COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT / AROUND THE NATION : Northwestern QB Can’t Play

A Chicago judge Thursday upheld an NCAA rule that bars Northwestern quarterback Zachary Kustok from playing in Saturday’s opening game against Miami of Ohio.

Circuit Judge Michael Getty refused to immediately overturn the rule, which would keep Kustok from playing for the Wildcats in their first seven games this season.

But Getty did offer to hold a hearing later that might get Kustok, a transfer from Notre Dame who never played there, onto the field by the season’s third or fourth game, attorneys said.