: Not sure why this keeps coming up....Dabo is not that attractive ATM....
Sep 24, 2025, 6:00 PM
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Among those ‘slugfest’ contenders which you listed for the #10 spot, Clemson has the lowest big $ donor resources.
Financial heft means more than ever in today’s CFB environment (which you and everyone else know).
Love of Clemson does not blind me to the reality that, in terms of overall program strength, Clemson is no longer a A to Z ‘Top 10’ FB program.
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Orange Phenom [14959]
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The buyout wouldn't be big at all
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Sep 24, 2025, 1:04 PM
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Dabos side of the buyout if he were to leave for another job this year is apparently 6mil, and Florida owes Napier around 19mil. They could pay Dabos release and Napiers buyout for about 25mil total which is pretty cheap these days.
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Re: The buyout wouldn't be big at all
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Sep 24, 2025, 1:07 PM
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I believe his buyout is $60 million for 2025, not $6 million.
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Athletic Dir [1124]
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Re: The buyout wouldn't be big at all
Sep 24, 2025, 1:08 PM
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I believe his buyout is $60 million for 2025, not $6 million.
Correct
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Orange Phenom [14959]
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Thats what Clemson owes if we fire him
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Sep 24, 2025, 1:09 PM
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The buyouts are not equal on both sides. Dabo can leave for a fraction of what it would cost Clemson to fire him.
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Opps I meant to TU this. I'll make it up to you***
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Sep 24, 2025, 1:15 PM
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Re: The buyout wouldn't be big at all
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Sep 24, 2025, 1:40 PM
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Only if we fire him if he leaves it is $6m. Neff did a great job on that contract. I bet Neff did not even get a reach around either🤣
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Athletic Dir [1124]
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Re: The buyout wouldn't be big at all
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Sep 24, 2025, 1:08 PM
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I dont think they would want the portal/values/family/stubborn aspect of Dabo. Places like Florida want to freaking win at all costs. They dont care if the players head straight to prison out of college.
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Re: The buyout wouldn't be big at all
Sep 24, 2025, 1:09 PM
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Nevermind, that’s prolly only if he leaves - my apologies.
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Re: The buyout wouldn't be big at all
Sep 24, 2025, 2:18 PM
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You are correct Napier's buyout at Florida is $19MM.
$6MM upon firing and the remaining $13MM prorated.
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Letterman [199]
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Orange Beast [6459]
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Re: Dabo/Florida
Sep 24, 2025, 1:09 PM
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No
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Re: Dabo/Florida
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Sep 24, 2025, 1:19 PM
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Well ai logged on to see what would be the first stupid post . Found it
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Paw Warrior [4970]
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cry about it some***
Sep 24, 2025, 1:30 PM
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Why not UCLA ?***
Sep 24, 2025, 1:20 PM
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Re: Why not UCLA ?***
Sep 24, 2025, 2:22 PM
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It’s California…
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Re: Dabo/Florida
Sep 24, 2025, 1:26 PM
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Everyone keeps saying he'll go to florida, but if he ever leaves here I'd put him going to Auburn. Going "home" he feels slighted by not getting serious looks at the bama job. Auburn will give him the keys to the kingdom and to do whatever he wants as long as he beats bama like a drum. Also to his credit he's still always pulled out a couple guys from the state of bama every year so it's clear he still knows his territory and high school coaches back there.
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Re: Dabo/Florida
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Sep 24, 2025, 1:29 PM
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I really dont see him leaving, unless Bama came calling. But that ship has sailed in my opinion. He won't have it as easy any other place as he does here.
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which part of his ideals are controversial?***
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Sep 24, 2025, 1:32 PM
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Re: Dabo/Florida
Sep 24, 2025, 1:40 PM
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Dabo's ideals are not controversial and he would be crazy to go to Florida.
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definitely not anymore
Sep 24, 2025, 1:41 PM
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If he's referring to the Christianity aspect, tons of programs are borderline bible camps these days. Take a look at Ohio State recently
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Athletic Dir [1124]
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Re: definitely not anymore
Sep 24, 2025, 3:26 PM
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If he's referring to the Christianity aspect, tons of programs are borderline bible camps these days. Take a look at Ohio State recently
Im not talking about his religion and putting that in the forefront of the program. Im talking about his view on NIL and the portal and the "im going to do it my way" attitude. Nothing about christianity whatsoever. More teams could use a little Jesus.
