Hawaii fires athletic director
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Hawaii fired athletic director Herman Frazier on Tuesday after he failed to re-sign football coach June Jones.
In a brief statement, the university said the move was made “in the best interest of the athletics program.”
It came a day after Jones, the winningest coach in team history, accepted a five-year deal worth about $2 million a year to coach at Southern Methodist.
This year’s Louisiana State-Ohio State matchup in the Bowl Championship Series title game couldn’t draw as many television viewers as last season’s Florida-Ohio State game.
The Tigers’ 38-24 win Monday night on Fox earned a 14.4 rating and a 22 share, down 17% from the 17.4/27 in 2007.
USC defensive end Everson Griffen was selected to the Freshman All-America team chosen by the Football Writers Assn. of America.
Griffen had 21 tackles in 13 games, including 5 1/2 sacks.
-- Gary Klein
Michigan Coach Rich Rodriguez filled out most of his staff, bringing in six former Mountaineers coaches and choosing to keep only one of Lloyd Carr’s assistants: Fred Jackson as running backs coach. . . . Running back Ray Rice of Rutgers will give up his final season of eligibility and make himself available for the NFL draft.
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