ALABAMA: Coach Mike Shula confirmed that quarterback Marc Guillon has a broken his throwing hand, but he would not elaborate any further. Alabama’s edition to Bryant-Denny Stadium would mean a capacity of 92, 138 or the sixth largest on-campus facility next to Georgia (92, 746), Ohio State (101, 568), Tennessee (104, 079), Penn State (106, 537), and Michigan (107, 501).

AUBURN: Sophomore quarterback Calvin Booker is transferring to Georgia Tech. He was beat out by sophomore Blake Field for the backup job to Brandon Cox. After the departure of Reggie Ball, next season Booker will battle sophomores Taylor Bennett and Kyle Manley for the starting position in 2007. Booker played in one game as a redshirt freshman in 2005 when he came out of Mays High in Atlanta.

OLE MISS: Defensive lineman Jerrell Powe (6-3, 360), has qualified according to his mother. He ran the 40 in 5.03 and bench pressed 225 over 19 times at Hargrave Military.

MISSISSIPPI STATE: The Bulldogs may be the most improved at receiver with former quarterback Omarr Conner and junior college transfer Tony Burks, who was impressive enough despite a pulled hamstring to earn a starting nod. Another juco receiver Ryan Mason (6-5, 210) joins the team this summer. Juniors Joey Sanders and Will Prosser, who led the team in receptions last year, are valuable reserves. Defensive end Cortez McCraney (6-3, 275) is transferring from Memphis to Mississippi State. He can practice with the team but he is not eligible to play until 2007.

LSU: Coach Les Miles told a booster group that tailback Alley Broussard is close to being 100% after a knee injury cost him all of last season. He is excited about incoming freshman tailback Keiland Williams, who is at Hargrave Military Academy working on his academics.

GEORGIA: Clifton Geathers (6-7, 280), an offensive lineman from Carvers Bay, S. C., committed to the Bulldogs a few weeks ago, but has yet to sign. Georgia is still recruiting him. Bulldog officials are looking for an opening opponent in 2007. They were originally set to open the season against Troy until the game was moved to Nov. 3 between the Florida and Auburn games. Georgia has an off week that season before Florida. Georgia also has a series in the works against Oregon, but it won’t be played until after 2014 when a two-year series with Clemson is scheduled to end. Georgia plays at Arizona State in 2008, Colorado in 2010, and Louisville in 2012. Colorado comes to Athens this fall, as does Arizona State in 2009 and Louisville in 2011.

Bulldog coach Mark Richt told the Middle Georgia Bulldog Club Monday night that the offensive line will be one of the strengths of the team with senior Nick Jones at center, juniors Fernando Velasco, Zeb McKinzey and Chester Adams at guard and seniors Daniel Inman, Ken Shackleford and Michael Turner at tackle. Sophomore Seth Watts provides depth at guard with freshman Kevin Perez and redshirt freshman Ian Smith at center.

FLORIDA: The Anderson Independent-Mail had a column by John Braiser on May 3 that suggested Florida sent a player (freshman quarterback Tim Tebow) to change the mind of Clemson signee C J Spiller on signing day. The column also suggests that the NCAA could investigate. However, since Tebow and Spiller already had a relationship and Gator coaches were not aware of the visit, the school and the SEC found no wrongdoing. The day before signing day Tebow attended Spiller’s basketball game. If another Gator player that would not have known Spiller would have attended the game, then it would have been a violation. Clemson, Miami and Florida State have turned Florida in for recruiting infractions. Gator coach Urban Meyer has a big fan in former Gator and NFL linebacker Jack Youngblood, who has been outspoken in supporting the present staff. Youngblood and Meyer met two years ago over dinner. Meyer announced recently that every living Gator captain will be invited back for Homecoming weekend.

Meyer and New England coach Bill Belichick have formed a friendship. New England drafted two Florida players and signed three more to free agent contracts. Receiver Kenneth Tookes in a recent interview with GatorBait said, “This is my last stand-my last chance. Hopefully I can go out with a bang helping the team win a SEC championship. I can help the running backs with my blocking and hopefully catch a few more passes. My main goal is to do whatever I can to help us win.” Chris Leak is fourth on the Gator all-time list in both passing yards (8,271) and pass completions (663). Bryan Waggener (6-4, 226), a quarterback from Glendora (Calif.) Citrus College is commitment No. 5 for the Gators. Florida sophomore receiver Michael McIntosh, a First Coast (Jacksonville) High graduate, has decided to transfer to Georgia Southern. He was at the bottom of the depth chart after redshirting last year.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Due to an all-time demand for tickets, there are plans to expand Williams-Brice Stadium to 88,000 seats. The expansion will happen in the North end zone. Capacity is now 80,000. Williams-Brice Stadium was expanded by 8,000 in 1996. Spurrier also said he wants to run the ball 25-30 per game with Cory Boyd and Mike Davis in the same backfield. He has been extremely cautious not to make predictions as evidence by his comment of “hopefully we can play with those guys. You never know” when discussing non-conference foes Wofford, Florida Atlantic and Middle Tennessee State.

Spurrier has told a booster group Thursday night that the team posted a 2.5 grade point average, the second highest ever for the team. Spurrier backtracked on some earlier remarks that there would be some transfers and academic casualties. He said receiver Noah Whiteside and backup quarterback Cade Thompson, who might have had some academic difficulty after missing some classes, need to continue to work hard. Former defensive coordinator John Thompson has ended up at Central Arkansas as the athletic director. Thompson, a former graduate of the school, will lead them from Division II to Division I-AA status. The team mascot is a purple bear and the women’s teams are called the sugar bears.

