Oliver Luck: West Virginia happy to get off the sinking ship that is the Big...
West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck isn't exactly taking the high road as his Mountaineers hightail it out of the Big East and to the greener pastures of the Big 12. Instead, he's burning the...
View ArticleJerry Kill will quit if seizures become too much to handle
Jerry Kill's health has been a weekly topic this season, since Minnesota's first-year head coach suffered a seizure on the sideline at the end of the Gophers' loss to New Mexico State on Sept. 10. Kill...
View ArticleTop 25: LSU strikes a note for stability
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...
View ArticleBest of Times, Worst of Times: Baylor gets its kicks while it can
BEST OF TIMES: A snapshot from the peaks... Baylor. When Robert Griffin III first emerged as a in 2008, he seemed destined to toil as the classic "good player on a bad team": Respected by opponents,...
View ArticleHeadlinin’: Ohio State students get muddy for Michigan hate
Making the morning rounds. • So, how do you feel about Michigan, guys? Defying ominous forecasts, Ohio State students staged their annual end-of-semester mosh pit Tuesday night in and around Mirror...
View ArticleKansas State declares itself ‘Texas State Champs’
Well, at least Kansas State can say it's the champion of something. With no way for Kansas State to win the Big 12 because of losing the head-to-head tiebreaker with either Oklahoma State or Oklahoma,...
View ArticleBelieve the hype: The countdown begins to Urban Meyer, head Buckeye
Another day has yielded another round of anonymously sourced reports — now including both specific dollar figures and a specific timeline — that Urban Meyer has agreed in principle to become Ohio...
View ArticleIowa/Nebraska ‘Heroes’ Trophy is a new giant in its field
As promised back in July, the trophy is here for Friday's "Heroes Game," the first edition of a new annual rivalry between Iowa and first-year Big Ten mate Nebraska. And it is… well, as Tiny Elvis...
View ArticleSuddenly surging, USC braces for the last temptation of Matt Barkley
For the better part of two years, the general feeling at USC has been one of decline, or at least bracing for decline. Pete Carroll bolted for the NFL, the new coach had no track record to speak of,...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving, from the gang
It's been a long, turbulent year, spent mostly talking about what's wrong with college sports. But every week we're reminded that none of it can take away from the games themselves, or the inherent...
View ArticleFor its final act, Texas A&M leaves the Big 12 with a deflating collapse for...
Texas 27, Texas A&M 25. It doesn't matter tonight, considering Texas fans are at least 72 hours from caring about anything other than the scoreboard after their most dramatic — and certainly most...
View ArticleFriday Morning Quarterback: LSU reports early for another test of its...
A weekly primer. GAME OF THE CENTURY OF THE WEEK ARKANSAS at LSU (-11½) • 2:30 ET Friday, CBS. What's at stake: There's more concentrated BCS mojo in Baton Rouge today than in any game this season,...
View ArticleTexas band sends A&M out on a classy halftime note
The hard feelings between Texas and Texas A&M, especially in light of the Aggies moving to the SEC, has been well documented. Each side has thrown verbal jabs and both have — at one time — said...
View ArticleUrban Update: Meyer ‘requested off’ ESPN duty for… what, exactly?
After the minor avalanche of reports Wednesday confirming Urban Meyer's impending move to Ohio State as the Buckeyes' next head coach, there was no way Meyer wouldn't be part of the story during...
View ArticleAttention skeptics: Houston is one game away from a BCS bowl, and looking...
Houston 48, Tulsa 16. Another week, another Houston win and another step closer to a BCS bowl berth. Doubters are officially on notice: This Houston team isn't going anywhere. To skeptics, Friday's...
View ArticleVideo: Bobby Petrino doesn’t like Les Miles, and he’s not afraid to tell him
Bobby Petrino probably won't be sending Les Miles a Christmas card this year, not after the way LSU abused — and kept abusing — Arkansas in this week's edition of the "Game of the Century." After...
View ArticleAlone at the top, LSU (still) leaves no doubts
LSU 41, Arkansas 17. I should probably clarify right out of the gate that the headline is not meant to suggest there was any doubt about LSU. Far from it: At the beginning of the day, the Tigers were...
View ArticleAlabama newborns now declaring Iron Bowl allegiance at birth
The Iron Bowl is more than just a football game in Alabama: It's a way of life. Just ask one hospital that asks new parents to declare their child's team preference right out of the womb. The hospital...
View ArticleThe sun sets on Dennis Erickson’s last, best shot at Arizona State
California 47, Arizona State 38. A few untimely injuries notwithstanding, the vibe around Arizona State this summer was pretty optimistic. The Sun Devils won their last two games in 2010 to break even...
View ArticleGame Day Live Blog: Embrace the hate
The official tally, for the record, is now 2,926 days since Michigan last beat Ohio State on Nov. 22, 2003, a streak spanning eight years, 197 Michigan recruits and the downfall of two head coaching...
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