COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: REPORTS: CALLAHAN TO TAKE NEBRASKA COACHING JOB.

Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services

Former Oakland Raiders coach Bill Callahan reportedly will be hired as Nebraska's new head coach today, ESPN and the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald reported Thursday.

Callahan accepted the job after meeting Thursday with Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson, both news sources reported.

Gary O'Hagan, Callahan's Minneapolis-based agent, said earlier in the day Callahan is ``very interested'' in the job.

The Huskers have been looking for a coach since Frank Solich was fired Nov. 29,.

--Title-game proposal: The NCAA has nixed a plan by a technology company that offered to put up $30 million in scholarship money to lure USC and Louisiana State into playing a game that presumably would settle the debate over who lays claim to the national championship.

Wally Renfro, the senior adviser to NCAA president Myles Brand, said the NCAA bylaws do not allow such a game, which would have to be approved by all members.

--Perry leaves: UCLA receiver Tab Perry was dismissed by the university for failing to meet academic requirements, and he has told the school he intends to transfer to a Division I-AA program.

Over his sophomore and junior seasons, Perry had a combined 56 catches for 1,114 yards and three scores. He set a school record with 26 kickoff returns for 598 yards his freshman year.