Coaching Carousel: Chad Morris to SMU is Done Deal

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We told you about this report during the week, it's now all according to multiple reports--been made official.

The first rider to connect via the coaching carousel--Chad Morris.

Morris, will be announced as the new head coach at SMU on Monday.

Morris, the highest paid assistant in College Football, will reportedly pull in a cool $2 million a year to take over the nations only winless team in 2014. (Currently 0-11)

Read more from the Morning News RIGHT HERE

CBSSports.com says it's official RIGHT HERE

Morris, who's roots are in Texas High School football and was a graduate of Texas A&M will take over for June Jones who tried to rebuild the once proud Mustang football program which was shut down back in the early 1990's.

He leaves a Clemson team that just defeated arch rival South Carolina and though not going to the ACC title game, still have a bowl berth awaiting them.

The move also raises questions about Clemson coach Dabo Swinney who according to some reports has a mutual interest in the opening at the University of Florida.

We will see...the Coaching Carousel is just starting to roll...

Morning Wrap: Clemson Runs Away From Wake Forest

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So it was an ACC Football game, on the 4-letter and probably didn't mean much in terms of the chase for the playoffs.

But it was a fun game.

Clemson rode QB Cole Stoudt's 282 yard, 3 Passing TD performance to a solid, if unspectacular 34-20 win over Wake Forest Thursday night in Winston-Salem.

The Tigers defense held Wake to 119 yards of offense including a grand total of 7 rushing yards.

Yes, seven.

The win moves Clemson to 7-2 overall,  6-1 in the ACC and keeps their ACC title game hopes alive, Wake drops to 2-7, 0-5 in the ACC.

Your highlights from ESPN.com:

ICYMI: FSU Survives Clemson in OT

It wasn't a pretty win, but it will still go down as a "W" in the scorebook.

It went to overtime and took a tremendous effort by the #1 ranked, defending champ Florida State defense to save them.

But it was overshadowed in some respect by what happened before the game ever started.

Despite suspended star QB Jameis Winston inexplicably dressing out and starting to warm up before the game, the Seminoles stay undefeated with a 23-17 win over Clemson. Winston would be chewed out by his head coach Jimbo Fisher, sent back to the locker room and reappear in sweats.

Winston's suspension meant backup QB Sean Maguire got the start in a big ACC game. And while Maguire didn't exactly shine and almost lost the game, throwing an interception with just over 2-minutes left and Clemson driving for a possible game winning score.

But 'Noles DT Eddie Goldman knocked the ball out of Tiger RB C.J Davidson's hands and FSU recovered.

FSU's Karlos Williams would score the game winner in overtime and FSU escaped on their home turf, without their immature, star QB.

ESPN.com gives us the highlights:

Jameis Winston Dresses Out For Game Without Telling Coach

Oh boy...

If there were any doubt that Jameis Winston doesn't get it (life), warmups for the Clemson game should seal the deal.

Winston, apparently without the knowledge of head coach Jimbo Fisher, dressed out for the game and began participating in warm ups despite being suspended for the game.

And then Jimbo found out...

Winston apparently REALLY appears to believe the rules don't apply to him. How does he get dressed out and nobody noticed? Come on FSU...do you think nobody is paying attention to you?

---Sigh---

Either way, here's a brief Vine video of Fisher chewing Winston out and sending him to the locker room. As much as we hate to admit this, we will never cheer for Florida State to lose more than the Clemson game Saturday night.

We honest-to-goodness hope this costs the team a shot at the National title, because after this disrespect...they don't deserve it.

Here's the Vine video (thanks gifdsports)

CFB Saturday: FSU Steamrolls Clemson

So, what happens when a "Game of the Century" ends up being a blowout? Or when you pick the home team to win it, and that team loses by uh..37 at home?

Well, Florida State ended any question about who was the king of the ACC and may have inserted themselves into the BCS title picture after absolutely embarrassing Clemson 51-14 in front of 80,000-plus stunned fans in Northwest South Carolina.

Once insanely talented Florida St. QB Jameis Winston threw an early 23-yard TD pass to WR Kelvin Benjamin just a couple minutes into the game, well, the rout was on.

27-7 at the half, 41-7 after 3 quarters and everyone in Tallahassee could take a deep breath, their beloved Seminoles are back.

Winston would end up throwing for 444 yards and 3 TD's, 2 of them to Rashard Greene to lead FSU to their biggest win in many, many years.

As for Clemson, we've all been waiting for them to, well, pull a Clemson--lose a game they shouldn't. We aren't saying the should not have lost THIS game, they looked over-matched and unable to keep up with a much more superior and rested team.

The Tigers fumbled on their 1st play from scrimmage and turned the ball over 4 different times.

Florida State moves to 6-0 and will be heavily favored to win the rest of their games this season. The only question is whether it will be enough to move them ahead of Alabama or Oregon.

But hey, that's why they play the game.

ESPN gives us the highlights:

Hilarity: Bill Murray Body Slams Lee Corso on Gameday

Yes, this was funny. Because very few things in life that involve Bill Murray aren't funny.

Check out what happens during the last part of ESPN's Saturday College Football Gameday Broadcast in Clemson ahead of Saturday's Clemson/FSU primetime smackdown.

As we all know, the broadcast ends with Lee Corso wearing the head gear of the mascot of the team he picks to win. Or in this case, dresses like FSU macot Chief Osceola.

Corso's pick was contrary to Murray's, that's when the hilarity ensues...

The Dirty Dozen and Bottom of The Barrel: Meet D-Day

So, this is sort of another "Big Week" in the College Football world and it doesn't involve Alabama or Oregon.

