College football reporter continues to push silly narrative about Vols HC Josh Heupel
National college football reporter Mike Farrell, the self-professed "godfather of recruiting", won't stop pushing the Josh Heupel to Michigan narrative. There's been chatter over the last week about Michigan possibly being interested in hiring Heupel, the Tennessee Vols' head coach, in the event that Jim Harbaugh leaves Ann Arbor for the NFL. This chatter originated […]
National college football reporter Mike Farrell, the self-professed "godfather of recruiting", won't stop pushing the Josh Heupel to Michigan narrative.
There's been chatter over the last week about Michigan possibly being interested in hiring Heupel, the Tennessee Vols' head coach, in the event that Jim Harbaugh leaves Ann Arbor for the NFL.
This chatter originated from an article on Farrell's website that suggested Heupel could be an option to replace Harbaugh.
From what I can tell, there have been no reports linking Heupel to Michigan. And I haven't seen any other reporters suggesting that it could be an option.
But that isn't stopping Farrell from continuing to push the idea.
Here's what Farrell tweeted on Wednesday morning.
The only reason we're addressing this is because it's managed to become a "rumor" that's making the rounds on social media.
There's almost no chance Heupel leaves Tennessee for Michigan. Sure, the Wolverines might call him. They might call Nick Saban and Kirby Smart, too.
Or maybe they give Sonny Dykes a ring after he led his team to a win against Michigan. They can call whomever they want to gauge interest. That doesn't mean that interest will be reciprocated.
There's also the scenario where Harbaugh doesn't leave Michigan. He's flirted with the idea in recent years, but no one has tried to hire him. The Minnesota Vikings passed on him last year after a lengthy interview.
Most importantly, though, Heupel is where I believe he wants to be. He loves being in the SEC. And he made it quite clear last spring during an interview with "Bussin with the Boys" that he feels like the SEC is the best conference in college football.
If that's how Heupel feels about the SEC, why would he leave for the Big 10?
I just don't see this being a concern for Tennessee fans. And I don't understand Farrell pushing this nonsensical idea.
Maybe he just likes chaos.
If that's the case, then mission accomplished I guess — he's single handily made this narrative a thing.
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