BCS Championship Game capsule: Notre Dame vs. Alabama
BCS Championship Game Jan. 7, 2013 Notre Dame (12-0, BCS No. 1) vs. Alabama (12-1, BCS No. 2) Notre Dame's key player: LB Manti Te'o Te'o is vying to have the highest finish for a pure defensive...
View ArticleRose Bowl capsule: Stanford vs. Wisconsin
Rose Bowl Jan. 1, 2013 Wisconsin (8-5, Big Ten) vs. Stanford (11-2, Pac-12) Wisconsin key player: RB Montee Ball Ball is the FBS record holder for career touchdowns, and he has been on an incredible...
View ArticleOrange Bowl capsule: Florida State vs. Northern Illinois
Orange Bowl Jan. 1, 2013 Florida State (11-2, ACC) vs. Northern Illinois (12-1, at-large) Florida State's key player: QB E.J. Manuel Even though Florida State is built around its tough defense, the...
View ArticleFiesta Bowl capsule: Oregon vs. Kansas State
Fiesta Bowl Jan. 3, 2013 Oregon (11-1) vs. Kansas State (11-1) Oregon's key player: RB Kenjon Barner Oregon has a lot of offensive weapons, so it's tough to choose just one, but defenses always have...
View ArticleSugar Bowl capsule: Louisville vs. Florida
Sugar Bowl Jan. 2, 2013 Louisville (10-2) vs. Florida (11-1) Louisville's key player: QB Teddy Bridgewater Two weeks ago, Bridgewater suffered a broken wrist and a sore ankle and still managed to get...
View ArticleNorthern Illinois’ Rod Carey will make his head-coaching debut at the Orange...
As recently as six seasons ago, Rod Carey was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at University of Wisconsin-Stout. In 2010, he was coaching the offensive line at University of North...
View ArticleRanking all the bowl games, from 1 to 35
We assume everyone here will watch Notre Dame-Alabama. That's the final act of a great season, and the last time for about eight months we'll see a meaningful college football game. And you'll...
View ArticleNorthern Illinois will give one free Orange Bowl ticket to every student
Northern Illinois is going to do whatever it can to fill seats at the Orange Bowl, including giving a free ticket to any student who can get down to Miami for the game. Tickets to the Orange Bowl are...
View ArticleVOD: Mary Hardin-Baylor scores a touchdown on an improbable completion
Mary Hardin-Baylor is moving on to the semifinals of the Division III playoffs thanks to an amazing play by quarterback LiDarral Bailey. Bailey, a senior, took the snap at the 2-yard line, faked the...
View ArticleNIU’s celebration as it finds out it’s in the BCS is pretty awesome (VIDEO)
There are plenty of people who don't like Northern Illinois' inclusion in the BCS. ESPN spent a couple hours Sunday night telling us what a horror it was that NIU was playing in the Orange Bowl. Kirk...
View ArticleFive bowl games we wish we could have seen
This year's bowl season has left a lot to be desired. While the championship game is right, there are a lot of teams that got left out of key bowls or were put in poor matchups. There's nothing we can...
View ArticleNavy to wear a helmet sticker this weekend to support QB Rafi Montalvo
When Navy takes the field against rival Army this weekend, it will do so with heavy hearts. Backup quarterback Rafi Montalvo is still in the hospital after suffering life-threatening injuries in a...
View ArticleColorado goes to elaborate lengths to hide its interview with Butch Jones
The photo above looks innocent enough, right? A group of people walking with some food service workers who were pushing a food warmer across the concourse of Colorado's football stadium. But it's...
View ArticleDr. Saturday’s inaugural All-American Team
No one can claim the 2012 college football season was boring. The second half of the season had so many twists and turns that no one knew exactly what to expect when the final BCS standings and bowl...
View ArticleBret Bielema leaving for Arkansas, dealing a major blow to Wisconsin and Big Ten
When reports surfaced last week that Les Miles and Arkansas were flirting with each other, which ended up with Miles getting a raise from LSU, the money figure the Razorbacks were rumored to be...
View ArticleAuburn welcomes back a familiar face, hires Gus Malzahn as head coach
Not to be overshadowed by Arkansas' surprising coup in hiring Bret Bielema away from Wisconsin, Auburn made its own very interesting hire at about the same time on Tuesday afternoon. Gus Malzahn will...
View ArticleBoston College hires Steve Addazio from Temple
Boston College has traded one mustachioed coach for another. Boston College athletic director Brad Bates announced Tuesday that it had hired Temple's Steve Addazio to replace Frank Spaziani. "He is a...
View ArticleMario Cristobal surprisingly fired by Florida International
Florida International didn't have a great season, at 3-9, but that was understandable. The team dealt with a rash of injuries at running back, and quarterback Jake Medlock missed three games. Five...
View ArticleVOD: Singing Arkansas fan Liz Honey is a believer in Bret Bielema
Now the Bret Bielema move to Arkansas makes sense. He gets to be serenaded by Liz Honey. You may remember Liz Honey, the Arkansas fan who enjoys firing up her laptop and filming herself singing...
View ArticleDarrell Hazell leaves Kent State for Purdue
Darrell Hazell has turned Kent State's successful season into a coaching move. Hazell, who has been considered one of the nation's hottest coaching prospects this year, has agreed to terms with Purdue...
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