FLORIDA STATE: Former Nole quarterback Casey Weldon is the new football coach at North Florida Christian High School. Defensive back Kenny Ingram has gotten his academics together after being academically ineligible for this past spring. He said missing spring actually helped him mature. The sophomore has gained 12 pounds of muscle and is up to 220 pounds. Marcus Ball, a linebacker signee, recently made a qualifying score on his ACT.

Nole athletic director Dave Hart expressed concern that another difficult hurricane season could wreck havoc on ACC schedules that have only one open date and a league title game set for Dec. 2. Hart has advocated starting the season a week earlier in the future. Tight end signee Brandon Warren is still a question mark to qualify. He is taking two correspondence courses in order to help his chances. In his remarks to the Seminole Club of Clay (Fla.) County, Bowden said the team needs to have a healthy year with the offensive line. He hopes to sign 6-7 more offensive linemen next February, but the Noles can only sign 12-15. He praised the academic prowess of freshmen defensive back Myron Rolle, who is nearly a sophomore due to many college prep classes, and quarterback Christian Ponder. Bowden also said he doubted receiver Rod Owens would play contrary to reports to the contrary. Bowden was adamant that he wanted to play again play Miami again to start the season after the contract runs out after this season.

BOSTON COLLEGE: The health of junior linebacker Brian Toal is crucial for BC. Toal sat out spring practice to recover from nerve damage in his neck and shoulder that he sustained in the N C State game last Nov. 12. He was fourth on the team in tackles and scored six times in short yardage situations. He expects to be ready for the opener at Central Michigan on Aug. 31.

CLEMSON: Starting cornerback Duane Coleman has received an academic waiver and will be eligible to play this fall, even though he will not have graduated by the end of summer school. Coleman, who has played tailback and cornerback, is on track to be the first Tiger in history to have 50 tackles and 50 catches. Tiger assistant coach Dabo Swinney, one of the best recruiters in the ACC, has been talking to First Coast High cornerback Jamire Williams (6-0, 180). Georgia Tech, Clemson, South Carolina, Tennessee and Auburn are his favorites.

GEORGIA TECH: Coach Chan Gailey will allow Patrick Nix to call plays this season. Gailey has called plays the past three seasons. Tech opens the season against Notre Dame. Tech was ranked No. 103 nationally in points scored (18.5 ppg) even with quarterback Reggie Ball, running back P J Daniels and receiver Calvin Johnson. Nix is in his fifth season at Tech and third as offensive coordinator. He is also the quarterbacks coach. Tech needs Ball to be more consistent because he has 41 career picks and 37 touchdowns.

MIAMI: True freshman Richard Gordon (6-4, 265), is expected to make a big impact this season. Coach Larry Coker already has said Gordon will play. He saw a lot of playing time this spring with injuries to DajLeon Farr and Chris Zellner. Starting tight end Greg Olsen is a big play athlete. The tight end position is very deep. Zellner and Farr will be utilized for their catching skills. Cane strength and conditioning coach Andreu Swasey said he is trying to get tailback Tyrone Moss down from 245 to 225 and fullback Jerrell Mabry from 285 to 255.

MORE DALLAS FOOTBALL: Oklahoma and Texas have agreed to play their series in Dallas through 2010. Dallas officials are pursuing two other games involving Notre Dame, Texas and Arkansas or Baylor, Texas Tech or Texas A & M to be played over the two weekends of the Texas State Fair in the new $400 million stadium for the Cowboys. The city could host four major college games a year including the Cotton Bowl. Notre Dame wants to play in Orlando but there is not enough revenue that would come from premium seating in the present stadium for that to occur.

KEITH JACKSON REPLACEMENT: Dan Fouts, who was the analyst for Keith Jackson before he retired, might be able to switch and do play-by-play. The concern is whether or not Fouts has a commanding voice. ABC is expected to make a push for Bob Davie to leave ESPN to replace Gary Danielson, who is going to CBS. ESPN has already picked up Todd Blackledge from CBS for Saturday night games and is talking to Doug Flutie.

NFL NETWORK will televise the Insight.com bowl, various college coaches’ news conferences and its own Saturday college football highlights show. The network said it wants to expand into all football areas and increase its audience.

COACHES CHALLENGE: The NCAA will consider a NFL-style coach’s challenge to officials’ calls on the field when the Playing Rules Oversight Panel meets May 30. In February, the NCAA Rules Committee recommended a coach’s challenge for all divisions. In March, the oversight panel tabled a vote in order to gather more feedback. The rules committee proposal gives coach’s one challenge per game. If the on-the-field ruling is overturned the coach who called the challenge after a timeout would not be charged with the timeout.

UCF: The opening game in the new 45,000 seat stadium against Texas in 2007 is official. The date will be Sept. 15, 2007 and ESPN will televise it. Two other games will be played in Austin in 2009 and 2011. A game at Tennessee is expected to be brought out for $500,000.

BRENT BEAIRD IS A SPORTS WRITER FOR THE CLAY COUNTY LINE IN ORANGE PARK, FLA., HE ALSO WRITES FOR RIVALS.COM, SAMSPORTSLINE.COM AND GATOR BAIT MAGAZINE. HE CAN BE HEARD ON ESPN 1460 ON MONDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS ON THE RUMBLE WITH MIKE DEMPSEY AND TOM MCMANUS.