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| North Carolina names Raiders' Shoop offensive coordinator |
Division I College Football |
01/12/2007 |
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -Oakland Raiders offensive coordinator John Shoop was hired Friday to fill the same position on Butch Davis' staff at North Carolina. Shoop, who also has NFL coaching experience with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers, began this season as the Raiders' tight ends coach and was elevated to offensive coordinator for the final five games. The 37-year-old Shoop was mentioned as a candidate for the vacant Raiders head coaching job after Art Shell was fired. T |
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| Tagliabue heads list of Hall finalists |
NFL Football |
01/10/2007 |
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| time Pro Bowl choice, he rushed for 12,074 yards in his career and only Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders had more rushing yards during the 1990s. Guy would become the first punter ever enshrined in Canton. He had a stellar career from 1973-86 with the Oakland Raiders, who made him the first punter ever selected with a first-round draft choice. A seven-time Pro Bowl choice, he won three Super Bowls with the Raiders. Grimm played 11 seasons for the Washington Redskins from 1981-91 and helped the team to three Supe |
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| A "D"-fining win for Indy |
NFL Football |
01/09/2007 |
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| s will head to the city they called home until moving to Indianapolis for the 1984 season. It will be the first NFL divisional playoff game in Baltimore since December 24, 1977 when the Colts dropped a memorable 37-31 double-overtime decision to the Oakland Raiders. The Colts have played in Baltimore three times since leaving the city, posting a 1-2 record. They lost in 1998 and 2001 before opening the 2005 campaign with a 24-7 victory. This will be the fourth straight year the Colts will play in the divisiona |
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| USC assistant interviews for Raiders opening |
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01/08/2007 |
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ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -Southern California quarterbacks coach Steve Sarkisian became the first candidate on Monday to interview for the Oakland Raiders' head coaching vacancy. Sarkisian, 32, was Oakland's quarterbacks coach in 2004 in between stints at USC, where he helped tutor Matt Leinart, Carson Palmer and John David Booty. The Raiders are hoping to complete this year's search for Art Shell's replacement in a shorter time frame than the more than five weeks it took to replace Norv Turner a year ago. |
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| Steelers may stay in-house for coach for first time since 1965 |
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01/08/2007 |
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| ay. This will be his fourth interview in less than a week; he also talked over the weekend with the Atlanta Falcons, Arizona Cardinals and Miami Dolphins. Whisenhunt will have interviewed with every NFL team looking for a head coach except for the Oakland Raiders. Last year, he pulled his name out of consideration for their job before they rehired Art Shell, but Shell was let go again following a 2-14 season. While Whisenhunt is meeting with the Steelers, Grimm is scheduled to talk with the Cardinals on Tu |
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| He's outta here: Georgia Tech WR Johnson enters NFL draft |
Division I College Football |
01/08/2007 |
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| all the tangible factors to be a great, great player. He has all the intangible factors to be a great, great player.'' By most accounts, Johnson will be one of the top players selected in the April draft. In fact, he could go first overall to the Oakland Raiders, who are desperate to improve an offense that averaged just 10.5 points a game and might not bring back disgruntled wideouts Randy Moss and Jerry Porter. Johnson was so confident that he didn't bother checking with the NFL advisory panel that rate |
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| Georgia Tech star enters NFL draft |
Division I College Football |
01/08/2007 |
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| ove on to the NFL. ``I knew he was gone,'' running back Tashard Choice said. ``The big guy has got to go. It's time.'' By all accounts, Johnson will be one of the top players selected in the April draft. In fact, he could go first overall to the Oakland Raiders, who are desperate to improve an offense that averaged just 10.5 points a game and might not bring back disgruntled wideouts Randy Moss and Jerry Porter. Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained |
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| Petrino finally gets an offer he can't refuse |
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01/08/2007 |
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| oaching vacancies, including an embarrassing episode in 2003 when Auburn set up a clandestine interview late in the season to gauge his interest in possibly replacing Tommy Tuberville. Petrino met with LSU after the 2004 season and turned down the Oakland Raiders' job a year later. Louisville twice renegotiated Petrino's contract, giving him hefty raises in hopes of keeping him. ``This is where I want to be,'' he insisted. That all changed after the Falcons fired Mora, just two years after he led the tea |
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| Petrino leaves Louisville for Falcons |
NFL Football |
01/07/2007 |
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| repeatedly came up for other coaching vacancies, including an embarrassing episode in 2003 when Auburn set up a clandestine interview while Tommy Tuberville was still the Tigers coach. Petrino met with LSU after the 2004 season and turned down the Oakland Raiders' job a year later. Louisville twice renegotiated Petrino's contract, giving him hefty raises in hopes of keeping him. ``This is where I want to be,'' he insisted. That all changed after the Falcons fired Mora, just two years after he led the tea |
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| Cardinals 'shocked' at Petrino's departure |
Division I College Football |
01/07/2007 |
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| ws conference Monday. The Falcons are the latest in a long line of college and NFL teams that have courted Petrino seemingly since the day he succeeded John L. Smith following the 2002 season. Petrino flirted with jobs at Auburn, LSU and the NFL's Oakland Raiders, but said no each time. When Petrino's name popped up as a candidate for the Alabama job in late-November, he hastily put out a statement saying, ``I'm not a candidate for any job openings.'' ``I thought he was going to be here for 10 years,'' H |
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