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Postmortem: Alabama in a landslide
So, all those Associated Press pollsters who vowed to vote LSU No. 1 based on the Tigers' superior body of work, even if it lost Monday night's BCS Championship rematch against Alabama? Yeah, not so...
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George Lucas thanks Nick Saban for plugging George Lucas’ new movie in...
After Alabama defeated LSU 21-0 to win the BCS championship, coach Nick Saban didn't wax on about tactics and schemes. Instead, he credited his team's moviegoing experience from the prior night. As a...
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Marcus Coker is the latest RB to choose transfer over punishment
Marcus Coker is looking for a new school. Iowa announced Tuesday that Coker, the team's leading rusher, has asked for and has been granted his release from the Hawkeyes. Coker was suspended for the...
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Orange Bowl continues to taunt Darwin Cook over its bruised mascot
It looks like Obie the Orange Bowl mascot was not OK, after all, after being tackled by West Virginia safety Darwin Cook after Cook's 99-yard fumble return in the Orange Bowl. The Orange Bowl Twitter...
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Alabama, 2011 national champion, in context
I know you don't have time for like, reflection, this being the 21st Century and possibly the final year of human existence and so forth. I'm aware that we don't really do that anymore. But before we...
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Headlinin’: Another year, another high-profile landing for a Boise State...
Making the morning rounds. • The price of success. The annual winter poach is underway at Boise State, which lost its third coordinator in as many years Tuesday when Brent Pease agreed to head up...
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Damaris Johnson would rather go pro than reform his Tulsa image
Add Tulsa's Damaris Johnson to the growing list of players that would rather seek other options than face the repercussions of a suspension. Johnson, the NCAA leader in career all-purpose yardage, has...
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Top 25: Navigating the great Tiger-Tide divide
Now in its seventh year, the College Football BlogPoll is a weekly effort of dozens of college football-centric Web sites representing a wide array of schools under the oversight of SB Nation. As...
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Nick Hill’s Spartan tattoo sets the standard for college football ink
College football players and tattoos can be a dangerous combination. I think we're all still trying to figure out what Alabama quarterback (and newly MVP of the BCS championship game) A.J. McCarron was...
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Early Exits: Robert Griffin III, Baylor’s shooting star
At this point, there's not much to be said about Robert Griffin III's rise to college football royalty that hasn't been said, and then repeated, and then condensed onto the scrolling ticker at the...
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Postmortem: Texas staggers off the mat
A season in review. • Be careful what you ask for. The general consensus on the starting quarterback in August was "Anyone but Garrett Gilbert," and the wish came true: Gilbert was benched in the...
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Headlinin’: For the NFL, Russell Wilson gives up the diamond for good
Making the morning rounds. • My Honeymoon with Weinke. This time last year, then-N.C. State quarterback Russell Wilson was under contract with the Colorado Rockies and had a better-than-even chance of...
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NCAA formally closes the ‘Cecil Newton Loophole,’ 13 months too late
If they can remember as far back as last winter — an ice age in Internet years, I know — regular readers may recall that there were two sides to the NCAA's reaction to the Cam Newton Affair, the...
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Early Exits: Morris Claiborne, LSU’s other shutdown corner
His flashier, ball-hawking counterpart got most of the headlines, and the quirky nickname, and the invite to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist. But it was junior Morris Claiborne who caught the...
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Stoops family reunion means Oklahoma’s defensive coordinator is on the market
Oklahoma is getting the Stoops brothers back together. Former Arizona head coach Mike Stoops is on his way to Norman to reunite with his brother, Bob, and resume the defensive coordinator position he...
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Russell Shepard has some parting shots for LSU’s offense
Russell Shepard has decided to leave LSU with a year of eligibility remaining, and he's getting a little flack for it. Shepard, a junior, tweeted Wednesday that he had a "had decision to make" and then...
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Early Exits: Trent Richardson, Dré Kirkpatrick and Don’ta Hightower,...
Trent Richardson and Dré Kirkpatrick arrived at Alabama as five-star headliners in the most touted recruiting class of 2009, and it's safe to say they justified the billing: Three years later, they're...
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Clemson’s Orange Bowl debacle costs Kevin Steele his job
Eight days after West Virginia embarrassed Clemson's defense in a 70-33 rout in the Orange Bowl, Clemson defensive coordinator Kevin Steele is out. "I have had a great experience at Clemson and feel...
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Under fire from alumni, Penn State bothers to explain why it fired Joe Paterno
Penn State president Rodney Erickson is in Pittsburgh tonight for the second of three "Town Hall" style meetings with PSU alumni, and after Wednesday night, he should come in with a good idea of what...
View ArticleVideo: Misunderstood Mitch Mustain fires away in new documentary
If you've been sitting around wondering what happened to former Arkansas/USC quarterback Mitch Mustain, Fayetteville, Ark., filmmaker Matthew Wolfe is here to help. Wolfe is making a documentary on...
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