Random thoughts while wondering what ever happened to Yvan Cournoyer:

Memo to Bobby Petrino: HAVE YOU TAKEN ALL LEAVE OF YOUR SENSES?  What is wrong with you?  How could you possibly leave a program that you were building for the NFL?  Did you call Nick Saban and talk to him?  How about Pete Carroll? 

I completely understand why Russ Grimm and Ron Rivera want to be NFL head coaches.  But why a guy who has nothing to gain and everything to lose sticks his neck out in a situation where he may or may not be successful.  Outside of Jimmy Johnson, let's name some college coaches in this era who have moved to the NFL and been successful. Butch Davis?  Yeah, he's still popular in Cleveland.  Better yet, name a college head coach besides Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer who have won a Super Bowl recently.  Yeah, that's what I thought.

Now, I can totally understand why Bobby Petrino would bolt Louisville for say an SEC school or a Big Ten School.  The Big East isn't necessarily a Cadillac conference in football.  But why would you leave the security of Louisville to coach a team in the NFL.  Yes, he was an NFL assistant at one time (under Tom Coughlin in Jacksonville), so you think it might have set it that this must be a losing battle. I guess it must be the Benjamins and the no limit Home Depot gift cards.

In all of the discussions that I have read about Nick Saban bolting Miami for Tuscaloosa, each and every writer made it clear how much better the college life was.  How college coaches actually get some down time; how there is no salary cap or player agents or money issues; how building boys into men is far more satisfying than dealing with pampered, unfocused, professional athletes.  And yet, despite the mountain of evidence that the NFL is a tough and sometimes career stopping transition, Bobby Petrino is about to take the plunge. 

Here's some free advise, Bobby: Invest your money because you'll need it in three years when you wash out and have to wait a year or two before Ole Miss or Arizona offers you a college job.

I'm not even going to waste my time with a breakdown of tonight's alleged national championship game.  Ohio State will put a hurtin' on Florida by at least 17 points.  Book it, Danno.

Mike Holmgren is not what every Bears fan wants to see standing on the other sideline in the playoffs.  Thank goodness Brett is on his tractor somewhere.

I wonder if Tony Romo will still be dating hot, celebrity chicks now that his career has turned into a tech stock.

Even though the Patriots wound up whipping the Jets yesterday, I am becoming a big fan of Eric Mangini.  I don't think that this will be his last playoff appearance as a long shot.

If the Giants were smart, they would hire Floyd Reese to replace the retiring Ernie Accorsi.  Then Floyd would hire Broncos assistant Mike Heimidinger to replace Tom Coughlin.  Then maybe Eli Manning will become more consistent.

President Bush will announce his plan for Iraq on Wednesday.  Hopefully, he will have thought one up by then.  Thus far, the words "plan" and "Iraq" just don't seem compatible in the same sentence.  One thing is for certain: Donald Rumsfeld is on a beach right now laughing because no matter what Bush says, Rumsfeld won't get blamed.

And, a guy in Pennsylvania recently received a letter which was originally mailed in 1954.  Try using that one with the electric company some time.