Arkansas QB Brandon Allen (USA Today Sports Images)

As we pointed out last week, coaches don't like to proclaim a victor in a quarterback competitions at the end of spring practice. Some of that is prudent, because there's no need to proclaim a starter yet. Some of it is a mind game, to keep players motivated, even though the coaches have a very good idea who will start.

No matter the reason, as we recap the major stories from the spring games this past weekend, quarterback uncertainty is the lead topic at many schools.

We talked about quarterback battles at Oklahoma, USC and Florida State last week, although it's now easy to project Jameis Winston as the Seminoles' winner after Clint Trickett said he would transfer. Arkansas, Wisconsin, Texas Tech, West Virginia, Syracuse, Missouri, Oklahoma State and Tennessee are among the other schools that finished up spring without a clear answer at starting quarterback.

Here's a quick rundown of those quarterback battles, followed by the other spring game news from the weekend:

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, last year’s Heisman Trophy winner, has said many times that he’s continually adjusting to the new spotlight that has found him, but he's also had to deal with the malicious downside of his fame.

On Monday, website outkickthecoverage.com posted a photo of Manziel kissing his Heisman Trophy and the statue appeared to be holding some sort of cigarette (though the headline suggests it’s a joint).

Of course, the photo spread like wildfire and even though outkickthecoverage.com said it could not confirm it was Manziel or confirm with Texas A&M the photo was real, it still sparked controversy and Manziel had to take to Twitter to defend himself.

ABSOLUTELY PHOTOSHOPPED. People are always out to get me...sorry for kissing my trophy

— Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) April 22, 2013

ACC commissioner John Swofford (USA Today Sports Images)If a school wants to leave the ACC, it appears it will cost it a small fortune to do so.

News that the ACC schools unanimously approved a grant of rights agreement, which came first from the North Carolina-based David Glenn radio show, pending official approval and announcement. When and if it becomes official, it means a school gives up its television rights to the ACC even if it leaves, making that school pretty worthless to a new conference until that agreement runs out. The ACC's agreement will go through 2026-27, the length of the conference's deal with ESPN. That's a big win for the conference.

This appears to be a win for anyone who wants the realignment musical chairs to end, because the cost would be prohibitive, as David Teel of the Daily Press in Virginia pointed out:

Notre Dame gave a sneak peek of a possible new and effective play during its spring game on Saturday.

Louis Nix III, the Irish’s 6-foot-3, 350-pound nose tackle, lined up in shotgun during a two-point conversion, directed his teammates where to line up (or at least pretended to), took the snap and then rumbled into the end zone for the conversion.

It was a sight to behold and one that even coach Brian Kelly enjoyed.

Could Nix be the new Belldozer, ala Oklahoma?

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Auburn AD Jay Jacobs (USA Today Sports Images)The war between Auburn and Roopstigo.com writer Selena Roberts, who wrote a scathing report on the Tigers earlier this month making claims that included grade fixing involving the 2010 national championship team, escalated even further when athletic director Jay Jacobs weighed in.

In a letter posted on Auburn's athletics website, Jacobs throws water on many claims in the report, saying there were "numerous inaccuracies and misrepresentations in the story."

This is a more interesting rebuttal than athletes saying they were misquoted after the fact, as long as Auburn's facts disputing Roberts' claims are accurate.

(USA Today Sports Images)Matt Barkley didn't call out Lane Kiffin by name in his most telling comments to Yahoo! Sports' Michael Silver, but he didn't really need to either.

We've mentioned often here how much of a debacle USC's 2012 season was. Not only were the Trojans bad on the field, they embarrassed themselves off the field in some spectacular ways. And we've also pointed how much that falls back on Kiffin.

In Silver's examination of Barkley and his fluctuating draft stock since a disappointing season, Barkley has a quote that paints a pretty clear picture of dysfunction at USC:

Noah Roberts is 8 years old, and he's battling cancer. He was scheduled to go back to the hospital this past Sunday, but the day before East Carolina had him as a special guest to its spring game.

And on the last play, like Nebraska did with 7-year-old cancer survivor Jack Hoffman, East Carolina gave Roberts the ball and he ran for a touchdown.

"If you didn't have goosebumps or a tear in your eye, you may want to check your pulse," ECU offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley said.

Amen.

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(Instagram/laurenemily94)When Katherine Webb watched Alabama win the national championship in January, she did so in a way that allowed her to watch the game. The ESPN cameras showed her often, but aside from a lot of text messages and Twitter followers, that wasn't too much of a hindrance.

But now she's famous, after the TV news appearances, the SI swimsuit issue, Vanity Fair underwear shoots and the reality diving show. Taking in an Alabama game as a fan and quarterback AJ McCarron's girlfriend might be a little more difficult.

As Busted Coverage pointed out, Webb went to the spring game and was a popular spectator, as you'd expect from the most famous girlfriend in college football history.

Here's a sampling of some of the pictures that Busted Coverage found on social media: