Quick reads

As I finish up lunch and wait for the next event to begin at a national track meet, here are some interesting reads I found that might interest you.

* Who has done the worst coaching job in the last decade? According to the Bleacher Report it is clearly Ty Willingham.

* Our Boy, Lane Kiffin, is in the news again. Seems he and the strength coach don't see eye to eye. Good thing for Lane, his AD still thinks he's the right man for the job.

* Pete Carroll is now using Twitter to bolster jersey sales at the USC bookstore.

* Mike Hlas from the Cedar Rapids Gazette presents two sides of the BCS argument. One of them being President Obama.

* Michael Rand of the Minneapolis Star Tribune documents the downfall of Ryan Leaf (how many times do we have to do this?).

* Shaq scores a big scoop by getting an interview with Syracuse quarterback Greg Paulus. Watch an interview of Shaq at Syracuse's Sportscaster U.

The next Tebow

What happened to arrogant, full-of-shit stud quarterbacks? Give me Jeff George, Ryan Leaf or even Dan Marino. But now we get guys like Matt Barkley. He loves God. He loves his family. Hell, he even spent his Christmas holiday at an orphanage. That's so Tim Tebow.

Luckily, Oklahoma still recruits dirtbags. Even if it's not at quarterback.

Apple Cup

As Washington State travels to Seattle to play rival Washington for the 101st Apple Cup it may be hard to find a more pathetic match up during that stretch. Wazzu is 1-10 (thanks to Portland State) and 0-8 in the Pac-10. The Huskies are even worse at 0-10, 0-7 as the miserable Ty Willingham era is close to coming to an end.

It's amazing to see how far these two programs have fallen. Washington won a share of the 1991 National Championship and going to Seattle used to be one of the toughest road games in the nation.

The Cougars can claim Drew Bledsoe and Ryan Leaf as former QBs and recently won 10 games in three consecutive seasons (2001-03).

This is the worst Division I game of the season and maybe ever. Someone will win Saturday, but will anyone really care?

Ryan Leaf sighting

Ryan Leaf, a former Heisman candidate while at Washington State and NFL wash out, found a way to get back in the news today -- even at little ol' NCAA Division II West Texas A&M. It seems Leaf, an assistant football coach and head golf coach, asked one of the Buffaloes players for a pain pill.

Not a good move. Leaf has taken a leave of absence and his future in Canyon, Texas, is uncertain. It has been reported that Leaf is still a millionaire because of past endorsements, but it seems Leaf's life is spiraling out of control again.