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Just when you thought Bobby Petrino had outslimed Saban, Saban reclaims the throne!

Sources close to University President Mike Garrison have informed WBGV that Nick Saban’s agent has contacted WVU regarding our vacant head-coaching position.

These sources tell us that Saban is extremely unhappy in Tuscaloosa and has failed to recapture the situation he had in Baton Rouge with LSU. The purpose of the agent’s call was to express initial interest in the position and to have WVU athletics put together a compensation package enough to lure Saban from Alabama.

Now that is the mark of a true champion. Just like Dave Kingman - never let them take your glory!

In an unrelated story -
apparently Ray Lewis is Jewish?

You probably know some of the great Jewish American sports heroes. Like Hank Greenberg. Sandy Koufax. Bob Cousy.

And Ray Lewis. Yes, THAT Ray Lewis.

Apparently his Wikipedia entry says that he is … and you know how much we can believe Wikipedia! So I’m sure it’s true. I sure hope all the NFL Players in his line of destruction are Kosher. Picture from Kissing Suzy Kolber.

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Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer wrote in Truth is, college coaches should stay put

Gee, Nick Saban lied… imagine that! After all, why let the truth get in a way of a darn good scam?

The purpose of this column is not to simply bash the Napoleanic gnome — a man who can’t seem but to lie, only to angrily bully his inquisitors as if they should be physically afraid of him. Sure, we can go on and on about how the Nicktator took one of the game’s classiest owners and cleaned his clock. After all the times Saban acted like he was going to kick another man’s butt, after all the times he verbally undressed and humiliated others, he’d finally gotten the better of a man.But Wayne Huizenga? Never saw that coming. At the very least we thought he’d get a ball boy or even the little dude who worked for the Jets who Bill Polian jacked up in the tunnel. But Wayne Huizenga? The same Wayne Huizenga regarded as one of the best and most loyal owners in the NFL?

So let this column act as a memo to all owners out there looking to delve deep into the coaching search to pluck out the next great hope: DO NOT GO TO THE COLLEGE RANKS FOR YOUR NFL HEAD COACH!!!

All I can say is that Nick Saban will have the ultimate comeuppance when those same Bama fans that shook his hand and tried to tongue kiss him on the tarmac end up running his ass out of town because he went 7-5 and lost to Auburn. 5 coaches in 10 seasons? Can you fault Franchione from busting out - he saw the hatchet coming.

He will not be missed in Miami because he made no progress here despite what he says. Some might say he even regressed in certain areas from year one to year two. Hopefully Huizenga quits trying to hire the big name coach with sizzle and goes after an assistant who understands the NFL and the commitment required - and maybe instead of trying to assess that himself, let someone with some experience (successful experience) in hiring a head coach actually take on that role. I have no idea why he’s so allergic to having a strong GM.

And to Nick - well your wife is away from multicultural Miami now and back where she can lord her position as coach’s wife over all the townfolk in BFE. Enjoy it while you can. But in the mean time - War Eagle.

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It’s easy to look at the bad form of Daunte Culpepper and immediately write him off as a Randy Moss creation that has shown no promise since 2004. But what people seem to forget is that he has not even been a year clear of rippping 3 ligaments in his knee. After suffering his injury last season and as late as the summer it was thought he wouldn’t get back until mid-season. Perhaps the problems with Pep is that he simply came back too early. He’s on a new team with new players running a new offense and behind a patchwork offensive line that’s already lost 3 right guards to season ending injuries - and has been up against 2 of the better defenses in the NFL. Not an easy task for anyone.The other refrain of “look what he did without Moss” is also a bit simplistic. Randy Moss was hurt towards the end of the 2004 season and when he did play was not as effective. 2005 saw the loss of not only Moss, but also his offensive coordinator of many years Scott Linehan, and center Matt Birk. Another underpublicized fact of the supposed turnaround of Brad Johnson was that their defense also began to play well, easing the burden on the QB to try to make plays.

Coach Nick Saban knows what he has with Culpepper and surely this lack of confidence will turn around soon. It doesn’t hurt to have Joey Harrington in reserve, but really - he is not the answer. Neither is Cleo Lemon. If anything this game against lowly Tennessee should give Pep and his teammates some to get used to each other and for Pep to continue to try to work in the system and within his current abilities to impact the game.

He is still the same QB, he just needs time to get back to where he was.