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By Radio Man

There's a big College Football World out there, and plenty of happenings to discuss amongst the notable College Football Programs…

Out West, the Southern California Trojans currently do not have their starting quarterback, Mark Sanchez, under center. Not yet, anyway. The former Mission Viejo, Calif. prepster was firmly entrenched in the starting lineup before fall camp began, but a knee injury kept him out last week. He's now throwing some in practice. Will he be ready by next weekend against Virginia? Hard to say. In fact, bet against that. The Trojans should absolutely destroy the Cavaliers anyway. That's right. No respect for Virginia against an opponent such as Southern California. Sorry Cavalier fans… The bigger question becomes will Sanchez be ready for the vaunted Ohio State defense? The Buckeyes come to Los Angeles on Sep. 13!

Down South, the main question that still cannot be answered until Florida plays at Tennessee on Sep. 20 is whether Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow is truly going to hand the football off instead of running it up the gut. Tebow is invaluable to the Gators, obviously, but he's a money player on third and two with three minutes left in the game…Will Florida head coach Urban Meyer turn the signal caller loose to run the football and risk injury? This may just be the biggest question within College Football this season, and the Gators' National Title hopes rest on the outcome of Tebow's body not taking too many shots and staying healthy. It's hard to imagine Tebow taking as many blows as he did last fall and him not having to miss a game or two...

Back East, Penn State quarterback duties could be interesting. Darryl Clark and Pat Devlin are battling for the starting nod. Both players will play. Rumors have it that Clark is the favorite, due to his mobility. Will a two-quarterback system work in Happy Valley? While Devlin came to Penn State with all the hype, Clark waited his turn to start. Interesting...

Up North, there could be trouble brewing in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines are simply using far too many freshmen on offense within their two-deep depth chart for them to honestly have any type of consistency, especially without a veteran signal caller. Worse, the quarterback job is likely going to be handed over to, gulp, a former walk-on, Nick Sheridan. Look, Michigan is going to be really good come 2010, maybe even 2009 if a young QB develops, but even with what could be a special Michigan defense this season (linebacker play is the one possible caveat), if Michigan trots out a walk-on quarterback and goes that route…it's going to be a long season. Plus, Michigan now has OL issues due to injuries. Uh-oh.