Quick Hits....

“To be honest, Football Championship Subdivision is a mouthful, and it doesn't make the case for our Division I stature really much better than the I-AA moniker did. We've tried to fix this for years. It's a dilemma” – Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner Patty Viverito, on the name of college football's second tier (AP, 8/27).

"It's a little sad to me that it's hard to get a ticket to see, say, an Alabama play if you don't have, quote, 'points' where you have given something to the university or some foundation or something and build your way up" – Former Univ. of Alabama football coach Gene Stallings on the business of college football (Al.com, 8/27).

"Because of the pain I was having. It was really weird. They told me I was fine, not pregnant. I'm like, 'Can I get my money back?'" – Tennis player Maria Sharapova on having tests done for a stomach virus after the London Games (L.A. TIMES, 8/28).