(@UNMLobos)With schools that have a configuration of letters, or a single letter, as their logo, incorporating the American flag into a special alternate logo is pretty easy.

It's not quite as easy when the logo is a mascot's face, but New Mexico is going to try anyway.

A picture tweeted out by @UNMLobos shows a stars-and-stripes design where the typical Lobos logo and helmet stripe go. The Lobos will wear that on Saturday, which is "Heroes Day," and it comes against Wyoming (trying ... to ... hold back ... Dave Christensen jokes ...).

New Mexico is the second school to announce this week it will wear a helmet in this style. Rutgers will also have an American flag theme. Maybe next year all the FBS schools could wear a helmet that looked like this on the same week to honor current military personnel and veterans.

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(Associated Press)There are a few college football coaches who stand on a historical pedestal above the rest, their names forming a foundation of the sport's history.

Bear Bryant. Pop Warner. Knute Rockne. Tom Osborne. Woody Hayes. Bo Schembechler. Joe Paterno. To name a few.

Darrell Royal is on that short list. He won three national championships at Texas. He won 11 Southwest Conference titles. He coached 23 seasons, 20 of them at Texas, and never had a losing record.

Royal died at age 88, in Austin.

(@JasonBaumRU)

Rutgers' new silver helmets have been a hit this season -- and if you're superstitious, they've been pretty good luck too, as the Scarlet Knights are off to a 7-1 start.

Rutgers is tweaking the helmet just a bit this week to show respect for the men and women who serve the country, as it goes with a stars-and-stripes logo for Saturday's game against Army.

Maryland LB Demetrius Hartsfield (US Presswire)You'd think that losing four quarterbacks to season-ending injuries would be enough bad luck for one year, but that's not the case for Maryland.

Maryland lost linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield, its leading tackler, to a torn ACL. He is out for the season. Hartsfield suffered the injury in a 33-13 loss to Georgia Tech on Saturday.

(US Presswire)When Washington State hired Mike Leach, the school knew what it was getting into. It was getting a talented, successful coach who is outspoken and always seems to have some controversy swirling around.

Washington State has lost a lot of games, including one to impossibly bad Colorado. Leach likened some of his seniors to corpses. He banned his players from using Twitter.

Then over the weekend, the fire at Washington State grew hotter. The Cougars were blown out 49-6 by a mediocre Utah team, Leach ripped his players for not trying, and star wide receiver Marquess Wilson reportedly simply walked out of practice and quit. Or, as Washington State announced Monday, he was suspended.

Got all that?

There are many profane words said on a football field during the heat of battle, and officials evidently drop a few swear words too.

After an illegal substitution penalty was called in the fourth quarter of a tight game between Miami and Indianapolis, back judge Greg Wilson asked for a conference with referee Tony Corrente, apparently to discuss the spot of the ball.

The only problem was that Corrente hadn't turned off his microphone after announcing the penalty.

(Associated Press)The Washington Redskins have four more home games left. Redskins season-ticket holders will be happy to know that, in their coach's mind, they're paying to see four exhibition games. And tickets to FedEx Field aren't cheap.

Yes, Mike Shanahan sounds like he has conceded. Washington is 3-6, and Shanahan appears ready to call it a season and start working towards next year.

"You lose a game like that, now you're playing to see who obviously is going to be on your football team for years to come. I'll get a chance to evaluate players and see where we're at," Shanahan said, according to the Washington Post. "Obviously, we're not out of it statistically, but now we find out what type of character we've got and how guys keep on fighting through the rest of the season."

[Related: Mike Shanahan underestimated Redskins rebuild]

There are probably better ways to motivate a team than to say publicly that the future is what matters for the final seven games of the season. You'd think that Shanahan would be desperate to get another playoff win, considering he has just one since the end of the 1998 season, and wouldn't give up hope until it's mathematically impossible. But no, he's sending the punt team on.

And that's not the funniest part of his statement. The laugh out loud part is Shanahan doesn't seem to realize that the Redskin who should be evaluated most closely over the final seven games is himself.

Every borderline hit in the NFL is watched repeatedly, for clues on whether a hit is vicious and dirty and a threat to player safety, or just part of a sometimes violent game.

Did the defensive player hit with his shoulder or helmet? Did he aim at the offensive player's head? Is a shot below the neck good and legal, or is it worth a penalty (and perhaps more, because the league office is going to watch the hit a few times as well) because the offensive player was defenseless?

CBS showed Pittsburgh safety Ryan Clark's hit on Giants receiver Victor Cruz repeatedly after it happened, looking for answers. Clark was given a 15-yard penalty for his hit on Cruz in the end zone, which happened right after Pittsburgh batted down a pass on third down. The Giants took advantage of the automatic first down and scored a touchdown.

The replay just brought about more ambiguity.