wl loss to end last season. Hollins not only plays on four special-team units, he had 30 catches for 745 yards and eight touchdowns -- leading the nati

When the NCAA last year meted out its sanctions against the SMU Mustangs, sanctions that included a postseason ban and suspension of head coach Larry Brown, I posed a simple question: What did the school expect when it hired Brown?Nine months later as Brown announces his sudden resignation, reportedly over a contract dispute, its time to ask the same question.What did SMU expect?Reality TV cultivates longer-lasting relationships than hiring Brown. Since 1965, he has cashed paychecks from 15 different employers. Forget a rocking chair or watch for years of service. For Brown, staying put long enough to become fully vested in a 401(k) plan is considered an accomplishment. He spent six seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, which in Brown parlance counts as longevity.The country is littered with his resignation papers, from Los Angeles, where he resigned ahead of the NCAA posse at UCLA, to New Jersey, where he bolted after the Nets stumbled; in Americas heartland, where he departed Kansas amid more NCAA trouble; and in the South, where he decided not to join the Carolina Cougars when they relocated to St. Louis; from the West, where he left the Denver Nuggets after two years, to the Southwest, where he left the Spurs midway through the season.You could call that nomadic.Narcissistic would be more accurate.On April 7, 1969, Brown landed his first head-coaching job, using his connections with his college coach, Dean Smith, to get the top gig at Davidson. In a newspaper clipping from The Dispatch, the 28-year-old Brown said, I will be coaching at a school I have always respected and I hope we can carry on the same high traditions.On July 3, 1969 -- a whopping 91 days later -- he left Davidson to carry on those high traditions without him, resigning his position. He hadnt so much as coached a practice, let alone a game (his tenure was so short, in fact, it doesnt even make his Wikipedia bio page). He later claimed the school didnt live up to its promises.That, of course, is a common refrain. The school, the NBA franchise, some organization always fails to live up to promises made to Brown.This time it is SMU on the wrong side of the tracks. Brown reportedly wanted a five-year contract extension. School administrators, perhaps considering the 75-year-old had just led the university down the trenches of an NCAA investigation and into a postseason ban and other sanctions, thought a two- or three-year deal might make more sense (which is rather generous if you consider the totality of things). Brown disagreed and so, just two days into the vicious recruiting cycle, he packed up his whistle and left.Just like always, skipping out of town without care or responsibility. UCLA sanctions? Kansas violations so egregious an NCAA official once joked the Jayhawks were on the bubble for the death penalty? Misunderstandings and misinformation twisted for the NCAAs benefit.The man who preaches his love for his kids spent most of last season bemoaning the fact that the NCAA wrongly penalized Nic Moore and Markus Kennedy with a postseason ban when they werent guilty of any wrongdoing.Which is true.Its also true that Larry Brown was guilty of NCAA wrongdoing and thereby he did his players wrong. He broke promises to them, promises to be honorable, to obey NCAA rules and to, as crazy as it sounds, prohibit secretaries from doing an athletes coursework. Had he kept those promises the NCAA would not have visited campus and Moore and Kennedy would have enjoyed the fruits of their regular-season labor in March.Except that would never occur to Brown, the perennially put-upon victim. For all the college and NBA teams who have let him down, he never once recognized the people he has let down as well.Because if there are two truisms in his illustrious career, it is these:The man is a brilliant basketball mind, one of the best coaches to walk across a court.And above everything and everyone, Larry Brown is loyal to Larry Brown first, second and always. The first truism means someone will hire him somewhere. The second means his next employer, too, will eventually be stood up, discarded or disappointed.The only sign of progress in this entire ordeal is that SMU at least had the good sense to name Tim Jankovich as its coach-in-waiting. 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Napoli staged a second-half comeback from two goals down after Gervinhos opener and a stunning strike from Kevin Strootman. ATLANTA -- Tired of sending countless players to the NFL but going a decade since its last Southeastern Conference championship, Georgia decided that a change in leadership was needed to get to the next level.Exit Mark Richt.Enter Kirby Smart.The longtime Alabama defensive coordinator, who knows a thing or two about championships working for Nick Saban, will take the sideline as a head coach for the first time when the No. 18 Bulldogs open the season Saturday against No. 22 North Carolina in Atlanta at the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game.Smart downplayed his debut and wants his players to treat it as just another game.Good luck with that.Its the first since 2001 that Georgia will be led by a new head coach.This is like kind of anti-climactic for me, Smart insisted. My focus has been on this team, getting this team better. There are a lot of things I cant control outside that, that have nothing to do with the outcome of the game.North Carolina is coming off an 11-win season, its most victories since 1997 and matching the school record.Coach Larry Fedora realizes the significance of building on that success with a victory over the Bulldogs.Its a big game, he said. Its against a great opponent who has a great tradition. They are well known. It is a good measuring stick for where we are with this program right now.---Some things to watch for Saturday at the Georgia Dome:CHUBBS RETURN: After a horrific knee injury midway through last season, star running back Nick Chubb made a faster-than-expected recovery for the Bulldogs. Hes fully cleared for the opener and Smart said there are no limitations on how many carries Chubb might get. It will be intriguing to see if hes still the same dynamic back he was before the injury. Chubb was a Heisman-touted player who had tied Herschel Walkers school record with 13 straight 100-yard games before he went down. Sony Michel and freshman Elijah Holyfield are both nursing injuries, so Chubb figures to get plenty of carries in his first game back -- especially against a North Carolina defense that ranked 121st nationally (247.4 yards per game) and surrendered nearly 1,000 yards on the ground in its last two games against high-powered offenses.SIGNATURE WIN: Despite last years success, which include an appearance in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game, North Carolina is still seeking the sort of victory that will stamp Fedoras program as a true national powerhouse.dddddddddddd North Carolina hasnt beaten an SEC school since a victory over Tennessee in the Music City Bowl to end the 2010 season. Beating Georgia would show North Carolina might be capable of challenging the ACC dominance of Clemson and Florida State.EASON WATCH: Less than 72 hours before kickoff, Georgia finally confirmed that fifth-year senior Greyson Lambert remains the starting quarterback. He started 12 games a year ago and set a school record for lowest interception percentage (two picks in 256 passes). But it seems just a matter of time before the Bulldogs turn to Jacob Eason, a touted freshman who is clearly the quarterback of the future. Smart said the depth chart will remain a work in progress. Its never over, he said. Its continuous, just like who the right corner is. If he doesnt play good, then we have to change it.HOLLINS OUT: North Carolina will have to play the first half without one of its top deep threats and special team players. Receiver Mack Hollins must sit out the first two quarters after receiving a targeting penalty in a bowl loss to end last season. Hollins not only plays on four special-team units, he had 30 catches for 745 yards and eight touchdowns -- leading the national with 24.8 yards per reception. Smart calls Hollins a dominant feature player.EXPLOSIVE HEELS: North Carolina set school records by averaging 40.7 points and 486.9 yards per game. The Tar Heels were especially dynamic during a two-game November run, piling on 125 points in routs of Duke and Miami. Running back Elijah Hood, an All-ACC pick last season with 1,463 yards and 17 touchdowns, looks forward to matching up with Chubb. You definitely feel the competition, Hood said. You just want to show who you are. Georgia figures to have its hands full containing North Carolina, especially with four new starters at linebacker.---AP Sports Writer Aaron Beard in Chapel Hill, North Carolina contributed to this report.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry .---AP College Football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '