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Fuel to the transfer fire

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Three Penn State freshmen did not make the Outback Bowl trip. ???? ?????? Quarterback Kevin Newsome and tight end Mark Wedderburn, both highly regarded prospects and both the subject of transfer rumors, appear to be adding fuel to the transfer fire. 888 casino arab The third, offensive tackle Thomas Ricketts had a tonsillectomy.

Meanwhile, back at the coaching merry-go-round, Tom Bradley was never a strong contender for the Pitt job, but is interested in the Temple opening, as is Ron Vanderlinden, who applied for the head coaching opening at Ball State, but didn’t get the job. It seems pretty clear that these two will hop of the program like rats off a sinking ship should they garner any interest elsewhere. ????? ?????

Big Ten May Reconsider Names

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Interestingly enough, Jim Delany seems to be listening to the negative uproar about the recently announced division names for the Big Ten, Adam Rittenberg reports for ESPN.

Pitt Interviewed Five (Scrap Not One)

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According to ESPN’s Joe Schad, the University of Pittsburgh interviewed only five candidates, all of whom were current sitting head coaches, before signing Mike Haywood of Miami University (Ohio) to a five-year deal.

Thus, it seems that Pitt’s hiring strategy involved bringing in someone with existing head coaching experience, which left PSU assistant Tom Bradley out in the cold.

The doors are rapidly closing for Bradley, who has long been considered the heir apparent to the head coaching throne at Penn State. The only way I see that happening now is on an interim basis, if Joe Paterno’s health should suddenly worsen, precluding him from playing out his contract. Of course, if he serves as interim head coach for a year and compiles an 11-1 record, there’s little doubt that he would be included in the mix for the permanent job.