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College football: Smith nabs another award
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Ohio State quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith on Tuesday was named Player of the Year by Sporting News magazine. Details will be released in the Dec. 22 edition on newsstands this week. The St. Louis-based magazine also named Wake Forest's Jim Grobe as Coach of the Year and Texas quarterback Colt McCoy as the top freshman. FIU-Miami will play The football series between Florida International and Miami, marred this year by a bench-clearing brawl that led to the suspension of 31 players, will continue in 2007. The schools, with campuses only nine miles apart in South Florida, are scheduled to play Oct. 6 at the Orange Bowl.
North Texas hires coach Todd Dodge was hired as coach at North Texas, making the rare jump from high school to Division I-A after going 77-1 record at Southlake (Texas) Carroll high School.