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An Alabama fan was charged Thursday with sexual battery after authorities say he was captured on video performing a simulated sex act on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship game.

A lot is changing at Penn State. A new coach. A new offense. More importantly, there's a changing culture in Happy Valley as one era ends and another begins. Dennis Dodd says one good thing for Bill O'Brien: football is still spoken here.

A lot is changing at Penn State. A new coach. A new offense. More importantly, there's a changing culture in Happy Valley as one era ends and another begins. Dennis Dodd says one good thing for Tom O'Brien: football is still spoken here.

May 17 is not a normal date to hear that an athletic director has been fired, but that doesn't matter much to SMU, which surprisingly fired AD Steve Orsini effective immediately on Thursday. School president R. Gerald Turner announced the change in a press release but did not give any specific reasons as to why Orsini was let go.

SMU AD got an extension in January.

West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck had been linked to opening at Stanford but he's staying in Morgantown.

Oklahoma finished second in the race for the top quarterback in the country but moved on and found their man on Thursday as Colleyville (Texas) signal-caller Cody Thomas committed to the Sooners.

Ten days after tweeting he was transferring to Texas A&M, suspended Oklahoma WR Kameel Jackson tweets he's staying in Norman.

Old Dominion will officially announce Thursday it will move to Conference USA in 2013. On May 1, CBSSports.com reported ODU would join C-USA along with North Texas, Florida International, Louisiana Tech, Texas San Antonio and Charlotte.

Will Florida State flee to the Big 12 conference? The perception is it will. Brett McMurphy, on site at the ACC's spring meetings, fails to get any answers out of FSU AD Randy Spetman or ACC commish John Swofford.

Prosecutors charged Notre Dame linebacker Carlo Calabrese with a misdemeanor count of intimidation Wednesday for allegedly making threatening remarks to a police officer after quarterback Tommy Rees was arrested near an off-campus party.

"You ever been to College Station?" Will Muschamp said at a Florida fan function when asked about the Gators' scheduled visit to Texas A&M. "It'll be the only time you go."

A junior safety projected to play a substantial role in the Missouri secondary, Tavon Bolden was dismissed from the Tigers for the second -- and final -- time Tuesday.

The good news? It sounds like we*re very close to finally getting an actual college football playoff. The not-so-good news? The selection process that is bound to be involved to determine the final four teams involved is going to be messy.

A day after the Big Ten's athletic directors said they would all-but demand that the Rose Bowl be part of the upcoming playoff, Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds said the playoffs and bowls should be "separate entities."

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- Derrick Brooks, a former Florida State board of trustees member and All-American linebacker for the Seminoles, said Wednesday that the Big 12 initiated contact with Florida State about joining the league. However, Florida State athletic director Randy Spetman, attending the ACC's spring meetings, told CBSSports.com "I don't know where Derrick got that.

Phillip Fulmer's impressive Tennessee run ended without fanfare but his vindication continues. As the program struggles to regain past glory, the coach is thrilled to enter college football's Hall of Fame, Tony Barnhart says.

Pittsburgh RB Ray Graham led the Big East in rushing before going down with a season-ending injury. Chryst says he should be ready for camp.