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The local newspaper here in Boise reports this morning that Chris Peterson is the frontrunner candidate for the head football coaching job at UW and that Doug Nussmeier (Idaho vandaloser) is candidate no.2. Neither the BSU athletic director nor Peterson himself have been available for comment after numerous media requests.
It is common each year at this time for Peterson to be rumored the leading candidate for a job opening at a major school and to my knowledge, the truth of such rumors have been denied by the coach either immediately when publically reported or within a day, as was the case with the USC rumor earlier this week. I'm thinking the silence here in Boise is thus far unusual, but that could be wishful thinking on my part.
I expect something in the form of a denial from Peterson will happen today (if not already)....... or shockingly, we (Huskyfans) may be in for great joy. FYI, Peterson has in the past rejected offers or inquiries from not only USC, but also Stanford, UCLA, and I believe Oregon at one time. Peterson grew up in southern California and has many connections in the state's prep football system through an extended family of coaches. There is one thin reason that might influence Peterson to make a move to the Pac-12, and that is the obvious fact that BSU cannot now nor probably ever expect membership in a better conference than the semi-podunk Mountain West.
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This may be entering into his thinking process.....
Typically in the past he has shot down ideas of coaching somewhere else pretty quick. He could be doing this to bring back some national attention since his team was terrible this year, but I think he is seriously considering it.