Random Thoughts: Monday Edition

• Does anyone want to be Jay Jacobs, Auburn's Athletic Director today? He fired a very successful head coach in Tommy Tubberville and replaced him with a guy that has been a head coach for two years at Iowa State that went 5-19. Gene Chizik was a very respected defensive coordinator for Auburn and Texas but you can't say he was ever a "respected" head coach and wasn't on anybodies short list. Just so I understand this, Jay picked Gene over Turner Gill, Brady Hoke, and Tulsa's Todd Graham? Not a very good move Jay and good luck with that decision. I can't wait to hear what Charles Barkley has to say about this one!
• Did anyone else think Ed Werder would be the fall guy in all the Cowboys "drama" that went down last week? I'm sorry, but it looks like Ed got set up. I know the Cowboy's are "America's Team" but running that silliness as the lead story is ridiculous.
• Speaking of ESPN: Is it me or should be the colors on the ESPN ticker be reversed? When I'm checking for a score I aways think the team in white was the winner, but actually it's the tan color that won.
• Does anyone know where I can sell my un-wanted gold jewelry?
• Why do some guys wear their blue tooth headsets all day? I'm sure they are very busy and have important jobs, but wearing those headsets all day makes them look like a dork. Maybe they all have a CIA complex or something?
• Why do people go to malls or shopping centers, when you can order on-line from home get free shipping and not pay any tax?
• Great hire by San Diego State: Brady Hoke is a great choice for SDS and will likely triple his $240,000 salary by taking the job. Not to mention, maybe the nicest place to live in the entire country. Brady should have gotten the Syracuse or Auburn jobs but their loss is SDS gain. Brady was a former Michigan assistant coach and his brother was also an assistant for SDS from 87-88. Good luck Brady, Michigan has an open date on Oct. 17!
• Look for Stan Parrish another former Wolverine assistant be the leading candidate to replace Brady as Ball State's head coach.
• How drunk was Billy Simms at the Heisman presentation? Usually Mike Rozier is the person that does something "unique" during the presentation.
• The "rumor" on the street is that Michigan's Scott Shafer maybe out as Michigan's defensive coordinator after one year. Shafer's defense under achieved this past year and was thought to be Michigan's strength. Shafer has not been at the last two Michigan basketball games, both were big recruiting weekends for the Michigan football program.
• More info on McGuffie has come out. It seems the young man was having some very serious family problems back home in Texas. His position coach Fred Jackson said this on Saturday: “There was too much stuff there – he had to go home. There was a lot of issues as far as his sister and brother.” “The kid wanted to be here,” Jackson said. “It’s just that things happened with his family that weighed heavy he couldn’t concentrate.”