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29

Bucs’ DC mum about Cornhuskers’ vacancy

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under College Football, Off The Field News, Tampa Bay Bucs 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Monte KiffinNebraska Cornhuskers
The Nebraska Cornhuskers head coaching job is still vacant and one of the candidates for the position, Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, is saying little to either confirm or deny the rumors. Kiffin told Ira Kaufman of the Tampa Tribune, “I don’t really know for sure they are interested in me. Nebraska is a unique place. I grew up there, I played there and I coached there. But I’m a Buccaneer right now. That’s all I know and I’m taking it one day at a time and one week at a time.”

Despite that statement by Kiffin, there some speed bumps in the road: the timing is rather short. Also the fact that on Wednesday, ESPN reported that the Cornhuskers had narrowed its search to two candidates – University of Buffalo head coach and former Cornhuskers quarterback Turner Gill and LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini. Nebraska’s athletic director, Tom Osborne has said that he’d prefer to have this resolved “sooner than later”. The problem there – for both the Cornhuskers and Buccaneers – is that Tampa has a 2-game lead in the NFC South and the NFL playoffs do not begin until the weekend of January 5-6, 2008.

But back to Kiffin’s statement. Perhaps it is just me, but when you claim ignorance about the vacancy at Nebraska, then in the same breath wax nostalgic about the school, then use the tired cliche, “one day and week at a time”, that sounds very much like Kiffin has put out feelers, contrary to what he has said thus far. So on that take, I wouldn’t be shocked to see Kiffin accept the Nebraska gig.


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