Babers Alert System Blinking Red

#BGSU football: Just spoke w/ @CoachDinoBabers via text. He said rumors that he is taking UCF job are inaccurate.

— JWagnerBlade (@jwagnerblade) November 30, 2015

I'm told Dino Babers deal with UCF is done, but he did not want the news getting out with Bowling Green playing for MAC title. #fox35

— Adam Shadoff (@FOX35Adam) November 30, 2015

MAC title Friday nothing else matters

— Travis Greene (@Breakemdown_8) November 30, 2015

All right then. Sunday dinner, enjoying some chicken and BOOM!  There's word on the Internet that Coach Babers is going to Central Florida.  You can see the remnants of it above...I think this probably gives us a pretty good picture...and Travis brings the team back to reality.

The Denny Stolz thing was my senior year in College and it can't be stated how unfair that was to the players on that team, who were undefeated and champions.  It happens all the time now, but at the time, it was just something no one was used to and it led to a very ugly night in Fresno.

I just hate to see these kinds of distractions the week of a title game.  I did not in any way expect Babers to be coaching at our bowl game, but I did hope we'd get through this week without something like this.

And here's the thing.  I would gather from what I saw above that Babers plans to Coach in the game Friday...the question is how focused are he and his assistants going to be on game prep?

Even if your intention was to be honorable, you're only human.

One last thing.  There's a lot on twitter about this being a "lateral" move.  First, that's what people said when Urban went to Utah, too.

Second, you have to know the context.  No, it is not a P5 school.  However, the new AD is Danny White who is the guy who was renaming the State University at Buffalo to University of New York.  Guy thinks big and UCF is in a position to become either a very high P5 or even a new Big 12 team as they try to get a playoff.  Also, he's right in the middle of a large collection of players who would be perfect for his system.

Also, you can bet it entails a significant pay increase.

I'm fine with him going and I expected it.  I wish him 100% the best.  I wish he had stayed longer, but it is what it is.  The man has the right to do what is right for his career and his family and I'd do the same thing.

All he owes us is one more focused game.

Update:

The rumors about me accepting a job at UCF are not true. I am focused on @BG_Football and winning a MAC Championship Friday night.

— Dino Babers (@CoachBabersBG) November 30, 2015