Tag Archives: Bobby Petrino
College Football’s Surprise Teams of 2009: Arkansas Razorbacks
This is the first installment in a look at five potential surprise teams of the new college football season. Next up – Baylor. The first season of the Bobby Petrino era in Fayetteville saw the Razorbacks finish 5-7, have close shaves at home with Western Illinois and Louisiana-Monroe, their worst loss to Texas since 1916, [...]
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Mullen Leaves Florida, Strong To Follow?
Dan Mullen, offensive coordinator for the Florida Gators recently announced that he would be leaving Florida at season’s end, if not sooner, to take the head coaching job at Mississippi State. It is still unclear as to whether he’ll coach Florida in the upcoming national championship game. It is also unclear what effect that will [...]
Tuberville out at Auburn, Leach or Calhoun next?
In a move that almost all of the college football world saw coming for the majority of the season, Tommy Tuberville stepped down at Auburn today. The last time Tuberville was on edging towards the furnace, the Tigers went 13-0 the following season. Unfortunately, there was no escape this season, and there are only so [...]
Saturday Shuffle: Curb Your Enthusiasm Edition
For a weekend that was supposed to be an ‘in-between’ week of college football action, this weekend turned out to be more than worth watching. There are some things that I’m going to run through in greater detail in separate articles over the next couple of days, and there are some things that I’m saving [...]
Look Out For The Invasion Of The Rookie Head Coach In 2008
When the 2008 NFL season opens for Atlanta, Miami, Baltimore and Washington, players like QB Matt Ryan, LT Jake Long, QB Joe Flacco and WR Devin Thomas won’t be the only rookies on their respected teams, as the rookie players will all be led by rookie head coaches. The Atlanta Falcons hired Mike Smith, the [...]
Mike Smith, welcome to cleanup duty.
The job that seemed like would never be filled has finally found its man. A virtual train wreck of a season set the Falcons several years back and desperately needs a heavy clean up. This being said, many potential candidates seemed to want to keep their distance because of the chaos that is the [...]
