The game is called musical benches, and it begins as soon as the football season ends. Coaches are hired and fired to the accompaniment of howling alumni, grumbling students and the keening of athletic directors. Two unusual new cases:
BUYING OUT
When Washington State Coach Warren Powers completed a single successful season (6-5 after his predecessor's 3-8 record the year before), he picked up his whistle and left for the head coaching job at the University of Missouri—only to be reminded of some fine print in his contract. Plagued by the turnover in coaches (three in three years), Washington State officials had written...
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