Thursday's Heads Up Football news:
- Stack Media profiled coach Chris Merritt of Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, where he also serves as a Master Trainer for USA Football. Columbus High is one of the Heads Up Football pilot programs.
- USA Football's parent blog offered five ways to help your child succeed.
- USA Football reported on a moms clinic that was held in a Chicago suburb last Friday.
- Panthers.com urged Heads Up Football-affiliated youth programs in the Carolinas to sign up for equipment grants.
- USA Football published a comparison of the concussion laws in all 50 states.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor