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Jim Grobe regrets not taking Nebraska job, staying at Wake Forest

Jim Grobe looked out of place at ACC media days in July. He felt it, too. Less stress, less excitement.

He’s an ACC television analyst this season, not a longtime Wake Forest coach who once improbably reached the Orange Bowl in a year that will forever be part of ACC lore.

Grobe, who resigned last December after the greatest 13-year run in Wake Forest history, is part of college football’s next wave of possible comeback coaching attempts for 2015. He’s in that in-between phase right now: Do you or don’t you try to get back into coaching?

Grobe also symbolizes the cautionary tale of what can happen to a coach who doesn’t jump when his resume reaches its peak. Nebraska pursued Grobe in 2007 before hiring Bo Pelini. So did Arkansas in 2007, prior to landing Bobby Petrino. Grobe was mentioned in the 2008 Clemson search before Dabo Swinney got the job permanently.

Instead, Grobe cherished stability and in 2007 signed a 10-year contract with Wake Forest that paid h…

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