AP Photo
Smith, a 63-year-old football lifer, was racked by indecision and stress. Could he really leave his alma mater before coaching a single game? How bad would the backlash be in Odgen? How dicey would the situation be in Fayetteville?
When his wife, Diana, broke into tears, Smith's choice was clear.
"You've worked your entire life to maybe one day have an opportunity to coach a team with a chance to win a title," she told her husband. "Realize where you are in your career. You're not going to get another chance.
"This is what you're going to do: You're going to take that job."
So he did. In a surreal twist to Smith's career path, he went from the obscurity of Odgen and an FCS program to the caldron of the SEC and a national top-10...
John L. Smith, the head coach Long hired after he fired Bobby Petrino in April amid a salacious scandal, could find no words to describe the loss to Alabama or to console his team. Tyler Wilson, the all-everything quarterback... more »
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame is trying to turn up the volume in the “House that Rockne Built,” put some fight back in the Irish fans and make South Bend a tough place to play again. The university that prides itself on... more »
Florida State needs to beat Clemson. For Bobby Bowden, for the ACC, for college football, for its own peace of mind. Yes, Florida State needs to beat Clemson. College football tends to get all teary-eyed about... more »
LOS ANGELES -- He came to Los Angeles as a kind of reinvention of himself, a one-time whiz kid who in early middle age found himself having been fired as a head coach by not one but two NFL teams. After his second firing, he... more »
USC's defense can't always get off the field in a hurry, but Lane Kiffin can. When asked about a player's participation in practice three days before USC plays Cal on Saturday, Kiffin adjourned his Wednesday press gathering in... more »
Email
Print
Share