Around SB Nation's college blogs today:

• Team Speed Kills says that reports that Auburn QB Cam Newton was about to be expelled from Florida for cheating when he transferred to community college may explain why he transferred rather than wait for Tim Tebow to graduate, but because there doesn't appear to be any real consequence of the news, it's really just a smear job.
• After a game against Kansas that produced a drive chart one reader found vomit-inducing, Colorado has fired head coach Dan Hawkins, whom Ralphie Report says "will be remembered for many things none of which center around winning football games."
• Duke Basketball Report suggests that Coach K's retirement is still somewhere between two and eight years away, but says that opposing fans who believe that Duke will revert to what it was pre-Coach K after he retires are simply wrong.