Chiefs' Vrabel retires, takes Ohio State asst. job...

[madinmaryland]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Former All-Pro outside linebacker Mike Vrabel believes his 14 years in the NFL will help him as an assistant coach at his alma mater.

After several days of speculation, Vrabel officially retired from the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday and also announced he was returning to Ohio State as a linebackers coach. He'll take the spot vacated by his former roommate and teammate, Luke Fickell, who was elevated to head coach after Jim Tressel was forced to resign on May 30.

Vrabel believes his playing days relate and translate to his new job. But that doesn't mean he'll often be sporting the three Super Bowl rings he won with the New England Patriots.

"I haven't worn them since the day I got them," he said at a news conference on Monday morning in the Buckeyes' practice facility. "Once you win them, you don't really have to wear them. People know that you won the Super Bowl and you helped contribute to a championship team. I don't anticipate, you know, putting three rings on and going out on a recruiting trip."

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/07/11/vrabel-ohio-state.ap/index.html#ixzz1RqWC7NHb

This should get some people all twisted up about their loyalties!

:D

[bluedigger]

1. Good luck to him!

Seems like a perfect transition. I'm still never rooting for the Buckeyes.

[joeybee12]

2. Whatever happened to that charge of him stealing beers? nt