So pleased is Penn State with 81 year old Joe Paterno’s performance that they both agree that the football coach does not require a new contract to continue what he does best at Penn State.

Currently, Paterno’s contract ends at the end of the 2008 season but that does not mark the end to his career with the Nittany Lions. Graham Spanier, the University president was quoted as saying that Paterno’s  seniority is more than enough to convince them that he needs no mere contract to stay on with Penn State. He entered his 43rd season as Penn State’s coach and has brought many victories to the Nittany Lions.

Joe Paterno was quoted as saying that he will be comfortable with whatever decision the University came up with and will continue to be the guiding light for the Nittany Lions.

Louisiana State University beat Ohio State 38-24 to win the national championship. They had a wild run to the championships. They lost twice in three overtimes, and took many fourth-down risks.  In the season there was no team that was on the top position for very long. In the end however Louisiana State University played brilliantly on the day it had to.

 President Bush honored the team on Monday and lauded the success of the team in the championships. Some of the best contributors of the team were quarterback Matt Flynn and defensive standout Glenn Dorsey. Les Miles, the coach of the team was praised by bush as a strong leader and a risk taker. The football team became two time champions for the first time in the history of Bowl Championship series. They were also the first to be defeated in two games in the championship season. LSU had fallen behind 10-0 but scored 31 unanswered points to bag the championship.

Florida state NCAA football wide receiver Percy Harvin will miss the rest of the spring practice sessions due to the heel injury and it seems that it might need a surgery on his heel to set it right. The Florida coach Urban Meyer has said that the team doctors arte taking advice from specialists on how to go about with this heel injury. The coach said that it is a special type of an injury which is not very commonly seen. The coach said that even if Harvin undergoes a surgery, he will be only back in playing mode for the fall practice in August.

The heel soreness was felt by Harvin during his high school days and it has aggravated as the years passed by and last season is when Harvin felt unbearable pain in his right heel. The team doctors, after reviewing the situation, have come to a conclusion that it is a bone related injury, and were initially treating it for tendinitis. Harvin has not played for Florida in every game of the last two seasons owing to various physical problems.

The Mississippi state football players, defensive tackle Quinton Wesley and left tackle Michael Brown, were shown the doors by the Mississippi team management and were also dismissed from the university after reports of their arrests last Thursday night. The two promising young players were arrested for possessing two handguns inside the college campus. Police recovered the guns from the campus and arrested Brown with charges of possession of a fire arm and Wesley was charged with intensified assault and both the offenses are law breaking ones.

Brown was a key member of the Mississippi offensive line and had been on top of his game for his state last season. He received tremendous support and rare reviews for his performance as well and had started in 18 of the 19 games for his state football team. Wesley had played in 21 games with one start and was to get considerable playing time during the next season as a defensive line rotation player.

The junior offensive lineman of the Michigan football team, Justin Boren, said that he has left the Michigan team citing that the family value program have taken a beating in the team lately. Boren, who started in every NCAA tournament game for his team last season, said that the mutual respect, support and the team work in the Michigan football fraternity was there for everyone to see and he feels that these things now do not have any value at all.

The offensive lineman said that he was unable to concentrate on the game due to these short comings in the team and hence has decided to part ways with the team. He also revealed that he did not fully appreciate the no-huddle spread offensive tactics of the new coach Rich Rodriguez as it was physically very challenging. Boren, who has received good comments and reviews for his game, would have been an offensive line starter for the Wolverines’ in the coming season.

The running back of Virginia Tech Branden Ore has decided to step out of the Virginia Tech team next year and has had a lot of deliberations with his coach Frank Beamer before arriving at this decision. He said that it was his life decision at the moment and will do what he feels is right to him. The Virginia tech coach said the team acknowledges the services rendered by Branden for Virginia Tech. The coach wished him well in all his future endeavors.

