Stanford Is a Bad Job Now

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner

News, Sports, Sports News, Football

4.9 • 916 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

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Andrew Luck fired Stanford coach Troy Taylor after off-field investigations of his conduct came to light. In this episode for SZD subscribers, Alex and Richard discuss the circumstances of Taylor’s firing and Stanford’s challenges:

* An investigation timeline going back more than a year

* Stanford’s decision to stand by Taylor until there was public heat

* How this mirrors Northwestern’s firing of Pat Fitzgerald

* Andrew Luck’s role as the key decision-maker for Stanford

* Alex wonders if Stanford is even a good job anymore

* Richard is very confident that it is NOT

* Stanford’s unique challenges in a post-House settlement world

* Recruits’ fading or nonexistent memories of the days when Stanford was one of the best programs in the country

* Why the college sports industry will be watching Luck as GM

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0:00.0	We're coming, and we ain't backing down.
0:02.1	We don't need a bunch of cats in here looking in the mirror.
0:04.8	Everybody just do your job.
0:07.0	You understand that?
0:07.9	Hey, will you shut up?
0:08.9	I'm bitterly disappointed with the officiating today.
0:11.4	Guys being dudes.
0:12.6	And they run through our like a shit through a ten horn, man.
0:15.0	Ah, fuck it.
0:16.5	Thank you, Lee.
0:18.4	Alex, before we get to the spring surprise of the college football coaching cycle calendar,
0:26.1	we do have some intra-company March Madness to deal with this week.
0:32.9	Yeah, we're recording this on Wednesday, March 26th, a little bit before lunchtime.
0:38.8	On Thursday, my Maryland Terrapins, the four-seat, face your Florida Gators, the one-seat
0:45.0	in the Sweet 16 of the men's end-step-by tournament.
0:48.1	You and I have agreed on a little bet, which I'm pretty excited about.
0:51.1	Should I tell the people about it?
0:52.4	Please do.
0:53.7	So we've agreed that if Florida beats Maryland, I will ask home field for some Florida
0:59.7	stuff and do the Gator Chomp on one episode of Splitsone Duo, whereas if Maryland wins,
1:03.8	I get all of Richard's money from the partnership in Splitsone Duo for the next month.
1:08.5	And I think that's a fair, fair, equitable situation.
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