Grobe Going to the Hogs

Huge hire out of the ACC today, as Wake Forest HC Jim Grobe is headed to Arkansas. The Razorbacks had targeted Grobe and Clemson HC Tommy Bowden as their top two choices, with the first offer going to Bowden. He turned down the Hogs (extracting a raise from Clemson in the process), leaving Arkansas with Grobe as Plan B.

Of course, as his track record at Wake suggests, Grobe would be about any other school's Plan A. The entire college football world knows about his incredible job last season taking Wake to an ACC title and winning numerous coaching awards in the process, but Grobe has long been respected as an excellent coach that knows how to win.

Of course, this hire means that there is yet another ACC opening available that is more attractive than Duke's. I don't know if Wake would promote someone from within (Duke fans are certainly hoping so), but it's very conceivable that there would be overlap between the type of candidates that both Duke and Wake are looking for. This move certainly will make the coaching rumor mill churn in the coming days and weeks...