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Even without their star quarterback, the Oregon Ducks ended Southern California’s seven-year reign as the Pac-10’s preseason favorite. A year after breaking USC’s seven-year stranglehold on the Pac-10, coach Chip Kelly’s defending champions were picked to win it again in the preseason media poll Thursday.
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Lane Kiffin thinks the Tennessee Titans’ lawsuit against him and the University of Southern California is more about geography than coaching etiquette. Kiffin claimed he wasn’t allowed to say much Thursday at the Pac-10 media day about the suit facing Kiffin and the Trojans, who angered Titans coach Jeff Fisher by abruptly hiring running backs coach Kennedy Pola last weekend.
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Boise State University President Bob Kustra says his remarks about a bitter football rivalry with the University of Idaho, in which he called Vandal culture “nasty” and “inebriated,” came out harsher than he intended. But Kustra is defending his stance that there’s no reason for the Broncos to continue traveling to northern Idaho to play the Vandals on their home turf in…
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Mack Brown thinks defenses are starting to catch up to the spread offense. He’s noticed how much his defense has struggled against powerful, traditional running teams in bowl games. And with a young quarterback replacing Colt McCoy, the Longhorns probably shouldn’t throw as much as they have been anyway.
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Despite the loss of more than 30 seniors from a 2009 squad that posted an 11-2 mark and won the Gulf South Conference title, the University of North Alabama was selected as the favorite to claim the league championship once again. It is the first time since 2006 that the Lions have been picked to finish in first place of the GSC Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
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Iowa State defensive back David Sims has been charged with unauthorized use of a credit card. The aggravated misdemeanor charge was filed Tuesday by the Story County Attorney’s Office. Sims is due in court Aug. 2. Cyclones coach Paul Rhoads issued a statement saying Sims will face disciplinary action internally.
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