Moving on...Karl Dorrell

Now that the loss of Paul Johnson has sunk in a bit, here is some new news and a new name—former UCLA HC Karl Dorrell is now one of Duke's top targets.

This report is in line with what I've been hearing about Duke's next plans, and despite a rocky tenure at UCLA that saw only one great (10-2 last season) season and three mediocre ones, Dorrell by all accounts is a good coach. He has an NFL track record, and is an offensive-minded guy. Again, he has the experience—he just had the misfortune of coaching cross-town from Pete Carroll and USC.

The article also does say that Dorrell may want to get back into the NFL. He's a decendant of the Mike Shanahan coaching tree, so the Broncos or the Texans (with former Broncos OC Gary Kubiak as HC) are his most likely destinations there. Keep in mind that the Texans have just lost their OC (Mike Sherman to Texas A&M), so there may be an opening there for Dorrell.

Late Evening Update (12/5)

Here are some quick hitters...

-Report in the Monroe, LA paper discusses Grambling HC Rod Broadway's interview with Duke from his players' perspective.

-Frank Dascenzo's column in the Herald-Sun gives some nice personal perspective on how bad Duke's football hires have been in the past 30+ years.

-An absolutely ridiculous guest column in the Herald-Sun saying that Duke should model its football program after USC, and that we should make a big offer and try to lure Pete Carroll.

Sure thing, we can do that AFTER we win our own 11 National Titles and 7 Heismans. I can't even believe that a self-respecting newspaper would run this, mainly due to the ridiculous assertion that we should (or even could) go after Carroll.