For those about to rock. Fire! We salute you. -- AC/DCSo whom do college football coaches rock and roll to? ESPN has the answers. I asked all 128 FBS coaches for their favorite musical artist. The answers ranged from A to Z -- AC/DC to Led Zeppelin: 80 bands in all.Arkansas Bret Bielema chose The Temptations. When he coached at Wisconsin, he said he would frequently go see them in concert -- front-row seats -- and decided he wanted the band to play at his wedding.There was one small problem. By the time Bielema decided to get married nearly 10 years later at the age of 42, there was only one original member still alive, and he wanted $150,000 to perform at Bret and Jens wedding. Bielema said no thanks.The majority of coaches preferred country artists. Kenny Chesney and George Strait tied the Eagles as the coaches most popular choice. NC States Dave Doeren summed it up best: There are only two kinds of music, he said. Country and western. Doerens pick was Merle Haggard.Like the College Football Playoff, Alabamas Nick Saban had four finalists competing for his favorite artist. He said his iPod has 122 songs from only four artists: Michael Jackson, Elton John, The Rolling Stones and the Eagles.Sabans musical champion? The Eagles.In fact, in 1994, when Saban was the Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator, he went to the Eagles Hell Freezes Over Tour in old Cleveland Stadium with then-Browns coach Bill Belichick. Thats right: Saban and Belichick, livin it up at the Hotel California.Kansas States Bill Snyder, college footballs elder statesman, coaches in the Little Apple of Manhattan, Kansas, so perhaps it was fitting he chose Ol Blue Eyes Frank Sinatra, best known for singing about the Big Apple. Snyder actually told me his second choice was Foreigner. I have their CD in my car, the 77-year-old Snyder said before the season.The coaches choices were as unique as their schools uniforms: from Van Halen (Iowa States Matt Campbell) to Van Morrison (New Mexicos Bob Davie). From Daft Punk (Oregons Mark Helfrich) to Prince (West Virginias Dana Holgorsen and Oklahoma States Mike Gundy). From old school -- George Clinton was the funkadelic choice of Illinois Lovie Smith -- to young (Neil Young, the favorite of Washington States Mike Leach.)There were a contingent of hard rockers: Pitts Pat Narduzzi, San Diego States Rocky Long and Old Dominions Bobby Wilder picked AC/DC, and UCLAs Jim Mora, UTEPs Sean Kugler and Georgia State interim coach Tim Lappano chose Led Zeppelin. Some opted for easy-listening: Boston Colleges Steve Addazio, Akrons Terry Bowden and UL Monroes Matt Viator opted for James Taylor, and East Carolinas Scottie Montgomery prefers Sade.The Talking Heads (Wake Forests Dave Clawson) and Meat Loaf (Southern Miss Jay Hopson) made the list, but the top two selling musical artists of all time, the Beatles and Elvis, did not receive any votes.Back on Sept. 17, when Michigan State met Notre Dame, little did Mark Dantonio and Brian Kelly know they had something in common: Theyre both big fans of The Boss. After all, you know college coaches these days: Baby we were born to run ... the spread offense.Top vote-getters: Kenny Chesney, Eagles, George Strait (five votes); Garth Brooks?(four votes); AC/DC, Toby Keith, Dave Matthews Band, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, The Temptations, Led Zeppelin?(three votes).?By conference: Larry Allen Youth Jersey . 4 Villanova with a 96-68 drubbing on Monday. 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Barcelona says that its team doctors will "co-ordinate" with Evertons medical staff as Deulofeu recovers. SALT LAKE CITY -- Kyle Kuzma posted career highs with 23 points and 19 rebounds as Utah defeated Northwest Nazarene 81-37 in its season opener Saturday evening.Utah fans got their first full glimpse of the new-look Utes and their roster consisting of just two legitimate contributors from last season.This morning, I was just extra turned up, Kuzma said. I dont for whatever reason. Its game day.I tried to bring energy. I think that was the biggest thing. When we have energy-givers, then everybody feeds off of that.The Utes struggled mightily for the first 16 minutes of the first half until a 17-3 run basically put the game away after they led 36-20 at halftime. Utah shot under 40 percent most of the first half as the offense seemed to have no real direction.Kuzma started passively, like the rest of the team, but picked up the aggression and finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds in the first half alone. He highlighted the 17-3 stretch with a spinning floater while being fouled. Teammate Tyler Rawson added 13 points.Its a starting point for us, Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said. We had guys that tried to push the issue a little bit too much. Didnt trust the offense. We cleaned it up a little bit and got some composure in the second half.Some of its jitters. Got to find some consistency and some roles.Northwest Nazarene, which was playing a back-to-back after defeating Simpson University 92-67 on Friday, shot just 16.4 percent from the field and 1 for 25 from behind the arc. Maurice Jones scored 11 points. The 37 points are the fourth fewest Utah has allowed since 1982.Obviously, we played a team that was much bigger and more talented to their level, Northwest Nazarene coach Scott Flemming said. I never would have thought we would shoot the ball so poorly tonight. We have a really good shooting team. We hit eleven 3s last night against different competition.Even the open looks we got, I think that wass the biggest problem.dddddddddddd Now when youre not making shots, all of the other things kind of are obvious, too -- their rebounding, their size, all those kind of things. It hurts in transition. It still is a good game for us to have.BIG PICTURENorthwest Nazarene: No harm, no foul for the Crusaders. As a Division 2 member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, the loss doesnt count toward their regular-season record. Plus, they have to feel pretty good about the early parts of the first half against a Pac-12 program that has reached the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons.Utah: Theres lots of work to do for a Utah team with just two returners having played significant minutes. The offense had no flow for much of the game outside of the spurts when Kuzma took over. The defensive intensity came and went. The Utes must improve before Pac-12 play or they will live up (or down) to their preseason pick of finishing No. 8 in the league.SHORT STAFFEDUtah will be without newcomers David Collette and Sedrick Barefield until the Utes play face Prairie View A&M on Dec. 17. The two will miss the first eight games due to transfer rules, but are expected to be starters once they return. Sophomore Parker Van Dyke, freshman Devon Daniels and redshirt freshman Jayce Johnson started alongside returning starters Kuzma and Lorenzo Bonam.BALL CONTROLThe Utes had 19 turnovers, including seven from Bonam, who had six at halftime. Krystkowiak said the goal was 12. Bonam struggled all around with just five points and going 0 for 4 after making his first basket.UP NEXTNorthwest Nazarene: The Crusaders face Portland Bible in Caldwell, Idaho, in the Taco Bell Shootout.Utah: The Utes host Concordia on Tuesday and Coppin State on Friday as they open the season with three games in six days. ' ' '
