So, this exists.

For anyone who didn't think Minnesota had any diehard fans, the owner of this vehicle is here to prove you wrong.

Forget the fact that the Minnesota football team went 3-9 in coach Jerry Kill's first season, this loyal fan is proud of his team and even took his ride to what seems like a parking lot car show to show it off.

And no detail has been left off. It's got the gold and the maroon in a well-executed paint job. The "M" on the hood and Goldy Gopher on the door. All that's missing is a cardboard cutout of quarterback Marqueis Gray in the front seat.

Even though Minnesota has been down for awhile, no one will ever question this fan's loyalty.

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The WAC could be in its final year as a football conference.

The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting Utah State is headed to the Mountain West as is San Jose State to replace Boise State and San Diego State, who are leaving for the Big East after this season.

The report also said Louisiana Tech is going to Conference USA joining Texas-San Antonio, which is voting on the move to C-USA this week. UTSA joins the WAC this season, but was one of the additions back in Nov. 2010.

The move leaves Idaho, New Mexico State and Texas State as the remaining football-playing schools in the conference. Boise State, Denver and Seattle are non-football members. Texas State also could be on its way out if the Sun Belt loses a school to Conference USA and the Sun Belt adds the Bobcats to keep a foot in Texas.

Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson told Vandal Nation: "I don't expect Texas State will be without a place to play football."

Utah State is the latest team to upgrade its uniforms and I have to say, Nike did the Aggies a solid with this one.

It's safe to say Michigan State won't be using its mascot in any trick plays this upcoming season.

Sparty, the Spartans buff mascot, got a snap in last Saturday's spring game and it didn't exactly go according to plan. Sparty lined up in the backfield, took the handoff and was immediately met by defensive end William Gholston. The ball was stripped, picked up by the defense and run the opposite direction.

It was not Sparty's finest moment.

Even coach Mark Dantonio warned his mascot before the snap, "Don't leave it on the ground, Sparty." But that wasn't enough to stop the inevitable flub, which was no doubt caused from Sparty's arms being too big. Five points of pressure, Sparty. Com'on!

I do like the fact that Michigan State had no problem opening up its playbook in the spring game and showing some of its more unique plays. Unfortunately for Sparty, this will be the only playing time he ever sees.

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Ever wonder about the stress some of the late-round NFL draft picks go through as they're patiently waiting for their name to be called? Well, former Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish, who was this year's last pick (or Mr. Irrelevant) breaks the entire scenario down for his family, including the fact that he was all set to go to San Diego before he was picked by the Colts.

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It's been a long time coming, but college football is finally changing.

The 11 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced from their meetings in Hollywood, Fla., on Thursday that college football would determine its champion by a playoff starting after the 2014 bowl season.

Finally.

[Related: Process to determine how a playoff will work should be fascinating]

The group eliminated eight and 16-team playoffs, stating they would "diminish the regular season and harm the bowls," which leaves a 4-team playoff as the likely solution. Final approval could happen in June.

"This would be a seismic change for college football — and the commissioners are aware of it," BCS executive director Bill Hancock said.

Northwestern seemed to have a little more fun this spring than everyone else.

At the conclusion of their spring practices this year, the Wildcats faced off in a dizzy bat race, an end-of-spring tradition in Evanston, Ill.

Players do 10 revolutions around a bat then have to sprint 10 yards to their teammate, which, as you can imagine isn't easy, and then that teammate does 10 revolutions and so on until the last player gets to the finish line and has to eat a hot dog.

This is the same team that brought us the lineman fielding punts, which was pretty hilarious. I'm just sad there weren't any potato sack or three-legged races.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure any of this will help the Wildcats actually win games in 2012, but hey, it's fun to watch.

Ten years apart.

That's the difference between Oklahoma State's last quarterback, 28-year-old Brandon Weeden and his successor, 18-year-old Wes Lunt, who was announced as starter Thursday.

You'd probably be hard-pressed to find another scenario where two starters were so different in age. The Cowboys go from the wiley veteran to the kid a month and a half removed from his high school graduation, but he must have shown coach Mike Gundy and offensive coordinator Todd Monken something special to be given the keys to a team that nearly played for a national title last year.

"We had to make a decision based on what we thought was best for our offense to score points and then give us the best chance to win football games," Gundy said in a statement. "All three players had good springs, but at some point the decision is made on the field. There's always a comment about who coaches are going to name as the starter at any position, but the coaches usually don't make that decision -- the decision is made by the players. Wes performed better than the other two quarterbacks in the spring."