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http://wreg.com/2012/11/27/news-channel-3-learns-of-tennessees-new-twist-to-lure-gruden/

I was getting ready to post this. Earlier today, someone (with alleged insider info) on VN essentially said the same thing the news story is reporting and I thought it was a bunch of bull... Maybe I was wrong... I just hope WREG is not getting their info from VN...

Not living in Memphis, I wonder what WREG's reputation is? To say that they have "learned" of this proposed contract is pretty strong language. One would hope they wouldn't just take a messageboard rumor and run with it, but as Mean Old Man says, that lines up nearly perfectly with what was said earlier on VN.

I just don't buy it for a second. The part about Gruden getting a stake in the Browns franchise just doesn't make sense.

@John_Infante: Current NCAA rules would prohibit this Gruden-Browns nonsense unless ownership stake was first donated to Tennessee.

You don't give away ownership stakes in an NFL franchise. Rich people don't get rich by doing dumb things. Well, they at least don't stay rich.

Gruden and the Browns are denying this rumor. It looks as if WREG and VN have the same source afterall.

http://m.knoxnews.com/news/2012/nov/28/memphis-report-says-gruden-ut-stake-browns/ (http://m.knoxnews.com/news/2012/nov/28/memphis-report-says-gruden-ut-stake-browns/)

Found this take from VN interesting: (fyi Sexton is Jimbo Fisher's agent)

Hint: A certain super coaching agent may or may not live and work in memphis...

Hint: This super coaching agent may or may not represent other candidates not named john gruden who are interested in the tennessee job...

Hint: This super agent may or may not have leaked this story to the same news station the lane kiffin news broke on hoping it would put pressure on hart and gruden to make this decision one way or the other sooner and more public than previously anticipated.

I'm sure i'm not the only one who'd be thrilled to never hear Jimmy Sexton's name associated with UT coaches again.

I saw this too but I'm not buying it.



Agreed...

What if that theory is right on, and the question on Mike and Mike was staged to thwart Sexton's ploy.  Just a thought.

This sounds like something you might hear on VN  :biggrin:

That may be one step too far. Too many moving parts. But I wouldn't be surprised about the Sexton thing.

Just fun speculation on my part, nothing more fellas.  :smile:

Going back to the story from WREG, the guy who put this out there appears to be a pretty well respected media figure. I wonder where he got his info. Lots of unconnected, regular folks like myself had some serious doubts about this story when we saw it (it just didn’t add up), so how does it get past a guy who has been in the sports biz for years?

Also, I do not know exactly how things work in the media but I would think they would have some sort of fact check/editorial/quality control process to keep things like this from happening.

One thing we can probably agree on is Jimmy Sexton is working all angles really hard right now.

One thing I think we can all agree on is that it is VERY strange for a 28-year newsroom veteran to put out such a bizarre report. In all likelihood, he isn't going to grab a rumor from a messageboard and run with it. Someone was feeding him this information. Who?? Sexton makes as much sense as anyone. Without going back and studying the timeline, I don't know the validity of this, but it has been said that this same sports anchor broke the Kiffin-to-Tennessee story in December '08. How would a Memphis TV station have beaten the Knoxville media to the punch on that . . . unless this reporter has special ties with someone in his area? And wouldn't you just know that Jimmy Sexton was Kiffin's agent.

If nothing else, it is incredibly interesting, not to mention convenient. And if — IF — this is Sexton's shenanigans, then that means one thing: Jimbo wants out of Tallahassee. Bad. I was one of those people skeptical about why he would want to leave Florida State for Tennessee. But now I wonder.

I think you're on to something. Well, Jimbo either wants out of Tallahassee OR wants to force FSU's hand. He wins either way. What's the plumb job right now? That would be UT. Other dominos fall once that job is filled.

It should also be noted Mike Gundy is a Sexton client - or at least was at this time last year. 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/28/report-jon-gruden-may-meet-with-tennessee-volunteers-ad-soon/ (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/28/report-jon-gruden-may-meet-with-tennessee-volunteers-ad-soon/)

I think you mean "PLUM job".  Or perhaps "PLUMBER job"?  Either one works.   :dielaughing:

I just happen to know a friend of Sexton's (who also lives in Memphis). I ran this theory by him today, just for shizzles and giggles. He says that he thinks it is spot-on. TIFWIW.