Johnny History: Texas A&M’s freshman phenom wins the Heisman Trophy
Call him Johnny Heisman. Better yet, call him Johnny History. Johnny Manziel, the fleet-of-foot quarterback from Texas A&M became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, besting Notre Dame...
View ArticleJohnny Manziel has a girlfriend (sorry, ladies)
Johnny Manziel is living the dream these days. He led Texas A&M to a 10-2 record and will play in the Cotton Bowl next month. The dynamic quarterback became the talk of college football over the...
View ArticleMarcus Lattimore will reportedly enter the NFL draft instead of returning to...
Once Marcus Lattimore found out that he could return and play football after a harrowing leg injury, the South Carolina running back faced a tough choice. He was put in this bind because the NFL and...
View ArticleWestern Kentucky hires Bobby Petrino and all of his baggage
With Western Kentucky's hiring of Bobby Petrino, the school is assured of winning some football games and losing its soul. Perhaps that's a fair trade-off in college football. Petrino, who has a long,...
View ArticleColorado makes the right choice, hires Mike MacIntyre from San Jose State
Two weeks and one failed courting later, Colorado finally has a football coach. Several outlets are reporting that San Jose State coach Mike MacIntyre will become the Buffs' new head coach as early as...
View ArticleWest Virginia’s mascot shoots and kills a black bear with the musket we all...
West Virginia's Mountaineer mascot is in trouble with the university after using the school-issued musket he totes around during games and appearances to shoot and kill a black bear. A video of the...
View ArticleJohnny Heisman is now piping hot and ready to eat
Johnny Manziel is the Heisman Trophy winner and the country's most famous college footall player, so it's no surprise one College Station, Texas, pizzeria is trying to cash in on the success of the...
View ArticleCollege football gets the last ever Sporting News print cover
The Sporting News announced it is going all digital on Jan. 1, and will no longer print its regular publication after 126 years. And college football graces the last issue of the regular magazine,...
View ArticleJohnny Manziel presents David Letterman’s Top 10 list (VIDEO)
Johnny Manziel already had the Heisman Trophy, the unending devotion of Texas A&M fans and a model girlfriend, and then he got to appear on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on Monday. We've...
View ArticleWill a defensive player ever win the Heisman? Well, what about next year?
The sentiment after Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting was that a defensive player might never win it. If Te'o, on a 12-0 team getting the Notre Dame hype...
View ArticleTommy Tuberville reportedly ditches recruits in the middle of dinner to take...
Tommy Tuberville's sudden departure from Texas Tech to Cincinnati surprised just about everyone, but it must have really surprised the Texas Tech recruits that were out to dinner with the coach when...
View ArticleAuburn T-shirt company has the perfect solution for Tigers’ fans during the...
Auburn fans who are looking for a way to blend in at the national championship game while also supporting their Tigers might have found the perfect solution. STAMP, a screen-printing company based in...
View ArticleSouthern Miss and Arkansas State name new coaches
Southern Mississippi and Arkansas State each needed new coaches, and each school followed the same plan: find an offensive coordinator from a high-profile Big 12 team. For Southern Miss, the answer was...
View ArticleOn 12/12/12, we honor the best No. 12s in college football history
In the 78 times the Heisman Trophy has been given out, it's a little surprising only two players that wore No. 12 have won the award. And one of those two No. 12s wasn't even a quarterback. Those two...
View ArticleFranco Harris apparently confronts NCAA president Mark Emmert about Penn...
Here's the scene: Franco Harris, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and proud Penn State alum, finding NCAA president Mark Emmert to confront him about sanctions to the Nittany Lions, ending...
View ArticleA 16-team college football playoff is simulated, and it doesn’t care much for...
A playoff system may not begin in college football until the 2014 season, but if one was in store this year, a simulation model says the championship game would look a little different. According to...
View ArticleKliff Kingsbury coming home to Texas Tech to be Red Raiders head coach
When Tommy Tuberville abruptly left Texas Tech last weekend for Cincinnati, the most obvious candidate to replace him was Kliff Kingsbury. Kingsbury was a record-setting quarterback at Texas Tech, and...
View ArticleA.J. McCarron announces he’s coming back to Alabama for his senior season
We didn't figure A.J. McCarron would declare early for the NFL Draft, but he announced he's staying, just in case you were worried. The Alabama quarterback, who has led his team to the BCS...
View ArticleMarquess Wilson recants accusations against Mike Leach and Washington State’s...
While most of the college football nation has been focused on coaching hires and fires, bowl games and championships, one "scandal" from the regular season had yet to be resolved (we use the word...
View ArticleKevin Sumlin has a history of grooming new head coaches
Kevin Sumlin and Kliff Kingsbury have been together since Kingsbury started his coaching career at Houston in 2008. And in that time, Kingsbury has blossomed from a green assistant to the heir...
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