Nebraska "Husked" Helping Athletes Learn

College football is ready to kick off a new season, but it's probably not ready for reform.

From Columbus to Auburn, Chapel Hill to Coral Gables, scandal is hitting major programs like the plague.

NCAA investigators might be more interested in a couple tarnished early season matchups than the fans. The luster is off the Oregon-LSU game at Cowboys Stadium. And Ohio State at Miami is in a league of its own weeks later.

But the scandal that popped up this summer that was most amusing: Nebraska was trying to help its student athletes learn.

Despite a commitment to learn, it's against NCAA rules to provide textbooks beyond required reading.

So because Cornhuskers athletes got about $60 for "recommended" textbooks, the university had to self-report to the NCAA and fined itself $28,000.

We'll know if the hammer will come down harder on Nebraska in October, but it's ridiculous that they are even in this position.