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Rhoads leaving Pitt
Pitt defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads is expected to be named the new defensive coordinator at Auburn, perhaps as early as today, according to sources close to the situation. Rhoads was offered the job yesterday by Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville. Rhoads did not return phone calls last night seeking comment. Sources within the Pitt athletic department and the football program expect Rhoads to ...
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Mondesi's House — ... --Look, another preseason football poll has Pitt in the Top 25! --Speaking of Pitt, you no longer have Paul Rhoads to kick around. --Surprise! Bill Simmons has another article about Boston sports! This one debates the greatness ...

Reporters' Notebooks
The Wiz of Odds — ... Paul Zeise, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads is expected to be named the new defensive coordinator at Auburn. ...

CURIOUS INDEX, 1/17/08
EDSBS — ... Paul Rhoads is your new Auburn defensive coordinator, coming over from Pitt in a delayed move to the Plains. Tuberville offered Rhoads the job in 2002, but Pitt paid up to keep him. Given the money, though, Rhoads endured a few years of ...

Thursday Hub Shreds Not, Fights Not, Stays On Its Side of Town
Sunday Morning Quarterback• This Day In Coach-Swapping. "Sources close to the situation," including Dave Wannstedt, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Pitt defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads, his stock way, way up after the lame duck Panthers became the first team to hold West Virginia to single digits since 2004 and finished fifth nationally in total defense, will ...

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