It may be time to lay off Joe Paterno with Penn State possibly looking at 12-0.
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• Mike Kern, Philadelphia Daily News: There are few givens in college football, but Penn State could be looking at a 12-0 regular season if it can get past Ohio State in two weeks.

• J.P. Giglio, Raleigh News & Observer: North Carolina has lost its best player, Brandon Tate. The senior playmaker will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his right  knee.

• Robbi Pickeral, Raleigh News & Observer: Two controversial calls from the replay booth in the final minutes of North Carolina's 29-24  victory over Notre Dame were accurate, the Atlantic Coast Conference coordinator of football officials said.

• FireRRod.com: That didn't take long. A site asking that Michigan fire Rich Rodriguez when the contract of Louisiana State's Les Miles expires.

• John Adams, Knoxville News-Sentinel: Fan are paying more than ever to follow Tennessee football, and coach Phillip Fulmer is being paid more for less. No wonder fewer fans are going to Neyland Stadium.

• Jim Moore, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: How bad is Washington State? The Cougars' kickoff to start the second half that went out of bounds was marred by a personal foul penalty. "How you can get a personal-foul penalty on an out-of-bounds kickoff is as mystifying as this 1-6 season."

• Tom Luicci, Newark Star-Ledger: Among candidates to become the Big East's next commissioner: Tom Pernetti, the executive vice  president for content at the CBS College Sports Network; Kevin Weiberg, former Big 12 commissioner; Kevin Tribble, Central Florida athletic director and Christine Plonsky, University of Texas associate athletic director.

• Norman Chad: It's time to lay off Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden.