Bill O’Brien’s contract with the University of Alabama expires at the end of this month, and has yet to be renewed. Upon hiring, it was speculated that O’Brien would serve the standard two years in Nick Saban’s Second Chance Home for Wayward an Dissolute Coaches, then jump back to head coaching ranks, either with a major college program or with the NFL. It is the latter that has always held the most interest for BoB, and even when Penn State recruited him off the Pats staff, it was feared he would leap back to the Shield given the first opportunity.