The NCAA might soon have the impetus it needs to wrap up a nearly 2-year-old investigation into improper benefits that Reggie Bush allegedly received while at USC.

Bush, through his attorney, has agreed to give a deposition beginning Feb. 12 in the civil case involving former sports marketer Lloyd Lake, the Orange County Register is reporting.

Bush has refused to speak with NCAA investigators looking into the case, but Lake's attorney said he would make a transcript of Bush's deposition available to the NCAA. Bush has claimed he did nothing wrong, but he has declined to go into details.

"He's going to have to make a decision about whether or not he's going to lie under oath," said Lake's attorney, Brian Watkins.

Lake is seeking to recoup what he says were $291,600 in cash and gifts he and a former business partner, Michael Michaels, gave to Bush and his family between November 2004 and January 2006.

-- Bonuses rewarding academic achievement are nothing new in college football coaching contracts. They are, however, new to Nebraska.

Bo Pelini's contract, released this week, calls for him to earn up to an additional $250,000 a year if his program reaches all academic milestones listed.

That's the second-highest maximum in the nation behind the $300,000 Ohio State's Jim Tressel could receive. But it is less than a third of the $800,000 Pelini would get for winning a national title.

-- South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier hired a defensive coordinator for the second time in five weeks, luring Ellis Johnson away from Arkansas. His previous hire, Brian VanGorder, told Spurrier he was rejoining the Falcons.

-- West Virginia has hired Wake Forest quarterback coach Jeff Mullen as offensive coordinator and quarterback coach.

Bush to provide deposition

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