Leach Introduced As New Washington State Coach
Mike Leach, a former coach at Texas Tech, was hired last week to replace Paul Wulff, who was fired after going 9-40 in four seasons at Washington State.
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Mike Leach, a former coach at Texas Tech, was hired last week to replace Paul Wulff, who was fired after going 9-40 in four seasons at Washington State.
J.R. Cadot scored 18 points as TCU overcame a strong performance by Texas Tech freshman Jordan Tolbert to beat the Red Raiders 75-69 on Tuesday.
The Big East has been trying to rebuild as a 12-school football conference since Syracuse and Pittsburgh announced they would be moving to the ACC and West Virginia announced it was leaving for the Big 12.
Kansas State coach Bill Snyder is the runaway pick as the AP's Big 12 coach of the year after leading the Wildcats to a 10-2 finish and an appearance in the Cotton Bowl.
No. 8 Texas A&M, the defending national champion, has made a habit of following Jim Valvano's motto: "Don't ever give up."
Stanford's Andrew Luck is returning to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist, just not as the favorite. That distinction belongs to Baylor's Robert Griffin III.
By landing Oklahoma State and Stanford, two dynamic teams that just happen to be Nos. 3 and 4 in the BCS standings, the Fiesta Bowl got the golden game it needed.
"Selfishly, we're excited to be going to the Dallas/Fort Worth area," Tulsa coach Bill Blankenship said. "I think it gives us an opportunity to engage our fan base and the timing couldn't be better."
Texas A&M hasn't won a bowl since 2001. DeRuyter hopes that streak will end this year, and he indicated he'd be interested in the full-time head coaching job with the Aggies.
The Robert Griffin-led Bears (9-3, 6-3 Big 12) finished the season with five straight wins for their longest streak since 1991. The Bears' nine wins are their most since 1986.
