FOOTBALL
Franchione looks at UNLV: The Las Vegas Sun reported Thursday that former Texas A&M football coach Dennis Franchione is interested in the UNLV job.
"I've turned two schools around in that conference -- New Mexico and then when I took over TCU in 1998," Franchione said Thursday when reached by phone. "So I'm really familiar with the conference and the area, and I feel like [UNLV] is kind of a sleeping giant, and there's no reason I can see right now that it couldn't be successful and win some games."
UNLV announced last week that head coach Mike Sanford (15-43, 7-32 Mountain West) won't be returning.
Franchione was 32-28 in five years at A&M. He was bought out for $4.4 million, with the final $1 million to be due in 2010, minus whatever he'd make at another job, which would make him attractive to financially strapped UNLV.
The 58-year-old Franchione has done radio college football broadcasts for ESPN.
"It's been good," he told the Sun. "It's been a little bit of a sabbatical from coaching, but I've still been involved with football and Friday practices and see a lot of different programs and how people do things and see a lot of different games. It's been really great from that standpoint. I've kinda recharged my batteries, and I've enjoyed doing the games with ESPN, and I have a great love for college football.
"I think all coaches miss players and coaches, and I think you always do no matter what."
Franchione was a finalist for the San Diego State job last year, which went to Brady Hoke.
SWIMMING & DIVING
Aggie women to swim at Cougar Classic: The eighth-ranked Texas A&M women's swimming and diving team continues its fall schedule at the Cougar Classic Fall Invitational, Friday through Sunday at the University of Houston's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium.
Prelims and finals are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Prelims will start at 10 a.m. Sunday, with the finals slated to start at 4:30 p.m.
Other teams scheduled to compete at the meet include, Kansas, Southern Methodist, LSU, UNLV, Incarnate Word, Tulane, Air Force and the host Cougars.
-- Eagle staff reports
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