Wisconsin made Paul Chryst’s homecoming official on Wednesday, announcing he is the Badgers’ new head coach.
Reports in the past week indicated Chryst, who had served as head coach at Pitt, would return to Madison. Wednesday was the earliest Wisconsin could hire Chryst because of university policies.
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Will Muschamp, who was fired as Florida’s coach last month, will remain in the SEC as Auburn’s new defensive coordinator.
"He’s one of the best in the business, if not the best in the business," Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said of Muschamp at Saturday’s introductory news conference.
Muschamp’s last official day at Florida was Nov. 29, when he coached the Gators in their loss to Florida State, which means he spent less than two weeks out of work. Numerous reports indicate his salary will be $1.6 million, meaning he will be the highest-paid assistant in college football. He reportedly also was a candidate for the Houston head-coaching job.
"We’ve been pretty good where we’ve been, but we’ve also had a bunch of good players," Muschamp said Saturday of the defenses he has coordinated.
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Florida is seeking a fresh trainer, and rumors are wild — so wild that school officials released a statement Monday morning saying no one was offered the occupation.
Statement from UAA (1 of 2): We will not have any opinion to the recent multiple reports other than to say that we’ve made no occupation offers to
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Maryland star wide receiver Stefon Diggs continues to be suspended in the Terrapins’ next match, Nov. 15 against Michigan State, for his activities before last Saturday’s triumph over Penn State.
The Big Ten announced the suspension Monday day, saying Diggs broken the Big Ten’s sportsmanship policy.
Various media reports said Diggs touched an official in the face in a fracas ahead of the match. But Diggs had not been ejected and led Maryland with six receptions for 53 yards, and he also returned kicks and punts.
In addition to suspending Diggs, the league issued a public reprimand of Maryland coach Randy Edsall, saying Edsall neglected to command his team prior to the match, when Terps players started a confrontation with Penn State players. The league said, "Officials did a great job of including the situation once it began, and luckily the incident didn’t escalate any additional."
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Beleaguered Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon apparently will step down Friday day.
The school has scheduled at 1:30 p.m. ET news conference, and various media reports have Brandon stepping down.
Brandon, 62, has become the ADVERTISEMENT since 2010. He’s a Michigan alum and was the chairman of the board of Domino’s Pizza when he was hired by Michigan.
He hired Brady Hoke as football coach, and Hoke undoubtedly is to the hot seat. The time of Brandon’s resignation could throw the anticipated Michigan training investigation into chaos, as it will be hard to engage a fresh trainer without that trainer understanding who his supervisor will be.
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NFL Media’s Albert Breer reports, per a source briefed on the situation, that the NFL will begin testing for human growth hormone on Monday.
The league and the NFL Players Association announced an agreement on a new drug policy on Sept. 19 that included HGH testing for the first time ever.
It also stated that any positive test violations of both substances of abuse and performance enhancing drug policies — which includes HGH — will be handled by an independent arbitrator.
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The Bucs could have consumed a blow to their greatest player.
All-Pro defensive tackle Gerald McCoy suffered a hand injury and certainly will miss the remaining match from the Rams. NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reports it could be a break, per sources that have discussed to the player. McCoy is waiting on X rays to verify the harm.
With McCoy outside, Akeem Spence and Da’Quan Bowers saw increased snaps.
It Is uncertain if McCoy could manage to play in the weeks to come if it’s definitely a break.
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Iowa star offensive tackle Brandon Scherff began Saturday’s match against Iowa State.
It was reported previously in the week that Scherff had had minor surgery and that he told an Iowa TV station he would not play again until the last weekend in September.
ESPN sideline reporter Todd McShay said throughout the match’s telecast that he was told with a source that Scherff’s medical procedure was Monday and that Scherff was back at training on Tuesday.
On the Big Ten teleconference Tuesday, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz would say only, "Brandon injured his knee Saturday. Besides that, do not have much to tell you."
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