Reports: Chow to leave Utah for Hawaii
Utah offensive coordinator Norm Chow was negotiating a contract Tuesday to become the next coach at Hawaii, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and the Salt Lake Tribune. Utah will play Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl.
Chow will coach at Utah, his alma mater, for only one season after being hired in January. The Hawaii-born Chow will get his first chance to be a head coach after 39 years as an assistant at the college and NFL levels. He is credited with the development of three Heisman Trophy winners – Ty Detmer, Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart – and also coached Steve Young, Jim McMahon and Philip Rivers. Tuesday, both Chow and Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said their preference is that he coach the Utes against Tech.
Chow told the Deseret News that he “would be honored to stay” if Whittingham wants him to coach in the Sun Bowl. Utah defensive coordinator Siane Sitake is reportedly a possibility to join Chow in Hawaii. Whittingham said he would likewise hope that Sitake would coach in the bowl game.
As a recruiting dead period began Monday and runs through Jan. 3, Chow would not be able to get on the road to recruit if he were to leave Utah immediately.
Tech wide receivers coach Buzz Preston, a Hawaii grad and former assistant, applied for the position but was not a finalist.
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Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
3:21 pm
1 4 GT, I agree. There is no way on earth that Tech Man is either a Tech fan or a real man.
DesignerJacket
December 21st, 2011
3:25 pm
Oh OK. Ten Four, 1 4. I won’t waste my time on it.
Bring back Reggie Ball
December 21st, 2011
4:35 pm
Justin Thomas, the new Reggie!!!! Same as the old Reggie!!!!
I tried to tell you techies
December 21st, 2011
4:43 pm
but one of the techie morons called me out when I said Hawaii DID NOT ASK FOR PRESTONS RESUME.
So who was right me or that moron?
Face it…………… tech doesn’t have one single coach that is high on any list.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
4:49 pm
and neither do the mutts
rj
December 21st, 2011
4:51 pm
so that makes things even. At Tech we don’t have a coach either, we have Paul Johnson.
dawgfan
December 21st, 2011
5:02 pm
“As for losing, we’re poised to win 9 games in a year we weren’t expected to even make a bowl game.”
LOL. You Techies kill me with this crap. Name me one prognosticator that said you wouldn’t make a bowl game this year. You can’t do it. Most predictions I saw had you winning 6 or 7 games this year. So you shocked the world and won 8. BIG FREAKING DEAL. You morons love to play this underdog card but never want to talk about the years where you completely bomb and underachieve. 2010 comes to mind. You were a preseason top 20 team and completely choked. There have been numerous occassions over the past 10 years where your team has been in the top 10 or 15 only to choke down the stretch. It happened just this season. Don’t act like everyone is picking you to lose all the time so you can feel good about an 8 win season. That’s just disgraceful.
I tell ya man you Techies take the taco. Unbelievable.
superDawg
December 21st, 2011
5:08 pm
tek ain’t sheet.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
5:11 pm
dawgfan, do you remember who the preseason choice at number 1 was in 2008? Talk about choking. HA!!!
UGAX
December 21st, 2011
5:11 pm
Doesn’t matter if Urban ‘Legend’ Meyer is coaching at Utah, GT will still beat these chumps. They’ve never played an offense like the Jackets are about to break open on them.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
5:16 pm
UGAX, I sure hope you’re right. I’m spending money to go to the game, and I don’t want it to be a waste. LOL
Really?
December 21st, 2011
5:17 pm
Remember when the north avenue trade school announced to the world they had achieved cold fusion? That was hilarious.
UGAX
December 21st, 2011
5:19 pm
Supersize – Have fun and good luck. This is one Dawg that will be pulling for GT. Wish I could say I was going to Tampa to pull for my team but 11:00AM kickoff on a Monday doesn’t work for me.
Alabama Jack
December 21st, 2011
5:35 pm
Dawg trolls suck and will get coal in their stockings Saturday night.
