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	Charlie Weis hopes his contract extension will quiet all the pesky NFL rumors. Damian Strohmeyer/SI

One day after signing a new contract designed to keep him as Notre Dame's head football coach through 2015, Charlie Weis said the new deal was about stability, not money. By tying himself to Notre Dame long term, Weis said Sunday he hoped to nip in the bud any rumors that he might be looking to use his early success as a springboard to a more lucrative NFL head-coaching job.
-- Chicago Tribune

In order to qualify for a Bowl Championship Series game, Notre Dame must win nine games and finish in the top 10 of the final BCS ranking. The Fiesta Bowl is salivating over a potential Notre Dame-Penn State matchup, and will get it.
-- Philadelphia Inquirer

USC is expected to reclaim the No. 1 spot in the bowl championship standings today, but coach Pete Carroll said he remains perplexed at the process. Last week, USC dropped to No. 2 behind Texas. "Is it like the Wizard of Oz? A guy behind the curtain with a megaphone or something?" Carroll said.
-- Los Angeles Times

In the aftermath of a halftime incident that involved players and coaches from USC and Washington State, USC officials said Sunday that they would ask the Pacific 10 Conference to adjust a rule that requires the team closest to the tunnel to exit the field first. USC and Washington State jostled in the Coliseum tunnel on Saturday as the teams made their way to their locker rooms. Washington State Coach Bill Doba, whose team trailed 38-6 at the time, was reportedly shoved during the incident.
-- Los Angeles Times

Florida essentially scrapped the wide-open offense that made Urban Meyer famous and ground out a victory over Georgia. Instead of taking the Southeastern Conference by storm with his spread-option offense, Meyer decided after two SEC losses that if his team could not fly past competitors in this hard-nosed league, it might as well play like them. The Gators used multiple tight ends and a blocking back and abandoned the option, the play that had defined Meyer's attack.
-- New York Times

With its sixth win, a 33-17 victory at Northwestern on Saturday night, the Wolverines became bowl-eligible for an NCAA-record 31st consecutive season. Wins in their final two games could place them in the Capital One Bowl or, if things break right, a Bowl Championship Series game. A win over Indiana and a loss to Ohio State still leaves the Outback Bowl and Alamo Bowl as likely destinations.
-- Detroit Free Press

Florida State freshman receiver Fred Rouse, who missed the Duke game while serving a suspension for a violation of undisclosed team rules that may or may not have involved a sideline tantrum, didn't play against Maryland. Bobby Bowden said Rouse wasn't in the "dog house," he merely got a bit behind when he was out for a week.
-- St. Petersburg Times

Miami Hurricanes coach Larry Coker said his team won't be able to overcome any lapses Saturday at third-ranked Virginia Tech.
-- Miami Herald

With the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 6-2 overall, bowl eligible and almost certainly bowl-bound with three games remaining -- starting with Saturday's visit by South Florida -- coach Greg Schiano has an entirely new challenge to deal with: how his players handle success.
-- Newark Star-Ledger

Is Kansas State's No. 1 running-back spot up for grabs? Asked whether Thomas Clayton remained No. 1 on the depth chart, coach Bill Snyder said: "I don't know." Neither Clayton nor No. 2 running back Parrish Fisher got a carry the second half. That duty belonged to senior Carlos Alsup, who had seven carries for 39 yards the second half after receiving just one carry for 3 yards in the second quarter. Alsup had a big 23-yard run in the third quarter during a Wildcat touchdown drive. "I thought he ran very, very well. Yes, he'll be a factor," Snyder said of Alsup.
-- Kansas City Star

Virginia football fans are used to it by now. Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez doesn't have a starting quarterback, he has co-starters.
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Indianapolis is going to get the Big Ten men's basketball tournament. Or lose it. The conference plans to end the annual rotation between Indianapolis and Chicago and put the lucrative and highly attended postseason tournament in one of those cities on a more permanent basis, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said Sunday.
-- Indianapolis Star

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