Jon Gruden now among betting favorites to land at Tennessee
Tennessee fans, guess what time it is.
That’s right … It’s Grumor time!
The cheerful applause is appreciated.
We’ve been reporting on these Bet Online odds since they first came out with Gruden at +2000 — or 20/1 — to become Tennessee’s next head football coach.
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Just last week, they moved to +1200 (or 12/1 depending on how you want to look at it). Then they went to 10/1.
Now … Oh boy … Now, the odds are at 8/1! You can only win $800 if you put down a Ben Franklin. That is incredible.
Vegas is catching on to something. Maybe it’s just all the hype from Tennessee fans. Maybe it’s the fact that Gruden was in Knoxville for the South Carolina game.
Who knows if there is any substance behind all this, but it’s actually looking more and more like it could actually happen, which is the crazy part. What once seemed to be a pipe dream is now, well, maybe attainable.
Earlier on Monday, former Tennessee running back Charlie Garner (who also played for Jon Gruden at Oakland and Tampa Bay) weighed in on Gruden to Tennessee.
Check out all of the odds from Bet Online to become Tennessee’s next head coach, courtesy of SDS news desk editor Michael Bratton’s tweet below:
Jon Gruden to Tennessee opened at 20/1, went down to 12/1, then 10/1, now 8/1… #GRUMORS @betonline_ag pic.twitter.com/Qfu1mARnG7
— SEC Mike (@MichaelWBratton) October 23, 2017
Oh, by the way, Butch Jones is still the head coach in Knoxville.
I got a little tingle when I saw Tee Martin on the list.
Honestly I’d put money down on
Lane Kiffin +
Dan Mullen +
Bob Stoops +/-
Jeff Brohm –
PJ Fleck –
Tennessee needs to break their trend of the decent hires and just back up the SEC NETWORK BRINKS TRUCK and pay a absolute grand slam hire. No more of the single home run hires. If Tennessee wants to be like Alabama, then go find the coach.
Who would qualify as a grand slam?
Yeah, who is a Grand Slam? Chip Kelly might be the only one on the list that I see…but I’m still not convinced his system will work this day and age in the SEC. Everyone is used to the HUNH and he doesn’t like to recruit.
Notice Butch Jones is NOT on the list.
What I don’t understand is why Scott Frost isn’t on that list. He’s most likely Nebraska bound but he makes a helluva lot more sense than Brian Kelly (wtf?!) and Lane Kiffin (we didn’t rehire Pearl and we actually wanted him).
LOL
Chuckie ain’t going to waste his time going to a Tier 2 program.
Gruden’s loving having his name out front for UT. He needs to get serious about taking the job if he wants to continue being adored in East TN.
I think Jim Bob Cooter would be a great coach. I think we need a young fired up coach. That was how Nick Saban was and he was nothing spectacular at the time. We should go for Cooter.
Odds are now down to 6.5/1