Petrino leaving Falcons for Arkansas

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The Top Five for 12/11
Published 12/11/2007 by Anthony Hall at MVN Outsider
... discussions with Coleman, “I was doing nothing more than helping them with their search for a football coach, just as any loyal alumnus might do. It was nothing more than that.” Miles signed an extension with LSU after being a top candidate to replace Lloyd Carr at Michigan. AP Report | MVN LSU | MVN Michigan | NCAA Coverage at MVN Breaking: Petrino resigns from Atlanta Falcons, will become head coach of Arkansas (SI.com Report | MVN Falcons)

Petrino Takes Arkansas Job; Leaves Falcons Immediately
Published 12/11/2007 by J-Red at East Coast Bias
... On the other hand, I'm not going to muster the venom I had for Nick Saban because Petrino did this in private. He never stood up and said he had no interest in a particular job, only to leave weeks later. The report states that Petrino and his agent had talked to Atlanta about his desire to return to college, but Peter King reports that Blank first heard of Petrino's desire to bolt today. People make mistakes, like Billy Donovan and Rich Rodriguez almost did, and despite the short notice to Blank, I still can't be too upset with him. King does remind me that it was a rough go ...

Tidbits From the College Gridiron - 12/12
Published 12/12/2007 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... By far the biggest news is Bobby Petrino announced that he is resigning his job as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and currently is in negotiations for the head coaching job at Arkansas. Frankly, I am not shocked Petrino is leaving the Falcons given all that the organization has gone through this year. He took the job with the premise that Michael Vick was going to be his QB1. For obvious reasons, we know this wasn’t the case and the earliest Vick would have a chance to play again is the 2009 season. ...