A feature story on Louisiana State University assistant football coach Brendan Farrell mentions that he got his first coaching job as a running backs and special teams coordinator at Wayne State University. He says being on the University of Notre Dame football squad in the 1990s, even though he never played in a game, helped him get the WSU job that provided valuable experience. He left a budding career at a law firm to take the position at WSU. A recommendation from some of his old coaches at Notre Dame helped. "I'm extremely lucky, because I've seen the high school coaches at conventions trying to get a college job in North Dakota or something," Farrell quips. (LSU defeated Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl yesterday.)