THIS MORNING'S COLLEGE SPORTS REPORT. I picked up the USA Today and found what looks like the police blotter inside. First some sad news.

A New Mexico State football player who was set to be one of the Aggies' starting linebackers this season has died.

Shana Leaupepe, 21, died Friday in Long Beach as a result of a drive-by shooting, New Mexico State coach Hal Mumme said Saturday. Leaupepe was visiting family in California when he was killed, Mumme said.

Also sad is Mr Leaupepe's path to college football.

Leaupepe was the leading tackler in 2004 for West Los Angeles College. With 56 tackles, he led his team to a 7-3 mark and a conference championship. In his two years at the college, he tallied more than 100 tackles and was named an all-conference selection twice.

At West Los Angeles, no football player is left ineligible. (Coastal California looks more and more downscale with each passing year. I'll have some observations on that score in a few days.)

There's also cheerful news from the east coast.

The captain of the Harvard football team was indefinitely suspended and could be kicked off the team after he was accused of breaking into his former girlfriend's dorm room and assaulting her.

His career at Harvard may be over, if he's convicted, and the evidence is somewhat more compelling than that in the Duke lacrosse cases. but he has eligibility if West Los Angeles is interested.

There are some mundane transfer and transaction announcements, way down the page.