They Call Him Ray Ray

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Bob Stoops: Still Wandering into Strange Buildings

...also handles BlackBerry like his defense handled Tebow. (/Deadspin)

OU, still trying to repent for hiring Kelvin Sampson has announced a new internet conduct policy. These will likely become the norm, with Texas offensive linemen reminding us why they're so important. Being the Bill of Rights lover that I am, I can't help but wonder what schools will deem worthy to, "be punishable with education, counseling, suspension or expulsion and with the reduction or cancellation of financial aid." I'm voting for BYU booting a player for changing his religion to muslim or a Clemson running back being kicked from school the week of the South Carolina game for his away message, "BRB, Boo Cocky @ the Chancellor's House!"

They also acknowledged six secondary violations, four involving Mr. Stoops. He, "and two assistants inadvertently visiting a recruit's basketball game that had been rescheduled because of an ice storm." I guess they were moths drawn to the light? and, "Stoops sending an impermissible text to a recruit when he thought he was sending an e-mail from his BlackBerry device." Pete Carroll just twittered , "LOL at Big Game Boob: http://tinyurl.com/cgzpaz Direct messages4life!"

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Freeman, Griffin & Hansbrough: Occam's Razor

Hey look, a magazine with Blake Griffin on the cover! CBS's Mike Freeman has again taken aim at Tyler Hansbrough (although this time, he's letting commenters do the work of playing the race card, but Freeman does highlight the comment). Freeman bemoans that Griffin doesn't get credit for being hardworking and gritty unlike Hansbrough.

"Why aren't we seeing constant replays on television of Griffin diving onto the floor or scrambling for loose balls..."

SportsCenter, the night of the Texas Tech game where Griffin flew over the scorer's table to save the ball, showed the dive no less than 11 times (not an exaggeration) and had analysis of Griffin's effort from at least six analysts (not an exaggeration), including some of their non-basketball analysts Steve Phillips and Mark Schlereth. Everyone was gushing about how hard he plays and rightfully so, but to acknowledge that would take away from the article, so pretend like it never happened, right Mike? When you're hurling accusations, you should probably watch.

As for the issue of the magazine covers, here's the simple explanation: Carolina basketball sells magazines, Oklahoma does not. It's the same reason Notre Dame always has high-rated recruiting classes in football, it's all about capitalism. Has there not been someone that played as hard as Griffin and Hansbrough at a lower level? Why did they not get the coverage? If Griffin was at Duke, he would be on the cover of every magazine Hansbrough was on, and when Hansbrough was on the cover of SI's basketball preview this season, Griffin was on the Big 12 regional coverage. Hansbrough has been on four SI covers and Blake Griffin has been on two. One of Tyler's was when he was selected POY, a cover Griffin will get this season and another was when Carolina went to the Final Four. If Griffin leads the Sooners to the Final Four, there's a good chance he'll get on a cover, thus tying Tyler. Mike, since you deemed this an adult conversation, can we please use facts?

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The Day Harangody's POY Chances Died

Pauly Pavilion has been home to plenty of history in its day, and the latest chapter was written on Saturday. Any chance Luke Harangody had of winning the 2009 Player of the Year disappeared. His numbers are comparable to Blake Griffin's and while his team was struggling, that the performances were equitable and he plays in a tougher conference would have some voters leaning his way. All that changed when the Fighting Irish played at UCLA and "the Goad" was held to five points on two of twelve from the field.

He's just the most recent POY candidate to be held in check to the point of single digits. Arizona State's James Harden was kept to just four points in a loss to USC. Tyler Hansbrough had only eight, when Carolina survived thanks to a buzzer beating 3-pointer by Ty Lawson at Florida State. Only a few of the POY candidates have avoided a single digit game, namely Jodie Meeks and Blake Griffin. With Meeks's team struggling through a three-game losing streak, his field goal percentage and chance at the award are slipping. While the award appears to be getting close to defaulting to Griffin, there's still another candidate that will garner some votes. Stephen Curry.

