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Big 12 wants NCAA to allow conference title game
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby says the league likely will seek permission from the NCAA to hold a championship game even though it doesn't have the ...
Correction: Notre Dame-Te'o story
In a story Jan. 19 about the Manti Te'o-Lennay Kekua hoax, The Associated Press reported erroneously some of the details about the place where Te'o ...
Homeless are a challenge for Sarasota, Fla.
On a recent sunny winter day on a downtown Sarasota street corner, a cluster of homeless men lounged on the back steps of a building, grimy backpacks ...
Alabama's Lacy, Milliner, Fluker enter NFL draft
Alabama tailback Eddie Lacy, cornerback Dee Milliner and right tackle D.J. Fluker are entering the NFL draft after helping lead the Crimson Tide to ...
Osborne won't compare 1990s' Huskers to Alabama
Retired Nebraska coach Tom Osborne won't get drawn into an argument over how his 1990s teams that won three national championships in four years would ...
Correction: Alabama QB's Girlfriend story
In the story BC-US--Alabama QB's Girlfriend that ran Jan. 8, The Associated Press reported erroneously described as Katherine Webb as a former Miss ...
SECond to none, with no end in sight
There is no end in sight, not for Alabama or the Southeastern Conference. The Crimson Tide made it two straight national championships and three in ...
Ala. fans gather to welcome home championship team
Vicki Richardson was at the airport to greet the University of Alabama's national champion football team when players and coaches arrived home ...
BCS title game's TV rating hurt by rout
The BCS title game's television rating was up from last season, but the lopsided score kept viewership down. Alabama's 42-14 rout over Notre Dame drew ...
Saban quickly turns to challenges of 2013 season
It's becoming a familiar January scene for Nick Saban. The Alabama coach plastered a smile on his face for a series of posed photos next to the ...
Alabama QB's girlfriend draws raves in TV booth
Brent Musburger was mightily impressed by Alabama in its rout of Notre Dame in the BCS title game. The same could be said about the ESPN broadcaster ...
Te'o sees career end with BCS title-game loss
One of the last things Manti Te'o remembers Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly telling his team before the BCS title game was about the importance of four ...
Alabama blocks its way past Irish for title, 42-14
When Alabama's first-team offense came off the field for the final time in the BCS championship game, center Barrett Jones skipped toward the bench ...
Feisty McCarron guides 'Bama to another title
It might have been the hardest hit Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron absorbed all night. With the play clock down to zero and just a few minutes before ...
'Bama bashes Notre Dame 42-14 in BCS title game
Barely taking time to celebrate their latest national championship, Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide are ready to get back to work. That's how ...
Tide rolls to No. 1 in AP poll for record 9th time
Alabama is No. 1 at being No. 1. The Crimson Tide (13-1) was voted national champion by The Associated Press for the ninth time, more than any other ...
Fast start helps Tide beat Irish for title, 42-14
The Tide sure did roll. Alabama proved unstoppable from the outset of the BCS championship game Monday night. The Crimson Tide mounted touchdown ...
Column: Saban restless in a way rest of us are not
At some point, this much success should have brought joy, or at the very least, a deep sense of satisfaction. It's only made Nick Saban chase each win ...
Bama's Lacy romps over Notre Dame defense
Eddie Lacy romped through Notre Dame's defense with power and his favorite move. No. 2 Alabama's latest star tailback rushed for 140 yards and a ...
Notre Dame's defense overmatched in title game
Manti Te'o stood perfectly still as he took a long look at one of the giant video screens in Sun Life Stadium, studying the replay of an Alabama ...
Injured Bama WR Kenny Bell goes through warmups
Alabama wide receiver Kenny Bell was dressed in uniform and warming up before the BCS championship game against Notre Dame. Bell broke a bone in his ...
40 years ago, Irish-Tide played game for the ages
Ara Parseghian still remembers every little detail of that dreary night in New Orleans nearly four decades ago, when two titans of college football ...
RBs Riddick, Wood give Notre Dame 1-2 punch
Notre Dame tailbacks Theo Riddick and Cierre Wood showed how interchangeable they are in the final two games of the regular season for the Fighting ...
Love 'em or hate 'em, all eyes on Tide and Irish
Love 'em or hate 'em, it's hard to turn away from Notre Dame and Alabama. They are storied programs that stir plenty of passions, college football's ...