🏈 News/Notes Tulsa mentioned in USA Today's College Football Misery Index

Chris Harmon · Oct 30, 2023

Decade of decline: Clemson, Dabo Swinney top Misery Index after Week 9 loss to NC State

Clemson and Dabo Swinney slumped to their fourth ACC loss, putting them at the top of the Misery Index after Week 9 of the college football season.

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Tulsa

There was a very obvious coaching hire for Tulsa last December. Though he had only been a head coach for one year, former Golden Hurricane quarterback G.J. Kinne had led Incarnate Word to the FCS semifinals and was ready to make the jump to an FBS program. But Tulsa – an athletic program with a shaky administration and financial limitations – let Texas State beat them to the punch. That was probably a blessing for the 34-year old Kinne, who is 5-3 with a win over Baylor. His career seems headed for big things. It hasn’t been so great for Tulsa, which settled on 62-year old retread Kevin Wilson after a stint as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator. Wilson is a top-notch play-caller when he has talent, but he was 26-47 in his only head coaching gig at Indiana. Tulsa is an even tougher job, and it has shown in his first year. The last two weeks, Tulsa has been outscored by a combined 111-20 — not by Alabama and Georgia but by Rice and SMU.

drboobay · Oct 30, 2023