Report: Dolphins name Philbin head coach
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01/20/2012 - Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Miami Dolphins have named former Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin as their new head coach, according to a report in the Miami Herald.
Philbin was the offensive coordinator of the Packers from 2007-2011 and helped Green Bay's offense rank in the top 10 of the NFL in points scored and total yards every season.
The 50-year-old Philbin was an assistant offensive line coach (2003), tight ends/assistant offensive line coach (2004-2005) and offensive line coach (2006) with the Packers prior to being promoted to offensive coordinator.
Miami failed to land its first choice Jeff Fisher last week when he opted to become the St. Louis Rams' head coach.
The Dolphins fired Tony Sparano after a 4-9 start this season. Assistant/secondary coach Todd Bowles was promoted to interim head coach.
Philbin is expected to be in South Florida on Saturday and a press conference will be held once he signs his contract.
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Big 12 Conference betting odds
Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.