ESPN - Sources: Petrino leaving NFL for Arkansas job - College Football

• McLovin

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  I want Josh McDaniel to be the coach of the Falcons so bad its not even funny. That guy is the stud of all studs when it comes to cordinators. 

  Posted 12/11/2007 [reply] [flag]

• FlyMaster

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  Bobby Petrino is a first-class wimp.  He couldn't even make it one season in the NFL.  Now he slinks back to Fayetteville looking like a spineless and gutless wretch.  Later BOBBY PUSSINO!

  Posted 12/12/2007 [reply] [flag]

• chone

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  Bad move. The SEC is a way tougher conference than the NFC South.

  Posted 12/12/2007 [reply] [flag]

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Bobby Petrino Will Reportedly Resign to Become Arkansas Razorbacks Head Coach
Published 12/11/2007 at FanIQ Blog
... Sportscenter is reporting that Petrino will resign from his Falcons post to take over the head coaching job at the University of Arkansas. If true, a tremendous get for the Razorbacks. We've all witnessed the effect his departure had on the Louisville Cardinals and you'd have to assume the challenge of the SEC intrigues him tremendously. ...

Sources: Petrino Leaving NFL for Arkansas Job
Published 12/11/2007 by Ryan Wilson at Football Outsiders
Sources: Petrino Leaving NFL for Arkansas Job Not much in the way of details, but you already know the important stuff: Bobby Petrino is leaving the Falcons and returning to college. Can’t say I blame him either. posted 12-11-2007 at 7:12 PM by ...

BREAKING NEWS! Petrino is in
Published 12/11/2007 by Eric at Saturday Sound Offs-The Blog for the College Football Junkie
... In what turns out to be a pretty stunning move, Bobby Petrino will become the next head coach at Arkansas; or at least he's close to signing a deal. ...

Petrino to exit the sinking ship that is the Atlanta Falcons?
Published 12/11/2007 by The Duke of Kickball at Your Face is a Sports Blog
Just when you thought that it couldn't get any worse...ESPN is reporting that Falcons first-year head coach Bobby Petrino is going to leave the team to become the next head coach at the University of Arkansas . This comes one day after the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that ...

Bobby Petrino going to Arkansas!
Published 12/11/2007 by Andrew Perkins at College Sports Pro
Bobby Petrino will be the next head coach at Arkansas. Wow… where’d that come from!? Honestly… was anybody even expecting Bobby Petrino’s name to come up in any coaching discussion? I mean, I figured he’d wallow in his grief as Atlanta’s head coach for at least another year. But it totally makes sense, does it not? With an NFL organization in such disarray as the Falcons it makes sense that the team and the coach would be willing to split. And what a great hire for Arkansas. Amidst ...

Petrino Takes Arkansas Job; Leaves Falcons Immediately
Published 12/11/2007 by J-Red at East Coast Bias
... Tonight ESPN reports that Petrino is off to Arkansas, and will not coach the remaining three games. Note to GMs: NEVER HIRE A COLLEGE COACH. NEVER. NEVER NEVER NEVER. Ok, maybe you can hire June Jones if he suddenly appears to want back in, ...

Petrino is gone, Louisville fan still going nuts
Published 12/11/2007 by Ink Jet at The Meaningful Collateral
... So ESPN is reporting Atlanta Falcons coach and former Louisville head man Bobby Petrino is leaving already, taking Houston Nutt’s former job as head man at Arkansas.  The WWL is reporting he’ll be paid around $3 million a year, but he’ll leave just a year into a 5-year, $24 million contract. ...

Bobby Petrino Takes Arkansas Job
Published 12/12/2007 by Dave the Falconer <info@thefalcoholic.com> at The Falcoholic
I'll have much, much more on this later. For now, please check the ESPN story and head over to the AJC website for more updates. My take, in a very condensed way, is that this is a good thing for the team. Bobby Petrino didn't make adjustments, didn't seem to care all that much about his players and certainly had no interpersonal skills. He will also be remembered as the coach who presided over one of--if not the--worst season in the history of the Atlanta Falcons, and then bolted. There's also no buyout clause in his contract, might I add. Bobby Petrino, ...

Bobby Petrino To Leave Falcons For Arkansas Job
Published 12/12/2007 at SPORTSbyBROOKS
REPORT: PETRINO BIDS ADIOS TO ATLANTA FOR ARKANSAS: ESPN is reporting that Atlanta Falcons coach Bobby Petrino will be jettisoning from the Georgia Dome to take over at Arkansas : USA TODAY follows up that Petrino ...

Can it get any Nuttier
Published 12/12/2007 by Paragon SC <info@conquestchronicles.com> at Conquest Chronicles
Bobby Petrino resigns from the Atlanta Falcons to take the job at Arkansas. Bobby Petrino abruptly resigned his position as coach of the Atlanta Falcons on Tuesday and is negotiating an agreement to become the new coach at the University of Arkansas, multiple sources told ...

Arkansas Hires Petrino to be the Next Hogs Coach
Published 12/12/2007 by Christopher Williams at Dub Sports Underground
A day after the Saints put a beating on the Falcons, their coach accepts the Arkansas head coach position. After all if I was Bobby Petrino I would not want to hear about all the Michael Vick BS so I can't blame the guy for leaving. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3150783

Much harder than it looks
Published 12/12/2007 by Demond Sanders at 18 to 88
... ESPN is reporting that Bobby Petrino of the Atlanta Falcons is heading to Arkansas to become the next head coach. This is not a surprise given the unpromising situation he found himself in with the Falcons. Can't say I blame him. Petrino is the latest in a long line of successful college coaches who failed to make the transition to the professional game. ...

