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My guess is Bobby Petrino. He has ties to both the state and the conference, and we all know Kentucky doesn't shy away from controversial hires.

This would be a way for Petrino to remain in a high profile conference, with a chance to enliven a moribund football program, but also do it with relatively little pressure. It also gives UK a big name coach with a track record for big turnarounds like this.

A show cause doesn't mean he's banned from coaching for 5 years. A school can hire him. But if they do during the 5 years both him and the school have to jump through multiple NCAA hoops with the Committee for Infractions and the school could be penalized for hiring him as he would take his sanctions with him to the new school (suspended games, bowl ban, etc.)

Tressel to Kentucky sounds like just a rumor. With Joke Phillips more than likely on his way out, I wouldn't be surprised to hear several people rumored for the job. 

Tenn, I realize a show cause doesn't mean he's banned from coaching, but it seems unlikely he would return to coaching college football so soon.  I suppose a school that is desperate for a good coach might be willing to jump through the hoops.

Auburn?

Bass - I just put that info out because many are under the impression that it means he cannot be hired during his show-cause. I wasn't so much directing it at you, but at the OP which said he had thought he had a "5 year ban".

I actually think UK would be a great fit for him.  He could recruit good talent for defense to UK and they may actually enjoy some real success.  They have never attracted great defensive players.  In one of their "good" years Florida still hung 63 up on them.  He could actually make Kentucky compete in that conference.  They wouldn't win the whole thing or anything, but I bet they'd get more than 1 or 2 conference wins per year.

I would be stunned, if and when Tressel decides to coach again, to see him interested in a job at a school that clearly treats football as a second class citizen. This is a guy who, whether you like it or not (and I do), is one of the greatest winners in college football over the past 25 years. Guys with multiple national titles, and who once had tremendous success at one of the top 5 programs in college football history, typically do not start over at a place like UK. Kentucky is, IMO, a stepping stone job for young up and comers. If you can win there the big boys will be fighting over you. Tressel has nothing to prove. If a major job opens up and he makes it known that he would be interested I'm sure he would immediately go to the top of the Potential candidate list... assuming the Show Cause has expired or is close to expiring.

Kent State's coach, ex-OSU guy, will be a catch.

I'm assuming by the downvotes that no one got Buckpocolypse's "It's Always Sunny in Philadephia" reference...

He's definitely not calling Tressel a "full on rapist"...

I am a uk fan as well as the bucks and the rumors are petrino would be the first choice but some have mentioned tress as well.                                                                              @squirrelmaster that is not true. They have boosters that pay for a lot of the recruiting. In fact a reporter asked joker about that at this weeks presser and he said the coaches have never had to worry about money for recruiting.

No offense to Kentucky, but the only way I see Petrino going there is if Auburn or Tennessee or some other bigger program doesn't come calling. 

And as a Browns fan, nothing against Tressel, but I don't really want him as the head coach in Cleveland. I would much rather them go after Gruden. 

Been in Lexington 10 yrs now.
This is the states university. It's a college town in a state with no professional sports. People here still support football, but the university spends no money on the program. The last 2 major projects were the Craft center for the basketball players to have private practice facilities. They recently built the new Wildcat (COAL) Lodge for the basketball team. Wonder where the extra money for that came from.........?
Recruiting football here is brutal as well. Little in state talent. Then have too compete against the other SEC schools who know it's a basketball school first. They end up with a bunch of 2*3* recruits from Georgia and Ohio.
I would love to see Tressel at UK so anytime I went to a game I could rock my OSU gear. I just don't see it happening tho IMO. There are to many draw backs to building a consistent winning progam. Unless Tress thinks the Music City Bowl is Ok every year. The fan base is fine with any bowl game.

Squirrel Master wrote, "Don't piss in my coffee and tell me it adds flavor!"

What if I add swiss miss powdered cocoa to your coffee and call it a mocha?

Or, what if I add Country Time Lemonade to your Busch Light and call it hefeweizen?  

Bobby P. wont go to Kentucky. If anything he is sitting around waiting for Gene Chizik to be fired so he can take the reigns at Auburn.

I live here in Lexington, KY.  This football team is in shambles....While Joker Phillip's days are numbered, I can't imagine any scenario involving Tressel here.  This team is beyond rebuilding, as they've experimented with four quarterbacks this season, get pushed aside for UK Basketball, have very few in-state recruits who are above 3-star potential, and have a horribly difficult schedule.  Heck, the athletic department spent more on the basketball Midnight Madness than they did on football recruiting.

Edit:  @Bucktuckian.  Didn't read your post till I sent mine.  Yeah, I pretty much said the same thing as you regarding the state of KY football.

If this happens, I will be forced to burn all of my sweater vest tees and urinate on the ashes. If this happens I will drive from Arizona to Ohio and prevent this traveshamockery from ever occurring, by latching on to JT's leg and forcing him into an alternate universe machine that I'm now charged with creating for this event. I'd be doing this for the good of JT. I don't want him to burst into flames when John crapilari shakes his hand. 

Thanks Unky Buck. I can't see votes but it sounds bad. With all the solid tv references in another thread I thought more people may have got it.

Honestly, Rich Brooks did have the program in the best shape it's been in in my lifetime.  Kentucky is always in the conversation for kids from Highlands .  If Brooks would of still been the coach and the program were still in good shape I'd bet that Collinsworth's kid would of ended up in Lexington.  Also, with a solid coach they would probaby land players like Timmons in state.  Good at football or not, people in Kentucky like UK so much that if a kid is a decent prospect and lives in KY, USUALLY UK is on their list at least.  Especially, if they go to school outside of Louisville.