Gatorman
December 21st, 2011
5:37 pm
dawgfan,
Florida has to do something with the bonus money that they get for beating UGA like a drum each year. Its not like they earned it. 18-4 and counting. Florida can obviously beat UGA in their sleep. The only issue I take with what Florida has done is that they should use that money to set up a charity for all the emotionally damaged dawgies like you that Florida has abused over the past 22 years and counting. That would be the right thing to do. It been a while since I’ve seen you clowns in such a state of despair. Tough break Dawgies, Florida owns you. Don’t blame Florida. You hired Richt and his failures.
UGA = JOKE.
Alabama Jack
December 21st, 2011
5:37 pm
dawgfan – you are the only one I ever saw put the boot on his head to read the directions on the heel.
dawgfan
December 21st, 2011
5:42 pm
“Gatorman,” Halloween is long gone Techie. Why are you dressed up like a Florida fan?
Gatorman
December 21st, 2011
5:42 pm
Ever wonder where the “UGA grads operate the fryer” stereotype comes from? Check out the posts of dawgfan and you’ll get all the explanation you’ll need. Don’t feel sorry for him though, he deserves the ridicule. What a tool.
1 4 GT
December 21st, 2011
5:46 pm
HMMMMM—-I do recall a couple of guys from somewhere in Asia claiming to have achieved cold fusion and Tech, along with a large portion of the nuclear energy world being suckered in for a while, but I sure don’t recall Tech making such a claim on it’s own.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
5:46 pm
Gatorman, include the posts of Really? too. What a dolt he is!!!
Gatorman
December 21st, 2011
5:50 pm
dawgfan,
You criticize a rival for being dominated by your Dawgs [sic] over the past 11 games, but you fail to look at your own 22 game record with a different rival. That’s how incredibly stupid you look with your posts on this and other blogs. You define a typical, delusional Dawg fan!
1 4 GT
December 21st, 2011
5:54 pm
Should have signed the above post====( E=mc2 )
Tech Man
December 21st, 2011
6:08 pm
There’s nothing dumber than a Georgia Bulldog fan. Absolutely nothing.
bulldog steve
December 21st, 2011
6:09 pm
I hate these coaches that jump around like that. He made it back to his alma mater and was so happy to be back, that he is going to jump after just one year and take the DC with him as well. No loyalty in this business at all. And it is a business.
Tech Man
December 21st, 2011
6:12 pm
@bulldog steve,
You are correct… it’s a business. Sad, but true.
top 10
December 21st, 2011
7:02 pm
UGA has had how many top 10 recruiting classes and how many national championships? the Coaching is not very good. The UGA nation should be mad and wanting some major changes. UGA will never win a National Tittle with Richt as the oach off the field issues will continue as UGA portrays itself as the Miami of the decade.
gcs
December 21st, 2011
7:43 pm
So, the bridesmaid is finally getting hitch. I don’t expect it to last very long.
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Hey Gatorman
December 21st, 2011
8:15 pm
The games were played before 1990 – UGA STILL LEADS the series.
Hey Supersize
December 21st, 2011
8:18 pm
You don’t think Richt (not to mention Grantham) would be a welcomed addition to at least 20 D1 schools?
Name one serious D1 school that would take CPJ (we won’t even discuss Groh).
Wake up old fella…………………..
ATLER (Ramblin Wreck)
December 21st, 2011
8:21 pm
Tech Man is actually a ugag fan posing as a Tech fan. In other words, he’s a troll.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
8:46 pm
@ Hey Supersize, lest you forget, Auburn was considering Johnson when Tech hired him, and I am sure there are plenty of schools who would love to have his offense. Have any come calling? I have no idea, and I’m sure you don’t know either. And no, I don’t think many D1 teams would want “choke” Grantham. Richt would probably be a good (not great, but good) coach no matter where he went. I heard tonight that Penn State was interested in him. If he’s got any sense he would take it in a heartbeat just to get away from you fickle mutt fans who only like him when he wins. Lose a couple (like earlier this year), and you’re ready to fire him right away.
Really?
