Get your tickets now for East Carolina’s fake bowl game, the ‘Virtual Bowl’
East Carolina isn't going to a bowl game this year, but that hasn't stopped the university's Pirate Club from selling tickets to one. According to an email sent out by the club to donors, the club is...
View ArticleArizona State makes Todd Graham’s latest dream come true (for real this time)
Todd Graham has a lot of dreams. In 2006, Graham told Rice players, administrators and fans that he'd wanted the Rice job since he was a young man. "I've dreamed of this day since I was in the seventh...
View ArticlePostmortem: Offensive growing pains still a thorn in Tennessee’s side
A season in review. • The Expectations. As intriguing as it must have been to watch a bunch of freshmen play a major role in pulling a 2-6 season from the brink of oblivion last November, the...
View ArticleHeadlinin’: LaMichael James is gone (to the NFL)
Making the morning rounds. • We hardly knew ye? Part one. "A source inside the Oregon football program" told The Oregonian Wednesday that — as expected — All-American tailback LaMichael James has...
View ArticleTeam Sandusky introduces the ‘hygiene’ defense
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for Jerry Sandusky, an attorney for the former Penn State defensive coordinator said on Thursday that his embattled client used to shower with young...
View ArticleVideo: Inevitable LSU rap teaches America how to ‘Brad Wing’
Pretty sure an SEC team can't be involved in some sort of championship game without its fanbase making a rap video. Looking at you Georgia and you Florida for the misguided anticipation of a...
View ArticleMatt Barkley has a dozen reasons to stay at USC. One of them is actually good.
If there's one thing I'll never do in this space, it's advise any player to pass up a professional opportunity to stay in school, or vice versa. Chance to finish a degree? You'll never regret getting...
View ArticleThe Bill is Back: Congress comes down with its annual case of playoff fever
Good news, playoff fans! Our old friend Joe Barton is back just in time for the bowl season, and he's bringing along a few new friends from Congress to prop up an old idea: WASHINGTON (AP)—Proponents...
View ArticleMatt Kalil is the first Trojan out for the ’12 Draft. Now: Who’s going with him?
It's not the decision everyone is waiting for out of USC, but it may be just as big: Left tackle Matt Kalil is the first Trojan to announce that he's skipping his senior season for the NFL, telling the...
View ArticleHeadlinin’: Stagg Bowl goes primetime with the usual suspects
Making the morning rounds. • So we meet again. The Division III national championship is on the line in Salem, Va., which means the same thing it always means: Mount Union is playing...
View ArticleThe Idaho Potato Bowl’s giant fake potato will make America safe for potatoes...
I know what you're thinking: There's really no way to improve on the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. It's a December bowl game in Idaho, sponsored by potatoes. Its logo features a football that doubles as a...
View ArticleGus Malzahn defends his wife, who may or may not have cost him a better job
Gus Malzahn was in line for a plum head coaching job. After his offense helped Auburn to a national title last season, he became one of the hottest commodities in college football. So when Arkansas...
View ArticlePaterno ‘knew inappropriate action was taken by Jerry Sandusky with a...
What did Joe Paterno know, and when did he know it? Today, we have some answers to the crucial question from the coach's mouth after Paterno's testimony from earlier this year — in which the now-former...
View ArticleFeds dub Notre Dame folk hero Rudy Ruettiger a stock scammer
Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger might have become part of Notre Dame folklore as the walk-on who inspired a team — and a memorable movie — but the legacy he ultimately leaves might be that of a scammer....
View ArticleBitter Panthers advise Todd Graham not to show his face at Pitt again
To say Pittsburgh players were bitter when they received coach Todd Graham's passed along text message that he had skipped town to become the new head coach at Arizona State would be an...
View ArticleVideo: Following the Heisman to its new home in Waco, Texas
Robert Griffin III has had a heck of a week. He won the Davey O'Brien award (nation's best quarterback) last Thursday, the Heisman Trophy on Saturday and has since and been named to a host of...
View ArticleJustifying today’s bowl games: New Mexico welcomes its proudest tourists
Bowls: There are a lot of them. Most of which seem to have been created solely to bilk taxpayer-funded universities for the sake of upselling a few hotel rooms. As a public service, we're cutting...
View ArticlePenn State receiver hospitalizes Matt McGloin with locker room punch
The last time Penn State fans saw Matt McGloin connect with Curtis Drake, it was on a 44-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter of the Lions' season-ending loss at Wisconsin. By all accounts out of...
View ArticleVideo: Wyoming kicker defies the laws of PAT physics
Extra points aren't meant to be exciting, but a second quarter effort by Wyoming kicker Daniel Sullivan following the Cowboys' first touchdown in the New Mexico Bowl was worth the price of admission....
View ArticleSuperlatives: The most overachieving players of 2011
The best (and worst) of the season. Today: The year's most pleasant surprises, individual edition. 5. DT Star Lotulelei, Utah. Native Tongan started just three games in 2010, his first season out of...
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