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Interesting conversation on the radio today with John Clayton. For those who think he is going to the pro's, Peterson has had pro offers before and turned them down because he knows he is a college guy … so don't get your hopes up Cowboy's fans.

For those who think he will head to USC or UCLA, the opinion of Clayton is that one of the reasons that he stepped down was that he did not like the spotlight of being a coach at a major program in a major town. Going to USC or UCLA would be worse than Seattle in that regard.

With both these things in mind, I could see Alabama DC as a landing spot, however he has been HC a long time, so not sure he would want to be DC, and I doubt he would want to be HC in waiting at Alabama if he did not like the big spotlight.

I really think the most likely scenario is that he will take a year off, then if he wants to come back, going to a smaller market major, most likely on the west coast, like back to Boise State, or maybe a school like Utah, Colorado State, Fresno, or UCSD.

With both these things in mind, I could see Alabama DC as a landing spot,

Why would you think that likely? Chris Petersen has always worked the offensive side of the ball.

I believe that Chris Petersen is truly burned out and wants to spend more time with his family. He has always marched to a different drummer and several people close to him had warned Husky fans that he is likely to retire at an early age. Unlike a lot of other prominent coaches, football was not the most important thing in his life.