LAWRENCE, Kan. — At first glance, Kansas looked downright shoddy in last week’s spring game. But what sportswriters and fans interpreted as four quarters of ugliness, Kansas coach Mark Mangino seemed to like.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As the West Virginia football team’s spring practice came to a close on Saturday, plenty of questions were left unanswered. No matter the answers, the Mountaineers will have fun finding them.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The shirts stood out along the sideline Saturday afternoon. Almost as if they had traded their Penn State jerseys for uniforms for a bigger cause, a group of former Nittany Lions showed their support for Tuesday’s vote.

MINNEAPOLIS — When the news broke in April 2007 that a group of University of Minnesota football players had been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman, three lives were changed forever. While the alleged victim remains out of the public eye, three names were displayed in the media, and from that moment on, the court of public opinion was in session.

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County quarterback wowed the estimated 22,000 fans that filled the Coliseum for Saturday’s Trojan Huddle — but not Mark Sanchez.

LINCOLN, Neb. — The annual Big Red lovefest has grown into an even stranger creature than it once was. All the ingredients of spring games past are still there, but ticket demand has skyrocketed to unknown proportions, which may actually be the exhibition’s most curious facet.