Stephen Curry was also victimized by a low no scoring night, thanks to Jimmy Patsos, but because his team still won by thirty he should feel no ill effects. With so many of the top candidates having rough patches during the season, Curry will become a fashionable choice. It's like people that claim Paul Giamatti is the country's best actor, not because of anything factual, but because he does independent and artsy films and it makes the person saying it feel superior, as if they are smarter than the average person who just can't appreciate that type of greatness. I love Steph Curry as much as the next guy, but it's a thin line between Kevin Martin and Steph Curry, and that line has a name: Jason Richards. Being paired with Richards (a NBA-caliber point guard) in the back court last season enabled Davidson's incredible run, and without that run Curry's name doesn't even enter the conversation. Curry's an incredible player, but if people were going to give Harangody the lean over Griffin because of conference, Griffin has to be extended the same courtesy.

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Return of Heisman Finalists is Not a Good Thing

That is, unless you are a fan of those three schools. With the news that Colt McCoy, Tim Tebow, and Sam Bradford are returning to school next year, the preseason polls will most likely have these teams as the top three especially since Mark Sanchez is rumored to be entering the draft. Each new college football season is supposed to be a clean slate, a new journey that is "unique" to sports. You think the media coverage of these three, especially Tebow was overblown this year? You haven't seen anything yet. With the ESPN goliath controlling the SEC/Big XII along with CBS showcasing SEC football it is going to be a steady diet of these three quarterbacks and their schools. Think you have sat through superfluous montages of Tim Tebow before? There will be one on ESPN almost everyday of the 2009 college football season. Gameday will be at most of these team's games and at the very least will be discussing the teams all year long.

The only hope we have is for these teams to lose or the players to struggle. I do not feel you should be rooting simply for a player to do poorly but otherwise the scene in New York for the doorstop trophy will be the same as it was this year, just with different voting. Of course we know that even if these teams lose it will not stop them. All three teams lost early in the season but Oklahoma and Florida were there at the end, aided no doubt by the affinity the media has for them. The non-stop coverage will detract from other stories in college football, the other teams and players will get a brief mention during their highlights or a 30 second segment, but the conversation will again turn to the big three. As long as they have similar numbers to this year, they will be Heisman finalists again.

So perhaps the only hope is to have the schools lose multiple times, which eill depend on how improved their conference foes are, because these teams rarely travel to an out of conference game of much value. It looks very much like next year there will be a handful of one-loss teams in the conversation for the BCS title and perhaps one undefeated non-BCS school but we know how they will be treated. The teams that will rise above and get the invitation to the championship bowl game will be the ones with the best reputations, not necessarily the best team. It appears college football has become at best a high school class president election and these three are the coolest kids in school.

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Does not Believing in Tim Tebow Make You an Atheist?

Last night featured the epic matchup of the accurate, Heisman trophy winning, epitome of consistency with quiet confidence and architectural-like precision versus the Superman, Heisman trophy winning, youngest of five children, home schooled, unquestioned greatest leader in college football, who exudes passion, fire, will, power, desire, was born in the Phillipines, lived in an orphanage and a leper colony, fed hungry children, traveled to Croatia and Thailand, has numerous children named after him, unflappable conviction in his faith and makes peoples lives better after meeting them after five minutes.

I was bashed by some friends of the blog when I stated that he'd "lived in a leper colony." They rambled on about Ben-Hur and Boy from Tarzan, but here's a clip of the video tape:

I'm not fond of young Timmy, but I do realize that much of the venom comes from a sever dislike of his coach (as a person). Urban Meyer's the Bill Belicheick of college football. Tremendous coach, but not a tremendous human being. In addition, the media adoration is too much. Only one other player's personal life was mentioned by the broadcast team during the game, and that was revolving around the unfortunate passing of that young man's mother. They had a month to prepare, but it seemed as though they only prepped the Tebow hyperbole instead of focusing on others as well. Other than covering the rehab of "the most electrifying player on the field," very little was said about Percy Harvin. Part of my issue with Tebow, is the long shadow he casts, that his teammates seem unable to emerge from, even when it's due. What Tebow does in the community is wonderful, but so is having the means to do it.

Is not spending time with less fortunate American children just as important as the work he's done? Should not Bob Stoops's team be recognized for participating in a bone marrow drive in Oklahoma with designs on helping a 10-year old girl? An effort that turned out "84 players, coaches, reporters, and athletic department staff members," (ESPN) including QB Sam Bradford. What a tremendous forum the National Championship game could have been to bring to light a serious issue in America, particularly if you're a minority like the young girl, Tallie Anderson. Minorities and individuals of mixed heritage have a very difficult time finding matches and only through increased awareness in these communities will the chances increase. As of a couple weeks ago the widespread campaign in Oklahoma proved fruitful and she was in line for a transplant.

