The Associated Press is reporting that Hawaii coach June Jones is leaving Hawaii to become the head coach at … wait for it… SMU.

This is a story that makes absolutely, positively no sense to me. As I sit here trying to reason why Jones would leave a school that, gets no nationally credibility mind you, to coach a team that went 1-11 last year. I get that it’s a challenge to put SMU back on the map but of all the jobs open in college football, he takes this one? Granted he will make more than $2 million a year, which one would be crazy to think didn’t factor into this decision in a big ole way but why this job.

Hats off to SMU athletic director Steve Orsini who has managed to bag former UNC head coach Matt Doherty to coach the Mustangs men’s basketball team and now Jones, who was mentioned in connection to a number of big-time head coaching vacancies including UCLA.

I am just blown away by this story.

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