Players who target defenseless opponents could find themselves out of the game.

NCAA Football Rules Committee, which met this week, unanimously voted to increase the on-field penalty for players who target other players. Not only will the play incur a 15-yard penalty, it will also result in the automatic ejection of the offending player.

“Student-athlete safety will always be one of our primary concerns,” Air Force coach Troy Calhoun, chair of the committee, said. “We all have a role to embrace when making a positive impact on our game. Taking measures to remove targeting, or above the shoulder hits on defenseless players, will improve our great sport.”

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Samuel Jurgens is the Alabama student who was allegedly beaten and robbed by members of the Crimson Tide football team. He told The Crimson White, a student newspaper, about the ordeal which included him being knocked unconscious and being covered in blood.

And even after the report, which he says was unprovoked, the sophomore still plans to root for his school's football team in the fall.

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South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney will play in 2013 – despite many wanting him to sit out and stay injury free – but he might do so with an insurance policy in place.

According to FoxSports.com, “a member of Clowney’s camp” has reached out to Coastal Advisors LLC regarding information about obtaining an insurance policy that could be worth as much as $5 million.

The policy would protect Clowney if he were to suffer a major, catastrophic injury that wouldn't allow him to pursue a professional career.

Coastal Advisors LLC president Richard "Big Daddy" Salgado told FoxSports.com that 35 student athletes have purchased insurance from his company in the past 15 years.

Coaches will go to great lengths to both support their fellow teams and find a recruiting advantage.

Michigan coach Brady Hoke was attempting to do both Tuesday night when he made an appearance in East Lansing to support the Michigan basketball team against rival Michigan State.

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The advertisement featuring Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez modeling a Wildcats-themed Tommy Bahama shirt, posted by richretyi on Instagram, is simply fantastic. Soak it in.

(USA Today Sports Images)One of the lamentable things about college football is the lack of good non-conference games. There's some, but most teams seem content to play a weak schedule to ensure bowl eligibility and a bump in the rankings before league play.

The Big Ten might not be eliminating all bad non-conference games, but it's getting rid of the worst of them.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez divulged that the Big Ten has agreed to stop scheduling FCS games. Thank goodness.

(USA Today Sports Images)Steve Spurrier basically laughed off the notion that South Carolina's star defensive end Jadeveon Clowney should sit out the 2013 college football season to protect himself for the 2014 draft.

The topic was first brought up by Charlotte Observer columnist Tom Sorensen, when he wondered if Clowney should sit out to avoid injury. Clowney is ineligible for this year's draft because he's not three years removed from high school. The only part of the column that didn't hold weight was when Sorensen said Clowney might not be the first pick of the 2013 NFL draft but would be a contender for it. Clowney would be the first pick of this draft, and most others. The Chiefs would already have the card to give to the commissioner written out. There shouldn't be a question about that.

The debate has gotten some traction this week, mostly because it raises good points on the NFL's draft eligibility rule, one of the worst and most unfair in all of sports.

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There's no concern that Clowney will actually sit out, and Spurrier dismissed the idea when asked about it by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Urban Meyer told a story at the Ohio high school football coaches' convention, and five times he reiterated it was a true story, and then once more at the end for good measure.

And once he hit the key part of the story about Woody Hayes and the turtle, it made sense. Because it's the most unbelievable thing anyone has heard in a long time (UPDATE: and it seems it was truly unbelievable, since Ohio State late Tuesday released an advisory saying Meyer was exaggerating and joking when he told the story. See the end of the post).

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Hayes was notoriously tough when he was Ohio State's coach and expected the same out of his players. Shortly after Earle Bruce had taken over as Buckeyes coach following Hayes' departure, Bruce had Hayes come and talk to the team to fire the players and staff up. Meyer, a young assistant, sat in the back.

And, if you're a man, get ready to cringe.