Morning Six Pack: July 09, 2012

After a brief yet enjoyable reprieve, we’re brewing again. Six college football stories from around the country.

The Quad: Top Recruit Nkemdiche Says He's Committed to Clemson

Mmm hmm.

Arrival of Hugh Freeze has Rebels fans hoping it won't be the same Ole Miss from 2011

Hope springs eternal.

AJ McCarron continues to be center of one of the biggest SEC debates

There may be no player in the SEC who draws a greater difference of opinion than McCarron. His fans point to the crystal football in Alabama's trophy case and his MVP award in the BCS championship game.

Buckeyes dismiss senior Klein following arrest

We warned you, Columbus Police Department. We warned you.

Auburn recruit was kicked out of “The Opening” camp.

It’s a gawd thang, Carl Lawson. A GAWD thang, yo.

Quotable:

We just ran a football camp with over 700 kids. Kids think about the future. So do football coaches. There are issues that have to be dealt with but for us, it’s time to move forward.”

Bill O’Brien knows that won’t be easy. He’s replacing a coaching icon who proved to be just another flawed man. He was hired to win football games. Yet every morning when he sees young Jack O’Brien, he needs no other reminder that there is a larger world outside Beaver Stadium from which kids need to be protected, a world where a man has to move on without ever forgetting the sad lessons of the past.

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