NCAA Football News
Report: Bush to be stripped of Heisman (AP)
Yahoo! Sports reported Tuesday that 2005 Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush is expected to be stripped of the award by the end of the month. The former Southern Cal running back would become the first player in the 75-year history of the award to have the Heisman Trophy taken away. The report also said the award would be left vacant for '05.
Boise still 3rd but gains ground in poll (AP)
More AP Top 25 voters are buying into Boise State as the No. 1 team in the country. Boise State gained seven first-place votes and closed in on No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Ohio State as the top three teams in the first regular season Associated Press football poll held their spots from the preseason. The Broncos remained third after a thrilling 33-30 victory against Virginia Tech on Monday night,
Kansas AD Perkins retires 1 year early (AP)
Embattled Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins retired 12 months early Tuesday, following a year of controversy and embarrassment for both himself and the school. Perkins, 65, said in June that he would retire in September 2011. Instead, he and chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little announced he was leaving immediately and didn't make themselves available to reporters to explain why.
Late TD gets No. 3 Boise State by Hokies (AP)
For the gatecrashers in blue, this was the Respect Bowl. A mini-national championship game, if you will, because they certainly weren't going to be playing in the real one in January if they didn't win this one on Labor Day. So it's little wonder Kellen Moore confessed to being a little nervous when he trotted onto the field with Boise State trailing by four with 1:47 to play Monday
Utah's Wynn day to day with thumb injury (AP)
Utah quarterback Jordan Wynn has a sprained thumb on his throwing hand and is listed as day to day as the 20th-ranked Utes prepare for Saturday's game against UNLV. Wynn injured his right thumb in the Utes' 27-24 overtime win over Pittsburgh in the season opener Thursday. He said Tuesday that he may not know until Saturday morning whether he will be able to play that afternoon against the
Irish face challenge defending Robinson (AP)
Notre Dame dealt with a mobile quarterback in beating Purdue last week. Now the Irish have a much bigger challenge: Stop Michigan's Denard Robinson, an even faster QB who keeps the ball and like to run with it. Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said Tuesday there's a big difference between defending Purdue's Robert Marve, who could move in the pocket, and the speedy Robinson, who carried 29
Cal Poly, UC Davis joining Big Sky (AP)
The football teams from Cal Poly and UC Davis are joining the Big Sky Conference, league commissioner Doug Fullerton said Tuesday. The universities accepted the invitations to join the conference as football-only schools late last week after university presidents approved tion to league rules that require all member schools to take part in the same 14 sports.
Alabama will not appeal Dareus' penalty (AP)
No. 1 Alabama will face 19th-ranked Penn State without defensive end Marcell Dareus, and coach Nick Saban isn't betting on Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram making it back either. Saban said Monday that Alabama won't appeal Dareus's two-game NCAA suspension for improper agent benefits. "We researched it, and we didn't feel there was any precedent to appeal it," he said.
Florida State switches focus to Oklahoma (AP)
After ringing up an easy win in its season opener, Florida State heads west for a long-awaited rematch with Oklahoma of their 2000 national title game. So much for taking a moment to celebrate Jimbo Fisher's first win with the 'Noles. "It's going to be a great test," Fisher said Monday, two days after No.
RB Newton takes over as starter at Texas (AP)
Texas took only one game to make a change at running back. Tre' Newton will get the start for the No. 5 Longhorns this week against Wyoming after scoring three touchdowns in Texas' 34-17 season-opening win at Rice. Newton led the Longhorns with 61 yards on the ground. Cody Johnson, who had earned the starting job after an impressive training camp, ran for 59 yards against Rice but was