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Greg Schiano's kickoff plan has been partially adopted in the NFL Pro Bowl.

(Daniel Wallace/Tampa Bay Times)

It's probably not the tradeoff Greg Schiano was hoping for, but the ex-Rutgers, and now ex-Buccaneers, coach is gone from the NFL while one his ideas will endure.

The NFL has disposed of kickoffs in this year's Pro Bowl. (This was actually announced this summer but news about Pro Bowls actually travels at a Paleolithic Era rate of communication until someone actually notices)

Schiano first made the call to get rid of kickoffs in football in 2011, telling Steve Politi that the sport could be played without them.

The NFL's plan isn't the same as Schiano's, though. In the Pro Bowl, each drive after a score and to start a half will just start at the 25-yard line after a coin flip decides who gets the ball first. Schiano had called for punting situations to replace kickoffs, lowering the amount of high-impact collisions.

"I don’t think we’d lose that much and we’d gain a bunch for the welfare of the players," Schiano said then.

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When he declared for the NFL Draft last month, Brandon Coleman understood how he would have to answer a litany of questions about his performance during a difficult 2013 season.

"Words, no," he said. "Actions on tape and (in) all of the workouts, yes.”

It seems Coleman has to answer more persuasively by the week. One mock draft has him projected as a 4th-round pick, with his stock falling as more junior receivers enter the draft.

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Perhaps lost amid all the Schiano-to-Penn State fervor was this line from Chip Brown's story on the Texas coaching search: "Former Rutgers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano has let it be known he's interested in the Texas job, a source close to Schiano said Tuesday."