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The landscape of college football has been changing so rapidly over the years, that there are few news stories anymore that are truly surprising.
Stanford and California playing as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference? Sure, why not? Oregon and Washington traveling to New Jersey to face Rutgers in conference games? I guess it makes sense.
But a head coach of one Big Ten team leaving to become a coordinator for another Big Ten team?
I can’t say I’ve seen that one many times before.
That’s the path that former UCLA head coach Chip Kelly recently chose to take, leaving the Bruins to take over as the new offensive coordinator for the Ohio State Buckeyes. While this move may not be directly newsworthy for the Oregon Ducks other than the fact that it involves a beloved former head coach, it will certainly impact them going forward, destabilizing one of their conference rivals in the short term while offering a huge boost for a new conference rival in the long term.
It’s an interesting move for Kelly, who was the HC at UCLA for six years after spending several years in the NFL following his wildly successful stint in Eugene.
Was it a difficult decision to take a step back on the coaching ladder, though? That’s something that Zachary Neel recently talked to Oregon legend Jonathan Stewart about on the latest episode of the Sco-ing Long Podcast.
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“Do you really think that was a hard decision for (Chip Kelly) to go?” Stewart posited. “That was definitely an easy decision. You’re going to the Big Ten. The Big Ten is about to be larger than life next year. You’re going to be able to have a team that’s already been there and is established. As far as being a part of the powerhouse, you are now part of that.”
While Kelly was already part of the Big Ten with…
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Publish date : 2024-02-21 18:24:32
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