From the Morning Briefing in the Los Angeles Times
Former Washington State coach Mike Price couldn’t have been sure about getting another football job after his firing seven months ago by Alabama because of a highly publicized visit to a Florida strip joint and allegations — a majority of which he has vehemently denied — about a night spent with strippers.
But not only does Price have a new coaching job, at Texas El Paso, he’s in a town apparently willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
“Of course, that’s why he’s in El Paso and not going to Rose Bowls or rebuilding Alabama under the spiritual aura of Bear Bryant. Nobody else wanted him,” wrote El Paso Times columnist Joe Muench. “But UTEP needed him, and he’s willing to work for UTEP pay … and the Miners get a big-timer.”
Still, “Roll, Miners, roll!” doesn’t have the same ring to it.