Oregonian: Oregon announced that incoming athletic director and outgoing head coach Mike Bellotti will serve as an assistant coach during spring practices. Bellotti, who will begin his new administrative role in the athletic department on July 1, will serve as quarterbacks coach during the Ducks' 15 practices.
Bob Condotta, Seattle Times: Steve Sarkisian promises that every second of Washington's 15 spring workouts will be open to the public.
"I want our kids used to performing in front of people. Because the
last thing I want is for us to be enclosed and it's quiet and we are
just out there with ourselves. And then we show up to play LSU and
there are 73,000 people here and our kids are looking up in the stands
like, 'Oh my gosh, they are here to watch me, to watch us.' And now
they are worried about the people in the stands watching instead of
what's important, and that's the game."
Brian Christopherson, Lincoln Journal Star: Bo Pelini got a 68% bump in pay that makes him the highest-paid coach in Nebraska history. His annual sum of $1.851 million appears to rank seventh in the Big 12, slightly more than the salary of Kansas State's Bill Snyder.
Cliff Kirkpatrick, Corvallis Gazette-Times: Oregon State senior running back Jeremy Francis has left the team. Francis missed the winter term to go home to Winter Park, Fla., so he could help his mother recover from heart surgery.
Tony Barnhart, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A bunch of Southeastern Conference teams held scrimmages last weekend, and here are five things to ponder.
Mike McCall, Miami Herald: Florida has been running plays from the I-formation, with Tim Tebow under center, but Urban Meyer says it's not going very well. ''That I-package, I'm not sure how long that will be sticking around here,'' he said.