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Alabama head coach Nick Saban paces as his team warms up before Alabama's A-Day NCAA college football scrimmage, Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Saban says college football is not a business that operates like the NFL and warned that without more uniform rules on player compensation only the biggest spenders will compete for championships. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

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Saban says current track in college football will lead to less competitive balance
By RALPH D. RUSSO - AP College Football Writer
Tue,05/30/23-3:18PM , 573 Reads
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban says college football is not a business that operates like the NFL and warned that without more uniform rules on player compensation only the biggest spenders will compete for championships.
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Mississippi State cornerback Alexander Shaw (20) hoists the Egg Bowl trophy amid teammates following an NCAA college football game win over Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi State hires DC Zach Arnett to replace Leach
By RALPH D. RUSSO - AP College Football Writer
Wed,12/14/22-4:08PM , 945 Reads
No. 24 Mississippi State is promoting defensive coordinator Zach Arnett to head coach to replace Mike Leach, who died suddenly of a heart condition earlier this week.
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Mississippi State coach Mike Leach confers with quarterback Will Rogers (2) during the first half of the team's NCAA college football game against Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mind of Mike: Expansive coaching tree part of Leach's legacy
By RALPH D. RUSSO - AP College Football Writer
Tue,12/13/22-5:19PM , 357 Reads
When Mike Leach first moved to Mississippi State from Washington State, he stayed in the Left Field Lofts at the Bulldogs' baseball stadium.

The two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartments have balconies that look out at the diamond at Dudy Noble Field, and are a 3-minute walk from Mississippi State's football facility and practice field.
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Mississippi State coach Mike Leach talks with Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin before an NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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MSU's Mike Leach, pioneering football coach, dies at 61
By RALPH D. RUSSO - AP College Football Writer
Tue,12/13/22-8:10AM , 332 Reads
Mike Leach, the gruff, pioneering and unfiltered college football coach who helped revolutionize the passing game with the Air Raid offense, has died following complications from a heart condition, Mississippi State said Tuesday
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