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Normally it takes the NFLa very long time to finally give in and adopt the superior rules of college football. After having to chase footballs all over the field between downs the NFLhas finally decided to penalize a team if a player spikes the football on a non-scoring play. The penalty will be fiveyards for "delay of game." The penalty in college football, although rarely enforced, is fifteen yards for "unsportsmanlike conduct." Remember it took the NFLdecades to move its goal posts to the back of the end zone and adopt the two-point conversion.

Northern Colorado punter Rafael Mendoza recovered from being stabbed in his kicking leg and punted in ten games for the Bears last season. Mendoza plans to punt for the Bears again this season.

College football's oldest publication, Street and Smith's Yearbook, picks Georgia to finish the season at #16 and Clemson at #22. Georgia Tech and South Carolina are unranked. No Bulldog or Tiger players made their pre-season All-America team, but Tech punter Durant Brooks did.

New Boston College Head Coach Jeff Jagodzinski steps into a program with 16 starters and 44 lettermen returning. The Eagles posted a 10-3 record last year and are a dark horse candidate for the ACC title and an Orange Bowl bid.

Former Boston College head man Tom O'Brien has moved on to N.C. State to attempt to revive the fortunes of the Wolfpack. After going 3-9 last year Chuck Amato has returned to Florida State as linebacker coach.

Speaking of new coaches, Alabama's Nick Saban has almost every starter back on offense, but only four starting defenders return. The Tide must play Vanderbilt on the road in the second game of the season. This will be the week before they play Arkansas in Tuscaloosa. The improved Commodores are setting a trap for the Crimson Tide.

Steve Spurrier is promoting a run at the SEC Championship for his Carolina Gamecocks this fall. Not given to brash predictions, the other SEC coaches have taken notice. Carolina's clash with Georgia on September 8 could be huge.

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