Outback Bowl has extended its contract with the Southeastern Conference through 2014.

The conference is scheduled to play in the Tampa-based bowl thru 2014.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s annual spring football game next month will be televised live by ESPN2.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Ben Tate spent most of Auburn’s pro day watching, relaxing and trying to stay loose. The running back was content to let his numbers from the NFL combine stand, and why not?

Ben Tate spent most of Auburn’s pro day watching, relaxing and trying to stay loose. The running back was content to let his numbers from the NFL combine stand, and why not? Tate, whose strong senior season was overshadowed by Alabama’s Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, turned in some of the better stats among running backs at the combine in Indianapolis a couple of weeks ago.

Bowl games have slowly been disappearing from network television over the last several years but nothing says college football on cable quite like the upcoming season:

CBS has renewed its contract for “Undercover Boss.”The network has ordered a second cycle of its hit new reality series for the 2010-2011 season.”Undercover Boss” follows the wacky, real-life adventures of a company bigwig who employs nefarious disguises (shaving!) to go undercover and work amongst his/her people in the company. Eyes are opened, hearts swell and often, a few lives are changed …

The Capital One Bowl is moving from ABC to ESPN in a deal that will feature the game on the sports network through 2018.

The sixth-oldest college bowl game will be the lead-in to the “Granddaddy of Them All” under a new television lineup of New Year’s Day games on the ESPN networks.

Extends deals for Outback Bowl, Capitol One…