Replacing Charles will likely be a three-person job for Longhorns

Players Mentioned: Jamaal Charles*

Corpus Christi Caller-Times

As a kid, in much the same way he has become perhaps college football's most feared defensive player, Southern California senior linebacker Rey Maualuga was always on the move.He was born in Oklahoma, where his father, Talatonu, a native of American Samoa, was serving in the U.S. Army. Two months later, his family moved to Honolulu. In the sixth grade, he moved to Oxnard, Calif., a gritty ...

Players Mentioned: Lawrence Jackson

USA Today

JACKSON, Miss. -- Houston Nutt has turned Mississippi receiver Mike Wallace into a believer. ``I can't wait to see what my team's going to do,'' Wallace said. ``I really feel like he's just been bringing it out of us and I feel like we're in the perfect position to shock a lot of people.''

Players Mentioned: Felix Jones*

AccessNorthGA

Texas football coach Mack Brown refuses to talk about depth charts in the early days of training camp.

Players Mentioned: Jamaal Charles*

CBS 42 Austin

JACKSON, Miss. - When the New Orleans Saints made Taylor Mehlhaff the first place kicker taken in last spring's NFL draft, coach Sean Payton knew he'd have a tough choice to make this summer.

Players Mentioned: Taylor Mehlhaff

Honolulu Advertiser

The New England Patriots took a big hit on defense, yesterday but also brought back two key players from the injury ranks. Safety-linebacker Tank Williams, who was expected to see a lot of playing time at both positions, was put on injured reserve yesterday after hurting his knee in Thursday's loss to the Ravens.

Players Mentioned: Chad Henne

Lowell Sun

SOUTH BEND – Charlie Weis has always had an NFL approach and, at the beginning of his tenure in South Bend, perhaps he treated the Notre Dame football team a little too much like a pro team. Yet it is more coincidental than anything that Weis is now following another recent NFL trend.

Players Mentioned: Felix Jones*

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

TERRE HAUTE – Jacob Tamme has always been a quick study. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in three years, made a seamless transition from high school receiver to college tight end and wound up No. 2 among SEC tight ends in career receptions. Photo caption: Tamme

Players Mentioned: Jacob Tamme

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

MADISON Its still early in fall camp, but University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema said former Appleton East standout Matt Fischer has the slight lead in earning the teams starting placekicking duties.

Players Mentioned: Taylor Mehlhaff

The Appleton Post-Crescent

He graduated from the University of Kentucky in three years after making a seamless transition from Boyle County High School and wound up No. 2 among Southeastern Conference tight ends in career receptions.

Players Mentioned: Jacob Tamme

Louisville Courier-Journal

Superlatives can't begin to describe the grandeur of the Olympic Opening Ceremony last Friday. London has a tough act to follow in 2012. These Games have been packed with drama and remarkable performances and they're just starting.

Players Mentioned: Lavelle Hawkins

The Record

By F. Dale Lolley, Staff writer

Players Mentioned: Limas Sweed

Observer-Reporter

KIRKLAND -- Former first-round draft pick Marcus Tubbs is no longer a Seattle Seahawk. The defensive tackle suffered a setback in his rehabilitation from another knee surgery, and he was placed on the Terminated/Failed Physical list.

Players Mentioned: Red Bryant

Everett Herald

Seattle decides the defensive tackle's surgically repaired knee isn't healed enough.

Players Mentioned: Red Bryant, Lawrence Jackson

Everett Herald

CHARLOTTESVILLE - The University of Virginia is fresh off one of its best football seasons in recent memory, but the Cavaliers have a lot of holes to fill and a ton of questions to answer - like who the starting quarterback will be, for instance.

Players Mentioned: Chris Long

The Staunton News Leader

Say this about the newest member of the New England Patriots: his name's got a nice ring to it. "I got a ring out of it, a nice ring," Jeff Shoate said following his first practice with the Patriots, a morning walkthrough yesterday inside the Dana-Farber Field House. "I haven't even seen it yet. My wife (Ronisa) just got it in the mail so she's at home (in Los Angeles) walking around wearing ...

Players Mentioned: Terrence Wheatley

The Daily News Tribune

Second all-time receiver among SEC tight ends caught two touchdown passes in Colts' preseason contest against Carolina.

Players Mentioned: Jacob Tamme, Tom Santi

WBKO Bowling Green

FOXBORO - Ray Rice is still looking for his hat.

Players Mentioned: Ray Rice*, Jerod Mayo*, Shawn Crable, Gary Guyton

The Standard-Times

Dry your tears, fans of fantasy. It's time to dust off those spiral notebooks (complete with cheesy, generic football images) and prepare for yet another year of mock-football mastery.

Players Mentioned: Ryan Torain, Rashard Mendenhall*, Ray Rice*, Jonathan Stewart*, James Hardy*, Limas Sweed, Matt Forte, Malcolm Kelly*, DeSean Jackson*, Devin Thomas*, Donnie Avery

The Tampa Tribune

FOXBORO – Say this about the newest member of the New England Patriots.

Players Mentioned: Terrence Wheatley

The Patriot Ledger