Perdue pining for UGA president position after office?

President Sonny Perdue. It’s got a nice and rather frightening ring to it, doesn’t it?

A recent Insider Advantage piece that says the governor’s rumored to be lining up a post-office position as president of the University of Georgia caught the eyes of those rapscallions at the Marietta Daily Journal on Monday.

As the storyline goes, Perdue — who is joined at the hip with UGA President Michael Adams — would consider being named by the Board of Regents as president of the University of Georgia at the end of his term. In exchange for the creation of an open seat via the resignation of Adams, Adams would then be in strong consideration to become the system’s new chancellor. Sound crazy? Well ... so did borrowing $21 million in the middle of a world financial meltdown. But Perdue pulled that one off didn’t he?

A commenter at the AJC’s Political Insider column speculates that the recent Board of Regents appointment of Larry Walker, a former House Majority Leader and Georgia Department of Transportation board member, by his pal Perdue could help the governor transition from one mansion to another.

Perdue’s a UGA alum and would probably be delighted to be one of the few university graduates lucky enough to find a job in the Classic City after throwing his cap in the air. Even if it’s about 40 years after the fact. (Seriously: every Bulldog wants to stay in Athens, but there just aren’t enough jobs.)