NCAA College Football News Headlines

Texas A&M; was supposed to return to national prominence this season.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Jerry Sandusky's lawyer says he hasn't discussedpleading guilty with his client and that the former Penn State assistantfootball coach still maintains he's innocent of the charges against him.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State will conduct a wide-open search for anew football coach and focus on candidates with characteristics includinghonesty and integrity, the school's new president said.

Jerry Sandusky

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Matt Barkley can't walk 50 yards on the SouthernCalifornia campus without getting career advice.

The Pac-12 Conference's first championship game caps an eventful week in theleague -- so eventful that the game itself between No. 8 Oregon and UCLA seems abit anticlimactic.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- The state Board of Regents has approved a five-yearcontract for new Arizona football coach Rich Rodriguez.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Robert Griffin III has one last chance to impressHeisman Trophy voters when No. 19 Baylor plays Texas on Saturday.

TAMPA, FL - DECEMBER 1: Quarterback B. J. Daniels #7 of the South Florida Bulls directs play against the West Virginia Mountaineers December 1, 2011 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -- In spending an unprecedented $2 million a year to hireMike Leach, Washington State is sending a message to its Pac-12 rivals: Youwon't have the Cougars to kick around much longer.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Forget a pair of disappointing losses that threatened toundermine West Virginia's season. The 22nd-ranked Mountaineers can clinch ashare of the Big East title by beating South Florida, and they've still got ashot at representing the league in the lucrative Bowl Championship Series, too.

DETROIT (AP) -- Chandler Harnish and Northern Illinois arrived at last year'sMid-American Conference title game with an undefeated league record and a spiffynational ranking.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The NCAA has decided UCLA can accept a bowl invitationeven if the Bruins lose the Pac-12 title game to drop to 6-7.

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Chester McGlockton, a four-time Pro Bowl defensivelineman who emerged as a talented assistant coach and mentor at Stanford, diedWednesday. He was 42.

WACO, Texas (AP) -- Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III has practiced thisweek with no lingering effects from the concussion-like symptoms that knockedthe Heisman Trophy hopeful out of the 19th-ranked Bears' last game.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- The Big East will seek dismissal of a West VirginiaUniversity lawsuit aimed at invalidating conference bylaws and speeding up theMountaineers' departure.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Quarterbacks Andrew Luck of Stanford, Robert GriffinIII of Baylor and Case Keenum of Houston are among the five finalists for theWalter Camp Foundation player of the year.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- The Southeastern Conference says it will fine Kentucky$50,000 after fans rushed the field following the Wildcats' 10-7 victory overTennessee on Saturday.

Urban Meyer will take over an Ohio State program that has gone 6-6 in 2011.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Court hearings have been delayed for two PennState administrators charged with lying to a grand jury investigating child sexabuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- TCU kicker Ross Evans is back at practice, thoughcoach Gary Patterson isn't sure yet if the team's career scoring leader willplay in the regular-season finale against UNLV on Saturday following his arrest.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Injured All-American receiver Ryan Broyles has amessage for any NFL general managers who might be listening: give him a chanceand he'll give you his all.

HOUSTON (AP) -- Houston coach Kevin Sumlin deflected questions about hisfuture Tuesday, saying he's had several conversations with Athletic DirectorMack Rhoades about a contract extension.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When the raw emotion from UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel'sfiring began to settle in Westwood, the Bruins realized they've still got one ortwo games to play this season.

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -- Washington State football coach Paul Wulff was firedTuesday after four years during which his teams won only nine games.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois interim head coach Vic Koenning is taskedwith getting a downtrodden team prepared for a likely bowl game.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Nick Saban has a message to the poll voters who willhelp determine whether Alabama plays for a national title: Be "fair."

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Arizona State athletic director Lisa Love gave coachDennis Erickson a long leash in molding the program the way he wanted it,bringing in the players he thought would fit.