circa November of 2022, discussing UCLA football attendance issues, difficulty in finding coaching candidates, etc. Maybe you've seen this article before. As you know, Aikman was an adviser on the 2017 HC search in which Chip was hired. I was surprised at the amount of free tickets we handed out in 2021.
“We’ve had challenges over the years in getting candidates interested in the job,” Aikman said, ticking off reasons like high academic standards that hinder recruiting, salaries that did not account for the high cost of living, lack of an on-campus stadium and the bureaucracy of the sprawling University of California system. “Chip is the only one I can think of who has had other opportunities.”