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Chris is also the latest for Arkansas. Taking the Auburn job would be suicide at this time. Tenn would be the best choice (assuming he even wanted to take a stab at the SEC) Gus Malzahn and Petrino also seem to be hot discussions for Aubieville.

http://auburn.scout.com/2/1243475.html Damn. I was hoping he would get an extension. Another fun offseason watching and reading the more demented Aubies trying to justify this fire and the new hire. That leaves 4 SEC teams looking for a new HC. Besides Auburn: Arkansas - John L. Smith was told he would not return Tennessee - Dooley was already canned. Kentucky - Joker Philips is gone.

Gotta admit, the guy is playing damn good. #1 QB in the nation coming into this weekend.

Headcam footage of the spin during freefall: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/felix-baumgartner-jump-watch-incredible-1380246

Can't say I have seen them on the side of the road, but running up and down I-75, I do see them on overpasses aiming it like they are getting ready to squeeze off a few rounds.

Is Mich St a legit national contender? Depends on what they are contending for. BCS? No. its very possible they go undefeated... This question just got answered - no. i think their d will be close to alabama last year. jmo... Three weeks in, and this looks like - no.

I see. The fumble itself means nothing. It's that Denver recovered it. Here's a concept. Denver cannot recover what wasn't fumbled to begin with. Byner fumbled the ball because Byner was carrying the ball away from his body, which made it easy for the Denver player to strip the ball. Bad luck or just bad ball protection? Yes, lets. Here is a piece you bolded: "Marty’s kickers missed 14 of their 35 playoff kicks, so that his opponents, despite basically the same number of attempts, made 8 more." Feel free to point out where the author attempts to explain why this happened. Show me something, anything from that article that shows or attempts to show why Marty's kickers missed 14 of their 35 playoff kicks. Your strawman arguments are becoming tiresome. Marty is a lousy playoff coach because his records says so: 5-13. That's lousy. Once again, I was comparing people like you, who are defending Martys 5-13 playoff record as being due to 'luck', to people who defended DJ's overall record. I'll make it more clear for you. It's called denial.

Did not. 5-13 is "fact". Whether that record was achieved by bad "luck" is debatable and opinionated. Even the author referred to "perception". If Byner did NOT fumble that ball near the goal line, does that mean Byner was "lucky"? Instead of writing how "unlucky" Chokenheimer is, maybe the author should have tried to figure "why" MS is so unlucky. I did not compare coaches. I compared apologists. Juron apologists tried to reason the year he went 13-3 and won COTY was the basis or rule of Dick's coaching. All the losing years were the "exceptions". He lost because people were out to get him and bad luck. Juron apologists finally had to admit it wasn't luck or anything else causing Juron problems, Dick was just a crappy coach. Chokenheimer apologists speak of his playoff failures as bad luck and lack of longevity. At some point, I want to believe Marty apologists will someday figure out and admit Marty is just a lousy playoff coach. Convenient for me? More like you: "When was the last time the Browns or Chiefs were good for more than one season btw?" Your criteria. You set the requirements. I can't help it if Vermeill achieved a similar record in KC (great regular seasaon, sucked in the playoffs). Yes, the Ravens made 1 SB trip in 23 years (and won it, by the way). Remind me again how many trips to the SB as a HC Marty has?

Yeah, 5-13. It's all about "luck". IIRC, even the Juron apologists stopped using the "luck" excuse as a reason for DJ's failures. KC went 44-36 under Vermeil with at least 2 winning seasons. Besides, Marty resigned as HC of the Chiefs. Who's fault is it again Marty never made it to SB as the KC HC? As for the Browns ... seriously? After the 1988 season, Art Model fired Chokenheimer. Seven years later, Modell packed up his organization and moved the team to Baltimore. That team is now called the Ravens. Want to to take a guess how well the Ravens have done? Irrelevant. Cowher still made it to the SB twice.

And I wonder how many of the same people would be screaming to run Marty out of town after about 3-4 years of watching Marty making the playoffs and choking it away in tyh

Brees was a FA rehabbing a serious injury to his throwing shoulder. Nobody knew for certain how well Brees would rehab. Hell, even the Dolphins medical staff said no.

Overall, Cowher is (w/l) 149-90 in the regular season, 12-9 in the playoffs, 2 SB appearances, 1 SB win Chokenheimer is 200-126 in the regular season, 5 - 13 in the playoffs, 0 SB appearances. But you are right. Cowher did not win the SB until his 15th year. After 26 years, Marty never made it to the SB. As for longevity, Marty was the HC for the Browns 9 years and HC of the Chiefs for 10 years. His playoff record in Cleveland was 2-4, and in KC it was 3-7. Cowher made it to the SB in his 4th year.

key word: preseason Start worrying when the regular season is under way.

Bills win 45-14. "With under 6 minutes to go in the game, and the Bills leading 42-14, head coach Chan Gailey pulled starting QB Fitzpatrick, and sent T. Jackson in for mop up duty. Ryan finished the day with 300 yards passing while going 15 - 22. He threw 3 TDs and no picks." Jerry Sullivan column "Gailey benched Fitzpatrick during the game, and threw recently acquired Jackson into the action. The move is an act of desperation as the Bills continue looking for a starting QB."

That's a ... that's some high quality ... um ...

He needs to lighten up a bit, and not take things so seriously. It's only preseason.

One that you feel is good, or one the Bills feel is good (and you are not so high on.)? If they get one you feel is good, can you tolerate watching him sitting on the bench for 1-2 years while Fitz starts? Or are you going to demand they get rid Fitz, find a veteran back up, and force the rook into the starting lineup? And if the rook becomes a bust 3-4 years later, will you stand up and say, "Well, at least they tried" or will you continue to B word and moan about the Bills not having a good one?

So, the Bills need to start drafting QBs just for the sake of drafting QBs? Damn the logic and evaluation, draft QBs rounds 1 -7 next year.

Something else = he's an over-hyped mediocre QB.

Maybe, maybe not. (OP did say she was shy.) The fact that she has new friends and wants a break, yeah, there is at least one guy that piqued her interest, and he's local. She wants to test those waters without fully letting you go. I concur with the others. Time to head out, and see what you can find locally.

No urgency? How about a freaking job? It's not like teams were lighting up his phone to have at him. If being out of work is not "urgent" enough, then waive his sorry ass.

It's a conspiracy, I tells ya. Both Chan and Wanny hated Vince Young, and are deliberately trying to "sabotagey" his career. Don't believe any of those reports about Vince not picking up the offense. Those were started by Chan and his buddy in the media, Jerry Sullivan (who also hates Vince Young). Vince not picking up the offense is news to Vince. VY has already mastered Chan's offense, and Chan's jealous because VY only needed a week to do so. It also doesn't help that Chan and Wanny were college head coaches back in 2005-2006. They both know if they had to face VY, VY would have destroyed their teams. Just wait for the "news" to come out where VY was picked up by the Orchard Park PD for littering. Chan has a bunch of friends on the OPPD. VY does not litter, and there are no videos showing him littering.

You must be a "young-in". I can still remember people complaining and bitching about wanting Frank Reich being the starter over Jim Kelly. And that was back in 1990 after Kelly had been on the team for few years. So, if you think having a "decent" (in your opinion) starting QB would only limit this thread to one page, you are just fooling yourself.

Uh oh. http://sports.yahoo....767--ncaaf.html

Thank you for making my point. Wood and Levitre were 1st and 2nd round picks. In the 4 years Jauron drafted, can you name any other OL drafted in the first and second round? I'll make it easier, can you name any other OL drafted before the fifth round? Here's another question: how many DB's were drafted by Jauron just in the first round?