Greg Schiano is Awesome

Greg Schiano could have easily taken his success at Rutgers, packed it in a suitcase and headed to sunny Florida to become the new coach of a "big-time" program at Miami. He would have received a huge payday (and huge headaches). Instead, Schiano has committed to Rutgers and will continue to build on that program. He will be getting a major raise at Rutgers, which he deserves considering the amount of increased revenue the Scarlet Knights made off their football program this year.

Schiano has also told Rutgers officials that his pay is secondary to improving Rutgers facilities and making the upgrades to make Rutgers "a Top 10 program." At the top of his current wish list is an expansion of 41,500-seat Rutgers Stadium. Several home games were sellouts this season, including the final two games in which temporary bleachers added 2,000 seats to the south end zone. Season ticket sales have already increased by 5,000 for next season, Schiano said Monday.

Pretty awesome if you ask me. Rumor is that Schiano will probably stay at Rutgers until the Penn State job opens up...that is the job he really wants after JoePa leaves. But, in the mean time, Schiano is an awesome guy for staying at Rutgers. It helps that program and it really helps the Big East.

Now, if Rich Rodriguez would make a similar commitment at WVU, I would feel a lot better. Rodriguez stated he had not talked to anyone at Alabama on Friday before the big Rutgers/WVU game. But he still hasn't closed the door on the possibility of going to Alabama. The "my plans are...WVU" is not a firm commitment because plans change quickly. There's still a lot of talk in Alabama that RR is their next coach. Hopefully, Rich will pull a Schiano and continue building a legacy at West Virginia...at least until Bobby retires.