Message board UK fans were dead-set on Petrino when the job came open. Then we hired Stoops and everyone seems elated. Then word came from one of our media members that something negative (and I assume, unexpected) was present in Petrino's background check. What that was, he didn't say. Interesting twist if true.
Many were fully expecting Auburn to go after Petrino since they previously tried to lure him while he was at Louisville. For a while everyone thought SEC West programs wouldn't be able to hire him from Arkansas' non-compete, but that was later refuted. Maybe the background check is why they passed on him to get Malzahn.