Rejected by his first choice, Gross turned his attention to a coach right down the road, Oregon's Mike Belotti.

I interviewed with them.

They offered me the job.

I thought about it.

That's Belotti.

I was thinking I might go and then talk to my family, talk to my staff, and we collectively decided that we would stay in Eugene.

And a lot of people, a lot of my friends thought that I was sort of crazy.