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Zulli, Quiteh, Hill lead AP Little-America team
Shippensburg quarterback Zach Zulli and Bloomsburg running back Franklyn Quiteh have been selected to the AP Little All-America team. The Little ...
No. 2 Alabama places 4 on AP All-America team
Alabama is No. 1 when it comes to All-Americans. The second-ranked Crimson Tide placed four players on The Associated Press All-America team released ...
Vols hire Cincinnati's Jones as new football coach
Butch Jones was pondering whether to leave Cincinnati this week to coach Colorado when he received a text message that inadvertently foreshadowed his ...
Wisconsin turns to former coach for the Rose Bowl
When Wisconsin linebacker Mike Taylor was a kid, he used to watch the Badgers and dream of playing for Barry Alvarez. He's finally getting his wish.
Wizards stun Heat 105-101 for 2nd win of season
Before his NBA-worst, one-win Washington Wizards took on LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and the reigning NBA champion Miami Heat, coach Randy ...
Column: Are you ready for some bowls?! We aren't
This college football bowl season is like a brand of Chex Mix that comes with a bunch of nuts you don't really care to eat. Sure, there's a handful ...
Heisman finalists: Manziel, Te'o and Klein
Johnny Manziel and Manti Te'o are in position to make Heisman Trophy history. Manziel, the redshirt freshman quarterback from Texas A&M, and Te'o, ...
Defense leads top teams in offensive-minded game
Offense is in, but defense is still what it takes to win big. That's the lesson of college football's 2012 season. For the fourth straight year, ...
Blockbuster BCS main event, with iffy undercard
The penultimate Bowl Championship Series gave college football a national championship matchup low on controversy and loaded with star power. No.
Oregon, K-State to meet in Fiesta Bowl
Oregon and Kansas State were atop the BCS standings just two weeks ago, each needing two wins for a likely trip to the BCS championship. Those plans ...
BCS bonanza: Alabama vs. Notre Dame
Alabama vs. Notre Dame. The BCS championship game couldn't get much bigger. The Crimson Tide locked up a spot in the title game in Miami on Jan.
Northern Illinois wins MAC and BCS lobbying begins
After two straight Mid-American Conference titles, Northern Illinois coach Dave Doeren figures his team is worthy of a major reward. The Huskies are ...
Stanford tops UCLA for Pac-12 crown, Rose Bowl bid
After the final whistle blew, Stanford coach David Shaw lifted his arms in triumph. His players paraded around the field, and students came down from ...
Hogan leads Stanford past UCLA 27-24 to win Pac-12
Kevin Hogan has taken Stanford to a place Andrew Luck never could. With the NFL's No. 1 overall draft pick and an elite class of seniors gone, a ...
N. Illinois wins MAC in double OT over Kent St
Jordan Lynch and Northern Illinois won a MAC title game that lived up to the hype. Now the Huskies are lobbying for a chance to play on an even bigger ...
BCS implications in NIU vs Kent St MAC title game
The Mid-American Conference championship game this year has a lot more at stake than usual. It's a showcase for two Top 25 teams on long winning ...
MAC championship has BCS implications
Time to put the BCS puzzle together. There's not a lot of mystery going into championship weekend. Mostly, everything should simply fall into place.
Balancing wins and losses with dollars and cents
Deciding whether to fire a college football coach often comes down to balancing wins and losses with dollars and cents. Five coaches were fired ...
Embree suggests he would have needed shortcuts
A choked-up Jon Embree suggested Monday that the only way he could have turned around the University of Colorado's flailing football program in his ...
SEC holds national bragging rights yet again
With the majority of conference regular-season games in the books, the SEC again holds national bragging rights. It appears that for the second year ...
Notre Dame is 1 and waiting for SEC to play out
Breaking down the AP college football poll after Week 13 of the regular season. ___ MAKING A STATEMENT Notre Dame is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top ...
BCS standings set up semifinal in SEC title game
Two years before the playoffs start in college football, the Southeastern Conference is staging a semifinal to determine who plays Notre Dame in the ...
Embree out as head coach of Colorado Buffaloes
Jon Embree is out as head football coach at the University of Colorado after just two seasons and four wins in 25 games. Embree told The Associated ...
No. 1 Notre Dame beats USC 22-13, earns title shot
For four straight plays in the waning minutes, Notre Dame's defense was backed up to its 1 with its perfect season in peril. And on four straight ...