ATLANTA FALCONS NAME BOBBY PETRINO AS NEW HEAD COACH

Atlanta Falcons new head coach Bobby Petrino (R) talks with Falcons owner Arthur Blank as Petrino was introduced in a press conference at the team's training facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia on January 8, 2007. Petrino was formerly head football coach at University of Louisville, in Kentucky, where he compiled a four-year record of 41-9. (UPI Photo/John Dickerson)

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