Notre Dame fans arrived at the Blue-Gold game eager to see highly touted quarterback Jimmy Clausen. They left talking about little-known tailback Junior Jabbie. The Fighting Irish emphasized running rather than passing on Saturday. Coach Charlie Weis expects to see more of the same in the fall. "I think one of the main things I wanted to come out here in the spring was to establish a toughness on the offense that I think we've gotten away from a little bit," Weis said. "That's why I wanted to see a heavy dose of pound-it runs."

Joe Paterno was overwhelmed by all the orange and maroon at Beaver Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The color scheme meant more to him on this picture-perfect, sunny afternoon than anything tinged Penn State blue-and-white. Paterno and Penn State paid tribute to the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre at the annual Blue-White football game that concluded the Nittany Lions' spring practice. "You get wrapped up so much in the little things, the details ... you get caught up," Paterno said. "Then all of a sudden you come to a day like today."

Nick Saban is already filling Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium -- and then some. An overflow crowd of 92,138-plus fans attended the Crimson Tide's spring game Saturday, nearly doubling the school's A-Day attendance record and forcing university officials to start turning people away in the first half. That kind of turnout for essentially a scrimmage was yet another indication of how much Saban's hiring in January has stirred up a rabid fan base hungry for a championship. "It shows the passion that people have for the University of Alabama, and it certainly makes me feel great about being here as head coach," Saban said.

Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer has been invited to the April 28-29 NFL draft, where the league will honor the memory of the 32 people killed Monday in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. League spokesman Greg Aiello said Friday that Beamer had accepted the invitation. Aiello said the NFL is still working on plans to honor the dead.