Ole Miss will host Louisiana - Lafayette on Sept. 14, 2014. . . . The BBVA Compass Bowl will be played Jan. 5, 2013 at 1 p.m. ET. . . . The San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl will be held Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. ET. . . . The Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl will be played Dec. 27 at 9:45 p.m. ET. . . . The MAACO Bowl Las Vegas will be held Dec. 22 at 3:30 p.m. ET. . . . The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl will kickoff at noon ET on Dec. 31. . . . The AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl has been slated for 2 p.m. ET on Dec. 28. . . . Dartmouth has announced kickoff times for its 2012 home slate.
Media
CBS will broadcast Notre Dame vs. Navy live at 9 a.m. ET on Sept. 1 from Dublin, Ireland. . . . ESPN Radio and USC have announced a multi-year contract giving the network exclusive national broadcast rights to all Trojans home games. . . . ESPN2 will show Navy at Central Michigan at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 12. . . . The Big Sky Conference has released the TV schedule for its inaugural season on ROOT Sports. . . .SNY will televise the Connecticut spring game at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday.
Community Service
The Miami (Fla.) football team and head coach Al Golden concluded their spring football season with a five-hour campus-wide campaign that registered 225 during their Second Annual Bone Marrow Donor Drive, which supports the Be the Match Foundation. . . . Houston announced that former Cougars cornerback Stanford Routt has made a significant donation to the UH Athletics Sports Medicine staff to provide top-level care for the entire Houston athletics department. . . . Miami (Ohio) will host a free football clinic prior to its April 28 spring game. . . . The Kelly Cares Foundation, founded by Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly and his wife Paqui, will host its Third Annual Football 101 June 12.
Facilities
Ohio State has announced $7 million in improvements for the scoreboard and audio system at Ohio Stadium. The project is expected to be completed before the 2012 season . . . Texas A&M has hired the facility design firm Populous to lead a study of the renovation and redevelopment of Kyle Field.
Miscellaneous
Alabama will be honored by President Obama for its 2011 national championship at the White House on Thursday. . . . Former Alabama running back Trent Richardson escorted a Hueytown, Ala., senior battling leukemia to her senior prom on Saturday. . . . Missouri and TCU have revealed new uniforms. . . . Houston has unveiled a new logo. . . . Michigan displayed the hashtag #GoBlue on the Michigan Stadium field for its spring game on Saturday. . . . Mississippi State has announced its HailState social rewards program, rewarding Bulldogs fans through social media. . . . Illinois has selected "A New Era BECKons" as the winner of its fan contest to choose the slogan for the 2012 season. . . . Former Buffalo player Jack Dempsey has made a significant donation to the 1958 Lambert Cup Team Football Endowed Scholarship, bringing the fund to more than $500,000. . . . Harvard head coach Tim Murphy served as the featured speaker at the Notre Dame Coaches Clinic last week, joined by former UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly. . . . Louisiana - Monroe will induct its 1987 NCAA I-AA national championship team into the ULM Athletic Hall of Fame. . . . Towson is allowing fans to vote on its 2012 football helmet. . . . NACDA has honored past president and former TCU athletics director Frank Windegger as the 46th James J. Corbett Memorial Award recipient.
Obituaries
Former Minnesota player Gary Tinsley passed away Friday, April 6. He was 22. . . . Former Michigan State player Rich Saul passed away Sunday, April 15. He was 64. . . . South Alabama assistant coach and former Auburn All-American Kurt Crain passed away Tuesday, April 10. He was 47
