Will the NCAA ever do anything about USC? Or is the governing agency of college football continually going to look the other way.

     For months now we have waited for the NCAA to do something about the Trojan football program. People have said that former Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush’s family took money and got a house from a pro agent. There were also a lot of other gifts bestowed on the family.

     We hear all of the evidence that sounds good, but we don’t hear anything from the NCAA. You have to be kidding me.

     What’s the hold up? Everyone else seems to have the skinny with the Bush family and illegal gifts, why can’t the NCAA get the job done?

     Now we have the mess with Trojan basketball star O.J. Mayo. Clouds have been hanging over this superstar since he was a sophomore in high school. There have always been rumors about him doing the wrong things. Now we have an “OTL” program on ESPN that details a lot of things that were violations.

     Yes, it looks like Mayo has taken money, clothes and a flat screen TV from a sports agent that he recently signed a deal with. What will the NCAA do this time around? And will it take forever to look into the allegations?

     I’ve always thought that the NCAA has has its scared cows. Schools like Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Texas are among those schools that seem to be untouchable when it comes to sanctions. It looks like we definitely know that USC is also a part of that group.

     It’s become a trend in college football. So no one should have been caught off guard.

     Oklahoma quarterback Keith Nichol made the announcement today that he is going to transfer. The bottom line is that he just didn’t see much of a future in Norman. He came to OU with hopes of getting early playing time. That wasn’t going to happen.

     He was a highly recruited player who had a lot of potential. One of the big problems was that he just didn’t progress. In fact, this spring he didn’t play as well as he did a year ago when he first arrived at OU.

     This happens all across the country, especially with quarterbacks. When they see they aren’t going to get a chance to play, they head elsewhere.

     Just look at how many highly recruited quarterback have left OU since Stoops has been at Oklahoma–Tommy Grady, Brent Rawls, Hunter Wall and Rhett Bomar. Of course, Bomar was asked to leave.

     With Sam Bradford just a sophomore the Sooners seem to be just fine at quarterback. But that could change quickly. What if he gets hurt? What if he leaves early for the NFL draft? Hey, anything can happen.

     It’s now important for the Sooners to bring in a highly recruited signal caller with the upcoming recruiting class. Landry Jones is just a freshman. He was highly touted. But you still don’t know what kind of college quarterback he will be in the future.

     As for Nichol it will be interesting to see where he goes to school. Out of high school he first committed to nearby Michigan State. But the smart money might be on Michigan. The Wolverines are in deperate need of a good quarterback. And Nichol’s run-pass talents would be perfect for their new offense.

     You always have the guys that are highly recruited and just can’t miss. The best example of that type of players are the likes of a Tommie Harris or an Adrian Peterson. They lived up to all of the hype.

     Then you have guys like a Mark Clayton, a Mark Bradley or a Derrick Strait. Schools weren’t exactly trying to knock down their doors to sign them to letters of intent. But look at the type of college players they were.

     A player to watch closely the next few years at Oklahoma will be Ryan Broyles. Remember the Sooners waited forever to offer him a scholarship. And he was just a couple of miles away from them at Norman High School.

     In fact, there are those who believe the only reason OU did pull the trigger and extend the offer was because Broyles had given Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy a verbal commitment to attend Oklahoma State.

     Now Broyles hasn’t done anything yet at OU. He was set to get a lot of playing time last year as a true freshman at slot receiver. But before the season ever got underway he got into off the field trouble. So he wound up getting redshirted.

     And this year at spring practice he only went through four sessions and then suffered a broken collarbone. Still, you get the feeling the Sooner coaching staff is very high on his potential.

     ”We’ve seen enough of Broyles since he has been here to know that he has a chance to become a very good player for us,” said Bob Stoops. “He does a lot of things really well.”

     Receiver coach Jay Norvell is also extremely high on this redshirt freshman.

     “I know he was only out there four days in the spring, but he’s the type of player that can get you excited with some of the things he brings to the table. He is a very athletic player.”

     What Broyles does bring to the Sooners is a receiver with a lot of speed who can make things happen once he gets his hands on the ball. That’s something OU didn’t show much of in the spring.

     A couple of month ago when Josh Jarboe was charged with a felony of having a concealed weapon on his high school campus, you had to figure his days as an University of Oklahoma football player were never going to happen. That may be changing.

     Jarboe was one of the biggest catches in Bob Stoops’ recent recruiting class. He was recruited by many of the big boys of college football. This Ellenwood, Ga. native is a big receiver with blazing speed. He was a player that the OU coaches thought could come in and contribuite immediately.

     That was until he got into trouble.

    “He’s a gifted receiver. He’s big and fast. But he has to work some things out,” said Sooner receiver coach Jay Norvell.

     Yeah, the things that he has to work out is getting that felony charge dropped. Jarboe claims it wasn’t his gun that was in the car at the high school. He says he didn’t know it was there.

     Well, there are many that are saying now that the charges will be dropped, maybe sometime by mid-June. If that does happen it appears he will make it to Norman this summer.

     But this gifted 6-3, 195-pounder still has some academic hurdles to clear. He was suspended from high school, but is currently finishing up his classes on the internet. He is one point shy of qualifying on his ACT score.

     If Jarboe does get to Oklahoma, he will be a great asset for the Sooners. He might be able to take up some of the slack for Malcolm Kelly’s departure. He has a lot of potenial. The key now is for him to steer anyway from any type of trouble.