Staying put: New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael is expected to turn down requests to interview for the same job with both the Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles, The Times-Picayune reports, citing a league source. Although Carmichael is a free agent right now, his intention is to work out a deal to stay in New Orleans, where he has had an excellent working relationship with Sean Payton since the two arrived together in 2006. The full story is here.
Prognosticators: The teams that will travel to New Orleans to play in the Super Bowl on Feb. 3 will be determined on Championship Sunday. NFL.com has a rundown of who their analysts like in this weekend’s games, and the Super Bowl favorites appear to be the San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots. Check out all the picks here.
The truth of the matter: The New York Times columnist Lynn Zinser comments today: “Let’s just go ahead and declare this the national day of lying in sports.” It’s enough that we’re going to be treated tonight to the latest in the Lance Armstrong lie fest—the Oprah talk-show confession—she says, “but then we got Chip Kelly’s pivot from ‘I’m staying at Oregon’ to ‘the Eagles’ money smells so good.’ And those are only the hors d’oeuvres before you hit the all-you-can-eat buffet of lies that is the story of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o’s fabricated dead girlfriend.” Read the full column here.
