If the average college football fan knows Addazio at all, it's as the architect of an inept offense at Florida -- a place where playmakers grow on palm trees. Addazio's post-Tebow offense at Florida did falter in 2010, but a man's entire career shouldn't be judged by three lousy months. So maybe it's for the best that Temple athletic director Bill Bradshaw doesn't write on the Internet for a living, because his technique of evaluating the totality of Addazio's achievements before deciding to hire him for the Owls' head-coaching vacancy wouldn't generate many clicks. It will, however, generate more wins.

Addazio, a Farmington, Conn., native who has recruited the northeast his entire career, refuses to believe that Philadelphia won't support a hometown college football team. He points to the love affair with college basketball to defy the myth that the City of Brotherly Love only boos its professional teams. The difference between the North and the South, Addazio said, is that Southern fans will pack a stadium even if they aren't pleased with the results. "In the Northeast, that's kind of the way it is. ... The ebb and flow goes with the quality of the team on the field," Addazio said. "They might be pissed off down at The Swamp, but they're still going to fill The Swamp."

"As the offensive coordinator, whether it's right or wrong, I'm going to shoulder that," Addazio said. "I always felt that was my job to do that. You got paid well. I wasn't going to [a less friendly word for complain] or complain. That wasn't where I was at. I had a love for that university and for my players. ... I gave everything I had to that place in every capacity. I was a vital part of two national championships. I was there for the head coach when he needed me and for the university when they needed me."