“The Blind Side” Shows High Expectations Of The SEC

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I was talking to a friend last night about the latest trailer for “The Blind Side.”  As most of you know by now the movie covers the rags-to-riches story of former Ole Miss left tackle Michael Oher.

Since the movie covers his recruitment to Oxford, the filmmakers hired a number of actual coaches to portray themselves in cameo roles.

As I ran through the list of coaches in the film for my buddy I realized something.  Everybody has moved around since 2005.

Get this list of coaches who were chasing Oher the spring and appear in the film:

Lou Holtz — South Carolina (now starring as the goofy “Dr. Lou” on ESPN)

Phillip Fulmer — Tennessee (ousted last year and currently out of coaching)

Tommy Tuberville — Auburn (ousted last year and currently out of coaching)

Ed Orgeron — Ole Miss (ousted after 2007 and currently the assistant head coach at Tennessee)

Nick Saban — LSU (left LSU for the NFL and has now come back to Alabama)

Houston Nutt — Arkansas (driven out of Arkansas after 2007, he’s now at Ole Miss)

Not one of the coaches in the film holds the same job he had less than five years ago.

That’s a pretty good reflection of some pretty high fan expectations in the Southeastern Conference.