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NFL: Bears To Interview Arians

By on January 4, 2013

THE CHICAGO BEARS HAVE RECEIVED PERMISSION TO INTERVIEW INDIANAPOLIS COLTS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR BRUCE ARIANS…

 

THE BEARS CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH TO REPLACE FIRED HEAD COACH LOVIE SMITH. ARIANS WAS 9-AND-3 AS INTERIM HEAD COACH FOR THE COLTS THIS SEASON WHILE FILLING IN FOR COACH CHUCK PAGANO. ARIANS ALSO PREVIOUSLY WAS A LONG-TIME OFFENSIVE COACH WITH THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS.

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL -

#7 KANSAS STATE LOST THURSDAY NIGHT’S FIESTA BOWL AGAINST #5 OREGON, 35-TO-17.

 

FORMER ILLINOIS HEAD COACH RON TURNER HAS BEEN HIRED TO BE THE NEXT HEAD COACH AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. TURNER REPLACES MARIO CRISTOBAL, WHO WAS FIRED LAST MONTH. TURNER WAS UNDER .500 WITH THE ILLINI, BUT DID LEAD THE TEAM TO A SUGAR BOWL APPEARANCE IN 2001.