Big(ger) Board: Football (Yahoo! Sports) A strong preseason continues to push Detroit's Calvin Johnson up the football Big Board.

Humphrey, Hayes nominated as finalists to Pro Football Hall of Fame (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) CANTON, Ohio - Claude Humphrey and Bob Hayes were nominated by the seniors committee Wednesday as finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

College football season opens Thursday (UPI) WACO, Texas, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. college football season begins Thursday with the first 14 of the close to 700 games that will eventually lead to the naming of a national champion.

NFL Notes: Merriman delays knee repair / Chargers' linebacker says he just wants to play football (San Francisco Chronicle) The surgeon's knife can wait. Shawne Merriman is going to play football, two torn knee ligaments and all. A day after visiting a fourth doctor, the Chargers' outside linebacker decided Wednesday to play this season rather than have his damaged left knee...

Lincoln U. football back after 48 years (Philly.com) If excitement and enthusiasm count for anything when Lincoln University returns to the football field Saturday for the first time since 1960, then the Lions will win all their games and contend for the national championship.

High school football preview: Cretin's Seantrel Henderson tops list of fresh faces making a fresh start (Pioneer Press) Stars shined over the Twin Cities high school football landscape last year, and one could argue a power outage looms on the 2008 horizon.

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