Couple of quick football notes to pass on this Thursday. For those who are on Walker/SDSU watch,
I find it weird that Hoke is looking at both SDSU andThere's been a third mystery candidate for the
San Diego State opening, and I'm hearing it's's Brady Hoke, who's expected to interview this week. Hoke has reportedly met with Ball State Auburn officials about its opening as well. A source said DeWayne Walker had his second interview today.
I'm also hearing that formercoach Glen Mason could be in the mix as well. Minnesota
Indications are that the Aztecs are looking to move quickly on the coaching search and could hire a coach as early as this weekend.
Interestingly UCLA had pursued Glen Mason back in December of 1995 when we were looking for a new coach following Donahue’s retirement. Mason was at
Second, a bizarre story from the recruiting front. Last Saturday, CRN and his staff were hosting a number of high profile recruits. One of them happened to a kid named Tyler Stockton (a 4 star blue chip DT/OG from
Yeah, nothing shady about Mr. Stockton wanting to have a little lay over in cold and frigid Chicago (just a little drive away from South Bend), when he could have had a direct flight to beautiful and sunny Westwood. Nothing at all.The Hun School of Princeton (N.J.) defensive lineman Tyler Stockton was supposed to be at UCLA on an official visit this weekend, but it didn't happen after the player and his father asked the Bruins staff to schedule a layover in
. Chicago
Stockton is committed to Notre Dame, and I'm told UCLA found it a bit more than odd Stockton and his dad wanted to stop in the midwest en route to. Los Angeles
See you later Stocktons. Good luck to wherever you end up. Fantastic for CRN and his staff for not falling for this garbage move.
GO BRUINS.