Continually updated NCAA College Football news

• Post-Super Bowl, Bill O'Brien set to tackle Penn State full-time (Feb 6, 2012)
  White placards with a set of rules were affixed to the glass doors of the players' entrance at the Penn State football building about the time Bill O'Brien agreed to become the school's next football coach.
  
  
• College football recruiting: New day, new class, new No. 1 (Feb 6, 2012)
  She doesn't like the answers. The thought that the recruiting process ever being "over;" while refreshing for sure, is wishful thinking.
  
  
• Football Groups Using Lobbyists to Score on Capitol Hill (Feb 6, 2012)
  The Super Bowl may be over for another year, but the Lobby Bowl rages on. Congress has addressed numerous football issues over the last year, and the party continues, Politico reports.
  
  
• Four sign for record-setting Woodland High School class (Feb 6, 2012)
  At last year's National Signing Day, the Woodland High media center seemed no different than it normally would on any other school morning, with the Wildcats' only football signee opting for a ceremony in metro Atlanta later that day.
  
  
• MX Collectibles Captures College Football Excitement with New Line of Team Mascot Collectibles (Feb 6, 2012)
  football fans can capture the spirit, excitement and fierce determination of ... (more)
  
  
• 12 Columbus North seniors to finalize college plans (Jul 14, 2011)
  Twelve Columbus North High School seniors are set to put pens to paper Wednesday to finalize their commitments for college athletics and academics.
  
  
• Vollmer's return gives Patriots line boost (Feb 6, 2012)
  Patriots quarterback Tom Brady walks away after being sacked by Giants defensive end Justin Tuck during the second half.
  
  
• Sports complex impact gauged (Feb 6, 2012)
  The Smith River Sports Complex more than doubled its estimated impact on the local economy between 2010 and last year.
  
  
• The new LA Convention Center's West Hall (Feb 5, 2012)
  The Football season is about to end but that is the beginning of more discussion on professional football returning after 14 years away.
  
  
• Dyer, Roachell, Dick, Aquakids honored at Pitts/Delph luncheon (Feb 5, 2012)
  Cliff Garrison, who has known Don Dyer as a mentor, rival and friend, noted that how the winningest basketball coach in Arkansas history left no stone unturned in his search for good players.
  
  
• Patriot Super Bowl run only pushes BC athletics further into the abyss (Feb 5, 2012)
  So, its about 2 1/2 hours before the kickoff of Super Bowl XLVI and unlike most of my fellow New Englanders I am not yet parked in front of the television or at some party.
  
  
• Bristle's next step ... Campbell University (Feb 5, 2012)
  The 6-foot-2, 285-pound running back signed his national letter of intent in a ceremony Friday morning to play for the Camels, who compete in the NCAA Division I-Football Championship Subdivision's Pioneer League.
  
  
• Murschel: Time for Big Ten to embrace own Urban Renewal (Feb 5, 2012)
  Everyone knew that Urban Meyer 's presence at Ohio State would rub some of the league's staunchest critics the wrong way but no figured it would happen so quickly.
  
  
• Matt Murschel: It's time for the Big Ten to embrace its own Urban Renewal (Feb 5, 2012)
  Everyone knew that Urban Meyer 's presence at Ohio State would rub some of the league's staunchest critics the wrong way but no figured it would happen so quickly.
  
  
• Scouting The Draft: Whitney Mercilus, DE, Illinois (Feb 5, 2012)
  Continuing our look at some of the players that the Jets may want to consider in the 2012 draft, next up is Whitney Mercilus.
  
  
• Dickson's Week in Review, Jan. 29-Feb. 4 (Feb 5, 2012)
  The NFL's greatest quarterbacks are usually ranked by the number of rings they've won.
  
  
• Two St. Patrick Football Players to Play in College (Feb 5, 2012)
  A 6-foot-5, 280-pound defensive tackle, Canoy will be a grey shirt freshman for the Huskies.
  
  
• Bartoli commits to Sacred Heart (Feb 4, 2012)
  Nick Bartoli, a senior from Wyoming Area, has accepted an offer from Sacred Heart University to continue his academic and athletic careers at the Connecticut school.
  
  
• Phil Anastasia: Eustace QB Spellman guided by books over football (Feb 4, 2012)
  Chris Spellman was like lots of other red-blooded American 12-year-olds. He had football posters on all four walls of his mind and football dreams in all four chambers of his heart.
  
  
• Dolphins' Philbin hires 'mentor' as receivers coach (Feb 4, 2012)
  Former Iowa offensive coordinator Ken O'Keefe accepted a position as the Dolphins receiver coach, reuniting with his old friend and former protege.