As everyone one knows by now, Urban Meyer resigned from Florida and has been replaced by Will Muschamp. Muschamp was the former "coach in waiting" and defensive coordinator at Texas for those of you don't know.
When Urban resigned the first thing out of the mouth of most Gator fans and every Seminole fan I know was that Bob Stoops was going to Florida. One fan even told me Jeremy Foley, the athletic director at Florida, specifically said he would talk to Stoops. Turned out to be a vicious lie. The reality was that Jeremy Foley talked to one person and one person only, that person was Will Muschamp.
Stoops was never going to Florida. He wasn't even going to talk to them. He turned them down twice already. Bob Stoops has a clause in his contract that allows him to talk to four schools without permission. Those schools are Iowa, Notre Dame, Ohio State and the school in question; Florida. He has turned every school down at least once. (Truth be told Notre Dame may not actually be a contract talk school but he was allowed to talk to them.) Stoops grew up an Oklahoma fan! You can bet he would leave any of those four schools for Oklahoma but he isn't leaving Oklahoma for any of them except for the lone chance that the Oklahoma administration became uncooperative. Oklahoma is arguably one of the top three programs in the country maybe number two even. I think everyone would give Notre Dame top spot even still. The you can argue Bama v Oklahoma for the second spot. Why would he go to Florida?
I can't blame the fans entirely however. The sports media are the true "criminals" in the rumor mill. My friend who told me the vicious lie didn't think it up, he heard it from some stupid, dumbass, ignorant clown that calls him (or her) self a sports reporter. They are just stirring the pot but in a irresponsible manner. However, if you're dumb enough to listen to them, who is the bigger fool? Is Mike Lupica setting the standard?
Clearly We Have A Failed Leader
How can anyone deny that the current POTUS; Obama, is not a failed leader. His party took a beating in the polls and they are eating themselves alive. 2012 could be the ruin of the Democratic Party for 40 years if they continue on this path.
The cu de gra of Obama's leadership was Friday night when Obama actually let Bill Clinton take over his press conference on tax cuts, so he could go to a party. It may prove to be "the" fatal mistake of his administration. He's made plenty but there was still hope. I don't know if there is now. If Bill Clinton could run again, he would bury Obama in a primary.
The only hope for the Democrats is this is actually a bad comprimise by the Republicans in the long run. Republicans need to stick by their guns and keep the tax cuts in place as they were. It may not matter however because the Democrats are probably going to kill the bill and everyone's taxes are going up January 1. Republicans now need to educate the public on why tax increases are bad even for the so called "rich." Check back here regularly as I will try to blog about the economic facts of taxes.
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