There was no answer from the Sports Information officials as well as the player regarding the quitting matter. One of Ore’s friends was convicted by a federal court for possession of crack cocaine that he intended to distribute. Ore was once involved in a drug trafficking case when he was found to be in possession of two bags of drugs riding in a car along with his friend Tony Majette of Christiansburg in 2006 and was asked to appear in the court for giving explanation. Ore was not charged in the end.

The Washington Capitals made full use of their first trip to Nashville in four years by beating the home team by 4-2 last Tuesday night and the star player for the Washington Capitals was Alexander Ovechkin who scored a goal and had two assists as well. This was the 58th goal of Alexander in his NHL career and it was an empty netter as well. Matt Bradley, Backstrom and Alexander Semin also chipped in with one goal each during the first period of play and all these players contributed to Capitals’ fourth straight victory this season. It was a memorable night for Alexander Ovechkin, as he earned his 100th point this season and became the only player in the Capitals’ team to get 100 points twice in a season.

Alexander Ovechkin said that he was happy to get the records and that his concentration right now is not on gaining records but on winning the games for his team and thereby gaining two points for the team. Washington team is trailing the eighth placed Philadelphia Flyers by two points in the Eastern Conference and their coach of the Capitals’ says that it is a close race for the eighth position and by the end of Friday there could be 5 to 6 teams vying for that coveted eighth position.

Ereck Plancher a wide receiver of Central Florida team died on Tuesday following Voluntary strength conditioning drills. The team was to begin its spring practice on Wednesday. Police couldn’t find the exact reason for the death but were sure that there wasn’t any kind of foul play in the incident. The athletic Director of UCF, Keith Tribble explained that players did weight lifting and running for about 10 minutes. Plancher who is only 19 years collapsed as everyone was leaving. The UCF trainers present at the site gave him CPR and he was taken to hospital immediately.

Plancher was announced dead by the hospital authorities by noon. An autopsy will be conducted to identify the exact reason of his death. Tribble has informed that Plancher has passed the entire Physical test while he was taken into the team. Tribble also ruled out the chances of training in high –temperature as a reason for his collapse as the training was in an air-conditioned building. Tribble also extended the support of UCF family to the family members, friends and teammates to cope with the unexpected loss. In 2007, Keeley Dorsey of South Florida collapsed during weight training and he was found to have some genetic heart disorder in his autopsy.

The head coach of the Michigan team, Rich Rodriguez, walked into the spring practice stadium on Saturday wearing his navy cap with an M on the front of the cap. The head coach has been hired from West Virginia and the Michigan fans are hoping that he will do some work on the out of date and predictable offensive tactics of the team. Rodriguez, after the first practice session, said that he felt a bit ugly sometimes and felt a bit motivated and encouraged at other times during the session and the players soon realized the importance of speed with the drills that the coach is trying to instill in them.

Rodriguez has been asking the Michigan boys to bring in a lot of speed in their game and feels that the players have to do a lot to get in shape that are needed for such practice sessions. Rodriguez concentrated on the quarter backs and the running backs of the Wolverines in his early part of the first practice session. He said that quarterback is an important position in the team and hence focus will be given to the quarterbacks in the team. Rodriguez said that he will not release the names of the starters until a week from the August 30th opener for the Wolverine’s against visiting Utah team.

The Oregon State wide receiver and a senior in the team, Sammie Stroughter, has been granted permission to play in the 2008 NCAA football season following a medical hardship grant for 2007, according to the announcement by the Pac-10 conference on Friday. Stroughter was pitted to be the top player by many gurus of the game last season, but could not take up playing during the fall camp due to some personal problems last season. Stroughter did come back after settling all his problems to play for the Oregon state but even this stint was a brief one as he was sidelined with a kidney injury that kept him out of the game for the rest of the season.

Stroughter will have to fight his way all through the spring practice session in order to find the form that he was in during the 2006 season. He had a record of 74 passes caught for 1,293 yards in the 2006 season and had also made 3 touchdowns on punt returns. He is regarded by many greats as a very capable receiving and punt return player and his remarkable 70 yarder against the USC that helped his Oregon State to defeat the Trojans 27 game winning streak is still fresh in the minds of many Oregon fans.