UCLA Fires Toledo After 7-5 Season Shakeup
UCLA on Monday fired head coach Bob Toledo after a 7-5 season as athletic director Dan Guerrero cited a need to raise the bar and win Pac-10 championships. Interim coach Ed Kezirian will run the team as UCLA schedules the Las Vegas Bowl versus New Mexico while Guerrero searches for a tone-setting successor.
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Baylor to hire Morriss as new football coach
Baylor moved to hire Guy Morriss after his resignation from Kentucky, with an expected introduction at a Wednesday news conference on Baylor’s campus. Morriss, a Texas native, would replace Kevin Steele, whose 9-36 record at Baylor included a 1-31 Big 12 mark. The Kentucky and Baylor ties are noted alongside Morriss’s two seasons guiding the Wildcats and his NFL and college coaching background.
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Solich to Call Plays for Independence Bowl as Interim
Nebraska coach Frank Solich will again call the offense for one game against Mississippi in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport Louisiana. He may not hire an offensive coordinator by December 27 and will work with offensive assistants while defensive coordinator Craig Bohl and two other defenders were fired after a 28-13 loss to Colorado.
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Banks earns AP College Player of the Year honor
Iowa quarterback Brad Banks, who started this season without a college game, is named AP College Player of the Year after receiving 24 votes from 71 voters. He edged USC’s Carson Palmer by three votes as Banks heads to the Orange Bowl to face Palmer.
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Maine linebacker tied to steroids investigation
Orono Maine police found 1000 steroid pills during a traffic stop involving Maine linebacker Stephen Cooper. Cooper admitted the pills were steroids, spokesman Stephen McCausland said. The pills were seized and the case sent to the U S attorney, though no charges have been filed. Federal comment was not provided. Anabolic steroids are illegal without a doctor prescription and banned by the NCAA.
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Big 12 bowls stack in festive Orlando to San Diego run
Sports editor notes Big 12 teams fill holiday bowls from Orlando to San Diego. Texas Tech faces Clemson at 4 30 p m and averages 49 1 points per game while Oklahoma State Texas Tech rivalries and Nebraska Mississippi clash in Houston Shreveport and Boise among others.
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