Softball maintains status quo. The Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet voted against a proposal that would limit the number of spring softball contests to 56. As it stands, softball is limited to 56 dates, but teams can play more than one game on each date. Many Division I softball programs play close to 70 games each spring. When the season begins in late February and teams finish up three months later, 70 games is just too many. Even if the number of games doesn???t impact the student-athletes??? grades, it certainly has an impact on their time and takes away from the total campus experience. I???m not a grinch and nobody wanted to play more baseball than I did in college, but 70 games? That???s too many.

It???s not over. I saw two ridiculous comebacks on Saturday night. I was on the phone with my father as Boston College looked primed for its fourth win of the season. About 30 seconds after I was done preaching about how good the program has become, NC State converted a long touchdown pass with eight seconds left to take the heartbreaking win and put me into a fit of depression for an hour or so. At about the same time, Brady Quinn led Notre Dame on an improbable comeback that saved the season for the Irish. Quinn tossed three second-half touchdown passes to help overcome a 17-point deficit and stun Michigan State, 40-37.

Theft in locker room. After defeating Southern, 27-20, on Saturday night, North Carolina Central???s football team didn???t spend much time celebrating. When the players returned to the locker room, they found it had been burglarized. How does that happen?

Having a Ball. New Hampshire wide receiver David Ball caught his 50th career touchdown pass against Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon, tying Jerry Rice for the record at the Football Championship Subdivision level. Ball played sparingly in the second half as the Wildcats cruised, 56-14.

On this date in 2004, Southern Vermont goalkeeper Steve Runyon registered a Division III record 42 saves against Western New England.