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I know I don't speak for everyone, but I am thoroughly behind Coach Will Muschamp, aka Coach Boom. He is a joy to watch and I know I am getting his all, he wants to win, and he makes sure his players know that he wants to win just as much if not more than them. But most of all I love the intensity he uses to stick up for his players.

This is approximately as shocking as the "news" that Stephen Garcia was reinstated. (Hat tip: Team Speed Kills.) Go 'Dawgs!

I could've gone all season without the NFL as long as I have college football to watch. It's not formally over yet until the players take a vote on the deal, but the news is getting me excited to finally see Tim Tebow in his second season. Keep up with all the latest lockout fallout at SBNation.com's StoryStream. Also, if you hurry, you can catch Will Muschamp battle Gene Chizik on ESPN's First Take.

Not only did he guarantee a Cocktail Party victory, but he made fun of the idea of marrying a Georgia fan. For the record, Will Muschamp is a University of Georgia graduate whose wife is from Thomaston and whose brother coaches in Atlanta. At the time of their wedding, Coach Muschamp's wife married a Georgia fan; apparently, he thinks Mrs. Muschamp chose her mate poorly. I would tend to agree. I'll tell you what, Will. If we're that bad, you turncoat son of a bitch, how 'bout you don't come up here and recruit, either? Just stay out of the state altogether; I'll be happy to keep the game in Jacksonville just to keep you on your side of the state line. Coach Chump is rapidly working his way up into Pat Dye territory for me. And don't even get me started on people who get married during football season. . . . Go 'Dawgs!

I think this is the new trend when assembling new staffs. Michigan is paying Greg Mattison an exorbitant amount of money, Auburn just won a national championship with an offensive coordinator more famous than their head coach, and assistant coaches' salaries are rising across Division One on the whole.

Of all the things that made Urban Meyer's record at Florida sterling, his track record of keeping players out of trouble was not part of it. Little more than a month onto the job, Will Muschamp now has to face a disciplinary issue of his own. Janoris Jenkins, who turned down an opportunity to be a first round draft pick to return to Florida, was cited by Gainesville police for marijuana possession. It's a second offense for Jenkins, who was arrested for affray and resisting arrest without violence in 2009. The answer, by the way, is FAU. Should Jenkins be suspended a game, he'll miss Florida's opener against FAU. Game 2 is against UAB.

Florida has announced the hiring of Seattle Seahawks DL coach Dan Quinn as the program's defensive coordinator. He previously worked with Will Muschamp when both coached the Miami Dolphins. This once and for all puts to rest the surprisingly persistent rumors of Kirby Smart leaving Alabama to go to Florida, which once again flared up over the weekend. If you just can't get enough of rumormongering about Smart though, beat the rush by going ahead and penciling him in as Georgia's head coach in 2012.

Not something of which I needed reminding this early on a Monday morning. Go 'Dawgs!

With news that Texas Athletic Director Deloss Dodds will likely receive a contract extension in the midst of the turbulence surrounding possible conference realignment, speculation has started anew about the future of Will Muschamp at Texas. The obvious ramification is that the extension will delay Mack Brown's possible move from head coach to athletic director, a move that Texas continues to deny. The next step for football writers looking to find something to talk abut in the off-season is to start speculating about Muschamp becoming impatient and taking another job, speculation fueled in some measure by Brown not only refusing to give a timetable, but seemingly feeling more comfortable in his job than at any other point in his tenure at Texas. So in wades the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Tony Barnhart, one of the most respected college football writers around, teasing that Muschamp "could be available for the 2011 season" and basically laying out the current situation as described above. The point of all this is just that Texas fans needs to be prepared for this type of speculation several times a year until Mack Brown steps down as coach -- it's a fabric of the landscape now. And, hey, that's better than the alternative, which is watching Coach Boom from afar as he leads another team. Oh yeah, and it's also a slow news day in the world of Texas sports (I'mjustasbadastheyareforusingthesameexcuse).