Cutcliffe says no offer has been made

Cutcliffe is on the record now, saying that he hasn't been offered the job and that it would be "arrogant" for him to have assumed that he will get it.

Earlier, this AP wire report said that Cutcliffe said he hasn't been offered the Duke job yet. As it stands now, it seems that Cutcliffe will be meeting with Duke AD Alleva sometime today, and an offer is possible, but as it stands it seems that the Knoxville paper's report from yesterday may have been a bit premature.

WRAL's website is reporting that the search committee will convene this afternoon, so this could be another sign that the wheels are starting to roll on finalizing a hire.

Search Committee Members Revealed

David Glenn must have one hell of a source. In his most recent WRAL blog post, he reported the six members of Duke's search committee—names that Duke AD Joe Alleva has repeatedly refused to divulge. The six are:

1) Univ. Trustee Roy Bostock

2) Athletics council chairman and Pol. Sci. Professor Michael Gillespie

3) Athletic Advisory Board Chair Leo Hart

4) Univ. Trustee C.G. Newsome

5) Psychology Professor Martha Putallaz

6) Univ. Exec. VP Tallman Trask

As the Chronicle reported last week, Trask accompanied Alleva and President Richard Brodhead to the Washington area to visit with Navy HC Paul Johnson, so his presence as a member of the search committee makes sense. Bostock, Hart and Newsome are all former football players, and Newsome is the lone African-American in the group.

Glenn's report also cites sources saying that there is significant internal argument about whether Rick Neuheisel should be included as a candidate, based in large part on his checkered compliance record.