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Links At Lunch 1/25/2012: Oklahoma Gets Kish; Recruiting Gets Spiritual

By Kyle Kensing

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Oklahoma announced the hiring of former Arizona linebackers coach-turned-defensive coordinator-turned-interim head coach Tim Kish as its LB coach yesterday. Allen Kenney of

BlatantHomerism.com

asked me to give some thoughts on Kish, which can be read

here

. The

Crimson and Cream Machine

had its own take, specifically that

Kish solidifies Oklahoma’s California recruiting pipeline

(the Sooners already boast San Diego-area wideout Kenny Stills, and will welcome another SD product in Taylor McNamara next season).

Meanwhile Kish’s former home received perhaps the splashiest commitment in its recent history. Trey Griffey is headed to UA to play wide receiver, per The Tucson Citizen‘s Anthony Gimino. The national attention Griffey’s signing brings Rich Rodriguez and Arizona — like that given by Crystal Ball Run — is an important marketing tool for the Wildcats’ recruiting efforts, I wrote over at AZDesertSwarm.com.

More links after the jump.

Rachel George

reports on The

Orlando Sentinel

that Florida head coach

Will Muschamp’s efforts to woo Georgia-based recruit Josh Harvey Clemons include attending church

. Does this conjure images of Nick Nolte dancing through the aisle of Neon Bouedeaux’s place of worship in

Blue Chips

?

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