My source just told me what most of us suspected. Petersen is out. He does not know exactly what happened but let me say this - he's trying to find out and this was a shock to him.
I do believe that there was something there. I don't buy into the "it leaked so he bolted" nonsense. I think the man may have had second thoughts. He's in a position where he's going to be making $1.1 million in Boise, Idaho and remain a hot coaching prospect as long as he can beat the likes of Louisiana Tech, Nevada and Utah State every year. He probably realized that he would get another opportunity at a BCS school. Let's face it. Chris Petersen is the kind of hire that a Florida would make if Meyer bolted for the NFL.
I asked him if he knew anything - and he said no, he suspected we were near square one on the search because from what he had heard, most of the eggs were in one basket in Boise.
I do believe that there was something there. I don't buy into the "it leaked so he bolted" nonsense. I think the man may have had second thoughts. He's in a position where he's going to be making $1.1 million in Boise, Idaho and remain a hot coaching prospect as long as he can beat the likes of Louisiana Tech, Nevada and Utah State every year. He probably realized that he would get another opportunity at a BCS school. Let's face it. Chris Petersen is the kind of hire that a Florida would make if Meyer bolted for the NFL.
I asked him if he knew anything - and he said no, he suspected we were near square one on the search because from what he had heard, most of the eggs were in one basket in Boise.