LOS ANGELES-Pat Haden took on a challenging job when he was hired to oversee a USC athletic program that had been hit hard with NCAA sanctions.

Not to dis Mickey Mouse, but Big Ten officials know their fans don't want to go to Orlando every year. Or Tampa. Or Houston.

Bill O'Brien was angry. His voice rose often Wednesday on a conference call with reporters. Some folks swore they could feel the spittle through the phone.

Brady Hoke was talking the way football coaches do, the way university presidents can't. Imagine, if you will, the snickering in academia if Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, a biochemist by trade, accused her counterparts at Notre Dame of chickening out on a science fair.

Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced.

Colorado quarterback Jordan Webb and former Buffaloes offensive lineman Alexander Lewis were both charged with second-degree assault on Wednesday after prosecutors alleged they knocked a man unconscious in a weekend brawl.

TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season due to an unspecified violation of "university and team policy."

Cupcakes are out. Compelling matchups are in.

Jay Harris, one of the Philadelphia area's top football recruits, was stripped of his scholarship by Michigan State earlier this month after he posted a series of profanity-laced rap videos on YouTube, a source said Tuesday.

Hawaii's athletic department is scrapping a plan to drop the word "Rainbow" from its men's teams' nicknames.

The Newark (Del.) Police Department made an arrest Monday in connection with the Sunday morning stabbing of Delaware senior quarterback Trevor Sasek.

Former Cincinnati running back Jameel Poteat has transferred to Stony Brook and joined the Seawolves program, coach Chuck Priore announced Monday.

Lane Kiffin has an idea.

Georgia Southern football will host Northeast Conference member Duquesne in 2014 when it moves up to the FBS level.

Without question, the SEC has become the most dominant conference in the nation over the past several seasons, making claim to the seven straight BCS National Championships.

Larry Kehres has decided to step down as the University of Mount Union football coach but remain the director of athletics at his alma mater.

Fans are being given the opportunity to name the annual Albany-Stony Brook rivalry football game.

Penn State has 67 scholarship players on its football roster and coach Bill O'Brien sees no reason why that will change significantly by the time the season starts Aug. 31.

A former head football coach for Minnesota State University, Mankato, who was cleared of child pornography charges last year but reassigned to an administrative position, is no longer employed at the university, the school said Wednesday.

Some of the greatest players have had to wait decades after becoming eligible to get the call from the College Football Hall of Fame.

A Heisman Trophy winner from South Jersey and a revered coach at Temple will be among the enshrinees at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.

The only time Tommie Frazier and Danny Wuerffel shared the field during their brilliant college careers, Frazier's Nebraska team trampled Wuerffel and Florida in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl to win the national championship.

Two is better than one with the Georgia Southern defense.

Pac-12 football coaches got together for an offseason conference call Monday, partly to review:

Matt Barkley gets his first real taste of the NFL when the Philadelphia Eagles' rookie mini-camp opens Friday.

New testimony related to Nevin Shapiro's on-going bankruptcy backs up at least some of the former University of Miami booster's claims of NCAA rule violations.

Portland State football will have 12 regular- season games for the first time after adding an Aug. 29 season opener against Eastern Oregon University, the Big Sky university announced Monday.

The BC Lions selected Liberty University offensive lineman Hunter Steward with the sixth overall selection in the first round of the CFL Draft on Monday.

If Portland State's football program wants to have players who can fight through adversity, it has the right one in freshman running back Steven Long.

Wofford is the team to beat in the Southern Conference race.

After taking the college football world by storm as a redshirt freshman, Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel is hoping the 2013 season is every bit as impressive.

Clint Trickett, who was a quarterback for the Florida State Seminoles the last two seasons, has announced that he will be transferring to West Virginia for the 2013 season.

Stanford quarterback Josh Nunes, who started the first nine games for the Cardinal this past season, is retiring from football due to medical reasons, the school announced on Monday.

LSU has suspended running back Jeremy Hill indefinitely following an arrest for an off-campus altercation this past weekend.

LSU running back and last season's leading rusher Jeremy Hill was arrested Saturday morning and charged with simple battery, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Grambling State's Sept. 14 game against Lincoln University will be held at Arrowhead Stadium as the 2013 Missouri Classic.

The University of Oregon and the NCAA have reportedly agreed that the school's football program committed violations in recruiting during Chip Kelly's tenure as head coach.

Northern Colorado has added a 12th football game for the 2013 season, a visit by Colorado State-Pueblo on Sept 7 which will give the Bears a program record seven home games.

Two weeks after being dismissed from the UCLA football program, safety Tevin McDonald has transferred to Eastern Washington, the Big Sky university announced.

University of North Dakota football coach Chris Mussman announced on Friday that wide receivers coach Luke Schleusner has been promoted to offensive coordinator.

Auburn's 2010 national championship team is under scrutiny once again, as a report from a former New York Times and Sports Illustrated writer has indicated that players had grades changed to remain eligible.

Offensive coordinator Greg Breitbach has left the University of North Dakota football program to become the head coach at Millersville University.

Liberty University athletic director Jeff Barber publically acknowledged Tuesday night that his school is being considered membership in the Sun Belt Conference.

Liberty University running back Aldreakis Allen, the team's leading rusher last season, has been suspended from the program for a violation of team policy, coach Turner Gill announced Tuesday.

Liberty football will kick off the 2013 season at Kent State and play seven of its 12 games at home, the Big South university announced Thursday.

Appalachian State and Georgia Southern University announced on Wednesday they will rise to the Football Bowl Subdivision in moving from the Southern Conference to the Sun Belt Conference effective July 1, 2014.

Georgia Southern University announced on Wednesday it is moving from the Southern Conference to the Sun Belt Conference effective in 2014.

Appalachian State's premier FCS program could be ready to move up to the FBS level.

Rice head football coach David Bailiff has received a three-year contract extension through the 2016 season.