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Rodriguez gets offer to lead the Tide
The Tuscaloosa News ^ | 12/07/06 | Cecil Hurt

Posted on 12/07/2006 11:06:26 AM PST by petitfour

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1 posted on 12/07/2006 11:06:27 AM PST by petitfour
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To: 4everontheRight; ABG(anybody but Gore); Abbeville Conservative; admiralsn; akorahil; albee; ...

College Football Ping


2 posted on 12/07/2006 11:08:40 AM PST by petitfour
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Roll Tide. But, frankly, I don't think that we (that is Alabama) will return to our God-given place at the top of the college football heap until we dump Mal Moore.
3 posted on 12/07/2006 11:08:41 AM PST by chesley (Liberals....what's not to loathe.)
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It better be for a lot of money, as I think Rodriguez would have to be crazy to leave Morgantown. There is the SEC versus Big East consideration though.....


4 posted on 12/07/2006 11:09:09 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: Give therapeutic violence a chance!)
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WHEW!!!

I thought Navy would lose Paul Johnson. Turns out the Navy job pays more than Alabama anyway.


5 posted on 12/07/2006 11:09:51 AM PST by hubbubhubbub
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Hubby wanted the Navy guy. Coach Rodriguez might not take the offer. We'll see.


6 posted on 12/07/2006 11:11:33 AM PST by petitfour
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I thought Rodriguez said he was staying? He said it the night they played Rutgers..


7 posted on 12/07/2006 11:14:19 AM PST by cardinal4
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I don't think Rodriguez will take it. I think he'd be nuts if he did.


8 posted on 12/07/2006 11:14:40 AM PST by Varda
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LOL. Bama will be paying more money to WVa to buy out the contract then they will be paying Rodriquez to coach!!
Sounds like rodriquez will be a gap filler at Bama.


9 posted on 12/07/2006 11:16:09 AM PST by hubbubhubbub
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Meanwhile, Shalala and Co in Miami maybe could get Howard Schnellenberger to come back to Coral Gables. :)


10 posted on 12/07/2006 11:16:13 AM PST by dfwgator
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Speculation over the past week has centered on Rodriguez and Miami Dolphins coach Nick Saban.

Only because the Alabama football program and local media are trying to prop each other up. Saban was never approached, though his agent was. The agent turned Alabama down. End of story... except it wasn't, thanks to the media. Ugh.
11 posted on 12/07/2006 11:17:18 AM PST by Terpfen ("Conservatives" who sat at home cost us the War on Terror, SCOTUS, and economic success.)
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It's a pretty good bet he's staying, especially since WVU announced Wednesday that they're pouring a few million bucks into the football program.


12 posted on 12/07/2006 11:19:42 AM PST by Terpfen ("Conservatives" who sat at home cost us the War on Terror, SCOTUS, and economic success.)
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As an alumnus of Pitt, I hope he takes the job.


13 posted on 12/07/2006 11:25:54 AM PST by mak5
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I'm gonna try this again. If I have pinged you twice, I'm sorry. I copied the wrong ping list from MikefromOhio's About page. lol

College Football ping


14 posted on 12/07/2006 12:27:16 PM PST by petitfour
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LOL. Bama will be paying more money to WVa to buy out the contract then they will be paying Rodriquez to coach!!

YOu are looking at his current salary. Bama is offering Coach Rod around $2.2 Mil a year (basically doubling his salary), and with incentives, TV/radio, etc he will be well over $3 Mil when it is all said and done.

15 posted on 12/07/2006 12:30:51 PM PST by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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It's a pretty good bet he's staying, especially since WVU announced Wednesday that they're pouring a few million bucks into the football program.

WVU definately has an edge in that it is his hometown and alma mater -- but what WVU is talking about is peanuts compared to what Alabama has done and is doing. THey are talking $3-5 million in upgrades. Alabama just completed a $250 Million upgrade to the stadium and all facilities, including state of the art Sports Medicine and fitness facilities. And they have started planning ANOTHER 10,000 seats to the stadium to take it over 100,000.

16 posted on 12/07/2006 12:34:21 PM PST by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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Alabama's spending in the hopes that people won't notice their program sucks.


17 posted on 12/07/2006 12:47:12 PM PST by Terpfen ("Conservatives" who sat at home cost us the War on Terror, SCOTUS, and economic success.)
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For some unknown reason I don't like that guy, I've seen WV play 3 or 4 times this year and something about him just bugs me!


18 posted on 12/07/2006 12:56:13 PM PST by longhorn too
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To: chesley
Roll Tide. But, frankly, I don't think that we (that is Alabama) will return to our God-given place at the top of the college football heap until we dump Mal Moore.

Bump! :) But Mal ain't going anywhere. He's nothing but a puppet for Paul Bryant, Jr., and Bryant likes the power.

19 posted on 12/07/2006 12:57:20 PM PST by TheBigB (Do you think "Lady in the Water" is in Ted Kennedy's NetFlix queue?)
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I don't think (Alabama) will return to our God-given place at the top of the college football heap until...

until someone can fill these, er, I mean, wear this hat?


20 posted on 12/07/2006 1:02:30 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Note: Sell Diebold Stock.................NOW!!)
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