The UF boards now lean towards Petersen of Boise St. Petrino allegedly just signed an extension; Stoops is still a possibility as no one has been able to contact him the past couple of days. Mullen at MSU is apparently not in consideration.
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 11, 2010, at 10:15 AM, Van <[email protected]> wrote: > > What we're all afraid of in the Auburn Family right now is that > Petrino will go to Florida (which will improve Florida) and that our > awesome OC, Gus Malzahn, will be hired at Arkansas to replace him > (aagggghhhh!!!!). > > Malzahn is (famously) from Arkansas, and Vanderbilt just offered him > $3 million for seven years to be their head coach. That's about > double what his current boss, Gene Chizik, makes at Auburn! > > I don't want Gus's crazy fantastic offense in the service of one of > our divisional rivals! > > As for Stoops, because he was DC for Spurrier on their 1996 national > title team, and because he has a house in Florida next to either AD > Jeremy Foley's or Spurrier's (or both--I forget), his name always > comes up whenever there's an opening in Gainesville. He was mentioned > before they settled on Ron Zook in 2002 and hired Meyer in 2005. But > why in the name of sanity would he leave a cushy job in Norman, where > he can annually run roughshod over sub-par competition, to make a semi- > lateral move to take roughly the same money for less job security in a > harder conference? > > The real question in my mind right now, aside from how big of a win > Cam will have in the Heisman race tonight (given that several writers > have publicly said they won't vote for him), is who will Auburn hire > to replace Malzahn? > > And speaking of stupid writers not voting for Cam (because his dad did > something wrong*) -- they are instead publicly saying they'll vote for > LaMichael James (Oregon RB who beat up his girlfriend) or Blackmon > (OSU WR who was arrested for DUI with numerous friends in the car in > August). Wow. > > --Van > * One of them even said he wouldn't vote for Cam even if Cam didn't > know what his father did, because people suffer for the "sins of the > father" all the time. So he voted for Blackmon instead. What a > jackhole. > > > On Dec 10, 8:13 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> It won't be money that keeps him at OU, it'll be his comfort level. He's won >> one national title there, and has a good team for next year. I think it >> would be easier to recruit at UF (and I'd rather live in North Florida than >> Oklahoma, but that's just me), but other than that it would be a bit of a >> lateral move. My money is on Petrino, but most on the Gator chat boards >> don't like him because of his prior history of jumping from team to team. >> That doesn't bother me though, job hopping is the nature of the profession >> nowadays. He's done his stint in the NFL and it didnt work, and like Stoops >> moving to another school from UF would be a bit of a lateral move (and would >> be a step up from Arkansas). The guy can flat out coach an offense, too. >> >> On Dec 10, 2010, at 8:58 AM, "Edward Crosby" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I have my doubts Stoops will take the UF job. UF can't afford him. >> >>> -- >>> Have a Better One, >>> Edward Crosby >>> http://about.me/edwardcrosby >>> ----- >>> "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." >>> Merlin Mann >> >>>> Good work as always. >> >>>> The UF coaching job is rumored to be Stoop's if he wants it. The sports >>>> radio stations here were abuzz that Stoops had gone into seclusion >>>> yesterday and no one at the OU program could reach him. I'd be happy with >>>> him or Petrino. >>>> Go AU- do the SEC proud! >> >>>> On Dec 10, 2010, at 8:34 AM, Van Plexico <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> Not the most in-depth column we've ever done, but it does contain some >>>>> "fancy" Photoshop work by yours truly. ;-) >> >>>>> http://www.thewareaglereader.com/2010/12/the-wishbone-is-west-bound-a... >> >>>>> --Van >> >>>>> -- >>>>> Van Allen Plexico >>>>> www.plexico.net >> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "The Unique Geek" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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