Were it not for Coach Meyer and the media incessant affection for Mr. Tebow, it may be easier to appreciate the tremendous second half he played. He turned into Old (Heisman winner) Tebow for a drive in the third quarter and made some strong runs and completed some quality passes to lead the Gators to their go-ahead score in the 4th and to ice the game. The ever increasing question of whether or not his game translates to the pro level will haunt us all until his time in college is done. Many pundits and former coaches claim that he will be able to make the transition publicly, but I wonder if privately they'd be willing to hitch their wagon to the Tebow train. My gut tells me no. Playing well against a good marginal an Oklahoma defense, he finished with a respectable 231 yards passing. 44 yards came from screens (or RBs behind the line), 29 came from shovel passes, and 44 yards were downfield yards after catch. That leaves just 114 yards of actual downfield passes and had only one throw of longer than 20 yards. He ran their option to perfection, but having two pro players on either side of you against a college defense does make those choices a little easier. There's a place for him in the NFL, but it's not under center as a starting QB.

While Tebow, Harvin, Hernandez and everyone else on the offense not at left tackle played well, but one person that didn't: Cade Holliday. Cade's a 5'11" wide receiver who has totaled the same number of catches and yards for the Gators this season as Cleet, myself, my goldfish and my black lab. But that didn't stop Cade from embarrassing his family on national TV. Following Major Wright's bone crunching hit against Manny Johnson, Holliday's the one in the clean jersey that comes bounding in jumping over top of Johnson. Congrats Cade, you're a jackass. You may be a jackass with a ring, but you're still a jackass.

Congrats to the Gators, they're the Kings of an imperfect world, but even still they get to wear the crown, and the rest of us have to kiss the ring until next year.

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Bowl Season is Put Out of its Misery

It was the ending we all deserved: a poorly played game, with horrible officiating, and the worst television production and broadcasting I have ever seen in a championship game. I knew it was going to be a bad night when I saw the officiating crew, Ron Cherry and the ACC. I watched this crew "operate" all year and the horrible officiating you saw last night was par for the course. The Florida Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 in the title game last night in the BCS title game. The Gators now have 3 titles since '96 and are on their way to becoming the Miami of the 1990s and 2000s. Anyone who watched the game witnessed the full-on fellating of Tim Tebow which was unbearable. More on the game, FOX's debacle they called coverage and the results of our ASD bowl picks after the break.

A rational person cannot tell me that seeing the way the two teams played last night that Utah would not have won versus either if they played like they did in the Sugar Bowl. Also, you don't think USC could handle either of those sqauds? I must throw in at this point that Florida won the game and are champions and they were certainly deserving of being in the game. The problem is not with the Gators, it is with the system. After my brilliant idea of a quad national championship I introduce yesterday, the AP poll refused to comply. In the coaches poll, Kyle Whittingham showed he has balls in addition to the only undefeated team in the land by voting his Utah team number 1.

Oklahoma blew this game on failing to capitalize on mistakes by Florida and Tebow but Florida won the game by making the plays and getting into the endzone. I don't think anyone expected the Oklahoma offense to struggle like it did, even though no one was expecting 60 points which enforces my thought that the offense played a bad game more than the defense was so dominant. The Sooners went with the running game early, which gave them success, but down at the 1 yard line OU ran it 4 straight times and got stuffed. Isn't that a Heisman trophy winner at QB? The game seemed to be taken out of Bradford's hands, and then when Bradford had the ball in his hands at halftime he threw a pass into traffic short of the goal line when his team was out of timeouts. Oklahoma picked off Tim Tebow twice and got a roughing the kicker penalty to extend a drive but did not score on any of those opportunities, and that's your game.

Once again Percy Harvin was the difference maker for Florida. After Tebow could not rush the ball in from the 1, the ball was given to Harvin behind center and he ran it in for the Gators' second touchdown. When OU tied the game at 14 the first play from scrimmage was a hand off to Harvin who ran it 52 yards which set up the go-ahead score. Harvin finished with 171 yards but yet again will not get the accolades his quarterback will. Aaron Hernandez, the athletic UF tight end was another big difference maker as he made two big plays on shovel passes from Tebow. Tebow struggled early, and made some good plays, but this win was one by the Florida defense and the offensive weapons around him, not just one player.

