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He's also not on the list of candidates, so denying interest is self-serving.

Jeez Andy. You spend 2 posts saying you're not going to argue with him and 10 posts arguing with him. imb lives in Oklahoma. This is as good as it gets.

Harbough or Pat Fitzgerald if Kelly is out of the running. Harbaugh is never going to be the HC at ND. It's ridiculous. Fitzgerald won't either, he's already denied interest. Fitzgerald may or may not at some point. But Harbaugh isn't a candidate now and I don't think he ever will be, given his past and his personality.

Harbough or Pat Fitzgerald if Kelly is out of the running. Harbaugh is never going to be the HC at ND. It's ridiculous.

it's a contract just like any other. I don't know what it says about kids, but I'm guessing Elin would be able to take off and Tiger gets to see very little of them and pays her significant child support. And he might actually love her (or think he loves her) despite his horrible infidelity. So he may not want her to leave. pre-nups by themselves are funny to me.

I'll take him over Ron Turner. I'd love that.

i know, imagine that a coach alleging another coach is committing infidelity with a girl half his age becomes national news while things like "i'm disappointed we didn't do better" were skipped over. which is why it's pathetic that a reporter would take an off the record comment and publish it with the transcript. There were 5 reporters there and only 1 published that q/a. Prister claimed his was first, but I saw 2 other transcripts published before his and none of them included that exchange.

It was off the record with just 5 journalists, all of whom Weis apparently thought he could trust. I imagine if there was 1 exchange off the record, there were more. There could have been more about Carroll that was discussed among the 6 guys in addition to that question (including comments made by the journalists themselves). Why Prister printed it, I don't know. He doesn't seem to hate covering ND like some of the other journalists that do so for their papers (like Brian Hamilton). Weis should have declined to comment specifically, but who cares. Of course it's the one line that espn and all the other outlets that weren't in the room ran with (and tweeted all over the country). It's pathetic.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=rivals-342192&prov=rivals&type=lgns&print=1 did you read any of the rest of the article?

He's just a meaner, skinnier version of Weis. Neither team has any idea how to play defense. If he's the next coach, he needs to find a defensive coach that can do to the defense what Weis did to the offense in 05. The parts are going to be there, experienced, and talented (most starters will be returning and Jrs/Srs).

He just rejected it today.

kicking a man when he's down? hahaha

Exhibit A http://bluegraysky.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html#7014119063071457519

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2009/12/03/jesper-parnevik-goes-further-in-criticism-of-tiger-woods.aspx Let me know when he wins a tournament since I have graduated high school (2001). I don't think he was saying he's a better golfer. Certainly wasn't saying that, but I can't wait to get Steve Pate's take on all of this. You see no difference between Parnevik and everyone else on this?

I'll be floored if he leaves for anywhere besides Michigan. The guy grew up in Palo Alto. Harbaugh won't be going to Michigan. He burned that bridge. I wouldn't be shocked if he's NDs next coach though. fitting

Michigan football = Hurricane Katrina http://www.freep.com/article/20091203/SPORTS06/91203096/1354/SPORTS/Rich-Rod-U-M-survived-hurricanes

keep in mind that footballcoachscoop is maybe the most ironic name in sports websites.

If Esquire had all this information before, and didn't report on it, weren't they in on the devil's bargain? If it wasn't worthy news when they knew it to be true, then why is it worthy news now? Too many times "journalists seem to go with this "I knew all about this, and it disgusted me" bit. Journalists are so in bed with the people they cover, afraid of losing a source by reporting anything, that it cracks me up to see them haw hawing at other journalists covering their asses. my thoughts exactly. either run this stuff out there in advance of events and deal with the consequences, or shut up about it altogether. didn't the author report this about Tiger long ago, which is why he was excluded by Tiger's people?

A guy I know who is cheating on his wife with multiple people let me play the part of him in a text exchange with one of his ladies and it was all kinds of awesome. seriously?

have you seen the alleged texts? "wear you out" hahaha

Urban Meyer didn't become a "hot name" for coaching AFTER he got to Utah, even with the success at Bowling Green. In fact Brian Kelly has had a longer track of success as a HC then Urban Meyer despite the level of competition. He went 118-35-2 at Grand Valley State with two national titles and five conference titles. Then at Central Michigan his teams in the three years there went 4-7 to 9-4, and currently he is 26-8 at Cincinnati. Urban Meyer had only been a head coach for four years before he got the UF, whereas Kelly had been a HC for over a decade before getting the Cincy job. Not to mention it hasn't hampered Jim Tressel going from Youngston State to Ohio State, so why do you think Kelly can't handle going from Cincinnati to Notre Dame? A fine coach is a fine coach, regardless of competition. Bob Davie was an assistant at Notre Dame before got to be a HC, that hasn't worked out. So this belief that because Kelly doesn't have the assisant coach resume like Meyer he can't and shouldn't be compared to Urban Meyer is ridiculous. Notre Dame would be wise to hire Brian Kelly if they have the opportunity. Are you reading the thread at all or just picking random posts to respond to? I didn't say Kelly was a bad coach nor did I say he necessarily couldn't handle the transition from Cincy to ND. But Raisin suggested Kelly now is akin to Meyer in '04. I just don't see the comparison, save what each did at their last stop (Kelly at Cincy and Meyer at Utah). They were both successful head coaches at schools that weren't traditional football schools (we'll see how Cincy's season plays out, but Meyers' 20-2 record at Utah is more impressive to me than Kelly's 3 years at Cincy, following a pretty solid head coach). As you actually point out, they took very different routes to where they were. That was my only point. I don't see anything about Kelly's history that really reminds me of Meyer in '04. Kelly may end up being a great coach at a big time program, but I don't think it's because he's just like Meyer was in '04.

It's funny that the article is primarily quotes about what's important to the committee. But the following support of PSU comes from the author, not Alba: "On the flip side, Penn State can point to several blowout victories as well as its national appeal, its enormous fan base, its past bowl TV ratings and its legendary coach (Joe Paterno). But much like Iowa's head-to-head victory, these factors are only part of the selection process." Was Alba not willing to say that stuff on the record or was the Richtburg just assuming that's what the draw for PSU is? Alba says it's about PSU's history with the bowl. The stuff Richtburg comes up with seems like lazy reporting. BTW - Joe Pa may be a legendary coach, but he's also the butt of a lot of jokes in CFB. I'm not sure that one weighs in their favor.

I'm not holding it against him. Kelly may end up being better than Meyer, who knows. I just don't see similarities beyond having two good/great years at typically average or bad schools. Everything that preceded their respective years at Utah and Cincy is different. So I am just arguing against the comparison Raisin made. I also think if you have a shot at Stoops, you take him over Kelly.

i have no idea what you're talking about.

Huger than huge. Lack of difference-makers on the defensive line has probably been the biggest hole in ND recruiting this decade as Justin Tuck was the only really good one the Irish have had to my memory. Let's hope that commitment holds. He silently committed to Weis. But he didn't go public today so that he could publicly de-commit.