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LSU Football Should Continue to Play Florida Every Season: Fan's Take Yahoo! Sports With the league expanding to 14 teams for the upcoming 2012 college football season, the schedule has generated plenty of chatter. I have not liked what I've heard from the LSU representatives at the meetings regarding the schedule. See all stories on this topic »

Montana reports NCAA investigating football program USA TODAY (blog) By Craig Bennett, USA TODAY The University of Montana has acknowledged that the NCAA is conducting an investigation of the Grizzlies' football program. The NCAA routinely does not discuss potential or ongoing investigations, but Montana Associate... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY (blog)

UCLA defends football scholarship for Diddy's son, Justin USA TODAY By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY UCLA is defending its decision to give Diddy's son, Justin Combs, a full football scholarship. There has been some grumbling that Combs should not receive the $54000 because he has a rich dad. The entertainment mogul was ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

SEC football coaches differ on league scheduling Daily Comet With the addition of Missouri and Texas A&M, the Southeastern Conference is tweaking its footballand basketball schedules. Football coaches are having a tougher time deciding on what changes to make than their basketball counterparts. See all stories on this topic »

Chevrolet Kick-Starts Global Commitment to International Football MarketWatch (press release) Chevrolet's first global football sponsorship in the brand's 101-year history centers on a commitment focused on enhancing the experience for supporters of the game. Chevrolet also announced a partnership with the One World Futbol Project, ... See all stories on this topic »

GM Trades Super Bowl for Soccer Sponsoring Manchester United San Francisco Chronicle Manchester United, the 19-time English champion football team, has a worldwide reach that fits with the automaker's desire to make Chevrolet a global icon, Paul Edwards, GM executive director of global marketing strategy, said in an interview prior to ... See all stories on this topic »

Spurrier: Pay players $3500 to $4000 per season SI.com He trotted out his stipend plan again this week and said Wednesday that football coaches voted 14-0 to present the proposal to league athletic directors. The ADs will discuss it and decide whether to present it to school presidents and chancellors for ... See all stories on this topic »

Big 12 backs commitee to pick football playoff teams USA TODAY (AP) – The Big 12 favors a selection committee to be involved in picking the four teams involved in a college football playoff instead of a system that would emphasize conference champions. By Jamie Squire,, Getty Images Interim Big 12 Commissioner... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

SEC hits snag on football scheduling Kansas City Star With Missouri and Texas A&M set to join the Southeastern Conference, it appeared the 14-team league was primed to go to a 6-1-1 scheduling format for football, which called for six games against division opponents and one each against a permanent rival ... See all stories on this topic »

NEWS: Exonerated Football Player Brian Banks LANDS Try-Outs With Brian Banks, the just released man who made national news after being falsely accused and convicted of rape when he was 16, is now getting his shot at the big ... theybf.com/.../news-exonerated-football-player-brian-banks-la...

BBC Sport - Thursday's gossip column Fawaz al-Hasawi, chairman of Kuwaiti football club Qadisa, is closing in on the takeover of a Championship club, understood to be Nottingham Forest. Full story: ... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/18275218