Thom Brennaman cemented his legacy last night after his blowfest of Tebow last night. From now on, anyone who watched that game will associate Thom with his calling of that game. All of the FOX BCS coverage was horrid with last night topping it all. They tried to implement their fast cut-scene coverage that worked so well for baseball, but these are two different animals. Football is not as slow as baseball, cut scenes to the band and cheerleaders after every freaking play is distracting and more than a few times caused them to miss the snap. The lack of replays was inexcusable. It took Thom and Charles Davis about 3 minutes, which was about 2 minutes and 49 seconds longer than everyone in the country to realize it was 3rd down instead of 4th. The Tim Tebow worship was the worst of all though. The one thing these media people that kneel at his altar don't realize, the hate comes from you, you created this monster. If they did not give him credit for a 5 yard run like he just cured cancer, there would not be such a backlash. At this point the large portion of the sports viewing audience just want Tebow to go away. You know, Shawn Bradley went on a religous mission, and so does everyone at BYU. We get it, he is a good guy, he is pious, he does service work, he is a great player. On a final note it was nice to see lord Tim gesticulating like a donkey all over the field while the game was still going on and getting an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty with minutes to go. You stay classy.

Final Results of our bowl picks.

Cleet: 19-15
Catfish: 16-18

My last word on college football this year besides my reinforcement of the quad-champions of Florida, Utah, USC, and Texas is that next year, no matter the records or the situation, Ohio State and Oklahoma play each other in a bowl game.

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Do You Know Who's Picking Your National Championship?

We're on the record supporting a twelve team playoff, but since college football still doesn't have one, we turn our focus to the BCS. Every college football fan understands that the BCS rankings rule the roost, but most couldn't name half of the computer polls that annually can play a tremendous role in the selection of a national championship match-up. All but one of the polls are shrouded in mystery regarding their selection process and more often than not, they produce some questionable results. With the systems being "secret" there exists no checks and balances to ensure proper results. It's with this skeptical eye that we took a look at each of the polls that comprise the BCS and quickly found many glaring flaws. More after the break...

The Harris Interactive Poll is, “[c]omprised of former players, coaches, administrators and current and former members of the media who have committed to submit rankings for the top 25 college football teams each week. These panelists were randomly selected from among more than 300 nominations submitted by the 11 Division I-A Conference offices and the independent schools. The panel has been designed to be a statistically valid representation of all 11 Division I-A Conferences and independent institutions.”

Individual Harris poll voters have found themselves routinely criticized at the the end of the season (the only time votes are made public). This week, a Harris voter, Pat Quinn, was quoted as saying, “I think Alabama and Penn State will probably play for the national championship. They're the only two undefeated teams, aren't they?” Harris Interactive attempted to apply a standard practice that could counter error or bias, but were denied by the conference commissioners (and the Notre Dame AD). The Harris Interactive poll accounts for one-third of the BCS standings. A full list of voters can be found here.

USA Today Coaches Poll – Composed of 61 D-1 coaches, the poll accounts for one-third of the BCS poll. Of the 61 head coaches, eight or 13% of the voting pool will not be coaching their team next year. Tommy Bowden, Joe Glenn, Ty Willingham, Jeff Genyk, Sylvester Croom, Phil Fulmer, Rocky Long, and most recently Hal Mumme have all been fired or resigned. Hal Mumme, no longer the coach at New Mexico State, was the coach that last season voted Hawaii number 1 heading into the bowl season. A point of intrigue with the poll, Oklahoma edged Texas by a mere one point with two first place votes to none for the Longhorns. The two votes for Oklahoma in the top spot appear to be from Mike Leach and Sooners head coach, Bob Stoops EDIT:Stoops had a vote last season, but does not have one this year (HT: CGB). Mack Brown also has a vote, but chose Alabama at the top spot. Had Mack been self-serving, the teams would've been tied in the poll. Of note, Urban Meyer does have a vote, potentially explaining the one top vote the Gators got. A list of voting coaches and a conference breakdown can be found at the end.

The final third of the BCS rankings are composed of six computer rankings, with a team's highest and lowest ranking being thrown out before computing their ranking.The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe. After issues with teams with weak schedules having an advantage, each ranking now has a strength of schedule element.

