TUBERVILLE TO FAYETTEVILLE?

A source who's often been correct for me in the past whispers that the next head coach at the University of Arkansas will be Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville. Whether or not that happens, we already have a situation in which half of the coaches in the SEC West (Houston Nutt, Nick Saban and Tuberville) have coached at another SEC West school. And you wonder why the Black Football Coaches Assocation has its undies so scrunched up?

If Tuberville is headed to Fayetteville, guess who becomes the longest tenured coach in the SEC West? That's right, the only black head coach in the conference, Mississippi State's Sly Croom.

Sean Taylor, Continued

Questions and notes regarding the death of Sean Taylor:

--Why are the Miami police so eager to proclaim that Taylor's death appears to be nothing more than a "random act" of burglary and/or robbery? Do they truly believe that or are they trying not to show their hand?
--Did the person or persons who broke into Taylor's home know that he did not possess a firearm? To me, it seems that way. If I burgled an upper-end home, even if I had no idea who lived there, and noted that the bedroom door was locked, what would compel me to kick it in and start shooting? How would I know that the person on the other side of the door wasn't standing there with a loaded gun?
--Why, if you were robbing a home at just after 1 a.m., would you force your way into a bedroom? Wouldn't you be looking to avoid a confrontation with the homeowner? Almost be relieved that they'd locked the bedroom door so that you could root around the other rooms? Or did you think that the most valuable items were in the bedroom? And if that's the case, after having shot the homeowner, why would you flee?
--Let's try to examine this as a burglary with intent to rob valuable items: You enter the home. You scrounge around for anything you can take. You notice the bedroom door is locked and you already saw vehicles in the driveway. Someone is in the bedroom. So why force your way inside? And once you do, why do you shoot? Is it because Taylor rushed at you with the machete in his hand? Why surprise the homeowner? Why not announce, if you want what's in the bedroom, that they should open the door or get down on the ground if they don't want to be shot? And, barring all that logic, once you shoot the homeowner, why do you flee? Why not take what you can from the bedroom? You certainly aren't worried about the girlfriend.
--Was the shot aimed at Sean Taylor's leg? At his groin? Was it just a random shot?
--Where did Taylor get the machete? I'm not naive enough to not realize that NFL players, most among pro athletes, are fascinated by exotic weapons and movies like "Braveheart", "Gladiator" and "Scarface". But it would be interesting to learn how Taylor came to possess it. And why he did not carry a gun.
--A commenter on my longer blog noted that Taylor seemed to come from a solid, stable, two-parent home. Acknowledged, and understood. But too many young African-American males do not. And being as high-profile an athlete as Taylor was, growing up from birth to the NFL in a city like Miami, he certainly had many friends and hangers-on who grew up in less than stable environments.
--Finally, on the eve of the last game to be played in the Orange Bowl, here's a sobering piece of breaking news:

http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/326720.html