Roundup: Rich Rodriguez is Arizona's New Coach, TCU Kicker Kicks in Door & the UC Davis Pepper Spray Video From Four Angles
By Jason McIntyre
The Arizona Wildcats hired Rich Rodriguez to be its new coach. More later. [Republic]
Michigan shot 54 percent and a variety of defenses confused Memphis and the Wolverines rolled, 73-61 in Maui. [Commercial Appeal]
Lax discipline from Joe Paterno? I’m shocked. [Journal]
TCU kicker “faces a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespassing after he kicked in an apartment door while trying to retrieve a cell phone for a friend of a friend.” [Star Telegram]
BYU-to-the-Big East is on hold. [Salt Lake Trib]
Kansas 67, Georgetown 63, on the strength of 20-12 from Thomas Robinson. [KC Star]
Doesn’t it just make sense to shut down Adrian Peterson for the season and get a higher draft pick? [Star Trib]
J’Covan Brown’s dumb technical cost Texas a huge lead. The Longhorns lost to the Wolfpack. [Statesman]
The return of Kevin Smith to the Lions is an uplifting story. Unless he beat you in fantasy last week, then, screw him. [Detroit News]
It’s not 6 degrees of separation – it’s 4.74. [Times]
Pete Abraham explains his MVP ballot. [Globe]
Pretty neat read on what cornerbacks who have defended Justin Blackmon are saying about Justin Blackmon. [Grantland]
What are auditions like for the Magic/Larry Broadway play? [WSJ]
Naturally: Sidney Crosby returns, scores two goal, and the Penguins beat one of the league’s worst teams, 5-0. Enter column about the Penguins and the Stanley Cup. [Post-Gazette]
Someone was so obsessed with the UC Davis pepper spray video, they looked at it from four different angles. [via Waxy]
Here’s the Baylor band doing a flash mob at halftime of its game against Oklahoma Saturday. [via]
The Sandusky stuff early is kind of creepy.
I guess this Russian news anchor isn’t a fan of Obama? [via Bob’s Blitz]