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Penn State exhibits brief signs of offensive life, just in time for do-or-die...
Penn State 20, Ohio State 14. Penn State doesn't ask much from its offense, and in the big picture, it didn't get much today: The Nittany Lions failed to reach their season averages for total yards or...
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Still perfect, Houston doesn’t flinch amid distractions
Houston 37, SMU 7. Iowa State's upset of Oklahoma State did more than help Houston and its ascension up the BCS standings. It put the Cougars on notice. Oklahoma State was proof that no matter how well...
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Clemson does its part to save Tom O’Brien’s job at N.C. State
N.C. State 37, Clemson 13. Well, here's a score that makes no sense, except in one context: With the ACC's Atlantic Division title in the bank and rival South Carolina looming next week, Clemson...
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Night of the Hunter: USC brings the BCS ambush to Oregon
USC 38, Oregon 35. On a weekend of seismic losses, the ripple effect out of Eugene will be felt as far and wide as any of them, beginning with Sunday night's new, massively overhauled BCS standings....
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Night of the Hunter: Baylor brings the dagger to Oklahoma’s BCS revival
Baylor 45, Oklahoma 38. Oklahoma's championship dream has been crushed, again, and as always, there are more than enough devils in the details. Its leading rusher and receiver were both out to...
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Yale QB’s fairy-tale ending falls short in big-game flop vs. Harvard
Patrick Witt's decision to forgo his Rhodes Scholarship interview to play his final game against Harvard didn't have a poetic ending. In fact, it was quite the opposite: Harvard trounced Yale, 45-7,...
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RIP Garrett Uekman: Arkansas tight end dead of unknown causes (Updated)
Terrible news out of Arkansas, where tight end Garrett Uekman was reportedly found dead in his dorm room Sunday morning of unknown causes. Though his death has been confirmed by multiple outlets in...
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No bowl for you: Miami’s first act of NCAA contrition is a postseason ban
Not that Hurricane fans were savoring their postseason options, but with bowl eligibility in the bank following Saturday's 6-3 triumph over South Florida, Miami is officially electing to stay home for...
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Superlatives: In which LSU looks out for the little people
Snap judgments on Saturday's best. HUMANITARIANISM • LSU. Already leading 52-3 over a hapless, lame-duck outfit enduring its 13th consecutive conference loss, LSU elected to show mercy on Ole Miss in...
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BCS Realpolitik: Welcome to the apocalypse
In a perfect world, the Doc would be given carte blanche to publicly torch the Bowl Championship Series in effigy and institute the elaborate, double-elimination battle royal of his dreams. But we...
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Headlinin’: Urban Meyer is (still) not Ohio State’s coach. Yet.
Making the morning rounds. • Thou doth protest too much. Obligatory denial notwithstanding, everyone and their brother was on board the Urban Meyer-to-Ohio State bandwagon over the weekend, beginning...
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Video: This is what happens when America’s largest lineman meets an ordinary...
Three guesses. Ole Miss defensive lineman Terrell Brown is officially listed at 6-foot-10, 377 pounds, quite a few donuts below the 410-pound frame he allegedly brought with him from junior college...
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Vanderbilt is already working on bulletin board material for next year's game against Tennessee. After a controversial 27-21 overtime win by Tennessee, the Volunteers had an epic celebration in their...
View ArticleVideo: Here comes the Matt Barkley Heisman push
Give props to USC for striking while the iron was hot: Less than 24 hours after quarterback Matt Barkley connected for four touchdown passes in the Trojans' 38-35, championship-spoiling upset at...
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Mid-Major Monday: Western Kentucky relishes postseason politicking
Weekly notes from the undercard. Western Kentucky is in uncharted waters. After defeating North Texas on Saturday to become bowl eligible, the Hilltoppers are now in a position to make their best pitch...
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The case against an all-SEC championship game: Wait, is there a case against...
Before Friday night, the zero in Oklahoma State's loss column looked like the last bulwark against wholesale anarchy in the BCS standings, and its inexplicable loss at Iowa State on Friday night looked...
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Rich Rodriguez lands on his feet again, in a decidedly warmer locale
I never quite got around to reviewing the new book "Three and Out," already the definitive account of Rich Rodriguez's arrival, failure and exit over three turbulent seasons at Michigan and an...
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Headlinin’: Former discipline head leads the skeletons out of Paterno’s closet
Making the morning rounds. • It's only going to get uglier. In the first of what figures to be a parade of old grudges marching out of the ruins at Penn State, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday...
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Mississippi State hopes to score (#literally) with Twitter-inspired end zones
Mississippi State is embracing social media on a new scale for Saturday's Egg Bowl showdown with rival Ole Miss. Instead of painting the usual, plain old "Mississippi State" in the end zone, the...
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TCU kicker arrested for kicking (a door down)
TCU kicker Ross Evans was arrested earlier this month for doing what he does best: Kicking. On Nov. 8, Evans attempted to retrieve a friend's cell phone from an apartment by kicking the door in. Only...
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