LOS ANGELES - UCLA coach Karl Dorrell declined Tuesday to add a year to his contract, deciding he didn't do well enough in his first season.
UCLA lost its last five games, including 17-9 to Fresno State in the Silicon Valley Bowl to fall to 6-7. Dorrell succeeded Bob Toledo, who was fired after the 2002 season, and has five years left on his contract.
"We did not accomplish enough of our goals this past season for me to accept the offer," Dorrell said, adding he was confident he would turn the team around.
Dorrell, 40, could still add a year if the school offers it after each of his remaining seasons.
ACC ALL-ACADEMIC: All-America linebacker Michael Boulware and five other Florida State players were named to the conference honor squad. The others are offensive linemen David Castillo and Matt Meinrod, running back Greg Jones, linebacker Allen Augustin and defensive back Bryant McFadden. To be eligible, a player must have earned a 3.00 grade-point average for the fall semester or have maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during his career.
COLORADO: Two-sport star Jeremy Bloom reached a national advertising deal with the Equinox Fitness Club chain two weeks after challenging the NCAA's rules on endorsement money.
For the past two years, Bloom has played football for Colorado while competing on the World Cup moguls ski circuit with the goal of competing in the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy.
NCAA rules prevent him from accepting endorsement money while playing football. Bloom last month said he needed money to continue his ski training and would seek endorsement deals. He said the NCAA would have to declare him ineligible to play football to stop him. The NCAA has not said when it may issue a ruling.
GEORGIA TECH: Coach Chan Gailey promoted quarterbacks coach and running game coordinator Patrick Nix to offensive coordinator, and receivers coach and passing game coordinator Buddy Geis to assistant coach. He also hired Giff Smith as defensive line coach and Brian Jean-Mary as linebackers coach.
PRICE SUIT: U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith has asked the Alabama Supreme Court for guidance in deciding if Sports Illustrated can be forced to reveal confidential sources used in a story about former Alabama football coach Mike Price, who was fired after visiting a strip club in Pensacola.
Smith ruled earlier that an Alabama law protecting newspaper, television and radio reporters from being forced to reveal sources doesn't extend to magazine writers.
Time Inc., which owns SI, appealed, saying the judge should ask the Alabama Supreme Court about the law.