Anderson & Hester – They boast the last original and unchanged computer ranking used in the BCS. They also claim to have the most accurate strength of schedule and conference strength rankings. The strength of schedule component makes their rankings even more curious. They have Utah ranked at number 2, behind only Alabama. The top two schools have SOS rankings of 56 and 61, while number 3 Texas and 4 Oklahoma have the fifth and seventh ranked schedules. Despite having such a pronounced advantage in strength of schedule, Utah earned the nod solely for being undefeated. Looking at Texas and Oklahoma's schedule, the lone ranked team that Texas faced that Oklahoma did not was Missouri, and they played no team of note in non-conference games. Oklahoma, on the other hand played TCU and Cincinnati. Another flaw appears when looking at the conference rankings. They have the ACC being the top conference, with the Big 12 second, the SEC third, and the Big East fourth. Most glaringly the rankings place the SEC closer to the Big East and the Big Ten than either the Big 12 or the ACC. Another telling sign of the flaws is the ranking of Oklahoma State. They're 9-3, with all of their losses coming to teams that were at one point in the season ranked number one. They find themselves ranked 19 and behind the likes of Georgia Tech and Michigan State who have the same records, but without facing that level of competition. They also find themselves behind Missouri, who has the same record and who OK State defeated in Missouri.

Jeff Sagarin – The computer poll with the most name recognition currently has Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas Tech as the top three. According to Sagarin's poll, three of the top ten teams have not defeated a top ten team this season: Boise State, and the two SEC heavy hitters Alabama and Florida. The top four SOS rankings all come from the ACC: Virginia, Duke, NC State, and Wake Forest. Texas and Oklahoma are the only two top ten teams with SOS rankings in the top 20 (12 and 17, respectively). Consensus number one in the human polls, Alabama's SOS (73) is only three spots higher than TCU's (76). The biggest gripe against Sagarin's rankings this year: FCS top team James Madison is currently ranked 24th.

Richard Billingsley – Billingsley implements a starting ranking for teams, that can impact their rankings similar to the human polls. Billingsley, a self-proclaimed Oklahoma fan, did start the season with the Sooners at a higher ranking than the Longhorns. The only computer other than Anderson & Hester with Alabama at the top spot, followed by Oklahoma and Florida. Texas comes in at four, despite a tougher schedule and their one loss coming on the road to a top team, as opposed to Florida who lost at home to an unranked team. The glaring errors appear in the 9 and 12 spots. Number 9 is Ohio State, one spot above Penn State despite the Nittany Lions win in Columbus. At 12, Billingsley currently has BYU. They're ranked above TCU, who has the same record and destroyed BYU 32-7 in October. He also has conference rankings posted with the Big 12 at number one. Curiously, though he has the SEC at 2 and the ACC all the way down at five, behind both the Big and Pac 10. What's so curious about the ACC's ranking, they have 11 teams ranked in the top 53. Conversely, half of the SEC is ranked 55 or lower. Clearly, this system is heavily biased towards conferences with an elite team. The individual SOS rankings are also cause for concern. He understandably has Baylor at 1 having faced all three of the Big 12 south teams, but 2, 3, and 4 all come from the SEC: Mississippi St, Georgia, and Florida. This is largely because Billingsley gives credit for the opponent's ranking “at the time”. This led to Florida getting credit for beating three top ten teams this season. Their wins over LSU, South Carolina, Hawaii and Georgia all appeared to be more impressive at the time. A ranking like this does not provide an accurate assessment of a team's schedule.

Colley's Matrix – The only open-source computer ranking has Texas ranked number one, followed by Oklahoma and Alabama. Texas's SOS of 4, seems high compared to Oklahoma's 13 which was discussed before. Alabama's SOS of 82 is by far the highest of any top 10 BCS conference school. Colley has the Big 12 as the top conference, followed by the ACC, who barely edged out the SEC. Interestingly, the Pac-10 is far closer to the MAC than to the Mountain West. As a fan, these rankings appear to most closely resemble my sensibilities. It would have Texas in the Big XII championship and assuming victory facing the winner of the SEC championship.

