Procrastination: The World's Worst Cologne

Yes, I know I promised an elaborate, flashy Big East bowl recap. I didn't deliver, and I suck. But really, what were you expecting me to say: "Oh yeah, Pat White threw for a lot of yards in his last game and the Pittsburgh offense stunk?" Did that merit taking up space on CFN that could be better spent with an endless stream of marginally more meaningful year-end recaps?

Probably not. There is news, though:

Apparently Syracuse has a "Vidal Hazelton" watch going on right now, which seems like an awful lot of attention being paid to someone who's more likely to be a non-entity than a major star...LeSean McCoy can't decide whether to become an instant millionaire or take a pounding as Pitt's only reliable offensive option next season...Apparently USF is "an option" for ex-Miami QB Robert Marve.

RE: The national championship "controversy". It's only a controversy because Florida lost by one to Ole Miss. If the Gators win that game, there is no debate, Utah's perfect season or no. But sorry kids, Florida's loss is no better than the losses by Oklahoma, or Texas or USC. At that point, they fall into the fuzzy group of "one-loss teams that are somewhat better than Utah".

If It's Wed--er, Thursday, There Must Be Random News To Report

The awkwardly sponsored bowls are coming! The awkwardly sponsored bowls are coming!

• Noel Devine apparently fixed (or had fixed for him *nudge wink*) whatever academic issue was dogging him and will play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Although I'm not sure I'm down with the idea of creepy Bill Stewart putting anyone on a leash...
  
  
• Former Clemson offensive coordinator Rob Spence will be taking that same position at Syracuse. Spence was an innocent casualty in the crossfire of the Tommy Bowden firing.
  
  
• Apparently Rutgers is on the short list of schools that USC wide receiver/quasi-washout Vidal Hazelton would like to transfer to.
  
  
• USF receivers coach Mike Canales may end up getting the Illinois offensive coordinator position, and Bulls offensive coordinator Greg Gregory is likely to be a candidate at Army. Or so we hear.

Doug Marrone Hired As Syracuse Head Coach

Yep, it's like official and stuff. Read more about my thoughts here.

Greg Robinson Is A Fan Of Children's Literature

Greg Robinson was a lot of things during his four-year stint as the head coach at Syracuse. He was the guy who said a lot of stupid stuff: either for real or in parody form. He was the guy who single-handedly took a solid, middle-of-the-road Big East program and turned it into a laughingstock. And now on his way out the door, he's challenged Jim Leavitt for the title of "weirdest presser by a Big East head coach".



It's no Mike Gundy, but hey, Robinson's well over 40 - which apparently doesn't stop him from having an encyclopedic knowledge of children's literature.

On the Greg Robinson replacement front, it's all over the place. The logical choice would be Turner Gill, who has turned a laughingstock Buffalo program into a bowl team in just three seasons while recruiting in basically the same area as Syracuse. But athletic director Daryl Gross - whose job may not be all that secure himself - might want a splashier name, like East Carolina's Skip Holtz. I think some of the names on that list, like Boise State's Chris Petersen, is the result of some hard living and/or wishful thinking.