Bobby Petrino Visiting Western KY...? (UPDATED: He Got Hired)

Various sources, including Kentucky Sports Radio, are saying that Robert Petrino, Esq. is visiting the Western Kentucky campus since the Hilltoppers are looking for a replacement for Willie Taggart.

Taggart moved on to South Florida after leading WKU to a bowl appearance...

Petrino would, probably, be better served being an assistant for his brother Paul at Idaho- but that's just us...

More when we know more...

1435 UPDATE: According to Chad Bishop of the Bowling Green Daily News, the job is his:

The Daily News has learned from a Western Kentucky University source that former Louisville, Arkansas and Atlanta Falcons coach Bobby Petrino will be announced as WKU's head coach at 4 p.m. today at the Jack Harbaugh Club at Houchens-Smith Stadium.

Western Kentucky Survives Wild Game Against Troy

Those of us at the OSG HQ love a good Sun Belt Conference match-up.  Thursday Night’s Western Kentucky – Troy game qualifies and it was entertaining.

The Hilltoppers overcame a 10 point first half deficit and a wild second half to defeat the Trojans 31-26.

Here’s the highlights (Thanks WSFA-TV, Montgomery, AL)

 

WSFA.com: News Weather and Sports for Montgomery, AL.

An upper shoulder injury, sure looked like Corey Robinson was concussed and didn’t know where he was.  By the way, Robinson was leading the Sun Belt in passing coming into this game.

Back to the game, Western Kentucky, who has a win over Kentucky from the SEC, is on a roll.  The Hilltoppers have won three in a row and 2-0 in the Sun Belt. 

“This was a good win for us, and we're looking forward to getting back home next week." Western Kentucky head coach Willie Taggart said.

That home game next week is against Louisiana – Monroe, you remember the Warhawks.

WKU quarterback Kawaun Jakes is efficient and doesn’t make mistakes.  Thursday night Jakes completed a season-high 21 of 31 passes for 255 yards and three touchdowns, the third time this season Jakes threw for a hat trick in touchdowns.

The Hilltopper defense is pretty good too.  WKU leads the Sun Belt in total defense averaging 290 yards per game.  WKY gave up 374 yards to Troy which was above average but came up with the plays they needed. 

That Hilltopper might be enough to put WKU on top of the Sun Belt at the end of the year

Western Ky. doesn't do much to assistant with 3 DWI's

Lance Guidry

Lost in the moral indignation about what is happening in Penn State is another somewhat disturbing story about a college football program's response to what appears to be a pretty serious problem as well.

Early Saturday morning in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, Western Kentucky defensive coordinator Lance Guidry was pulled over and charged with DWI. The stop, is apparently the 3rd time it has happened. Western Ky was in town to play the top ranked LSU Tigers.

Guidry was pulled over around 1 a.m and registered a considerable amount over the state limit for DWI.

Read the story of his arrest from LSUrevellie.com RIGHT HERE

According to a statement released Monday from WKY Head Coach Willie Taggart, Guidry was viewing high school games in the area and allegedly met-up with a friend afterwards.

Taggart didn't mention the drinking. He just said "This type of conduct is not acceptable and there will be disciplinary measures as a result, and they will be handled internally."


No...please coach Taggart! Please don't slap Guidry's wrist!

Athletic Director Ross Bjork (no relation) added this "I am personally disappointed in Lance's actions during our trip to LSU. Lance is a great football coach and has brought great energy to our team and defense since he arrived. He knows better of his responsibilities as a public figure."





Bjork went on to say it would have punished the players for Guidry to sit out the game vs. LSU and since he apologized, it was apparently ok. He also added that since Guidry was apologetic, that he "Owned this mistake" and would learn from it.

He also said a background check when Guidry was hired didn't turn up the previous incidents. (Right)

Ok.

This isn't quite the load of crap that Penn State tried to foist upon everyone, but it still stinks. Really....3 DWI's and that isn't enough to (a) Put you in jail or (b) Get you fired?

Sure, we get the WKU isn't exactly high up on the food chain, but when did it become OK to brush off what Guidry did? Would it have mattered had he hit and killed someone while driving? Something that easily could have happened.

Yes, it appears that Coach Guidry has a problem and needs some help. And he should not be allowed to drive a car again for the foreseeable future. But somehow, we are guessing that won't happen. We aren't going to preach naivety here but.

One DWI is bad. It happens. To a lot of well-intentioned people. If it happened to say...me...when I worked in a Newsroom, I would be fired. The 1st time. On the spot. And there would be no defense.

But if you are a college football coach at Western Kentucky...well, it apparently is alright. As long as nobody was hurt.

You should be as angry about this as we are, but we suspect with the other things going on in the world of College Football and because it is Western Kentucky, nobody will pay attention.