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It's Not Plagiarism If You Link To It: Big Ten Talkin' Football Playoffs, Playoffs?
The last two years the football off-season was full of conference realignment talk and program investigations. Perhaps this year the talk will be about the future of the BCS and maybe, wait for it, a playoff. The Big Ten was the first to kick off the discussion. Jim Delany, Big Ten Commissioner,...
Brian Johnson rumored to be Utah's next offensive coordinator
Tom Cella, who helps run UteZone.com, has tweeted that Utah's next offensive coordinator will be Brian Johnson. I'll wait a second while you pick your jaw up from the floor. Johnson, of course, is Utah's quarterbacks coach and best known for leading the Utes to a 13-0 season in 2008. He's only...
Utah close to announcing new offensive coordinator
Finally, after over a month of speculation, it appears we're close to the end of the wait. The Utes are expected to announce the hiring of a new offensive coordinator this week and a decision might even come down in the next 24 or 48 hours. Since Norm Chow left in December to take the Hawaii job,...
Penn State has contacted Kyle Whittingham
Okay, so things just got real. CBS Sports is reporting that Penn State, yes, THAT Penn State, has contacted Kyle Whittingham. The report also indicates Whittingham still has interest in the Arizona State job. But who the hell knows. As of the last post, we were at WHITCON 3 and will remain there...
Butch Jones Turns Down Illinois Job; Expected To Interview With North Carolina
Follow Down The Drive on Facebook/twitter and check out the store. According to numerous reports in the last hour originating from Bearcat Lair and subsequently spreading from other places on this, part II of Bloody Sunday with Butch Jones has turned down the offer to take the Head Coaching Job at...
Why Krystkowiak ain't Jim Boylen or Ray Giacoletti
Not Giacoletti...yet I'm going to try something different here and go a bit positive on ya'. I'm not really sure what to make of the Krystkowiak hire, but I'm ready to give it a try. At least until the first loss. Okay. So when I first heard Krystkowiak's name batted around (again) last week, I...
All signs point to Larry Krystkowiak as Utah's next head coach
Even though 83% of Block U readers would feel better with Mark Gottfried as head coach, Mike Grant of KSL has tweeted the apparent news: Larry Krystkowiak, current NBA assistant, will be Utah's next head coach. I'm guessing we'll get news either tomorrow or Monday. But after three weeks of...
Could Utah's coaching search be down to Krystkowiak and Gottfried?
Lya Wordraska of the Salt Lake Tribune is reporting Chris Hill could be close to a decision and it looks like Utah's next head coach will either be Mark Gottfried or Larry Krystkowiak. Both candidates are essentially the polar opposites of one another. Gottfried is a known recruiter, Krystkowiak...
The Lon Kruger Dossier
Although we've been informed about three or four times this week that OU had their man, it looks like this time it's the real deal. Lon Kruger actually popped up on the radar before, but the reports were that he had rebuffed our offers. This time, it looks like Joe Castiglione managed to strike a...
Randy Bennett officially slams the door on coaching at Utah
Last week, I reported both Chris Hill and Randy Bennet had met to discuss the Utah job and then, after an initial discussion and negotiation, he was likely to turn the job down. Today, a week and a half later, Bennett officially and unequivocally turned down the Utah job, according to sources out...
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