Sonny Dykes lands at......

[missouridawg]

Cal according to a Dan Wetzel tweet quoting a SF Chron writer.


Dan Wetzel‏<s>@</s>DanWetzel Sonny Dykes to Cal per SF Chronicle's <s>@</s>rkroichick Interesting hire

 

[natchezdawg]

Wonder if they'll give old Dooley his job back.

 

[tb2]

I found it amazing that Dykes did not get any calls from every one of the SEC teams that had openings. The guy is clearly a good coach. I guess UT couldn't poach the same school's coach twice in a row, but I think a lot of teams missed on a good one here.

If i were a Kentucky fan, I would be pissed that my school hired a coordinator when they could possibly have had someone that has actually done it at the head coach level.

 

[was21]

Fedora to Tennessee...Mullen to NC

 

[was21]

Seems that Kentucky approached Dykes but he wasn't interested in being considered.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Sounds like he already had his mind made up, or

He had excessive baggage of some type.(Does not interview well)

Hope he enjoys it out West.

 

[was21]

He's been out West before...at Arizona as an assistant.

 

[Railin Jemmye]

he is very arrogant, i'm sure that played into it.

 

[patdog]

I think Dykes lost a lot of appeal after everyone saw how bad his defense was this year. He would get destroyed in the SEC. He's going to the perfect conference for him. The only teams thay play any defense at all out there are Stanford and Southern Cal a little bit. He'll fit right in.

 

[Dawg1976]

Fedora to Tennessee...Mullen to NC

Fedora would be crazy to leave NC. Look at this schedule. I'd take that any day over an SEC one.

Date	Opponent	Location	Time/Result
Sept. 1	Elon	Chapel Hill	W 62-0
Sept. 8	Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, N.C.	L 28-27
Sept. 15	Louisville	Louisville, Ky.	L 39-34
Sept. 22	East Carolina	Chapel Hill	W 27-6
Sept. 29	Idaho	Chapel Hill	W 66-0
Oct. 6	Virginia Tech	Chapel Hill	W 48-34
Oct. 13	Miami	Miami Gardens, Fla.	W 18-14
Oct. 20	Duke	Durham, N.C.	L 33-30
Oct. 27	NC State	Chapel Hill	W 43-35
Nov. 10	Georgia Tech	Chapel Hill	L 68-50
Nov. 15	Virginia	Charlottesville, Va.	W 37-13
Nov. 24	Maryland	Chapel Hill	W 45-38

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[Railin Jemmye]

Not to mention they have as much money as Tennessee.

 

[patdog]

He would be crazy to leave UNC. But I'm still mystified as to why he's supposedly a hot candidate. He lost to 3 bad teams (1 a blowout) and his best wins were against 7-5 NC State & Miami. I still don't understand what everyone sees in him as a coach.