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Guesswork on Grobe

Even before Bill Callahan was fired at Nebraska, speculation abounded that Wake Forest's Jim Grobe would replace him. If you can win an ACC title at Wake, you can win a national title at Nebraska. Makes sense.
Here's the problem: There's no legitimate reason -- as of 5 p.m. Monday -- to believe there is mutual interest. Grobe and most of his staff were recruiting -- for Wake -- on Monday. Part of their job was to reassure the 14 players committed to the program that the boss isn't going anywhere.
Two committed prospects were still expected to visit campus on Monday as scheduled. Nothing had been postponed or canceled.
Grobe, who is in the first year of a 10-year contract, has financial security and little to no external pressure in his current position. The only expectation that greeted him when he arrived was legitimacy, and the Demon Deacons have clearly surpassed that standard. ACC champions in 2006, they're on their way to a bowl game for the second straight year, an unprecedented feat in the program's history.
Go 8-4 at Wake Forest and you're a legend. Do that too many times in Lincoln and you're unemployed. Just ask Frank Solich, whose record can be found here.

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