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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2010, file photo, South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier walks through the bench area during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against Furman at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. Spurrier's next Southeastern Conference win would be his 107th. That would move him out a tie for second with Ole Miss great Johnny Vaught. Alabama icon Paul "Bear" Bryant is the conference's all-time leader with 159 league wins. But Spurrier says the 19th-ranked Gamecocks will have their hands full on Saturday against the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide and coach Nick Saban. (AP Photo/Rich Glickstein, File)
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Notre Dame wide receiver Theo Riddick (6) steps toward the end zone for for their third first-quarter touchdown against Boston College during their NCAA football game in Boston, Saturday night, Oct. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio answers a few questions from the media during a news conference in East Lansing, Mich. on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Dantonio says he expects to be at this weekend's game at Michigan as he recovers from a mild heart attack and subsequent blood clot in his leg. Dantonio has missed Michigan State's last two games following his Sept. 19 heart attack. The Spartans (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten) and 18th-ranked Michigan Wolverines (5-0, 1-0) are both unbeaten. Michigan State is trying for its third straight victory in the series. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Dale G. Young)
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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2010, file photo, Michigan State safety Trenton Robinson (39), cornerback Chris Rucker, (29) and defensive end Johnathan Strayhorn (57) stop Wisconsin running back John Clay (32) during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State withstood a Notre Dame onslaught and contained Wisconsin's running game. Now the Spartans try to stop Denard Robinson, perhaps the nation's most electrifying offensive talent. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops gestures as he answers a question during an NCAA college news conference in Norman, Okla., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Stoops said that he has told his players there are numerous areas where the sixth-ranked Sooners need to get better during their off week before hosting Iowa State on Oct. 16. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2010, file photo, Central Florida quarterback Jeffrey Godfrey (2) rolls out during the second half of an NCAA college football game against North Carolina State in Orlando, Fla. Central Florida hosts UAB on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay, File)
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This photo from Sept. 11, 2010, shows Nebraska safety Rickey Thenarse (3) celebrating after scoring a touchdown on an interception against Idaho in an NCAA college football game in Lincoln. The senior safety is making the most of an extra year of eligibility he received after tearing a major ligament in his right knee early last season. He's now one of the leaders in the Cornhuskers' strong secondary. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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Quarterback Kirk Cousins was taken in the fourth round of the NFL draft by the Washington Redskins on Saturday. He's shown here with Michigan State offensive coordinator Don Treadwell in 2010. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
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FILE - In this June 9, 2010, file photo, Chicago Blackhawks right wing Dustin Byfuglien lifts the Stanley Cup after the Blackhawks beat the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6 to win the NHL hockey Stanley Cup in Philadelphia. Byfuglien is no longer with the Blackhawks - he is one of several players traded or let go in the days following the team's title because they couldn't all fit under the salary cap. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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The puck bounces away from Detroit Red Wings winger Dan Cleary (11) and Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Paul Martin (7) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. At left is Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2010 file photo made with a fisheye lens, the puck is dropped to start the first period of the first NHL hockey game to be played in the new home of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Consol Energy Center, in Pittsburgh. The Pens played the Detroit Red Wings in a preseason NHL hockey game. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar File)
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St. Louis Blues' David Spina gets squeezed between Chicago Blackhawks' Tomas Kopecky, left, and Jonathan Toews during the first period of a preseason NHL hockey game Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Cherney)
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Carolina Hurricanes Tuomo Ruutu of Finland skates during the NHL ice hockey team's practice session in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010, ahead of Thursday's NHL opener game against Minnesota Wild. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva / Pekka Sakki)
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FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2010 file photo, Atlanta Hawks head coach Larry Drew watches guard Jeff Teague during the team's NBA basketball training camp in Atlanta. Drew is making a point that he doesn't want the Atlanta Hawks to waste time standing around this season. Drew, beginning his first season as head coach, took the team to the Georgia Tech track for timed mile runs on the first day of training camp. The message is he wants the team to be on the move in the motion offense he is installing in camp. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
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Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade drives past Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton during the first quarter of a preseason NBA basketball game Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, in Miami. Wade lasted only 3 minutes, 17 seconds before leaving with a strained right hamstring. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, left, talks with LeBron James (6) during a time out during an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons in Miami, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Wade did not play due to a sprained right wrist. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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FILE- In this file photo taken Sept. 27, 2010 in Deerfield, Ill., Chicago Bulls' Carlos Boozer snarls for a camera during the NBA basketball team's media day. In the Same day the Chicago Bulls locked in Joakim Noah to a five-year contact, they lost Carlos Boozer for about two months with a broken hand forcing them to have to wait to see how a front court they believe could be one of the best in the NBA will perform. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)
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The Detroit Pistons logo on the basketball court before basketball game between the Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks at The Palace Friday, April 8, 2011, in Auburn Hills, Mich. The Pistons announced Friday that billionaire California investor Tom Gores has agreed to buy the struggling NBA franchise. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
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FILE - In this July 31, 2010, file photo Green Bay Packers' Charlie Peprah (46) stretches during NFL football training camp in Green Bay, Wis. Charlie Peprah's grandfather, a former head of state in Ghana, was executed in a revolution in 1979. His family fled to Europe and then to the U.S., where Peprah grew up in Texas. Now, with the Packers thin at safety, Peprah is expected to start Sunday at Washington. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady drops back to pass during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, in Miami. The Patriots defeated the Dolphins 41-14. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
