College football fanfare all we need (Standard-Examiner)

Ol' Hank Jr. doesn't even need to ask, does he? Of course we're ready for some football. It's been months since the NBA season wrapped up, baseball season is going through its annual dog days and the Olympics are now just a memory.

Focus on Aaron Rodgers, but more to prove for Vince Young? (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

GREEN BAY, Wis. - It wasn't so long ago that Vince Young was in Aaron Rodgers' cleats, trying to establish himself as the new leader of a team in the aftermath of a messy divorce with a veteran quarterback.

With pads back on, it's football season (Vallejo Times-Herald)

The click and the clack of cleats on the pavement as the players make their way from the locker room to the field. The snap of chin straps locking on to helmets moments before practice. In between stretches, a hollering command from a team captain followed by the collective

Football scrimmages help Moorpark, Ventura College with the unknown (Ventura County Star)

It took 100 plays in Saturday's Moorpark College football intrasquad scrimmage, but the Raiders offense finally got into the end zone. Sophomore quarterback Donald Senegal scored on a keeper on the final series of the day to give the offense a bright spot.

Killer-quick Williams gives jolt to Aggie attack (3:20 p.m.) (Las Cruces Sun-News)

LAS CRUCES — Is Chris Williams going to score 20 touchdowns this year? "Yeah," New Mexico State head football coach Hal Mumme said. "Yeah, I think so."