Tavern talk: Louisville has the cash for Gruden

The whole college idea seems to perfect of a fit for Gruden, for a guy who cant ever seem to stick with a qb longer than 1 season it could be what he needs.

Please, lots of schools have wealthy alumni that can afford Gruden. And lots of schools can afford to outspend Louisville if it comes down to it. This interest is just the tip of the iceberg, wait until after the season is over and see how many other schools come calling.

Reality is they are an average program with an all-time winning % of around 51%.

Actually Random UL is the most profitable revenue generating school in the NCAA..

A central location, bordering SEC and Big Ten turf. Perfect place to to snatch players from each conference.

Listen to Bo LO random dude. Check out Forbes top grossing collegiate programs the last 5 years and UofL is consistently in the top 10. Last fiscal year they were 3rd only behind Florida and UCLA. UofL, with the help of our great AD(Tom Jurich), has top notch sports in almost every category imagineable. 2007 track and field natnl champs, womens final 4 last year, 3 consectutive elite 8's in mens b-ball and the final four the year before that, college baseball world series last year, a top 10 mens soccer programs, top notch womens volleyball, I could go on but you get the hint. We definately have plenty of money and when it boils down to it if we put more zero's in our offer than I think that will go a LONG way, especially in these times where UofL is expanding and wants people in those extra 32,000 seats they are adding to the 46,000 we already have. The only reason we don't have more wins is due to caoches like Petrino and John L. not sticking around and then we get stuck with the likes of Ron Cooper or Steve Kragthorpe. You have to take into consideration the leaps nad bounds we have taken in football. Less than 30 years ago we weren't even D-1 and in '91 we won the Fiesta Bowl and in '06 the Orange Bowl. Say what you want but the town wants this team on top again regardless of cost.

Gruden's personality and coaching style is made for college ball. The respect, control, and authority that Gruden would have at UL or any college fits his persona perfectly. Although Gruden "loves" everybody the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Gruden is his snarl and his face right up against a player's face mask giving him the business. Players in the NFL seem to see that as disrespectful, while college players more often than not tend to look up to a person of his stature.

Hey Random, check out my name. That says all there is to say. Go back to Lexington and dream that you will finish with a winning $EC record some time in your pathetic life.

We're not talking about women's volleyball or skeet shooting, we are talking about football. When it comes to paying coaches, there are going to be other schools that are able to throw more money at Gruden than Louisville will.

I'm glad to hear that Louisville is running a profitable athletic program but the reality is that for most big-time coaches, only a fraction of their salary is paid by the athletic department. Much of the salaries are paid by booster clubs and endorsements and I still maintain it is far more likely that if he decided to move to the college game that other programs with more resources and tradition will be able to put together a better package for him.

For example, if Weis gets the axe, who do you think will be able to offer a better package, Notre Dame or Louisville?

I don't have anything against Louisville, my only point is that this article seems like a lot of hype. Let's wait until after the season is over and other jobs become available and we see who all is looking before we start making it sound like this is going to be an irresistible temptation for him.

I'm reasonably confident Dan Snyder can make him an offer Louisville can't touch. In addition to money, the Skins job would provide unlimited resources, access to a major media market, a chance to pave his way to Canton and the opportunity to rub the Glazer's noses in it. Plus, no recruiting, no NCAA looking over your shoulder, no university deans, no impatient alums. I'm not sure he is the right guy for the Skins, but if the job is offered in a format he can live with, he takes it over Louisville in a nanosecond.

Fact is, Louisville can afford to match or beat any school in the nation.

Did y'all see Chuckie at the South Florida - Cincy game tonight? Mike had mentioned how NFL teams might be worried that he was "scouting" them in connection with his booth duties. Doesn't the 'Ville make even more sense now? Yes I know he lives in Tampa, loves football and is part of the House of Mouse cross-promotional monstrosity, but this seems to be much more than coincidence!

This just in, UNLV is also going after Gruden after not being to happy with the way the interview went with Mike Shanahan. Wanting something and getting it are not one and the same. Gruden would never take the position and all the smoke you are blowing is for nothing.