Jeff Brohm might pull a Vince Marrow and leave the Big Dawg in the dust

Sometimes college football hands you a storyline so petty and perfect you don’t even want to improve it. You just want to watch it happen.

That’s what this would be.

Jeff Brohm already had his moment in the rumor mill when the Penn State job opened. People floated it, debated it, turned it into content, and then Brohm shot it down like he was swatting a beach ball.

The carousel kept spinning. Matt Campbell got hired. The world moved on.

But now the smoke is back, and the potential landing spot is the kind that makes Kentucky fans sit up straight and Louisville fans suddenly pretend they don’t care about the rivalry anymore.

Michigan.

If Brohm bolts for a Big Ten blue blood, it wouldn’t just be a career move. It would be an everything move. A state move. A rivalry move. A “you can’t make this up” move.

Jeff Brohm and Vince Marrow would be a rivalry plot twist

Let’s talk about why this is so funny it almost feels illegal.

Vince Marrow spent years as Mark Stoops’ right-hand man at Kentucky before jumping to Louisville in the most rivalry-soaked staff swap imaginable. Then, once he got there, Marrow started chirping, loudly, about how Louisville “runs the state.”

Well, now the setup is sitting there with a bow on it.

Stoops is gone. The Kentucky side of the equation is already shifted. And if Brohm takes a swing at Michigan, it would leave Marrow staring at the same kind of decision Stoops had to stare at when Marrow left him behind.

That’s not just irony. That’s symmetry.

Brohm has the background that makes the rumor plausible. He’s got Big Ten ties from his Purdue days. He’s the type of coach people can see on a bigger stage. And Louisville, cushy as it can be, still isn’t Michigan in terms of brand, resources, and national title ceiling.

So if Michigan calls, the real question becomes simple.

Does Brohm want the biggest job he can get? Or does he want the one he already built?

Kentucky football fans should pay attention even if it feels like Louisville business

Because Louisville moves don’t stay on one side of the fence. Not in this rivalry. Not with recruiting. Not with assistants. Not when the personalities involved are this connected.

If Brohm leaves, Louisville changes. If Louisville changes, Kentucky’s ecosystem changes. And if Marrow has to decide whether to follow Brohm, stay, or pivot again, that decision ripples right back into the state.

And the funniest version of all this is the cleanest punchline.

Marrow left Stoops and helped turn Louisville into a louder program in-state. Then Stoops exits. And then Brohm leaves Marrow, chasing the kind of job Marrow used to sell as “not necessary.”

That’s college football in one sentence. Everyone has a loyalty speech right up until the right opportunity walks in.

Will it happen? Who knows.

But the fact the storyline even exists tells you everything about the moment Kentucky and Louisville are living in right now. The rivalry isn’t just about Saturday anymore.

It’s about who stays. Who leaves. And who gets left holding the bag.