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Bobby Petrino hired at Arkansas
Published 12/11/2007 at Fanblogs.com
... like that? ... Arkansas will survive, of course. But for the next few weeks this school is going to be the poster-child of what’s wrong with college athletics because of this hire. Charles Springer - Card Game: Bobby Petrino hasn't arrived in Arkansas yet. But already, Razorback fans have to be wondering how long he will hang around Fayetteville. A man who flirts with every major job vacancy around can't be trusted. Pat Forde - ESPN.com: In the coming days and weeks, the disingenuous drifter will ...

Even Nick Saban Thinks This Is Some Mercenary Ish.
Published 12/12/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
Every blogger worth their salt who knew a thing about pro football thought Bobby Petrino would pull a Saban and bolt as soon as he realized that he couldn’t push around Atlanta Falcons players like he did the college kids that he had under his thumb at Louisville. No one figured he’d do it before even finishing one fucking season, though. Petrino ...

Petrino welcomed and roasted
Published 12/12/2007 by Beau Dure at Sports Scope
Excitement in Arkansas, but in Atlanta and the blogosphere at large, they're having a pig pickin': - The must-see interview : Atlanta cornerback DeAngelo Hall says he was a "little bit leery of the guy." He goes on to say Petrino "lied to a great man in (owner) Arthur Blank." Any indication that this was coming? "None whatsoever." Last word: "No respect." - The Falcoholic goes a step further: "I quit at least four retail jobs in my high school to early college days. I went in to work every time and told my bosses face to face. Not 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." ( Petrino denies that he ...

What to read while Bobby Petrino interviews for your job
Published 12/12/2007 by Mike <info@cardchronicle.com> at Card Chronicle: Front Page Posts
The folks at The Falcoholic are taking this whole Petrino business much better than some people took it 11 and-a-half months ago. As pointed out by Peter McSheisty in the comments section, Pat Forde has an excellent column up this morning that goes over each and every one of Bobby Petrino's (publicly known) indiscretions since he took the head coaching job at Louisville in 2003. ...

Premature Matriculation
Published 12/12/2007 at End Zone Buzz
... If you happen to view the inevitable YouTube clip of Petrino doing that ridiculous Arkansas pig cheer (or whatever it's called), maybe we should feel bad for the citizens of Razorback nation, who are likely to get burned when some other school calls. Then again, they should know what they are getting into with Petrino. We'll leave you with a telling passage from college football writer Pat Forde about Petrino: ...

Bobby Petrino Nick Sabans It Out of Atlanta
Published 12/12/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
A bit torn on this Bobby Petrino Atlanta-to-Arkansas mess. On one hand, you’ve got a coach who breaks a lucrative deal in Louisville to coach in the pros, where he thinks he’s going to have Mike Vick as his QB. Then Vick’s dog issues surface, and Joey Harrington is running the show. Predictably, the players turn into punks because they have to listen to a coach with no pro experience, all the offseason moves by the GM are a bust (trading Schaub?), and there’s no end in sight to this disaster. A Top-5 pick, regardless of who it is, ain’t turning this abortion around. On the other hand, Petrino is the second coming of ...

Yes, You Heard Correctly, Petrino To Arkansas
Published 12/12/2007 by BDoc at The Sports Oasis
It was announced last night that Bobby Petrino, now the former Atlanta Falcons' head coach after just 13 games, is leaving to take the vacant head coaching spot at Arkansas. Some are probably happy, and some are probably mad. Pat Forde says that he's worse than Nick Satan, and cautions Arkansas fans against getting too excited about anything long-term. Back in August, I touched on the fact that the Falcons team he was preparing to coach was much different than the one that was there when he signed on. Jokingly, I wondered aloud if he would try to get his old job at Louisville back before the season even started. Looks like I was a little wrong ...

Petrino To Arkansas Generates Lots of Responses
Published 12/12/2007 by Chris at Intentional Foul
As many of you heard, Bobby Petrino, previous coach of the Louisville Cardinals and now the Atlanta Falcons, decided to resign from his Falcons position—13 games into his first year—to become the head football coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. Petrino’s abrupt decision came less than 24 hours after he coached the Falcons to a double-digit loss against the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football; a move that left the beleaguered Arthur Blank grasping at straws. Because of Petrino’s timing—his decision was effective immediately—and his nomadic history, reactions to the news ran the gamut from bliss (Arkansas fans) to surprise and truthfully, a lot of distaste ...

Arthur's Revenge
Published 12/12/2007 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
In a remarkable show of candor and flat out anger, Falcons owner Arthur Blank questioned his former head coach Bobby Petrino's character during an afternoon news conference that may last through this evening. If there's a diplomatic way to call another man a lying rat, Blank set the right tone. And I don't blame him one bit. After graciously mentioning that he didn't hold Petrino responsible for the Falcons' 3-10 record, he launched a well-deserved character assasination. Blank provided in painstaking detail Petrino's final hours in Atlanta, saying the coach "shook my hand and said, 'You have a head coach'" six hours before ...

Adios Bobby Petrino
Published 12/13/2007 by squarre at Peter Pan Complex
... did to his letter. Falcons players - from Milloy to DeAngelo Hall to last year's first round pick out of Arkansas Jamaal Anderson all bashed Petrino today. Not that your players liked you before, but now everyone hates you. Way to quit Bobby. Links: Blank Betrayed Timeline Frank Broyles says Jerry Jones played role Former Falcon Grady Jackson Calls Petrino a Coward Petrino Latest SEC Infidelity Pat Forde Disses Petrino Louisville Courier Journal ...

Horacio Ramirez didn't use steroids
Published 12/13/2007 by tedmiller@seattlepi.com (Ted Miller) at Ted Miller's Sports Rant
... ... Durant leads his class. ---Bobby Petrino is a good football coach but a lousy person. I don't know him, but that is a conclusion I'm comfortable asserting because I've NEVER heard a kind word about him. ESPN's Pat Forde shares my sentiments , and he knows Petrino very well. Here's some advice for recruiting against Petrino. Memorize this speech. Coach: Son, he's not just a liar, he's an arrogant liar. That means he doesn't even care about getting caught lying. It doesn't embarrass him. He's a rotten person. He's completely self-absorbed. Go anywhere in the nation besides ...

Richie Rich to Michigan
Published 12/14/2007 by Big Head at Mizzourah
So, it looks like we won't lost Pinkel this year anyway. Arkansas is off the board after hiring quick moving Bobby Petrino for probably only the 2008 season before he takes another gig, and Michigan is in the corner making out with West Fucking Virginia's Rich Rodriguez. This makeout session is about as big of a surprise as the time I caught my buddy ...