Gators Get a Good One in Muschamp

Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp has been hired as the new head football coach at the University of Florida.

Muschamp, who is a 15-year assistant coach who joined the Longhorns' staff in 2008, will replace Urban Meyer after his sudden resignation on Wednesday. An official announcement is pending the dotting on "I's" and crossing of "T's".

Muschamp is a former University of Georgia player who had originally agreed to be the coach in waiting, and take the head coaching position at Texas when Mack Brown decides to retire.

The Associated Press is also reporting that Muschamp has been hired, citing a source.  Muschamp is considered one of the nation's premier defensive coordinators and was a 2007 Broyles Award Finalist (nation's top assistant coach). He joined the Longhorns' after spending the previous two years as defensive coordinator at Auburn.

In his five years as a coordinator at Auburn and LSU, Muschamp's defenses ranked among the nation's top 10 in total defense five times and scoring defense three times.

The Gators get a good young coach.  The only downside, he has never been a head coach before.

 

Michigan State Coach Back to Watch Game

Coach Mark Dantonio of Michigan State will watch Saturday's game against No. 11 Wisconsin from the hospital rather than the coaches' booth at Spartan Stadium after a blood clot was discovered in his leg.

Dantonio, who suffered a mild heart attack Sept. 19 and underwent surgery, had been planning to watch the game from the booth after returning to work Sunday.

The 54-year-old Dantonio watched last week's game against Northern Colorado from home, as offensive coordinator Don Treadwell coached the No. 24 Spartans.

Dantonio attended his weekly news conference Tuesday and said that he'll be easing back into his routine but would follow doctor's orders.  Dantonio last coached in the Spartans wild win over Notre Dame where he called a fake field goal in overtime to shock the Irish.

Update on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 8:09PM by Rick C.Limpert

Coach Dantonio end up attending the game today.  He was hospitalized with a blood clot is his leg a couple hours before the game.

Update on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 8:13PM by Rick C.Limpert

Also Michigan State beat an overhyped Wisconsin team 34-24.