I'll play along. First, I'm all in on Meyer. I'm irrationally convinced this whole thing, down to Ash and Yurcich hirings, set us up perfectly for this to happen. But he very well could tell us no, so... Had a conversation with someone earlier today about who is realistic if we can't get Urban, and if there's no one clearly better would we actually just keep Herman as the devil we know. I'm not a huge fan of his style as a person, but I'll submit Gary Patterson for consideration. Reasons for: He knows the conference and how to defend it. He punches above his weight (joke fully intended) in recruiting and is solid with talent/fit evaluations. While it used to be a fault, these days he has been proactive with his coaching staff changes where needed to address deficiencies. His teams are the anti texas - they play above their recruiting rankings and compete against better athletes due to excellent fundamentals and scouting/scheme. He's won conferences before where he had talent parity or advantage, and only hasn't when he has a clear athlete disadvantage. He has a good working relationship with cdc which can't hurt. Reasons against: He looks, sweats, and complains like a third trimester pregnant woman. Again, I'm all in on Meyer, but if he's a no, we could do worse than Patterson.