INDIANAPOLIS - College football teams will have the option of shaving 10 seconds off the clock for penalties called in the final minute of each half. They will contend with a new definition of intentional grounding, and they could have points taken off the scoreboard for taunting penalties.
But the most sweeping change approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Thursday is the 10-second runoff, something the NFL has used for years. College teams will now have the option of taking the yardage and the time, the yardage only or declining the penalty.
Golf
Seven tied for top spot in Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO - PGA Tour rookie Brendan Steele double-bogeyed the par-4 15th to lose a two-stroke lead at the Texas Open then finished with a par 72 to fall into a rare seven-way tie atop the leader board at 3 under Friday. It ranks as the second-most crowded leader board in PGA Tour history after 36 holes, one shy of the record of eight set in the 2001 Greater Hartford Open. Geoff Ogilvy (72), Rich Beem (70), Kevin Sutherland (70), Charley Hoffman (73), Brandt Snedeker (72), and Kevin Chappell (73) also held a share of the lead.
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• In Lutz, Fla., Russ Cochran shot a 7-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am on Friday. John Cook and Jay Don Blake shot 66s and were a stroke ahead of Kenny Perry.
• In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Rory McIlroy shot an 8-under 64 Friday for a two-day total of 11-under 133 at the Malaysian Open. Alexander Noren was tied with McIlroy after a second-round 69.
• Ironwood Ridge senior Alex McMahon carded a 5-under 65 Friday to earn a share of the lead at the Arizona Stroke Play Championship. Peter Kyo Won Koo (69), Andrew Medley (67) and Justin Harding (69) were also tied for the top spot at 1-under 139 at the TPC Scottsdale Champions Course.
Miscellaneous
Federer eliminated in quarterfinals
MONACO - Roger Federer lost to Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 6-4 on Friday in the Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinals - his earliest tournament exit since Wimbledon last year. It was the first time this year Federer was beaten by someone other than Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic.
Nadal beat Ivan Ljubicic 6-1, 6-3 for his 35th straight win at the tourney. Nadal next will face third-seeded Andy Murray, who beat qualifier Frederico Gil 6-2, 6-1.
• In Columbus, Ohio, Alex Buscaglia tied for first in Friday night's last event to lead Stanford to its fifth NCAA men's gymnastics title - and the school's 100th national championship in all sports.
The Cardinal totaled 363.450 points to hold off top-ranked Oklahoma, which had 361.600. Illinois was third with 360.150.
Buscaglia, a senior, had a 16.350 in the vault in the final rotation to share the top score with Michigan freshman Sam Mikulak, who captured the all-around title.
• In Cleveland, UCLA grabbed the last qualifying spot in the morning preliminary round of the NCAA women's gymnastics championships to keep alive the Bruins' quest for a second straight national title.
Oklahoma (196.775) and Michigan (196.7) were in the top two positions after the morning session, and UCLA (196.5) was third. Michigan senior Kylee Botterman (39.525) won the all-around championship.
• Washington State junior forward DeAngelo Casto has decided to forgo his senior season and will declare for the NBA draft.
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The Mount Rushmore of Arizona Wildcats men's basketball players
