re: How credible are the "Petrino to Auburn" rumors?

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The insane overreactions to games are one of the things I don't miss about football season. They played Cuse and UNC-C in the first two weeks. There's no question Bama looked the best in week 1, and you can take your pick in week 2 -- TAMU and Ohio State both looked as good as UL, and there are others you could argue for as well. "Of every week" is ludicrous. But I'm seriously baffled that people don't actually remember how poorly he developed defenses when at Arkansas. He just didn't give a flying frick about them. He wanted to be a video game coach, and it showed. And his performance at UL prior to this season gives us absolutely no reason to act as though he's amongst the elite of CFB coaching. Charlie Strong did better at UL than Petrino has done so far. Are we assuming that Strong belongs in that pantheon right now? Seriously, as I said, pump the brakes with the knee-jerk overreactions.

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