During Raw this past Monday, Jerry “The King” Lawler announced that former NFL head coach Jon Gruden was in attendance in Tampa, FL.

Gruden is currently a color analyst for ESPN on Monday Night Football, and also does the occasional college football game.  An interesting note, the BCS Championship game between Notre Dame and Alabama, in Miami, was going on the same time as Raw.

The USA Today picked up on this, and wrote this on their website:

Jon Gruden could smell what The Rock was cooking.

Rather than stay at home watching a handful of future NFL prospects play in the BCS National Championship game between Alabama and Notre Dame, the “Monday Night Football” analyst and NFL head coaching candidate headed down to the Tampa Bay Times Forum to check out The Rock, John Cena and a bunch of other pro wrestlers at “WWE Raw” Monday night.