It seemed nice. Proper. Ethical. When the University of Arkansas fired coach Bobby Petrino last week for his actions with another woman and helping her get a job inside the school, it looked like Athletic Director Jeff Long and the school were taking the high road. Appearance is all it was.
John L. Smith will be named the new head coach Tuesday. He will be working under a ten month agreement and be paid a paltry $850,000. According to many, unless Arkansas wins the National Championship, Smith has virtually no chance to be named the head coach after the 2012 season.
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Arkansas Hypocritical Replacing Petrino
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Are changes coming to the BCS? If you listen to Bill Hancock, the Executive Director of the BCS, caution is the word.
Hancock says they look over the system every four years, and that is what they are doing now. But nothing has been, nor will it be soon, decided. Practically everything is on the table, from the format to who can automatically qualify to play in the BCS.
So far the proposals for the next cycle, which begins in 2014, range from minor adjustments to the current system to a four-team playoff plus eight other BCS games that may have no direct impact on the championship. Former coach and Hall of Famer Lou Holtz is definite in his opinion for changes to the BCS.
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BCS Changes Coming?
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Admittedly, the name Steve Mariucci never crossed the collective minds of those who were thinking of a replacement for Bobby Petrino at Arkansas. After all, who would think of the former coach-turned announcer?
Mariucci has never “left” the game. He just left coaching. The former San Francisco and Detroit head coach has turned his life into the NFL Network. However circumstances change and so do the paths of life. Meaning Mariucci could be convinced the college game is his next foray.
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Mariucci the Man for Arkansas?
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Whatever Arkansas and even college football fans think about the dismissal of Bobby Petrino as coach, it is done and over. Petrino made his bed, so to speak, and now he must lie in it.
Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long announced at a press conference Tuesday night that Petrino has been terminated for “abusing his authority” and “jeopardizing the integrity of the football program” following the aftermath of his motorcycle accident on April 1.
Speculators would say Petrino finally got what was coming to him. After years of less than scrupulous dealings with his bosses and players, those sins have come back to haunt him in the worst way possible.
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Petrino Gone; Who’s to Follow?
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Wow, he’s gone? The Razorbacks are going to let Bobby Petrino go and a press conference is apparently forthcoming to confirm that decision. I can’t believe it. I really thought they were going to keep him. I really thought that there would be a more excellent way. I also thought that they were going to choose winning at football over anything that could have gone wrong outside of the college’s campus. Apparently, I was wrong.
Now, I think I see what the new trend is. I mean, think about it. The hazing scandal erupted at FAMU and the band director who had been there FOREVER, got fired. Just like that. Bang. It’s over.
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Petrino Out–This Speaks To The CYA Trend In Colleges Today
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Should Arkansas cut off the head of their head football coach or leave that for another day. That seems to be a possibility after the latest Bobby Petrino escapade last week.
Yes Bobby Petrino has made bad choices. Yes he can be morally questionable at times. Yes he has several questions to answer. But let’s make one thing clear.
Those questions are not answerable to the Arkansas football fans or the media. That is not a popular stand right now. Arkansas fans and the media think Petrino should stand up and air all his dirty laundry. Why? Simply because he is the Head Football coach of a major state University.
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No Need for Answers from Petrino
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The chase for perhaps the most coveted, yet misunderstood running back is over. Peyton Hillis’s career has been up and down for the past three seasons, yet the Kansas City Chiefs decided to serve up a deal Hillis couldn’t refuse.
By all reports, only one team was interested in Hillis. That part of the story is understandable. After a quiet year in Denver, Hillis was traded to Cleveland in 2010 and became a star. He rushed for over 1000 yards and led the team in receptions. All under Offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, but we’ll return to that.
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Kansas City Takes on the Enigmatic Hillis
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Could the NCAA be close to a playoff system for college football?
Believe it or not it appears that might just be the case. The BCS is looking at all scenarios and the 4 team playoffs system seems to be getting the most talk. This would mean the top 4 teams in the country, this year that would have meant LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma State would have been in the playoff. There would have been a fight between Oregon and Stanford for the final spot.
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BCS and NCAA Close to 4 Team Playoff
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Not very often as writers are we given the opportunity to prove an opinion we have off the field is correct. But then the fields of college football and politics don’t cross often. In this case the culprit crossing lines is Craig James. Again James, as in the past 30 years, is trying to pull the wool over America’s eyes.
It was written in December the former SMU running back and current ESPN college football commentator was contemplating a run for the U.S. Senate in Texas. He stated he would run for the office vacated by the retirement of Kay Bailey Hutchison. At that time we stated “Congress needs another member with a trail of troubles who doesn’t understand reality.”
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Electability Counts, James Comes Clean
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The debacle Monday night the BCS tried to pass off as a National Championship game has everyone involved abuzz. Changes are coming, finally. And those changes seem to have the blessing of NCAA President Mark Emmert.
This might be the first time the NCAA, or anyone associated with it, have expressed approval in public to a possible playoff system. Emmert came out Thursday and said he would be pleased with a four team playoff, as long as it would not grow.
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Playoff System for College Football Possible, Says Emmert
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