Meet our players

Okay, so actually the story of the week involves 2 ACC teams, Clemson and Florida St. The winner, well, they are in a prime position to make a BCS run...unless they do what ACC teams have often done in the past...

It will make sense at about the :24 mark

But enough of that. Last week was not kind to us as we appear to have gotten a bit too overconfident this season. That or the law of averages has caught up.

11-3 on the week, but some REALLY close calls. Makes yours/our total 70-8 on the season. Trust us, we know what we are doing.

So as Casey Kasem always says now it's, "On with the Countdown"

THE DIRTY DOZEN: (Time to Shock the World)

1) Oregon 6-0. Yes, we did it. We bumped them to the top of the pile. They passed the Washington test with Flying colors, take care of UCLA and Stanford and they'll run the table. And how can you not be a fan of Marcus Mariota anyway? (This Week: vs. Washington St. Our Pick: Oregon 57, Wash St. 14)

2) Alabama 6-0. Sorry Nick, we had to do it. The SEC is again kinda top heavy. And you don't play anyone until LSU. You might get your title back then, but not until. Sure you've made it look easy so far, but really, other than The Johnny Football's, you haven't played anyone. (This Week: at Arkansas. Our Pick: Alabama 38, Ark 13)

3) Clemson 6-0. So far you've passed every test. Thanks Tajh Boyd. But the big one is here. Now. In front of millions and millions world wide. Clemson. FSU. Gameday. Prime Time T.V. Tell 'em Ric

This Week: vs. FSU. Our Pick: Clemson 41, FSU 37

4) Florida St. 5-0. See above. Somebody is going home unhappy and out of the Top 5. 

5) Ohio St. 6-0. Again, another team that may run the table because their conference isn't that good. Though the SEC is MUCH stronger than the piss poor Big 10. (Yeah, we said it). Prove us wrong. (This Week: vs. Iowa. Our Pick: tOSU 37, Iowa 21)

6) UCLA 5-0. We're telling you. This is our surprise team of the year. They are much better than us on the East Coast think. West Coast too for that matter. Though there is the matter of the next two weeks. Win those, and you could be looking at another undefeated team. (This Week: at Stanford. Our Pick: UCLA 31, Stanford 28)

7) LSU 6-1. That's a good team you got there Les. And we're pulling for you if for no other reason than you are our favorite press conference head coach of all-time. And funniest. Nothing funny about pounding out a win vs. Florida last week though. Hammer and nail be damned. (This Week: at Ole Miss. Our Pick: LSU 28, Ole Miss 23)

8) Texas A&M 5-1. A good test ahead for the Johnny Football's. They've been racking up big numbers while giving up the same (32 ppg). That is going to have to stop. (This Week: vs. Auburn. Our Pick: Aggies 37, Auburn 17)

9) Miami 5-0. Return of the "U"!!! Something's gone right down in South Florida. The U is on a roll. Though admittedly, beating FAU, Savannah St., S.Florida and Ga. Tech isn't anything to write home about. Outside a date with FSU, the table is set for a strong finish too. (This Week: at N.Carolina. Our Pick: Miami 37, UNC 21)

10) South Carolina 5-1. Come on sportswriter turds. Back off Jadeveon Clowney. What did you expect? For him to jump out of a telephone book and destroy people single-handedly? He's a 21-year old kid with a world of athletic potential. Key phrase "Kid". (This Week: at Tennessee. Our Pick: S.Carolina 31, Tennessee 23)

11) Louisville 6-0. We almost dropped them out of this poll. Realistically, they wouldn't beat any of the teams ranked ahead of them. Arguably anyone in the Top 20, but that's another story for another day. (This Week: vs. UCF. Our Pick: Louisville 34, UCF 31)

12) Baylor 5-0. Yup, they were tested last week. Squeezed by K-State in Manhattan, a good win. We still like them to win the Big 12 too. Mark our words! (This Week: vs. Iowa St. Our Pick: Baylor 63, Iowa St. 18)

THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL:

5) UConn 0-5. Hey, basketball season is just around the corner. Oh, wait? This is the football team. Yikes! Good thing they are playing in the powerhouse AAC. Oh, wait. Everyone sucks in the AAC. Yeah...see that now too. Oh well. (This Week: at Cincinnati. Our Pick: Cincy 35, UConn 21)

4) W. Michigan 0-7. Wow. 0-7 to start the season? Zoinks...and you play in the MAC. Surely you can win a game there? Oh, well, maybe not. Though you still have 2 directional Michigan schools to play, so there's that. (This Week: vs. Ball St. Our Pick: Ball St. 41, W.Michigan 10)

3) New Mexico St. 0-7. Holy Crap! You gave up 66 points to New Mexico? How does that happen? Oh, wait, you are a perennial Bottom of the Barrel team. That's how. Two words. NEW COACH. That is all. (This Week: at Rice. Our Pick: Rice 66, NMST 14)

2) Miami (OH) 0-6. We were all set to drop NM State here until we realized you lost to UMass last week. And as bad as New Mexico is, they aren't UMass bad. No excuse for losing to them. None. Okay, maybe if you hold this position it's okay. (This Week: vs. Akron. Our Pick: Miami 9, Akron 8)

1) Southern Mississippi 0-6. Aw, geez guys. You've had to simmer with the though of losing to FIU for 2 weeks. How's that eating at ya? The good news, after this week, only 6 more games left. The bad news, you may not win any of those games. (This Week: at E.Carolina. Our Pick: ECU 41, S.Mississippi 21)

After writing the Bottom list here, for some reason this was the 1st thought that popped into our head. Goodnight everyone!