When Chip Kelly's father died late last year, a contingent of high-ranking Oregon Ducks officials broke from business and attended the funeral in Maine.
The Ducks hadn't yet offered the football head coach position to Willie Taggart. The search that was initially headquartered in Dallas had moved to New York for phase two, but when it came time to pay respects to the late Paul Kelly, Oregon's braintrust diverted to that funeral and speculation ramped up.
I thought about that today as rumors grew surrounding a possible return to college football for Chip Kelly. Tennessee?