Every Monday during college football's endless offseason, The FanHouse Walk will put last week's stories to bed and deliver the essentials to bridge that agonizing space between now and September.Was He Even Alive Then? -- Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin dove back to the pre-disco era in describing his football team after a recent scrimmage. "I feel like we're in the '60s right now with our offense. We've got to run the ball and throw play-action right now. That's about all we can do. It's pretty scary right now."
Mercifully football has moved beyond '60s era mundanity, but Tennessee fans might welcome '60s results as the Vols snagged two SEC championships over the decade.
Not The Happiest Of Homecomings -- Charlie Weis is an enigma. He prides himself on consistency and honor and all that, but some days he's accessible and affable, others deeply moody and gruff. This time around, he's showing his accessible side, granting a 35-minute interview with the Chicago Tribune where he admitted he considered leaving beloved alma mater and dream job, Notre Dame.
Coaches' lives, for all the frivolity, are filled with serious pressure, so I understand Weis' sentiment. Just the same, its a surprising admission, I've always had this feeling that he'd have to be dragged away kicking and screaming from his lofty perch but then here he is saying he almost left.
Predictably, Nick Saban Is Irritated -- CBS has decided to broadcast the Iron Bowl, the rivalry game between Alabama and Auburn, on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The game has traditionally been played on Saturday but CBS moved it to Black Friday for 2009 and 2010.
Alabama coach Nick Saban is none too pleased.
"I really wasn't for moving the game, to be honest with you, to Friday," Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said. "I like to play it on Saturday."
Overtime, Ball on the 25
-- Fresh off a motorcycle DUI arrest in Hollywood, Oklahoma football legend Brian Bosworth may have begun to redeem himself. After speaking at an Oklahoma City school assembly about drunk driving as part of his mandatory community service, Bosworth may have helped save a life.
An official at the school recounts:
"I left school and was going south on Council and around 16th street, there was a long line of cars. I saw this motorcycle come between the lanes to the front. And when I saw who was driving I thought, 'that's him.' Then I drove ahead and I just happened to look over, and in the parking lot, there was a pick-up, two men standing there and a man laid out on the ground. I did a U-turn, and when I drove back, Bosworth was giving CPR to the man."
-- Former NFL coach John Gruden turned down an invitation by new Oregon coach Chip Kelly to be the Ducks' new offensive coordinator.
-- After the Pac-10 failed to provide a team for last year's Hawaii bowl, event organizers have dropped the conference and instead worked out a deal for a Conference USA team to play there.
-- Army has converted a 6'-10", 283-pound offensive lineman to a wide receiver. The early results are surprisingly encouraging.
