NCAA.com | October 25, 2013

Today's reads

Dallas Morning News | Meet the coolest coach in college football
Kliff Kingsbury, the third-youngest head coach in all of FBS at 34, is 7-0, the best start of any rookie coach in Tech history. He has the youngest staff in the nation and he is the future of college football.
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The Birmingham News | The key to Auburn's turnaround
From 3-9 to 6-1, all in the span of one year, albeit a year filled with coaching change and a new way of handling things under first-year coach Gus Malzahn. For the group of players who played through a nightmare last season, Auburn’s start is proof that 2012 was in no way indicative of their abilities.
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USA Today | Oregon's Mariota: Steady and spectacular
Marcus Mariota is the frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy this year. He's being projected near the top of various 2014 NFL mock drafts. But Mariota hasn't written those achievements on any future-focused lists. A more immediate goal exists.
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