Thursday's Heads Up Football news:
- WMGT-TV in Macon, Ga., featured Heads Up Football Ambassador Buddy Curry and his USA Football work in the state.
- KTVB-TV in Boise, Idaho, reported that after the Virginia Tech star ratings were released, the Optimist Youth Football League in that city replaced 900 helmets, talking to director of coaching and player safety Jerron Moore.
- USA Football wrote about the events at last week's youth football summit.
- USA Football's Parenting Blog advised moms and dads to avoid sports parents sympathy groups.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor