Major unexpected coaching schwerves tonight while the Doc's beloved Saints were falling victim (twice!) to the most ridiculous rule in sports, the NFL's spot-of-the-foul pass interference travesty, en route to blowing a late lead at Chicago. First, in connection with that game, ESPN Radio in the Windy City reported this afternoon that Syracuse has hired Saints offensive coordinator Doug Marrone, who has the balls to agree to an obviously doomed toss play on 4th-and-1 with the game potentially on the line in the fourth quarter and is not afraid of taking on the hopeless Orange. The tireless Donnie Webb back in New York confirmed later that Marrone is all but a done deal.

Second, and much more potentially bowel-shaking in the college ranks: A television station in Mobile has been told Auburn will name Will Muschamp its head coach sometime Friday. Yes, the same Will Muschamp who, only a year removed from extreme exuberance on the Plains, signed a lucrative deal to succeed Mack Brown at Texas just last month. Apparently, he didn't have any better idea than anyone else that the big chair at his old haunt would open up before the ink was dry on his deal in Austin. But you know how it goes, Longhorns: Just when you think you've got the kid figured out, BOOM!

And, if that's not stunning enough at bedtime, both Tennessee's Rivals site and the Toledo Blade are reporting recently fired Vol offensive coordinator Dave Clawson will be named head coach at Bowling Green on Friday. This is indeed the Clawson whose only season in Knoxville ended with UT ranked 115th nationally in total offense and Phil Fulmer's entire coaching staff getting the axe at one of the lowest points in Volunteer football history. The Falcons were duly impressed.

More on these shocking developments in the a.m.