Tag Archives: Bobby Petrino

Video: Bobby Petrino after spring game

Posted on April 21, 2013 9:09 am by John Clay

With UK opening against Western Kentucky on August 31, I went to Western Kentucky’s Red-White Spring Game yesterday in Bowling Green. Here’s my column on the game. And here is part of Bobby Petrino’s press conference.

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CBS ranks Bobby Petrino hire No. 2, Mark Stoops No. 15

Posted on December 21, 2012 4:52 pm by John Clay

Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports ranks the coaching hires in college football, and places Kentucky’s choice of Mark Stoops No. 15 out of 26. Dodd tabs Arkansas’ choice of former Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema as the top coaching hire. But … Continue reading →

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In the end, hiring Bobby Petrino a good move for WKU

Posted on December 11, 2012 8:40 am by John Clay

There is a lot of hand-wringing this morning about whether Western Kentucky did the “right thing” by hiring Bobby Petrino as its football coach. My take: Of course it did. Petrino wasn’t the right coach for Kentucky or Tennessee or … Continue reading →

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UK’s 2013 opener: Mark Stoops vs. Bobby Petrino

Posted on December 10, 2012 1:06 pm by John Clay

Chad Bishop of the Bowling Green Daily News reports that Bobby Petrino is on the Western Kentucky campus today, presumably to talk about the Hilltoppers’ opening for a head football coach. Willie Taggart was named head coach at South Florida … Continue reading →

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Sounds familiar: Auburn fan base split on Petrino

Posted on November 29, 2012 12:50 pm by John Clay

This sounds sharply familiar: Seems the Auburn fan base is split over whether the school should hire the disgraced but talented Bobby Petrino as its football coach. Charles J. Dean of Al.com talked to Auburn fans and found there is a … Continue reading →

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The Bobby Petrino backers are out in full force

Posted on November 12, 2012 8:42 am by John Clay

The Bobby Petrino backers went to work over the weekend, pushing a get-out-the-vote movement for the UK football coach opening. Joe B. Hall went on record as supporting the former Arkansas coach. Hall’s son-in-law is UK offensive line coach Mike … Continue reading →

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Bobby Petrino’s ulterior motive

Posted on November 8, 2012 1:30 pm by John Clay

As could be expected, a hot Thursday topic has been the father of Bobby Petrino telling the Courier-Journal’s Adam Himmelbach that his son needs a job and wants the Kentucky job. But does he really? Kent Spencer tweets this morning … Continue reading →

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SEC: Would Arkansas really bring back Bobby Petrino?

Posted on November 8, 2012 6:37 am by John Clay

SEC links for Thursday: Jimmy Johnson thinks Arkansas should bring back Bobby Petrino. Auburn hires security firm to help enforce curfews. Florida will be Auburn fans this weekend. Georgia coach Mark Richt describes his swing-set accident. Texas A&M’s Damontre Moore … Continue reading →

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E-mail: Arkansas reader says no to Bobby Petrino

Posted on September 30, 2012 12:07 pm by John Clay

Jim, a faithful reader from Arkansas, passes along what long-time columnist Wally Hall wrote in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about Bobby Petrino. Jim writes: For all the people who want Bobby Petrino as the next UK football coach, look at what … Continue reading →

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SEC: Media Days madness and those new kickoff rules

Posted on July 21, 2012 8:15 am by John Clay

SEC links for Saturday: New SEC football rules still leave options on kickoffs, reports David Paschall of Chattanooga Times Free Press. Life begins anew in the SEC, reports Ivan Maisel of espn.com. SEC Media Days make up the theater of … Continue reading →

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