Disclaimer: You might think this is too good to be true. But we kid you not.

There is an organization out there that will literally pay for students’ tuition to private education for high school, college, and yes, graduate school–something that could amount to $ 500,000 per student. It’s called the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Yes, the students are exceptional–and they have deep needs. But there are already 1,900 Jack Kent Cooke recipients out there, and 200 more selected every year. All together, Cooke scholars have so far received more than $ 130 million–that’s an average of more than $ 68,000 per student. Here’s what you need to know to get your students a piece of this pie.

The Young Scholars Program will begin accepting applications next week. For more information on Young Scholars, watch a recording of the informational webinar, or join in on one of two

USC Trojans

8-4 overall record (6-3 in the Pac-12)

5.96 offensive yards per play (T-40th)

5.27 defensive yards per play (45th)

Plus-11 turnover margin (T-11th)

77.2 penalty yards per game (121st)

26th Sagarin strength of schedule

Coach: Steve Sarkisian

Still only 40, Sarkisian already had been a head coach at Washington for five seasons before returning to Troy. He led the Trojans to wins at Stanford and Arizona in his first season back, but a heartbreaking loss to Arizona State and a beatdown by crosstown rival UCLA left USC barely inside the Top 25 for bowl season. Before taking the Washington job, where Sarkisian went 34-29, he was USC’s assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach from 2005 to ’08, and offensive coordinator the last of those two seasons. He quarterbacked BYU in the 1990s.

Player to watch

Defensive tackle Leonard Williams: 71 tackles, 8½ tackles for loss (six sacks), three pass breakups. The junior defensive end likely will be playing his final game as a Trojan, with the temptation of being a first-round draft pick probably pulling him to the NFL before his senior season. He’s 6-foot-5 and 300 pounds, as athletic as he is powerful. Registered six sacks among his 71 tackles this season, and…………… continues on Omaha World-Herald