Now you’re talking girl!! I thoroughly enjoyed last evening and particularly liked the good sportsmanship displayed by both teams. The ND fans, not so much. But you know all those Defensive Awards that Manti T’eo won? I would think that if the voting were held today, a guy named Jadeveon Clowney would be taking home most of that hardware. That was one of the most brutal but legal tackles I have ever seen. I am thankful the Michigan RB was able to walk away after that. I’m confident that hit will be remembered for a long time.

Congratulation to the Crimson Tide and the SEC!

ROFL!! Actually, before you, I shared a trailer and a bowling ball with frankbooth and was briefly engaged to a Browns fan Aren’t football blogs fun? LOL But you know I love the SEC fans best!!

I thought you and I were an item. Here you are speaking with all these other gentlemen! What up with that? Something you should know about some of these hombres…..they aren’t yelling ROLL TIDE! like I am! Deb, go home from the dance with the guy that brought ya there in the first place. I believe that would be me! ROLL TIDE!!!!

LOL … yes, LSU is almost blasphemous It’s Alabama! So I am really on pins and needles right now, counting down the minutes until 8:30. Of course, as a lifelong fan, I’ve been through many of these dramas since Bear passed. And Saban’s name is constantly batted around. None of that really gets to me–probably because I grew up on Coach Bryant and know I’ll never see the like again.

I get more antsy over pro coaching changes. But as a Steelers fan, that’s not something I have to face often–at least with the head coach. Right now, I’m honestly more concerned about who’s going to replace Sean Kugler as Pittsburgh’s offensive line coach than I am about whether Saban is going back to the NFL.

First, thank you for the positive feedback on my comments in general.

Second, you’re right. I really don’t know much about Chip Kelly at all. And you’re also right that a weekend isn’t much time to consider your options with a couple of pro teams. As we go about our lives, stopping occasionally to read and comment on these updates, time here seems to race. Somehow it seems as though these teams have been negotiating with Kelly for a week, rather than a weekend.

In retrospect, I’ve probably been too hard on Kelly. I’ve been thinking he wouldn’t have taken the meetings if he weren’t ready to make the jump to the pros. However, when you’re talking about changing careers, moving your family across country, and going from a relatively stable job to the volatile world of NFL coaching, I can understand wanting to give the move careful consideration. Perhaps if San Diego–a program with a talented quarterback in a highly liveable city–had come calling, he might have made a different decision. It could just be that the Eagles and Browns didn’t meet his needs.

Still … I’m glad this drama didn’t involve my team.

I love both the college and pro games. And I have no problem with a man considering his options. But when you are in negotiation for more than SEVEN hours with two different teams, you’ve gone beyond considering whether you’d like to coach at the pro level. You’ve said, “You bet I’ll go to the the NFL” and gotten into the nitty-gritty of contract specifics. To then say, “Whoa, changed my mind,” is like stripping down, putting on the condom, then deciding you’re just not in the mood. It’s game-playing. It’s unprofessional. And it jerked around two teams that could have been concentrating their energies on coaches who were serious.

Glad to see Chip hang around and beat down Lame Kiffin a few more seasons.Go Ducks.

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Since Oregon doesn’t play USC in 2013 and Stanford is a better team in the north (and this is not to say that Oregon won’t end up being on sanctions later this year), Oregon won’t be beating up on USC or anyone else for the next few seasons.

I’m not much of an NFL fan to begin with, so this might sound biased, but why would anyone leave a place like Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, LSU, USC, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, etc., for a job where you’re dealing with the egos of multi-millionaires? Guys like Kelly, Saban, Miles, Meyer, Stoops, Brown, etc., they have the proverbial world-by-the-short-hairs. They’re revered. Some of these guys could run for Governor in their states AND WIN. Besides, is there anything that keeps you more youthful than living in a college town?

WOLF..no..really..WOLF..WOLF..!!!!

Either he’s a tease, or he has some teams that he is waiting for the job to come open. Wouldn’t shock me if he was waiting for Coughlin to retire. Maybe he is thinking Jones WILL fire Garrett…who knows…

barbeaux says: “If I was a coach I would never leave for the NFL. It just seems so much different than the college level in terms of handling players.”
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Two different planets as to handling the players, and to their approach to the game. I would stay with college even if it were a lot less money, which of course it often isn’t.

He would more or less have to build a team from scratch.

I’m sure he asked for the moon money wise and wanted full control. Seems the teams he talked to were not willing to give him his demands.

Does that make the three he won in his first three seasons irrelevant?

Good job by Kelly sticking to his guns. Anyone taking a job with any of the other 29 owners should demand a 10-year, iron-clad contract.

Not used to this NFL? Maybe you are uses to dealing with pissant coordinators or unemployed head coaches both begging for the job. Alpha males have leverage you know. You just got bit by a shark.

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But he was never hired by the browns and eagles.,…so how was he able to fire them?!?!

please explain this 2nd grade logic to all of us.