Mike Leach News

Courtesy of Ron Matejko/mvptoday Call former Texas Tech head football coach Mike Leach a lot of things, crazy, nutty, eccentric just don't forget to call him an offensive innovator.

So how much of a roller coaster has this bowl season been? Well, I already have had a four-game losing streak and a five-game winning streak.

If the administration had it in for Mike Leach, fine. He gave them a reason to fire him.

Texas Tech fired Mike Leach on Wednesday after the coach took the school to court to try to overturn his suspension for alleged mistreatment of an injured player.

I've probably been remiss in not publishing an entry allowing for comment on the Mike Leach firing today , especially considering that less than 13 months ago he was a candidate for the head coaching job at UW.

TEXAS TECH/LEACH FIRED Leach gets the ax LUBBOCK, Texas Texas Tech has fired football coach Mike Leach.

Texas Tech coach Mike Leach has been suspended while the school investigates complaints from a player and his family about treatment after an injury.

As the shock waves created by the surprise resignation of Florida Gator head coach Urban Meyer spread throughout the sports community, many are preparing for the parade of announcements - some expected, others not - that will color and initially define what will become the most publicized job search in recent sports history.

Lots to Get To: There's lots to get to this morning , but this will probably be my last DTN DD until this weekend or Monday.

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Steve Kragthorpe has coached his last game at Louisville , sources told ESPN.com. The Cardinals' 34-14 loss to Rutgers ends Kragthorpe's tenure after three disappointing seasons.

The Monday Morning Quarterback boarded a connecting flight in Charlotte on Saturday night with the University of Kentucky losing at Georgia.

LUBBOCK - Contrary to some swirling rumors, Texas Tech coach Mike Leach said he's not available for another job now or any time in the foreseeable future.Reports emerged Friday that Leach or some of his representatives had talked with representatives from Louisville about becoming the Cardinals' coach next season.

There have been quite a few revelations this fall , but there's always the flip side of things that have proved to be major disappointments.

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football : Throwback football -- or, no throwback football A Dash retro cheer -- Rah, rah, rah! Fight, fight, fight! -- for Ball State and Navy , both of which went pre-Dorais-to-Rockne to win Saturday.

Starstruck Bronco Mendenhall is obviously a good coach. It's just that sometimes you wonder if he's all the way, you know, humanoid.

Each Sunday, our bloggers review what happened over the past weekend. What did they learn in Week 6? ACC Wake Forest is the team to beat in the Atlantic Division.

USC and Cal enter Saturday's games as flawed products. The fact that neither UCLA nor Stanford is ranked can be attributed to the usual: voters not paying attention.

Will Jacory Harris and Miami go to 3-0 by beating Virginia Tech? Let's hear your picks, too.

One weekend, rookie cornerback Derek Cox finishes his first defensive series in the NFL by intercepting the Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning in the end zone - and then halts the second series by recovering a fumble.