Did You Hear Where Jon Gruden is Going Next Season?

Everyone remember that telephone game we all played when we were little? You know the one where everyone sat in a circle, one person would whisper something into the ear of the person sitting next to him/her, and that person would repeat the phrase to the person sitting next to him/her, and so on and so forth till it got back to the first person?

Remember how it usually got pretty jacked up by time the truth came out? That's what internet football coaching rumors are reminding me of. It's bad enough some idiots have tired to fool the world into thinking celebs like Bon Jovi and Adam Sandler have passed (the dirty un-funny rats!). Now they want to mess with out football! That's almost as bad as saying Hostess is shutting down.

Oh, wait....

Anyway...Apparently the World Wide Web has been all a buzz today over where former Oakland Raiders/Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden is going to be next season. The ESPN analyst has made several comments during broadcast this season alluding to a desire to get back in the saddle again. While he may or may not mean it, for those whose team is in need of a new leader that's all the encouragement that's needed to start dreaming.

According to the rumors that have been floating around, ole' Chucky has been rumored headed to either Arkansas or Tennessee.

The Tennessee rumor was especially juicy. Word was that he would be give a piece of the Cleveland Browns as part of the deal. If your like me you probably wondered why Cleveland--which is in Ohio--and not the Titans. The owner of the Browns happens to be the brother of the governor of Tennessee, and their dad played on the Vols 1951 national championship team.

People have done some crazy things for their alma maters and teams they have a special connection to. While it does sound a little too crazy to be true the rumor never said how much of the team; then again it is the Browns (Gruden would lose money on that deal).

Gruden and the Browns have said there is nothing to the report, but then why hasn't the school returned a call from reporters? Sounds fishy...

As far as Arkansas goes I haven't been able to find anything juicy accept that the university has been in contact with Gruden. The fan base has been pretty supportive of the idea though. A few guys made a little video of them singing a tribute to Gruden. I don't know if the song is original, but the lyrics aren't bad. The dude in the shades might want to think about going on America's Got Talent next summer:



I have to wonder what these guys are thinking (Arkansas, that is). Rumor has it that they have offered Les Miles a ton of money. Why on earth would he leave LSU to go to Arkansas? That's just dumb.

Gruden has done what he should. He has stated that he is committed to ESPN and that's it. In all honesty, why on earth would he want to leave? Here he has a job that I am guessing has him home more often than coaching ever did, pays well, and has a lot less stress than coaching.

He gets paid to talk about football, and as long as he's not an overbearing, rude, inappropriate putz he is not going to be fired. Why give that up for a job that counts on a bunch of kids or worse (if he goes back to the NFL) a bunch of overgrown kids with a million buck burning a hole in their pockets?

What will really be good is when the NFL rumors start to circle once that firing season starts. I'd be willing to bet he could do wonders with the talent that the Eagles, Cowboys, and even the Chiefs have...