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Despite freshman Tate Forcier starting the first 11 games this season, Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez won't promise the starting quarterback job for next year. Speaking on WJR-AM (760) tonight, Rodriguez was asked whether he has to make a choice between Forcier and backup Denard Robinson. "I don't think so," Rodriguez said to host Mitch Albom. "What I want to do, and what our goal is, what I've told the players in recruiting is, we want to recruit competition at every position. We want two to three guys at every position who are truly competing for the job."

Detroit Free Press

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UCLA basketball forward Nikola Dragovic was suspended for last night's game against Cal State Bakersfield after his arrest in relation to an incident last month at a concert in Hollywood. Dragovic was informed this morning that the Los Angeles district attorney filed a felony charge against him. He turned himself into University of California police and Hollywood Division detectives soon after. The charge could be even more serious given that Dragovic was arrested at the start of last season in regard to an altercation with his ex-girlfriend.

Los Angeles Times

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You don???t have to be at courtside to get a favorable impression of Tennessee basketball. An upper-deck view was just fine for Tobias Harris. Two days after watching the Vols from the upper deck at Thompson-Boling Arena, the highly sought-after power forward from Half Hollow Hills West High in Glen Head, N.Y., announced that he had signed with UT. he 6-foot-8, 210-pound Harris, who made his announcement live on ESPNU on Thursday evening, is the highest-rated player ever to sign with the Vols, according to recruiting-service rankings.

Tennessean

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The love is gone. There is nothing left for Dan Hawkins to do except say goodbye, and nowhere for him to go except out the door. A good man has failed as football coach of the Buffaloes. The only logical choice Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn has now? Fire Hawkins. A heartbreaking 31-28 loss to 12th- ranked Oklahoma State on Thursday night defined the woulda-shoulda- coulda nature of the Hawkins era at CU, where his record is a totally unacceptable 16-32.

Denver Post

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Kansas coach Mark Mangino went on a lengthy rant Thursday night during his weekly radio show "Hawk Talk"on KCSP 610 AM, calling out some of the parents of his players and the former players who have spoken out against him.

Kansas City Star

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