As if things were not bad enough…
Published 12/12/2007 by Chris Kolb at KC Chiefs Fanatic
... This is breaking news hot of press at ESPN. According to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation in Atlanta, Falcons Head Coach Bobby Petrino (who was just hired this past off-season) has decided to tender his resignation effective immediately. ...

NFL Head Coaching Vacancies: NCAA Coaches need not apply
Published 12/12/2007 by Footballguys and hosts Cecil Lammey and Sigmund Bloom at Footballguys Blog
... most likely to be shown the door. Bobby Petrino was NOT one of them. Despite a miserable Falcons season, Petrino was in his first year, had made the leap from college to the pros, and presumably would be given a mulligan on the season given the distractions of Michael Vick and the inability of Petrino to install his offense. Well…looks like Coach Petrino didn’t feel as comfortable with the Falcons as owner Arthur Blank did with him. Bobby Petrino resigns from the Falcons, reportedly close to deal with University of Arkansas ...

…at Least Things Couldn’t POSSIBLY Get Worse for the Falcons, Right?
Published 12/12/2007 by Brian at Talking NFL
WRONG Wow. Just wow. Maybe Brian Brohm isn’t going to Atlanta, huh? Seriously, if the Georgia Dome imploded overnight I wouldn’t be surprised… Atlanta Falcons, Bobby Petrino, Arthur Blank, Et tu brute, go ahead and kick me while I’m down

Bobby Petrino Begins Doomed Dysfunctional Relationship With Arkansas
Published 12/12/2007 by T Kyle King <info@dawgsports.com> at Dawg Sports
If breaking news reports are to be believed, the wild, wild S.E.C. West is about to get wild, wild wilder: Bobby Petrino is Fayetteville-bound. (No, not Fayetteville, Georgia, smart guy . . . Fayetteville, Arkansas.) ...

Petrino Joins Exclusive Club
Published 12/12/2007 by Chimpanzee Rage at Deuce of Davenport | Sports News, Commentary, Humor, Videos
... By now you've all read that Bobby Petrino has quit 13 games into his first season as an NFL coach to go become the head coach at Arkansas. This got me wondering, what other NFL coaches had quit in the middle of his first season as an NFL head coach...that list was small. ...

We Now Return You to Your Regular Sports Programming
Published 12/12/2007 by Rick Cipes at The Guy Report
Yes, covering the writer's strike was downright grueling for the Dawger, and kind of sad. I am wondering how all those poor souls will feed their families: a diet of Aspen for the holidays. Anyway, priorities are now in order (sports, and chicks, rule!) and DD is heading back into the sportal waters... COACH OVERBOARD! FALCONS PETRINO PHONES IN RESIGNATION Rest of franchise wishes they could follow. James Cameron thinks "sequel," but with dogs and prison and stuff. I can hear Celine warming up ...

Some Meandering Petrino Thoughts
Published 12/12/2007 by Dave the Falconer <info@thefalcoholic.com> at The Falcoholic
... once did I call in. That's right, Bobby: you've been trumped in the decency department by a guy who once sold bikes at Toys 'R Us. Your move, jackass. Interestingly enough, there's an eerily similar history here. Lou Holtz coached the Jets to a 3-10 record before bolting to....Arkansas. Of course, in 1976 there was one game left on the schedule and not three, so it's only a semi-valid comparison. Still, kind of eerie. As Hamburger noted, DeAngelo Hall is not doing jumping jacks over this. To wit: ...

Today's Best - 12.11.07
Published 12/12/2007 by quang the heavy favorite at Garbage Points
... 1. the tough - just as expected, since the going got tough, the bobby petrinos got going. because not one calendar year since he accepted the falcons head coaching job and just the night after he coached the falcons to a predictable loss on monday night football, petrino accepted the vacant head coaching job at arkansas. so kids, let this be a lesson, if you're ever obviously in over your head with anything, just quit. during the press conference, petrino claimed that "it was dificult to leave atlanta, the staff, players, fans." i assume petrino misspoke and actually ...

SOME COACH WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE
Published 12/12/2007 at With Leather
... Falcons head coach Bobby Petrino resigned abruptly yesterday to return to the college ranks and coach Arkansas.  Former Arkansas coach Houston Nutt had departed for Ole Miss to take the place of the fired Ed Orgeron, who in my mind is the new front-runner for the Falcons job.  It would just be nice and tidy that way. ...

Petrino Pusses Out On The Falcons
Published 12/12/2007 by Scott at Bucstats.com weblog
... Bobby Petrino leaving Atlanta for college again should only come as a surprise if you haven't been paying attention to the Falcons all season long (and I can certainly understand if that's the case... I'm actually a little jealous of you.) Even though he had worked as an assistant in the pros before, he just wasn't equipped to command the respect of an NFL locker room for a full season. Both DeAngelo Hall and Joe Horn said that Petrino seemed to be relating to the players better in the last couple weeks, but ...

Bobby Petrino is a quitter
Published 12/12/2007 by houroc at SportFiends.com
... According to Bobby Petrino, this was his “dream job.” He woke up to find a team that is 3-10, with a quarterback going to jail and a team that has a hard time rallying around his system. So what does Petrino do? He runs. According to reports, Petrino resigned as the coach as the Falcons after 13 games NFL games. What ever happened to the captain going down with the ship?? ...