Oklahoma St defensive coordinator named head coach at Toledo

And, in other coaching news, this doesn’t look good:

Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers says the school is negotiating a contract extension with Mike Leach, amid reports that the Red Raiders’ coach has met with the University of Washington about the Huskies’ top job.

However, Leach’s agent told ESPN’s Joe Schad that no talks are currently under way.

“We have not received any information about Mike Leach’s contract from Texas Tech via phone, mail, e-mail or fax,” Leach’s agent, Gary O’Hagan, said Wednesday. “At no point has there been any offer. There have not been negotiations.”

Purely from the perspective of their names, it’s hard to believe a guy named Beckman would win the head-to-head over an Eberflus and the full weight of the Seuss tradition.

“For my first official act as proud Head Coach of the Toledo Rockets, I’m going to rename the safeties and cornerbacks ‘bizzle-binks’. We’ll also be changing the school fight song to ‘Fah Hoo Forres’. I’m happy to be moving the program in new directions.”

Mizzou can’t catch a break these days. Now maybe the only way to get Coach “there is no D in Eberflus” out of town is if Barack Obama appoints him as ambassador to some third world hell hole. We have just about as much chance of that happening as him getting a HC gig.