Early introduction to big stage could usher in Gilbert greatness

Garrett Gilbert has the humble thing down. Five plays into the BCS title game, coaches called his number to replace the injured Colt McCoy. The backup freshman quarterback, who had all of 26 college passes to his name, couldn’t find his helmet. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound Gilbert is taller and has a stronger arm than predecessor [...]

Oops: Saban calls rival ‘the University of Auburn’

So much for Alabama coach Nick Saban’s attempt at praising Auburn. Saban accepted a trophy for winning the Iron Bowl during halftime of Saturday’s Alabama-Auburn basketball game. After thanking the fans at Coleman Coliseum, the football coach expressed his respect for “the University of Auburn.” The school’s name is Auburn University. Some Tide fans in [...]

Southern Cal hires longtime Fresno State assistant Baxter

Longtime Fresno State assistant coach John Baxter is leaving the Bulldogs to become Lane Kiffins associate head coach and special teams coordinator at Southern California. Kiffin announced the latest addition to his coaching staff Thursday. Baxter spent the last 13 seasons as Pat Hills right-hand man at Fresno State, coaching the Bulldogs perennially outstanding special-teams [...]

Morriss backs team building exercise

Campus police say a college football coach in Texas is backing players who removed every campus newspaper because they contained an article about teammates getting arrested on drug charges. Former Kentucky and Baylor head man Guy Morriss is the coach at Texas AM-Commerce, where an incident report filed by university police says he told officers [...]

Coach proud of players accused of newspaper theft

A college football coach in Texas is backing players accused of removing every copy of a student newspaper from racks around campus because of a front-page article about teammates being arrested on drug charges, according to a police report. The incident happened at Division II Texas AM-Commerce. The coach is Guy Morriss, who also coached [...]