Musings from around the conference today...

Current Saints Defensive Line Coach Ed Orgeron seems to be trying to weasel his way into a coordinator job somewhere in the SEC. Reports on Knoxville Radio, along with an ESPN missive from Chris Low are sending smoke signals saying that Coarch Zero is on board as a Defensive Coordinator.

Reports from LSU indicate that he is NOT signed, sealed, nor delivered to Knoxville. The fact that Lane Kiffin's 68 year old, legendary DC father Monte just resigned his position with the Bucs after 14 years doesn't exactly lend credence to the rumors out of Knoxville, either.

The worry from this keyboard is that Orgeron-who allegedly professes a deep-seated love for LSU-is simply using this situation to drum up as much cash & concessions as possible out of the Ole War Skule. Or the Volunteers, for that matter.

Orgeron is-once again allegedly-pulled to stay close to home, both by his aforementioned love of LSU and his wife, according to reports, but if he's trying to extort either program, then I can't wait to see him in Volunteer Orange and trying to hump Smokey the Vol with his shirt off.

The other mind-numbingly amazing situation occurred at the Loveliest Little Village On The Plains. Gene Chizik got announced as the newest future former Auburn Head Football Coach today.

Gene Chizik? Gene Chizik?

[Once more, with feeling]

Gene frickin'-frackin' Chizik?

Seriously?

You hire a guy who just went on a 10 game losing streak? A guy who went on a 10 game losing streak in the Big XII, without playing OU, Texas, or Missouri?

I dunno...

But, its a sure bet that if he wasn't on our short list to even get a call to be our Defensive Coordinator (and who hasn't gotten a call from LSU?), then he might not be the right guy to go toe-to-toe with Nick Saban, capisce?

In other news, we're still hearing Earl Lane is gone to a Florida job, as well as Bradley Dale Peveto leaving to become the head coach at Northwestern State here in Louisiana. But, we're also now hearing that Doug Mallory might get a looksee as the Defensive Coordinator at Oklahoma State?

Doug Mallory? Doug Mallory?

[once more, with feeling]

Doug frickin'-frackin' Mallory?

Well...I guess its the Big XII...and Oklahoma State figures that if they would've held OU to less than 60 points, things might've worked out...

On his BEST day, Doug would've never given up more than, oh, say...52 or 51 points...Y'know?