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By Chris Marler
Usually the rumors for head coaching jobs don’t get started until October or November.
Flight tracker updates on Twitter and message board rumors thrive between Halloween and Thanksgiving and sometimes Christmas, too. Not this season.
It took only three games for two Power Four coaches to be shown the door at UCLA and Virginia Tech. The latter of which has multiple ties (see: rumors) to SEC schools, but one in particular will be the name heard most.
Shane Beamer.
Virginia Tech coaching legend Frank Beamer’s son, Shane, addressed his current focus on Sunday evening.
“I think the week of the Virginia Tech game I told everyone how I feel about South Carolina and my love for this place,” Beamer said during a Sunday teleconference. “That’s where my focus is right now, getting our football team better because I don’t like where we are right now, and that’s my responsibility.”
Brad Crawford of CBS Sports also said he spoke to a source close to the situation and added, “He isn’t going back there unless Gamecock fans turn on him, which could happen.”
He also noted that Beamer still believes he can win an SEC championship at South Carolina.
Regardless of his initial downplaying, Beamer has the second best odds to take the job according to BetOnline.ag.
Here is a look at the entire list of candidates with the best odds to end up in Blacksburg.
- Jon Gruden 4/1
- Shane Beamer 5/1
- Justin Wilcox 6/1
- Ryan Silverfield 7/1
- Alex Golesh 8/1
- Will Stein 10/1
- Jimbo Fisher 12/1
- Charles Huff 14/1
- Jon Sumrall 14/1
- Brian Newberry 16/1
- Bob Chesney 18/1
- Willie Fritz 18/1
- Dave Doeren 20/1
- GJ Kinne 20/1
- Deion Sanders 22/1
- Kenny Dillingham 25/1
- Jeff Brohm 28/1
- Curt Cignetti 33/1
- Kalani Sitake 33/1
- Brent Key 40/1
- Lane Kiffin 40/1
- Matt Campbell 45/1
- Dan Lanning 50/1
- Urban Meyer 66/1
- Nick Saban 75/1
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