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When a school president pens a letter to students and fans telling them that, yes, he has heard their complaints and urges them to show public support for the team, that's a sign the season is going really, really bad.

Auburn is off to its worst start since 1952 at 1-6, and has lost all five SEC games it has played. It wouldn't take a genius to figure out that the school is probably hearing a lot of complaints, and it's not hard to imagine most have to do with coach Gene Chizik.

To quell some of those complaints, Auburn president Jay Gogue penned a letter to Auburn fans, and asked them to join a rally at practice for the team.

(UCLAStore.com)UCLA hasn't kept its navy blue jerseys a big secret before it officially unveils them for its "LA Night" game against Stanford on Nov. 24, considering you can buy them now on the team store's site.

The jerseys aren't that big of a departure from the "blackout" jerseys most teams have used the past few years. The Bruins took the light "true blue" color from its home jersey and turned it navy blue. GoJoeBruin says that UCLA hasn't worn a dark jersey like this ever before during a game. The jersey design itself is not groundbreaking or anything, but it's a pretty good look.

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Junior defensive end Kelvin Cain left the Miami (Fla.) football team. That in itself is a bit unusual but not the sign of a crumbling program. Cain was a backup and had just 11 tackles this year.

But the Palm Beach Post connects some other dots and wonders if this is an epidemic surrounding Al Golden's team.

(Bob McCool/Lock Haven athletics)

Heartbreaking might not be a good enough word to describe Lock Haven's loss last week. The English language might not have anything that can sum up how crushing it was.

Lock Haven had lost 49 straight times, a NCAA Division II record, as it went into a game against Clarion. The Bald Eagles players couldn't remember the last time they won a game, considering it was at the end of the 2007 season and they were still in high school, but the program's last victory came against Clarion. Lock Haven fell behind by 10 points last Saturday before an unlikely comeback. The Bald Eagles scored late in the third quarter, and then again with 1:26 remaining in the game as Jesse Hoover caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Jarrett Kratzer to take a 28-24 lead.

This was going to finally be it, the end of the streak. And then it wasn't.

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Once the video of Wyoming coach Dave Christensen cussing out Air Force coach Troy Calhoun and taking shots at his military service gained traction on the Internet, the school had to react.

So on Monday, Wyoming suspended Christensen for one game and fined him $50,000 for his actions.

It's tough to know where to start with this whopper: Mack Brown, according to Orangebloods.com, said the Longhorn Network is negatively affecting the Longhorns.

Yes, the same Longhorn Network that was to provide such a recruiting advantage that the use of high school highlights on the network had to be banned after conference rivals revolted. The same LHN that gives Texas $15 million per year to pump into its athletic budget. The same network that is such an edge for Texas, it almost tore the Big 12 apart.

This network, Mack Brown insists, is suddenly bad for Texas.

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It's not an easy time for many SEC coaches.

John L. Smith is on borrowed time at Arkansas. Auburn's Gene Chizik is on the hot seat. Georgia is 6-1 and still Mark Richt hears criticism.

Then there's Tennessee coach Derek Dooley, who had to shoot down a report that he offered his resignation last year.

Mr. SEC, a popular blog (its Twitter account has more than 32,000 followers), cited three anonymous sources saying Dooley offered to resign if he was given his $5 million buyout after last season's loss to Kentucky.

(US Presswire)Auburn coach Gene Chizik's mother passed away early this morning, university officials confirmed.

Rita Chizik was 86 years old, the Birmingham News said.

This has not been an easy season for Chizik, but what has happened on the field doesn't compare to the sorrow of losing his mother. Chizik has handled Auburn's 1-6 start and constant questions about his future as well as could be expected, and our thoughts go out to him and his family as he deals with this bit of sad personal news.

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