December 21st, 2011
9:24 pm
14 gt
It happened in april of 1989 and it’s still hilarious. You techies know everything about the University of Georgia but nothing about your own trade school. Typical
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
9:37 pm
Really? since you know so much, give us facts. There’s no reason to believe a single word you say. So give us some documentation on it. I don’t recall Tech ever being involved in any kind of cold fusion scam either.
superDawg
December 21st, 2011
9:46 pm
ss you are a freakin idiot if you think any body in D1 football gives a rats beehind about your boy pj.Mark Richt is a builder of men and just happens to coach football at one of the best programs in the whole country and it frost your yellow beehind.gt is nothing and will continue to be exploited by coach Richt for many years to come.
superDawg
December 21st, 2011
9:48 pm
not to mention what coach TG will do to your revered “O”.
superDawg
December 21st, 2011
9:49 pm
reveered
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
9:52 pm
“choke” hasn’t done much against our O yet, superDump. In fact, he really hasn’t done much against anybody’s O yet except the pansies that you play every year.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
9:54 pm
superDumb, do you know anything at all about football? You have NEVER posted anything on these blogs that shows that you have any knowledge whatsoever about the game of football. All you ever post are insults. Even the true dawg fans on here can’t stand you. You are just a typical mutt troll who obviously has no intelligence at all and only know the word class because it contains the letters A S and S, which describes you to a T.
1 4 GT
December 21st, 2011
10:00 pm
@Really? THIS IS VERIFIABLE FACT! On March 23, 1989, the University of Utah announced that two researchers affiliated with the school had achieved cold fusion–Stanley Pons & Martin Fleischmann. Even those reporting success had difficulty reproducing Pons’ & Fleischmann’s results. On April 10, 1989 researchers at Texas A&M University published detection of excess heat & later that day a group at the Georgia Institute of Technology announced neutron production-the strongest replication announced up to that point due to the detection of neutrons & the repudiation of the lab. GIT announced on April 13 a retraction saying their neutron detectors gave positives when exposed to heat. Yes, GT did at first agree with the initial announcement from Utah. After further research, they retracted their 1st announcement. Other places and people were involved too. Does Stanford ring a bell? Do your research Really?!
superDawg
December 21st, 2011
10:27 pm
ss yes I do understand the game and played it for 11 yrs.Insults is what you have earned because of your and many other tekies arrogant attitudes towards anything UGA.I understand that we own you in every sport we play tek in and that is the reason.Look up UGA vs tek in any sport and find one that tek leads a series in.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
10:28 pm
1 4 GT, you should know better than to confuse the mutt trolls with facts, no matter what the topic. I am sure he, when he reads what you posted, will still ignore it and continue with his original mindless drivel.
superDawg
December 21st, 2011
10:31 pm
not to mention if it were’nt UGA tek would not exist.
1 4 GT
December 21st, 2011
10:31 pm
SuperDawg—-how about GT102-86Georgie? I think I’m right basketball sound familiar?
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
10:32 pm
superDumb, how quickly you forget. Remember basketball? Tech owns the mutts in basketball and always has. The series record is 102 – 86.
superDawg
December 21st, 2011
10:32 pm
now that should make you feel intellegent.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
10:33 pm
oh, gee the UGA grads founded Ga Tech argument again. What a joke. I guess since British colonists founded the University (sic) of Georgia, you must bow to the Queen of England every day, huh?
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
10:34 pm
superDumb, I feel more and more intelligent every time I read one of your posts. I’m getting close to the genius level now, thanks to you
1 4 GT
December 21st, 2011
10:34 pm
Supersize—-Yeah, I know. Facts are easy to find nowadays. They must not know how. I said Asians. One of them looked Asian, Pons? but was from Czechoslovakia.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
10:36 pm
1 4 GT, facts are easy for most people to find, if they are of a mind to do so. Mutts however, aren’t interested in facts. Like superDumb, they are only interested in hurling insults, and when they are confronted with facts, they just choose to ignore them. Most of the time, they drop out of the conversation when confronted with facts.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 21st, 2011
10:37 pm
Personally I don’t think it is arrogant at all to say that I am a better man than superDumb. That’s just a fact, another one which he will conveniently choose to ignore.