Marcus Lattimore hasn't been shy about talking about his desire to win the Heisman this season.

During SEC media days last month, the sophomore running back from South Carolina stated plainly that after rushing for 1,197 yards and 19 touchdowns a year ago, he knew he needed to do more to get to New York.

"Get more yards than I had last year," Lattimore said. "Get more touchdowns. I want to win the Heisman."

However, since his initial comments about the bronze statue in July, Lattimore hasn't shut up about it and now coach Steve Spurrier wants him to stop.

In all fairness to Lattimore, the media has continued to ask about it especially after BoDog gave him 7-to-1 odds to win.

"We don't talk about individual awards," Spurrier said. "That'd be like me coming up to you guys and being like, 'Man, I want to win national coach of the year this year.' Coaches don't talk about that. Players don't talk about individual awards. What's happened is people keep asking him about it and there's

No one can accuse Mike Gundy of not taking the Bedlam rivalry seriously.

A contractor is suing Gundy, Oklahoma State's head coach, and his wife Kristen, claiming the couple fired him for wearing an Oklahoma shirt to their house. Brent Loveland, a trim specialist who was hired to do work on the Gundy's new house in Stillwater, showed up to his first day of work in an Oklahoma baseball T-shirt.

The suit states that Mike Gundy and Loveland verbally agreed in February that Loveland would perform trim installation at an overall payment of $80,600. The alleged confrontation occurred on what would have been Loveland's first day on the job.

According to the suit, Gundy approached Loveland and said, "How dare you come into my house and offend my wife?" The suit states that when Loveland asked what Gundy was referring to, the coach replied by saying, "That (expletive deleted) shirt you have on."

Loveland claims that he dressed in the dark that morning and was unaware that his shirt had an OU

For the past 24 hours -- and really the past couple weeks -- Texas A&M has been the subject of Internet rumors regarding a possible move to the SEC.

Well, this morning, Florida State is taking a turn on the rumor mill as well.

According to the Palm Beach Post, which cites a source, Florida State and the SEC have been in discussions for months and would join A&M to move the league to 14 teams.

Rumors have been spreading that the SEC is poised to expand, first to 14 teams and then to 16, and the Seminoles and Texas A&M of the Big 12 could be the first two to jump.

"This is real," said a source close to FSU.

Other schools being mentioned as possible SEC candidates: Clemson, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

At least Tom D'Angelo claims to have a source. A lot of the A&M-to-SEC rumors have been based on innuendo and Twitter fodder. One of the few places that did cite an unnamed source was AggieYell.com, but it's important to note that two months ago the same site said a deal

The least you should know about the 2011 Tigers. Part of SEC Week.

• The Illusionist. Call him crazy, call him lucky, call him time sensitive, but you can't deny that coach Les Miles finds ways to win, even if they are unconventional. In 2010 alone, the bounce-pass fake field goal with the game on the line at Florida, a slew of trick plays against Alabama and Tennessee's 13-man defense all caused at least one columnist to speculate that Miles had struck a deal with the devil.

Maybe he did, because otherwise it's difficult to explain how LSU managed to pull off an 11-2 season in the SEC West with such poor clock management and one of the worst passing offenses in the country. With 15 starters returning and a slew of players with experience, the bar is once again set high for the Tigers. Alabama could very well be the only thing standing between LSU and a possible national championship berth. They have the talent to do it, but will Miles continue leading a charmed football life?

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Howard Schnellenberger said earlier this summer that the moment he knew it was time for him to step away from the game, he'd let everyone know.

On Thursday, Schnellenberger, 77, plans to announce during a press conference that he is retiring from college football coaching.

The move is not unexpected. Schnellenberger came to Florida Atlantic in 1998 as the director of football operations and got the program off the ground by 2001. From the beginning, Schnellenberger's goal was to build a stadium for FAU and put it on par with other programs in the state.

The new stadium opens this fall.

Schnellenberger had pushed for on-campus stadiums at his various stops in Miami and Louisville. The Cardinals finally did build an on-campus stadium in 1998 — four years after Schnellenberger had left — and dubbed the facility the Howard L. Schnellenberger Football Complex.

Schnellenberger is a legend in south Florida. He won two Super Bowl titles as an assistant with the NFL's Miami Dolphins and laid

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Gene Bleymaier made Boise State what it is today.

As athletic director since 1982, Bleymaier oversaw the installation of the Broncos famed blue turf, Boise State's move from Division I-AA to I-A, the football program's rise to national prominence and play in -- and win -- two BCS bowl games.

And on Wednesday, in the wake of NCAA sanction, Boise State announced that it asked Bleymaier to move on.

In a stunning decision made by Boise State president Bob Kustra, Bleymaier will be relieved of his duties on Sept. 8. Boise State will use an interim athletic director until a suitable replacement is hired.

Kustra actually informed Bleymaier of his firing last week, but the school did not announce it until six days later.
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Kustra started evaluating his options as the university waited for a response from the NCAA Committee on Infractions regarding a major violation in women's tennis and several other minor violations in other sports, including impermissible housing, transportation

The least you should know about the 2011 Gators. Part of SEC Week.

• Coach-in-waiting no more. Will Muschamp has been waiting a long time to get his shot to be a head coach. And while many thought that chance would come with Texas, Muschamp couldn't pass up the opportunity to return Florida to SEC prominence.

Florida's 8-5 campaign a year ago was the worst since 2004 and the worst in coach Urban Meyer's tenure. When Meyer decided to step away for health and family reasons last December, athletic director Jeremy Foley sought out a coach that could bring the same intensity and enthusiasm that made Meyer so successful. While Muschamp will have a little leeway during his first year, fans will expect to see some sort of progress against the usual SEC gauntlet, which includes three top 10 schools in Alabama, LSU and South Carolina and Florida State to end the season.

Muschamp has surrounded himself with some stellar assistants, including offensive coordinator Charlie Weis. While Weis did

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Did you quarterback your high school or intramural football team?

Can your arm withstand 1,000 or more throws during practice?

Do you have your own insurance?

Then West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen wants to talk to you.

During Holgorsen's press conference Monday, he noted that he was looking for a third-string quarterback to help out with practices.

"Maybe we can put an ad in the paper or you guys can say we want a quarterback that wants to play and throw the ball to show up and come see me, and if it works out we'll put you out there," Holgorsen said.

Currently, the Mountaineers high-powered passing game is working with two quarterbacks in Geno Smith and Paul Millard. To give both guys some time to rest -- and make sure they did throw their arms out -- coaches have stepped in as the third quarterback in certain drills.

Last Friday, inside receivers coach Shannon Dawson played the third quarterback role while Holgorsen and quarterbacks coach Jake Spavital threw on Saturday.

"I got