It is looking like Jason Douglas has played his final game with Pittsburgh.

Douglas, 19, faces an assortment of charges stemming from hitting a pedestrian while drunk driving early morning Sunday. Another Pittsburgh player, linebacker Dan Mason, was a passenger in the car. Mason was not charged, but the Panthers did drop him to the second team.

A preliminary hearing is set for today.

The Douglas incident is the second involving a Panther player in the past three months. Defensive end Jabaal Sheard plead guilty to disorderly conduct, after throwing a man through a Pittsburgh art galley's glass door during a July 18 fight.

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When USC travels to Minnesota this weekend, it will be a homecoming of sorts for Trojans head coach Lane Kiffin.

As a result of his father, Monte Kiffin, and his numerous stops as a coach in the college and pro ranks, Minnesota was home for Lane during his high school days.

Lane Kiffin played three sports at Bloomington Jefferson High.

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Michigan's Denard Robinson has opened many eyes in the first two weeks, and many now consider him to be the early front-runner for the Heisman.

So who will be the next Denard Robinson? MaxPreps puts the spotlight on four high school athletes who might be the next college football sensation.

Athletes highlighted are from all corners of the country.

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Steve Miller writes on Rutgers captain Howard Barbieri taking responsibility for early offensive struggles.

- Fred Sakai