NEW ORLEANS - LSU has picked Les Miles to replace Nick Saban as football coach.

Miles was set to be introduced on Monday, according a source close to the search. The Oklahoma State head coach accepted the job over the weekend, the source told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

LSU athletic director Skip Bertman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Telephone messages left for Miles, his agent, George Bass, and Oklahoma State athletic director Harry Birdwell were also not immediately returned. Oklahoma State spokesman Steve Buzzard declined comment.

The 51-year-old Miles, who led Oklahoma State to three straight bowl games, emerged as the top candidate Saturday, after Louisville coach Bobby Petrino withdrew from consideration.

TEMPE, Ariz. - Utah's Urban Meyer received the Football Writers Association/Eddie Robinson coach of the year award Saturday after leading the Utes to a 12-0 season.The honor was announced during the Utes' 35-7 victory over Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl, the final piece in Utah's first perfect season since 1930.The other finalists for the award - first presented in 1957 to Ohio State's Woody Hayes - were Southern California's Pete Carroll, Tommy Tuberville of Auburn, Mike Price of Texas-El Paso, Iowa's Kirk Ferentz and California coach Jeff Tedford.Meyer was 22-2 at Utah and guided the Utes to the first Bowl Championship Series game for a team from a conference without an automatic BCS berth.Saturday's game was Meyer's last with the Utes. He was hired by Florida to replace the fired Ron Zook, but was allowed to coach Utah one last time.Meyer will be presented with the award Sept. 3 in his Florida debut when the Gators host Wyoming.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Anton Khudobin helped Russia set up a title-game showdown with Canada in the world junior championships, making 22 saves in a 7-2 semifinal victory over the defending champion United States on Sunday night.Canada beat the Czech Republic 3-1 in the first semifinal to advance to the championship game for the fourth straight year.

PERTH, Australia - Guillermo Coria beat David Sanguinetti 6-1, 7-6 (4) Sunday and then teamed with Gisela Dulko to win the mixed doubles, giving Argentina a 2-1 victory over Italy in the opener of the Hopman Cup, an Australian Open tuneup.Francesco Schiavone defeated Dulko 6-1, 6-3 in the first match. Coria, last year's losing finalist at the French Open, evened the series by winning his singles. Coria and Dulko then topped Schiavone and Sanguinetti 7-5, 6-0 in the deciding mixed doubles.

RUHPOLDING, Germany - Germany's Ronny Ackermann shook off American Todd Lodwick over the final 3 kilometers of the cross-country skiing portion Sunday to win his fourth Nordic Combined World Cup event of the season.Ackermann finished in 20 minutes, 13.3 seconds - 13.1 seconds ahead of Lodwick. The event had one ski jump and a 7.5-kilometer sprint.Finland's Hannu Manninen posted the best cross-country time to finish third, 19.6 seconds off the pace.Ackermann leads the World Cup standings with 540 points after six events. Manninen is second with 446.