DuBose’s Offer Was Refused

Alabama Coach Mike DuBose offered to resign after the Crimson Tide’s 21-0 loss to Southern Mississippi on Sept. 16, but Athletic Director Mal Moore declined the gesture.

“It was a statement made in privacy, in the coaches’ locker room that I never expected to get out,” DuBose said.

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Michigan Coach Lloyd Carr doesn’t believe the Big Ten has any reason to apologize for the officiating during the Wolverines’ victory over Illinois. “I have made my extreme displeasure [known] with the conference office [over the apology] . . . and I stand my comments that I think the game was relatively well officiated,” Carr said. Carr also said that Justin Fargas, a heralded running back from Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, will switch to safety. . . . Quarterback Eric Crouch, roughed up in Nebraska’s victory against Iowa, missed his second consecutive practice but was expected to be in the lineup for Saturday’s game against Missouri.

Penn State players are planning to wear the number of injured freshman cornerback Adam Taliaferro on their helmets or jerseys for Saturday’s game against Purdue. . . . Travis Garvin, Missouri’s top receiver last season, was dismissed from the team after a disagreement with the coaching staff about a knee injury sustained last week in practice. . . . Bowling Green Coach Gary Blackney, the third-winningest coach in school history, will step down at the end of the season.