The Jim McElwain Show is now days in the making, according to multiple reports, and the highlights keep piling up. I’m not talking about the actual negotiations with Florida and athletic director Jeremy Foley. I’m not talking about his $7.5 million buyout and his options for getting it reduced.
I’m talking about the behind-the-scenes stuff. The important stuff. The Twittersphere.
On Tuesday, the courtship reached its peak thus far when Foley hopped on a (baller) flight from Jacksonville, Fla., to Fort Collins to meet with McElwain at his (baller) home.
Just hours before, McElwain was named the , and just days before, the two about the Florida coaching job.
But as soon as that Foley was en route to Fort Collins for a face-to-face meeting with McElwain, readers and tweeters went nuts (guilty!). Foley’s flight was tracked, reporters flocked to McElwain’s mansion, and the group was even photographed, Papparazzi-style, while inside the home. (They were doing crazy things, .)
It was sooooo TMZ.
In case you had a life and were unavailable for most of the show Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday, here were some of the high points (with more surely to come).
And just to clarify, as of 4 p.m. Wednesday, McElwain and Florida in negotiations, and Foley has returned to Gainesville.
Not to be outclassed by Florida, CSU has fired up their own plane in hope of retaining McElwain
— Colin Daniels (@southstands303)
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live footage of Jeremy Foley entering Fort Collins
— SPENCER HALL (@edsbs)
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Confirmed: Jim McElwain (far left) and Jeremy Foley (far right) both like McElwain’s view.
— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala)
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Did no one else notice Jim McElwain’s Blue tie during his news conference last week?
— Marshall Zelinger (@7Marshall)
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Jeremy Foley apparently biggest thing to hit Colorado since Mork landed.
— Keith Niebuhr (@Keith247Sports)
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Mamma Roni’s delivery to media outside the McElwain home. We are going to knock and offer to share.
— Terry Frei (@TFrei)
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UF AD Jeremy Foley at the home of CSU Rams head coach Jim McElwain presumably discussing job
— John Leyba (@Presto89)
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Fat Tire brewery tour? RT : If Jeremy Foley stays in Colorado any longer, he s gonna have to start paying state income taxes
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples)
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Coming to theaters this Christmas, “Waiting on McElwain: a one-sided romance.”
— Erin Hull (@erinfhull)
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Talks stalled on McElwain’s hire and I’m still like
— SPENCER HALL (@edsbs)
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There’s now time for Florida to sneak McElwain to G-ville at night and set up a WWE-style entrance at the O-Dome. All about planning.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee)
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