West Virginia:: Over the past three weeks, Mountaineers quarterback Pat White twice tweaked a thumb and got hit in the head hard enough to knock him out of a game. He says he'll be ready Saturday, though, against Syracuse. White was gang tackled in the third quarter Saturday against Rutgers. He got up, walked off the field, was taken to the locker room temporarily and returned to watch backup Jarrett Brown close out the 24-17 win. "I've never had my bell rung like that," said White, who indicated he feels normal. It marked the second straight game White didn't finish. In a 27-3 win over Marshall, White reinjured his thumb on his throwing hand, which he had dinged in a loss at Colorado a week earlier.
Southern California:: Quarterback Mark Sanchez did some work in practice, giving the Trojans hope that he'll be able to play against Arizona State on Saturday at the Los Angeles Coliseum. "Much better today," USC coach Pete Carroll said. Sanchez suffered a bone bruise in his left knee in the third quarter of USC's 44-10 victory over Oregon on Saturday.
Southern Methodist:: Don Meredith will return to SMU next weekend to have his No. 17 jersey retired. Before "Dandy Don" starred for the start-up Dallas Cowboys, then became a popular broadcaster on Monday Night Football, he was a star quarterback for the Mustangs from 1957 to 1959. Meredith, who keeps a low profile these days while living in Santa Fe, N.M., will be honored at halftime of the SMU-Houston game Oct. 18 in Dallas. He'll be the sixth SMU football player honored, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Eric Dickerson, Raymond Berry - who starred at wide receiver for the Baltimore Colts - Doak Walker, Forrest Gregg and Lamar Hunt.
Woods' event might move to Philly area
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Tiger Woods could be bringing professional golf back to the Philadelphia area. Members at Aronimink Golf Club in suburban Philadelphia are to vote Wednesday on whether to accept a proposal to host Woods' AT&T National for two years, in 2010 and 2011, while Congressional Country Club in Bethesda undergoes renovation for the 2011 U.S. Open. The vote comes after nearly a year of discussions between Aronimink board members and officials from the tournament and the Tiger Woods Foundation, which benefits from the event. The AT&T National will be played at Congressional in 2009. The greens at the club are to be renovated in 2010, and the U.S. Open will be played there the next year. Aronimink officials were excited about the prospect of hosting Woods' event, which would be the first professional golf in the Philadelphia area since the Senior PGA Championship was played there in 2003.
