Florida coach Urban Meyer invited a former boss to Gainesville to assess the Gators' Monday morning practice. Lou Holtz, whose head coaching career included stops at Notre Dame, South Carolina and Arkansas, watched the session, spoke with several players and told Meyer that the team was looking good. Holtz, who wore a blue UF hat, hired Meyer as wide receivers coach at Notre Dame in 1996.
Bama's Nick "The Liar" Saban is concerned about the new NCAA kicking rule. The NCAA rule moves kickoffs back five yards to the 30-yard line this season. Cnsidering Alabama's three returning kickers combined for only five touchbacks on 64 kickoffs last season, it spells potential trouble.
Both Sam Hunt and Joseph Webb will see action at quarterback in UAB's season opener at Michigan State, and Webb will likely also start at wide receiver, UAB head coach Neil Callaway said. Callaway said Hunt, a senior, will likely start at quarterback on Sept. 1, but Webb will be on the field for the first snap as a receiver. He said Webb, a sophomore, will also "play a lot of quarterback. We're going to be interchangeable."
Colorado true freshman wide receiver Josh Smith, the surprise standout of training camp, had to be hospitalized Saturday and Sunday after suffering a bruised kidney during Saturday's scrimmage at Folsom Field. Smith, a 6-foot, speedy product of Moorpark, Calif., is out indefinitely as he recovers. It was unclear whether he was injured while being tackled during a scrimmage or if the injury occurred when Smith ran into a cement wall in the southwest corner of the stadium chasing a pass into the deep corner of the end zone
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