Some fairly ugly rumors about this hire.
Last Tuesday, FSU setup for a new conference, painted the field, had the podium put in place, chairs arranged everything was all set to introduce the new coach...
The rumors were rampant that Bob Stoops was going to be named Head Coach...
Obviously those rumors were false, earlier in the day the FSU President and AD were going to announce that hiring of long time assistant and interim head coach Odell Haggins as the new permanent coach...
A numbers of big boosters withdrew their support and the new conference never happened and Haggins was not named the new coach....
The ugly part is the old coach Willie Taggart was black, Odell Haggins is black and that race played a big role in Haggins not getting the job....
I had been told by friends in Tally that Odell was offered the head coaching position three times and turned it down.