Some Meandering Petrino Thoughts

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Morning Update (Quiz Edition)
Published 12/12/2007 by Chris <info@arrowheadpride.com> at Arrowhead Pride: Front Page Posts
Led Zeppelin and the Chiefs? Read it at Arrowhead Addict. Falcons coach Bobby Petrino phoned in his resignation yesterday. Shawne Merriman is out this weekend against the Detroit Lions. Stale is one way of describing the Chiefs this year. No worries Chiefs fans. Carl Peterson says he has things under control. And that he would step down if it was best for the organization. If you ever get worked up about a comment made on here, just know that it could be so much ...

Petrino welcomed and roasted
Published 12/12/2007 by Beau Dure at Sports Scope
... : 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." ( ...

Bobby Petrino Ends Up A Smashing Success In Atlanta [Bobby Petrino]
Published 12/12/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... and he was seen as an offensive mastermind. He was Steve Spurrier, except, you know, he didn't mind working hard either. And then, very quickly, it all imploded. Anyone who wasn't Bill Simmons could see the Falcons were toast the minute Vick went bellyup -- they were probably toast before that, actually -- and it all led to Coach Petrino deciding that he'd rather deal with those maniacs in Fayetteville. That can't be a good sign. As you'd probably expect, Falcons fans aren't particularly fond of Mr. Petrino right now. I honestly can't believe ...

Petrino To Arkansas Generates Lots of Responses
Published 12/12/2007 by Chris at Intentional Foul
... sports has become. Over at the Falcons blog, Falcoholic, they didn’t seem to take the news too hard, but they did agree with DeAngelo Hall, while offering these thoughts: ...

Mitchell Investigation Madness
Published 12/13/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... In between sobbing into our keyboard this afternoon – and placing a 9 MM to our temple while feverishly clicking refresh with the other hand, hoping our site would magically return online – we spoke with many folks who, like us, are very curious about what’s going to happen in the Mitchell Investigation tomorrow. There’s NO inside information here, just speculation. (Got that? NO inside info as in NONE. ZIP. ZILCH. Or, for Atlanta football fans, “what is located in the spot where Bobby Petrino’s heart would be.” We profess to knowing nothing.) ...