GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) Here's a ray of hope for college football fans bummed by the recent rejection of the plus-one model to determine a national champion. (MORE)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Penn State coach Joe Paterno shrugged off a medical scare and said Friday that he feels fine after going to the hospital this week to be treated for dehydration. (MORE)

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) Penn State defensive tackle Chris Baker was sentenced to two years' probation Friday after entering guilty pleas in two cases involving two separate fights. (MORE)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Running back George Stripling was dismissed from the Louisville football team Friday for a violation of team rules. (MORE)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, kicked off LSU's national championship team after repeated off-the-field problems, signed Wednesday with Jacksonville State. (MORE)

LOS ANGELES (AP) Southern California has signed a new 25-year lease that will keep the Trojans' football team in the Los Angeles Coliseum and include improvements in the stadium. (MORE)

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) A judge reduced a felony charge to a misdemeanor against Murray State quarterback Jeff Ehrhardt, who pushed a campus police officer and took his ticket book. (MORE)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota coach Tim Brewster said running back recruit Kevin Whaley is "fortunate that he's alive" after being shot in the leg outside a Virginia night club earlier this month. (Full Story)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia has been suspended from the team after being ticketed for underage drinking in his third run-in with police in about a year. (Full Story)

HONOLULU (AP) Hawaii cornerback Keenan Jones has been suspended from the team and was scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday on two felony charges. (Full Story)