Sorry, that just gives Petrino far too much credit as some sort of haljordan-level troll. The man is running an NFL team - which I can only imagine required more hours than he spent in the office here (legendary) - and he somehow has time to call old players to "shoot the shit" and make some derogatory comments in passing? When did he do this? At 3AM after knocking back a few bottles? Some kind of drunk dial?
Like I said, if Valvano hadn't added the "BEGINNING of the season" part, I would buy it. If there was something for Petrino to gain, such as planting the bug in their ear so he could get them to come to Arkansas, it's 100% believable. But to do it back in August when it is completely unlikely he was jockeying for another college job just makes no sense.
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