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Texas Tech hires 33-year-old Kingsbury as coach
New Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury has wanted to be back in Lubbock since he left a decade ago. Late last week the former Red Raiders quarterback ...
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 ...
Expectations will be high for Manziel's encore
Heisman Trophy history suggests it will never get better for Johnny Manziel than it did this season. In the 78-year history of the Heisman, only one ...
Manziel is first freshman to win Heisman Trophy
He's Johnny Best in Football now — and a freshman, at that. Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first newcomer to win the Heisman Trophy, ...
Te'o and Manziel hit Manhattan with Heisman hopes
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o was looking forward to a break after a five-city-in-five-days tour, during which he has become the most decorated ...
Notre Dame's Te'o eyes Heisman after Maxwell win
Manti Te'o is one of the most important leaders for undefeated Notre Dame, having played in a ton of big games for the Fighting Irish. Even so, he had ...
Te'o leads Irish defense, key to perfect season
If Manti Te'o's career at Notre Dame has seemed like something straight out of a Hollywood script, perhaps it's fitting the linebacker is cast as an ...
Manziel could make history by winning Heisman
Johnny Manziel certainly has the statistics worthy of a Heisman Trophy winner. He plays in the powerful Southeastern Conference. He has a signature ...
Steady K-State QB Klein a Heisman Trophy finalist
Collin Klein is the Heisman Trophy finalist who fits no mold. He was lightly recruited out of high school and ultimately chose to attend Kansas State, ...
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, ...
No. 7 Kansas State wins Big 12 title, beats Texas
Just as Collin Klein was preparing to trot onto the field for the biggest home game in Kansas State history, coach Bill Snyder put his arm around his ...
Georgia eager to carve out new legacy vs. Alabama
The national championship could be decided with a dream matchup between two of college football's most storied programs: Notre Dame vs. Alabama.
Will Manziel break Heisman Trophy frosh curse?
In the 77-year history of the Heisman Trophy, no freshman has ever won the award. Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel, the player who proved coach Kevin ...
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 ...
Column: Johnny Football should be Johnny Heisman
Johnny Football finally got a chance to speak Monday. This was it, our first opportunity to hear from the quarterback himself why he feels he should ...
Heisman hopeful Manziel happy to talk to media
The legend of Johnny Football has grown all season while Johnny Manziel piled up yards and the Texas A&M Aggies piled up wins. On Monday, the freshman ...
Manziel leads Aggies over Tigers 59-29
Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin watched Johnny Manziel turn in another strong performance, and then went to work campaigning for his redshirt freshman ...
Sumlin's switch from defense to offense pays off
Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin has led one a top-five offense in four of the five seasons since becoming a head coach. If not for a push from Mike Price ...
Notre Dame stays unbeaten, then get more good news
No. 3 Notre Dame stayed undefeated with an uncharacteristically easy victory at home and then had the rest of the night to watch as the teams in front ...
Johnny Football has Aggies riding high in SEC
In his Hill Country hometown of Kerrville, Texas, Johnny Football never would have been known by such a specific nickname. Johnny Manziel could also ...
Pick 6: Checking on teams that moved
The realignment of conferences the past few years has made it so you almost need a spreadsheet to keep up with who went where. Many of the schools did ...
No. 1 Oregon tries to avoid Bama-like upset
No. 1 team in the nation, playing at home against a ranked divisional rival with two losses on its record and an elusive redshirt freshman quarterback ...
The BCS is an election, so why not campaign?
Imagine having an election where candidates were criticized for campaigning. Strange, right? Unless it's the Bowl Championship Series. Notre Dame ...
Manziel, No. 15 Texas A&M stun No. 1 Bama, 29-24
Johnny Football and the SEC newbies from Texas A&M took down the biggest bully in their new neighborhood and left No. 1 Alabama with badly bruised ...
Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl? Maybe
College football's most storied program, playing on its grandest stage. Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl. It could happen. While most fans are focused on ...