The stated goal by the admin and Luke coming into the season, rightly or wrongly, was a bowl game this year. Played in a bunch of close games (which is a credit to them) and lost every single one of them (a demerit to the staff). Add in the dumbassery that happened Thursday night along with the 2020 schedule that starts: Baylor in Houston, SEMO, Auburn, at LSU, Bama, at Vandy, Florida. If it didn't happen now, was going to happen next season anyway.
Always seemed like he was just a filler after Freeze until whatever punishment had been served for the shenanigans under freeze.
Feels like Tom Allen should be a candidate at one of these jobs but he may need to win 8+ games 1 more year before he’s really pursued by arky/mizzou/ole miss level programs. I imagine IU will fight to keep him pretty hard.