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UConn's Defense Carries The Day Against Louisville

Tags: College Football, Louisville Cardinals, Maryland Terrapins, Injuries and Wounds, College Sports

Teel Time: How should ACC respond to Maryland's Big Ten move?

For someone who grew up watching Howard White, Randy White and Lefty Driesell compete in the ACC, seeing the University of Maryland leave the conference for the Big Ten is illogical if not blasphemous. But realignment scoffs at tradition, projected...

Tags: Jerry Sandusky, University of Maryland, College Park, College Football, Bobby Petrino, Louisville Cardinals

A South'easter roars over college football

Saturday is the reason they play the regular season all the way to the end. Just when you think you know everything, you know nothing. Kansas State was No. 1 in the Bowl Championship Series standings but now it's not. Oregon was No. 2 but now it's...

Tags: Southeastern Conference, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, College Football, College Sports

Notre Dame's BCS prospects are not quite golden

Top-ranked Alabama's stunning-if-you-say-so home defeat Saturday narrowed the national-scope scenarios but also raised the gun barrels of anxiety — especially in South Bend. The idea that Notre Dame could ever be left out of anything seems...

Tags: College Football, Oregon Ducks, Florida Gators, Oregon State Beavers, College Sports

Johnny Manziel wins the Heisman Trophy

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Texas A and M's Johnny Manziel has won the 78th Heisman Trophy. He beat out Kansas State's Collin Klein and Notre Dame's Manti Te'o to become the first freshman to win college football's most prestigious award. In the final voting, Te'o came in second...

Tags: Southeastern Conference, Oklahoma Sooners, College Football, Johnny Unitas, Alabama Crimson Tide

Tags: Lobbying, Pacific-12 Conference, Oregon Ducks, College Football, College Sports

First BCS standings don't quite add up for Oregon

Oregon fans have been advised to stay away from sharp objects following their beloved Ducks' disturbing No. 3 debut in the first Bowl Championships Series standings. Third in the BCS is like fourth in the Olympics, but the good news is that this is the...

Tags: College Football, Florida Gators, Oregon Ducks, Georgia Bulldogs, Ohio State Buckeyes

Tom Z's Highly Unethical College Football Gambling Picks: Week 9

Well, we’ve reached that point of the season where everyone starts freaking out about hypothetical situations. “Can Kansas State jump Florida to get into the top two?” “Will Oregon go undefeated and be left out of the...

Tags: Heart Attack, Oregon Ducks, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Ohio State Buckeyes

Tuesday FSU links: 'Burden gone' for Duke coach David Cutcliffe

TALLAHASSEE -- Another Tuesday morning is upon us. We are now one more day closer to Florida State's final game before next week's "Bye." Speaking of the off week, we will have a story later this week on the impact of having such a late bye week. FSU...

Tags: Basketball, Southeastern Conference, College Football, Miami Hurricanes, Florida State Seminoles

Kansas State to face Oregon in Fiesta Bowl

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Kansas State will head to Arizona in early January to face No. 4 ranked Oregon in the 42nd annual Fiesta Bowl. Both teams finished the season 11-1. K-State finished No. 5 in the final Bowl Championship Series standings released late Sunday. The...

Tags: Oklahoma Sooners, College Football, Kenjon Barner, Collin Klein, Football

Stanford hits a wall at Notre Dame

Stanford ripped a page out of the Titanic-era playbook to help Notre Dame advance another precious step on what is suddenly becoming an improbable national title run. Football games a century ago were brutish struggles with heavy emphasis on gouging...

Tags: Pacific-12 Conference, College Football, LSU Tigers, Washington Huskies, Football

It's Louisiana Tech's turn to try to crack BCS elitism

Time is running out to champion a worthwhile cause. "Death to the BCS" is settled law and "Save the WAC" didn't seem worth gumming up a car bumper. The "West Virginia Defense Fund" closed shop after the Mountaineers' offense showed that it didn't need...

Tags: Texas State Bobcats, College Football, Boise State Broncos, Rose Bowl Game, College Sports