• Is $18 too much for piece of mind? The inevitable Florida fashion for this fall has arrived:

And it can be yours on eBay for just $17.78 -- if you act now. Shirts are only on sale until May 18, and who knows if the signing day fallout will linger that long?

• Now, to consolidate power in the kingdom. Surprising no one, Southern Cal named Aaron Corp the starting quarterback for Saturday's spring game and the start of fall camp over freshman Matt Barkley, based mainly on Corp's interception-free run through the first three weeks of practice and Barkley's sketchy grasp of the signals -- though, if Barkley were to pick up the signs over the summer, he could start camp in August on a relatively level playing field. But it's an uphill battle.

Not as uphill, of course, as Mitch Mustain's impossible slog from the third string, which apparently isn't sitting too well with the ex-five-star:

[Quarterbacks coach] Jeremy Bates said Mitch Mustain's biggest problem was on third downs and not sustaining drives.

"On third down, it was not the same production. The drives haven't been going,'' Bates said.

Now Mustain could counter that he did not receive as many quality snaps or it might be more difficult to produce on third down with the reserves.

"That's something me and (Bates) talked about and I'll keep it with us,'' Mustain said. "That's their interpretation.''

It's also the interpretation of almost every onlooker, but to be fair to Mitch, they don't really know anything. (For the record -- and there is no hint of this yet -- Mustain would have one more season to play, as a fifth-year senior in 2010, if he elected for another transfer and sat out this fall. Again, though, that is pure speculation from this end.)

• Mountain West stiffarmed. The Mountain West's doomed playoff proposal got more face-time than expected at Tuesday's meeting of the BCS commissioners in Pasadena -- the dozen conference heads discussed it for an hour-and-a-half -- but its fate was predictable enough:

The proposal — prompted in part by Utah failing to make the BCS title game after an unbeaten 2008 season — wasn't dismissed out of hand but was referred to conferences, athletic directors, faculty athletic representatives and university presidents for discussion until the BCS meets at the Collegiate Commissioners Association meetings June 15-19 in Colorado Springs.

For some idea of where the plan will go from there, look no further than the USA Today's headline: "Despite MWC effort, push to change BCS loses steam." But that would assume it had any steam to begin with, which is pretty farfetched.

As for the antitrust attacks coming out of Utah, BCS coordinator John Swofford said they had "no impact" on the proceedings. The tough business finished, then, they pick up and head home after a second round of meetings today, with the existing format looking "very, very stable" for the foreseeable future.

• Sherill's coming. Might as well get started on the paperwork. Updating Jackie Sherrill's somewhat, uh, controversial appearance at a Mississippi State practice last week: After initial denials from Sherrill and new coach Dan Mullen, MSU decided to self-report minor violations stemming from Sherrill's apparent conversations with a handful of players during practice, making the frequent NCAA target possibly the first former coach to incur an infraction on a team he hasn't had anything to do with in five years.

Elsewhere in Mississippi, Houston Nutt was not amused by Jerrell Powe's self-effacing illiteracy joke to police over the weekend, although presumably the Ole Miss boss would be even less amused by some of the responses he'd get for his rhetorical question, "Of course he can read, how do you think he's getting through college?"

Quickly ... Two Faulkner University football players were killed in a car crash in southern Alabama. ... Penn State's Navorro Bowman awaits his fate as we type on a probation violation. ... Marshall receiver Courtney Edmonson was hit with an underage consumption charge, making him the third Herd player arrested in the last two months. ... The Spurriers join the Gamecock Club. ... Terrelle Pryor's arm was ice-free for Tuesday's practice. ... Pat White still has some work to do before his No. 5 can be retired at West Virginia. ... Washington will unveil new uniforms at Saturday's spring game. ... UCLA looks deep in the secondary. Then again, they are practicing against UCLA's passing game. ... LSU refugee Phelon Jones might be en route to Alabama. ... Da Coach O be bringingdaxcitement ta Chat-NOO-ga. ... And calling down the thunder for Barkevious Mingo.