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http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/25/report-petersen-not-interested-in-penn-state-vacancy/

Apparently the PSU folks told Mullen, "No thanks."  He'd have been a winner there.

This is a real management opportunity for a coach to come in and guide the PSU ship through preconceptions and courtroom drama. Someone can make a real name for himself by getting them past the darkest hour that maybe ANY university has faced. But for the serious football coach that wants to reestablish the program and win,-- this job is not for you!

True.  But the search committee, I'm told, has nobody in charge.  So the individuals have mixed opinions about including inside/outside candidates, former players, current coaching staff, etc.  Best guess is 'established coach from outside', like Petersen.  Apparently they are considering every campus in the country for coaching options now (well, not Boogerville).

The Big 10 has taken a huge hit. Imagine a judge sending a message to all that covering up this particular crime is criminal in itself. With JoPa doing time and Tressel no longer writing books lecturing the rest of us about honesty and character, the Rich Rod charges for practicing too much doesn't seem all that offensive!

Peterson must be smarter than the other coaches out there that continue to move from job to job. If the guy is happy with where he is and enjoys what he is doing, then I applaud him for staying with Boise State and trying to grow their program to a bigger level.  :clap:

They got shafted this year; 11-1 and a crappy bowl.  Is he making progress?  They lose their star QB this year, and they've got the NCAA sniffing around.  But if he's happy, I agree.

Boise loses a ton of players and they were all good players. Kellen Moore was a very good QB for them and I think he was the big difference in the success of the team. I still don't understand their move to the Big East though.l

He may feel that he needs to win without Moore in order to establish his credibility as a championship caliber coach. As for the PSU job, the whole program is radioactive and that will takes years to go away. Nevertheless, though JoPa is discredited persoanally his successor must still cope with replacing the winningest coach in CFB history. The ideal candidate for this job would be another legend whose imprimature would start the reputational healing process, keep recruiting going, and win ball games. Don't laugh, but I'm thinking about a Bobby Bowden type. Ultimately they will have to settle for a lesser known outsider who will not have the weight to change the orbit of the PSU program

I have a really hard time believing Cutcliffe at Duke was even considered. I think his agent is trying to get him a pay raise to "stay" at Duke. What has Cutcliffe done, one decent year at Ole Miss?

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Tennessee Titans’ head coach and former PSU player Mike Munchak — he’s already denied any interest in the job — Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Tom Clements and a pair of current coaches at the collegiate level — Wake Forest’s Jim Grobeand Duke’s David Cutcliffe – have all been mentioned as potential successors to Paterno.

I was kind of hoping Cutcliffe might be a OC at Alabama. He works great with QB's but he is just not a Head Coach. What though, I know Coach Saban has it already in hand. RTR!