Buffalo Interviews for HC

[E.T.]

BUFFALO: Former Nebraska quarterback Turner Gill interviewed Wednesday and is a finalist for the coaching job. He is in his first year as the Green Bay Packers' director of player development. The school has given no timetable for making a hire.

From the St. Pete Times

[BULLfreak]

its Buffalo who cares

[Paisa el Toro]

It's relevant because U. Buff. was supposedly interested in hiring our OC Rod Smith as their head coach.

Buffalo, please take Rod Smth because he's the greatest offensive mastermind to ever step foot in the hallowed halls of USF.  ;D

We must market Mr. Smith, don't you think?

[BULLfreak]

well in that case I put in $200 the please hire Rod Smith fund. The AD who takes him off of our hands gets the money

[Greg Auman]

a single newspaper story speculating on potential candidates listed Smith as one of 11 names, in with a local junior college coach. i haven't heard anything since to suggest buffalo has any interest in smith, or vice versa.

[achiever1911]

a single newspaper story speculating on potential candidates listed Smith as one of 11 names, in with a local junior college coach. i haven't heard anything since to suggest buffalo has any interest in smith, or vice versa.

****!  

[Matt]

we can only hope

[Triple B]

well in that case I put in $200 the please hire Rod Smith fund. The AD who takes him off of our hands gets the money

Why not use that $200 to buy tix to bowl for some needy students ....

[Guest Phil]

From http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/mac/2005-12-15-gill-hired_x.htm

Former Nebraska quarterback Turner Gill was hired Thursday as Buffalo's head football coach, taking over a program that has never had a winning season at the Division I-A level.

Gill accepted the job a day after he interviewed on campus and will be introduced during a news conference Friday evening, athletic department spokesman Paul Vecchio said.

Gill was not immediately available for comment because he was making plans to travel to Buffalo with his family after returning to his home in Wisconsin. He was in his first year as the Green Bay Packers' director of player development after spending 13 years as a Nebraska assistant coach.

Buffalo's first-year athletic director Warde Manuel reserved comment until the news conference, Vecchio said.

Gill replaces Jim Hofher, who was fired with two games left in the season. Hofher was allowed to complete the year in which the Bulls finished 1-10. He had an 8-49 record in five seasons at Buffalo.

The program has not had a winning season and has gone 10-69 since making the jump to the Division I-A level by joining the Mid-American Conference in 1999.

Although the 43-year-old Gill has not served as a head coach, he has extensive experience as an assistant and is regarded as an able recruiter. His high-profile background would also bolster Buffalo's image nationally, something Manuel considered a priority after he dismissed Hofher.

During Gill's tenure at Nebraska, the Cornhuskers won three national championships and he coached Eric Crouch, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2001. He left Nebraska to pursue his goal of becoming a head coach.

Gill was a three-year starter at Nebraska and a Heisman finalist in 1983, his senior year. The Cornhuskers were denied the national championship that season with a loss to Miami in the Orange Bowl.

Playing under coach Tom Osborne, Gill was one of the most popular players ever at Nebraska, going 28-2 as the starter and never losing a conference game he started.

Proves if you have a goal, you can achieve it.

[E.T.]

Well, puts that to rest.

Thanx for clarifying Greg ... remember reading it and then NEVER saw his name again. Our wishful thinking  

Go BULLS !!!