Penn State to donate $1.5 million of bowl revenue to alleviate guilt over...
In an effort to continue to repair Penn State's national image, university president Rod Erickson announced Thursday that the university plans to donate $1.5 million of its bowl revenue to the...
View ArticleGeorgia is bringing a pretty good defense to Atlanta, too, but it only has...
Jarvis Jones is 22 years old. And unlike most 22-year-olds, as a future NFL draft pick and the best player on Georgia's surging defense, some people occasionally acknowledge the words that come out of...
View ArticleTexas A&M pulls the plug on Mike Sherman, valedictorian of the NFL’s...
Texas A&M's fourth season under Mike Sherman began with the Aggies basking in a pending defection to the SEC and its highest expectations in a decade. It ended tonight with Sherman being led to...
View ArticleHeadlinin’: It’s a dirty job, but someone has to win the Big East
Making the morning rounds. • There will be a test. West Virginia's last-second, 30-27 win at South Florida Thursday night guaranteed the Mountaineers a share of the Big East championship alongside...
View ArticleVideo: Dabo Swinney lashes out at Steve Spurrier for something Steve Spurrier...
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is about to face Virginia Tech in the ACC title game this weekend, but last weekend's 34-13 loss to South Carolina just won't go away. During a post-practice interview...
View ArticleFriday Morning Quarterback: All eyes on Oklahoma State for its Bedlam...
A weekly primer. GAME OF THE CENTURY OF THE WEEK OKLAHOMA at OKLAHOMA STATE (-3½) • 8 pm ET, ABC. What's at stake: There is hate, and in-state pride, and 365 days of bragging rights, and all of those...
View ArticleFAU puts Carl Pelini on deck to replace Howard Schnellenberger
As Florida Atlantic prepares to say goodbye to a college football legend — and the only head coach in program history — in Howard Schnellenberger, the Owls already have his replacement in the wings....
View ArticleMike Sherman waves a wounded goodbye to Texas A&M, and his may not be the last
If you happened to come across a certain widespread rumor today about how Mike Sherman found he'd been axed as Texas A&M's head coach, it didn't go down quite as cold as that. But it was close...
View ArticleDucks by any other name are still masters of their domain
Pac-12 Championship: Oregon 49, UCLA 31. Of all the absurd statistics that come with an incineration like this — in a championship game, no less — the most absurd of all that it was basically an...
View ArticleGame Day Keys: Spartans’ final Big Ten push begins with their massive middle man
The day's most pivotal players. JEREL WORTHY • DT, Michigan State. The Spartans' first collision with Wisconsin in October didn't exactly evoke clouds of dust, on either side. But despite bursts by the...
View ArticleGame Day Live Blog: The bucks stops here
If the vagaries of the Bowl Championship Series continue to dominate speculation in college football, that's largely because there's something to debate. But the basic unit of measurement in the sport...
View ArticleArchie Who? Aspiring Ole Miss coaches dialing wrong number in search of Rebel...
If you want to be the next head coach at Ole Miss, contacting former Rebels' legend Archie Manning is probably a good start. Just make sure you have the right phone number. If not, you might be...
View ArticleHouston fan jumps the gun with ‘BCS’ haircut
As bad a day as Houston had — a 49-28 loss to Southern Miss that cost the Cougars a perfect season, a BCS bowl and millions in BCS revenue for Conference USA — it wasn't nearly as bad as the day this...
View ArticleDarron Thomas throws up Texas ‘Hook’em’ sign after Oregon’s Pac-12 title win
After Oregon's 49-31 win over UCLA in the Pac-12 championship game Friday night, Ducks quarterback Darron Thomas did an interview with Fox and then decided to give a shout out — to Texas. Wait, what?...
View ArticleSouthern Miss just cost a lot of schools a lot of money. And it was worth...
Conference USA Championship: Southern Miss 49, Houston 28. There's plenty to say about what Southern Miss won today as an underdog, on the road, on national television, against the No. 6 team in the...
View ArticleVideo: Tyrann Mathieu’s punt return shouldn’t have counted. But it was...
It looks like Tyrann Mathieu's punt return for a touchdown in the first half of the SEC Championship Game — LSU's first score of the afternoon — isn't going to make a difference in the final result...
View ArticleVideo: Frogs fake Gary Patterson into another Gatorade shower
It's an established fact: Gary Patterson is not a big fan of the post-game victory bath. During the Rose Bowl last year, Patterson explicitly told his players not to douse him with the Gatorade...
View ArticleLSU lays low, then lays down the law in its formal SEC coronation
SEC Championship: LSU 42, Georgia 10. Here's how good LSU is. For the first two quarters, just as an experiment, the Tigers decided not to play any offense. Did you ever try that in a video game? Like...
View ArticleRobert Griffin carries the banner across the finish line as Baylor’s best ever
Baylor 48, Texas 24. Not that he needs the help, but for simple comparison's sake, Robert Griffin III has never looked better. On one side, there was Griffin, racking up 352 total yards and four...
View ArticleCowboys rest their case: Oklahoma State makes its final BCS argument, in...
Oklahoma State 44, Oklahoma 10. Throughout the night, ESPN's scrolling ticker insisted on informing views that "LSU is expected to play Alabama" for the BCS championship when final bowl pairings are...
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