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Ah oh, I was wondering which you meant
Sep 24, 2025, 3:50 PM
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could have been either
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Re: Dabo/Florida
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Sep 24, 2025, 1:47 PM
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Yall please stop spreading this bs. It makes us look incredibly stupid.
Florida is not hiring Dabo. He’s not even on their radar. Even if he was… he would be a total moron to leave here for there bc that fan base would eat him alive. He thinks he’s got criticism here? Go to Florida and refuse to use the portal or try to recruit against the SEC without leading with NIL and watch what happens.
It’s never going to happen but from our perspective… we should get on our hands and knees and pray the shot callers at Florida are stupid enough to come get him. That would be an instant fix for us.
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Re: Dabo/Florida
Sep 24, 2025, 2:32 PM
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Coach Swinney has been quoted saying if he
goes to another school and has to use the
portal and NIL he would comply.
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Re: Dabo/Florida
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Sep 24, 2025, 3:48 PM
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Well, I wonder why so reluctant here? His refusal to adapt ( and all the friends and family on the gravy train) is a big part of why we are, what we are.
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Re: Dabo/Florida
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Sep 24, 2025, 4:13 PM
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Dabo says a lot nowadays with no actual action… just him running his mouth blaming everyone but the person in the mirror.
What happened to “Best is the standard”?
What happened to “BYOG”?
What happened to “the best is yet to come”?
Yeah… exactly… All BS
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Re: Dabo/Florida
Sep 24, 2025, 4:24 PM
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It’s been replaced with Losing is the lords will and you just wait and see 20 years from now how you’ll be blessed for it 🙄
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Orange Beast [6425]
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4416 gets it....
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BRAVO....
That's why CDSs rant on Tuesday was so tone-deaf. NO high-end NC caliber program is going to hire him ATM. The high-end SEC programs would eat him alive. CDS actually has it REAL good at CLEM----which makes his rant so incredulous. At Bama or UF, there are tens of thousands of Tylers...
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Re: 4416 gets it....
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Sep 24, 2025, 5:08 PM
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But there’s only one “Tyler from Spartanburg.”
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Re: 4416 gets it....
Sep 24, 2025, 5:15 PM
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thats why I left Spartanburg off hehe
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Re: 4416 gets it....
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JREwing… far as I can tell bro… myself… you… JCantrell have been the 3 people on here for quite awhile trying to tell people this was coming but no one would listen.
Now I’m sure they’re others and apologies for leaving any others out it’s just I’ve noticed how much us 3 have been basically parroting each other for awhile and I mean awhile.
I also know all 3 of us wish like crazy we were wrong and we’d all love to eat some humble pie… unfortunately… we saw this coming but I don’t think even we thought it would be this… for this year bc I know I didn’t.
I figured this type of season was coming next year. So I certainly missed on this season and I have no problems admitting it.
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Dabo will be head coach in 2026. He isnt going anywhere.***
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He would have to fully embrace the new world of college football at Florida.
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Sep 24, 2025, 2:47 PM
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Why wouldn't he just stay at Clemson and do that?
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Gator fans are bigger @ssholes than TigerNet fans !
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Sep 24, 2025, 3:05 PM
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He won’t waste his time with those fools !
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Re: Dabo/Florida
Sep 24, 2025, 4:52 PM
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Dabo coaching at Florida would be entertaining. The SEC schedule alone would get him fired quickly. ####, we are winless in the ACC right now. Let that sink in.
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Re: Dabo/Florida
Sep 24, 2025, 5:09 PM
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Nope. Dabo is here for a looooog, loooog, time. All we can do is hope he figures out how to build an elite program in today's environment.
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Re: Dabo/Florida
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Sep 24, 2025, 5:22 PM
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Most of the Dabo to FL talk is based upon his relationship with The Old Ball Coach who is back in Gainesville and his opinion carries a lot weight.
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Re: Dabo/Florida
Sep 24, 2025, 6:03 PM
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Dabo only gets the $60 million if he is fired, not if he voluntarily leaves.
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