It looks as though the NFL cracked down on concussions and big time hits, doling out suspensions for head on collisions now.   What does this mean for college football?  Probably the same type of suspension.  I’m not sure they will completely lock down like they do in the NFL.  I’m guessing that this sport may be going away in the next 15 years, or at least it will turn into more of an arena style of play.  Even for the colleges.  Now check out the Crib Sheet:

• Looks like Kansas State’s leading receiver Brandon Smith is out for the year with a broken leg suffered from last week’s Nebraska schilacking.   Chris Harper will have to step up to fill the role.  We’re going to wait and see about the Oregon trasnfer.
• We’ve heard of backups on the field, but backups for mascots?  That’s what Georgia had with “Russ” when UGA VII died unexpectedly.  Welp last Saturday saw the return of the starter in UGA VIII.  He’s officially registered as “Big Bad Bruce” but he’ll be UGA VII for everyone here on out.
• Right before his potential start in the NFL, Colt McCoy will have his jersey retired at Texas.  He’s the sixth player from Longhorn country to get his jersey retired and it may be the last one for awhile.  Even though the guy never won a national championship, he has won more games in 4 years than any other in college football history.  That deserves the rub.
• After a bad call by a couple of suspicious replay officials in the BYU and San Diego State game, the Mountain West Conference decided to ban host school employees and alumni from working the replay booth at the games.  You see?  The mid-majors can act just like the big boys.
• Your new Ole Miss mascot is: The Rebel Black Bear.  Okay, so it was from a William Faulkner story and he went there so it makes sense.  We can’t help but think that Admiral Ackbars would’ve been a better fit.  Oh, and there is some controversy with the name still.
• Michigan will play Alabama in 2012 at Jerry Jones’ Cowboys Stadium to open up the season.  Looks like Jones will be filling the stadium all year with college football games.  Hey, the NFL talent sucks right now so he’s gotta put butts in the seats.
• Another coach banned Twitter for his football players.  This time it’s Butch Davis and North Carolina.  He needs to ban them from talking to sports agents.  While he’s at it, he needs to ban assistants from talking to sports agents, too.
• The Nebraska Regents approved the Big 12 settlement deal and will pay about $9.25 million and $8.755 if they make a BCS bowl.  So long and farewell Cornhuskers.
• Get your claws ready, Missouri Tigers fans, ESPN College GameDay is heading to Columbia.  Did you know it’s the first time they’ve been there?  It’s about time, too, as I think they’ve been to Manhattan and Lawrence before.
• Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand was left paralyzed from the neck down due to a tackle he made against Army last Saturday.  It really sucks when this happens but players have walked again from this kind of injury.  Let’s hope he can get up off the chair real soon.
• Local sports radio guy Kevin Kietzman has been on Nebraska fans for the last couple of weeks.  He’s talking about how unclassy they really are.  Welp after a Nebraska fan vandalized a Texas fan’s car and Nebraska’s own Niles Paul shut down his Facebook page because of heckling, I say I totally agree with Kietzman.  Nebraska fans just aren’t that classy at all.
• Pace University football player Danoy Henry was killed by the police in a freakish accident.  The police were saying that Henry tried to escape the police and ran into another officer, which led to officers firing into the car and killing him.  The other side says that the cop jumped on the hood and fired.  We may not know whatever happened and this is certainly a tragedy.
• Former Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins is now the proud owner of an official government complaint regarding the $15,000 in exercise equipment that was loaned to him.  He may have to foot the bill for the equipment or at least be subject to the penalties regarding the law he may have broke in accepting gifts as a public official.