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Big 12 Notes – Wyoming Week
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September 14th
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Big 12 Lines: CU opens as a two-touchdown favorite over Wyoming
From DraftKings …
The Big 12 …
Friday, September 19th
- Tulsa at Oklahoma State … 5:30 p.m., MT, ESPN … Oklahoma State is a 13.5-point home favorite …
Saturday, September 20th
- No. 17 Texas Tech at No. 16 Utah … 10:00 a.m., MT, Fox … Utah is a 4.5-point home favorite …
- SMU at TCU … 10:00 a.m., MT, ESPN2 … TCU is a 6.5-point home favorite …
- North Carolina at UCF … 1:30 p.m., MT, Fox … UCF is a 6.5-point home favorite …
- West Virginia at Kansas … 4:00 p.m., MT, FS1 … Kansas is a 13.5-point home favorite …
- Arizona State at Baylor … 5:30 p.m., MT, Fox … Baylor is a 2.5-point home favorite …
- BYU at East Carolina … 5:30 p.m., MT, ESPN2 … BYU is a 6.5-point road favorite …
- Wyoming at Colorado … 8:15 p.m., MT, ESPN … Colorado is a 14.0-point home favorite …
- Idle … Arizona … Kansas State … Houston … Iowa State …
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UCLA & Virginia Tech fire head coaches after 0-3 starts
UCLA … From ESPN … UCLA fired football coach DeShaun Foster on Sunday after a winless start to the season.
Foster, who was in his second year as the Bruins’ coach, went 5-10 during his short tenure and began this season with a 43-10 loss to Utah at home followed by back-to-back losses to Mountain West teams.
“I regret putting Deshaun in that situation where we were going into the Big Ten and even though we were supported from a resource perspective, getting a start so late, really disadvantaged the beginning to his coaching career here,” UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond told reporters.
Tim Skipper, previously the special assistant to Foster, will serve as the Bruins’ interim head coach for the rest of the season, the school said.
“[UCLA chancellor Julio Frenk] trusts me to lead the athletic department. This is a decision I made, I called the chancellor,” Jarmond said. “I’ve been in conversation with him, and I ultimately made this decision, and he supported it.”
After a drubbing at the hands of the Utes in Week 1, the Bruins suffered a 30-23 loss to UNLV in Las Vegas. Looking to bounce back, UCLA welcomed a New Mexico team to the Rose Bowl that was picked to finish 11th in the Mountain West. But following a shocking 35-10 defeat Saturday at the hands of the Lobos, Foster did not mince words about the state of the program.
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Virginia Tech … From ESPN … Virginia Tech has fired coach Brent Pry on Sunday, a day after a 45-26 home loss to Old Dominion in which the Hokies were booed loudly while heading to the locker room for halftime.
Saturday’s loss dropped Virginia Tech to 0-3 on the season and 16-24 through four seasons under Pry. He is set to be owed more than $6 million in his buyout.
“Blacksburg will always hold a special place in our hearts,” Pry said in a statement. “We leave with wonderful memories and lifelong friendships, and we will forever be cheering for the Hokies.”
In a statement, school president Tim Sands said the change was “necessary” due to on-field results described as “not acceptable.”
The hot-seat talk bubbled up around Pry in November last season, and if the Hokies had lost to Virginia to end the season, a change may have been made at that point. But Virginia Tech defeated Virginia, and Pry’s second consecutive 6-6 regular season landed him in a bowl game.
… Continue reading story here …
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