Tin Foil Hat Time
So there is a crazy rumor floating around out there that Joe Paterno is going to shortly announce he is retiring for health reasons. And taking his place is going to be Jim Caldwell, the current assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach with the Indianapolis Colts.
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The rumor started through an email from a Pitt fan sent to a local Pittsburgh radio station. Personally I think it's bogus, but here at BSD we report and you decide. It doesn't make sense to me that Caldwell would leave Indy with rumors swirling about Tony Dungy thinking of retiring. Caldwell is the assistant head coach and a very hot commodity in the NFL these days. His name is coming up for several head coaching vacancies since the regular season ended. Why a guy that could almost have his pick of several NFL jobs would want to coach in college is beyond me, but stranger things have happened.
What makes this almost believable is Caldwell's ties to the Penn State program. Caldwell coached the wide receivers and quarterbacks from 1986-1992. So would the wayward son be interested in giving up NFL fame and fortune to take a shot at coaching one of the best college programs in the nation? You tell me.
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What radio?
Gotta love yinzr nation.
by fugimaster24 on Jan 17, 2008 9:38 PM EST 0 recs
Nevermind
If it was unsubstantiated, I have a hard time believing Junker would put it on the air.
by fugimaster24 on Jan 17, 2008 9:40 PM EST 0 recs
No
Here is an ESPN story that should help explain why.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3202273
by JGuiher on Jan 18, 2008 6:48 AM EST 0 recs
Closed door meeting
What is not know is whether there will be more than just a contract extension. Joe has been sick over the recent days and many are saying that it is the same illness that hit many of the players around the time of the Alamo Bowl.
by Nick7 on Jan 18, 2008 7:38 AM EST 0 recs
Caldwell...
That being said, I'm guessing someone confused Tony Dungy with Joe Paterno. Not sure how that could happen (they both wear blue and white on gameday?), but...
by dmoney350z on Jan 18, 2008 10:11 AM EST 0 recs
Rumors....
by speedomike02 on Jan 18, 2008 10:28 AM EST 0 recs
This is interesting...
by carolinaeasy on
Jan 18, 2008 10:54 AM EST
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First Step
by BSD on Jan 18, 2008 11:13 AM EST 0 recs
The man with the plan...
http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/342222.html
He goes on to discuss the hiring decision, which he presumes will be made primarily by Tim Curley and himself.
by jesse. on Jan 18, 2008 11:19 AM EST 0 recs
here is what i don't get
or, (2), are the people in charge really that good that they've been able to keep bloggers, reporters and the insiders from finding/leaking ANY news from info about this thing.
I'm going with (1). What is probably most troublesome to me is what seems to be a total lack of communication between those in charge and Joe.
by Big 11th on Jan 18, 2008 11:37 AM EST 0 recs
obviously, y'all
by PSUgirl on Jan 18, 2008 5:23 PM EST 0 recs
Haha
by fugimaster24 on
Jan 18, 2008 10:22 PM EST
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Its all bullshit Mike
- sPitt fans can't write so how could one possible send anything legible to a radio station to possibly report.
- No sPitt fan that I know of owns a computer.
by PSUinTN on Jan 18, 2008 6:53 PM EST 0 recs
Morelli!
by RoaringSprings on Jan 19, 2008 8:09 PM EST 0 recs
Heh
by MarkoMancuso on
Jan 19, 2008 11:06 PM EST
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Make that two....
by RoaringSprings on
Jan 19, 2008 11:20 PM EST
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morelli
by PSU86 on
Jan 20, 2008 8:11 AM EST
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I Was.......
by ech2os on
Jan 20, 2008 1:41 PM EST
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One thing to salivate over...
Unlikely but its fun to think about.
by bdizz on Jan 20, 2008 12:42 PM EST 0 recs
Caldwell
by SweepTheLeg on Jan 20, 2008 4:47 PM EST 0 recs
Dungy
by Nick7 on
Jan 21, 2008 7:15 PM EST
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