Massey Ratings – Oklahoma, Texas Tech, and Texas serve as the top three, but Utah comes in at four ahead of both Alabama and Florida. Most concerning about this poll is the fluctuation. Teams regularly jump multiple places (up or down) even at this late time. Georgia Tech and Boston College jumped 7 places, Boise St and Utah 3 spots into the top 10, but Florida and Florida State both remained unmoved after their game. Georgia was number 7 until their loss to Georgia Tech. Florida sits at 6 and Georgia at 7 weeks after their game? Sigh, these are the people picking our championship game.

Dr. Peter Wolfe – The Big 12 triumvirate reigns with Oklahoma at the top. Alabama and Utah round out the top 5. With Boise State finishing ahead of Florida. Another poll that seems to have difficulty dealing with undefeated teams, regardless of quality of opponents faced. These rankings have Florida closer to BYU than Texas Tech. OF note, at 16 and 17 Georgia and Georgia Tech with the same record, and Georgia Tech having just defeated Georgia.

Most of the people behind the computer rankings will acknowledge that they're just a piece of the puzzle and not a fail safe solution, but there are far too many glaring weaknesses in the majority of these rankings. They seem to be in the ballpark, but fall well short particularly when trying to gauge undefeated teams. If we assume they're 95% accurate, that's far from acceptable. If a doctor performs surgery and it's 95% successful, it probably wasn't successful. If that seems too extreme, if you go to a drive-thru window and they get your order 95% correct is that acceptable? These computer ranking by and large have major flaws and no other billion dollar business would accept such shoddy work out of people working on the companies golden goose. Again, the only logical move is to a twelve team playoff. Annually, the BCS fails some conference and some team. This year is setting up to be no different.

For more on the computers, this recent article gives background and additional insight.

USA TODAY Coaches Poll voters:
Fired
Tommy Bowden, Clemson
Joe Glenn, Wyoming
Ty Willingham, Washington
Jeff Genyk, Eastern Michigan
Sylvester Croom, Miss. St.
Phil Fulmer, Tennessee
Rocky Long, New Mexico
Hal Mumme, New Mexico St

ACC (6)
Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
Bobby Bowden, FSU
Tommy Bowden, Clemson *
Butch Davis, UNC
Jim Grobe, Wake
Tom O'Brien, NC St

Big 10 (7)
Jim Tressel, Ohio State
Bret Bielema, Wisconsin
Mark Dantonio, Mich. St
Bill Lynch, Indiana
Rich Rodriguez, Michigan
Joe Tiller, Purdue
Ron Zook, Illinois

Big 12 (7)
Art Briles, Baylor
Mack Brown, Texas
Gene Chizik, Iowa St.
Dan Hawkins, Colorado
Mike Leach, Tx Tech
Bo Pelini, Nebraska
Gary Pinkel, Missouri

Big East (4)
Greg Schiano, Rutgers
Randy Edsall, Uconn
Steve Kragthorpe, Louisville
Jim Leavitt, S. Florida

Conf. USA (6)
Neil Callaway, UAB
Todd Graham, Tulsa
George O'Leary, Central Florida
Mike Price, Texas-El Paso
Mark Snyder, Marshall
Bob Toledo, Tulane

MAC (6)
Jeff Genyk, Eastern Michigan*
Turner Gill, Buffalo
Butch Jones, Central Michigan
Doug Martin, Kent State
Shane Montgomery, Miami (Ohio)
Frank Solich, Ohio

Mountain West (4)
Joe Glenn, Wyoming*
Rocky Long, New Mexico*
Gary Patterson, TCU
Kyle Whittingham, Utah


Pac-10 (5)
Mike Bellotti, Oregon
Rick Neuheisel, UCLA
Mike Riley, Oregon St
Jeff Tedford, California
Tyrone Willingham, Washington*

SEC (7)
Steve Spurrier, S. Carolina
Sylvester Croom, Miss. St.*
Phil Fulmer, Tennessee*
Urban Meyer, Florida
Les Miles, LSU
Mark Richt, Georgia
Tommy Tuberville, Auburn

Sun Belt (4)
Mario Cristobal, Florida International
Todd Dodge, North Texas
Howard Schnellenberger, Florida Atlantic
Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee

WAC (4)
Pat Hill, Fresno State
Hal Mumme, New Mexico State*
Chris Petersen, Boise State
Dick Tomey, San Jose State

Independents
Charlie Weis, Notre Dame

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