The Dallas Cowboys hired former Tampa Bay defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin as the replacement for Rob Ryan on Friday. The move signals a switch back ... 

Southern California was ranked No. 1 at the beginning of the season, and Matt Barkley was a strong contender for the Heisman Trophy. The year ended ... 

Matt Barkley came to Southern California as a hot-shot recruit, seemingly destined to be the Trojans' next star quarterback. For the most part he ... 

Butch Jones was pondering whether to leave Cincinnati this week to coach Colorado when he received a text message that inadvertently foreshadowed his ... 

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 ... 

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 ... 

Thanks, Notre Dame. At least we don't have to endure another All-SEC matchup for the BCS championship. But the conference everyone outside the South ... 

Not many young quarterbacks would even have the audacity to imagine making their first career starts under the circumstances surrounding Max Wittek ... 

The Jeweled Shillelagh has been spending an awful lot of time in Hollywood over the past decade. Southern California has won nine of its last 10 ... 

The Notre Dame-USC rivalry has been defined by dominance over the last four decades. Two of college football's most celebrated teams have alternated ... 

Whenever Matt Barkley thought about his final run down the Coliseum tunnel, the Southern California quarterback never imagined doing it with no ... 

That sound emanating from South Bend this week isn't the echoes of past greatness waking up. It's the knees of everyone with a stake in Notre Dame ... 

Tennessee Athletic Director Dave Hart has no doubt that Derek Dooley improved the Volunteers' football program after inheriting a tough situation ... 

When Anthony Barr roared through the line and hit Matt Barkley squarely in the No. 7 on his back, the roar rising out of the Rose Bowl was loud enough ... 

It's not just the game balls that are deflated at Southern California this fall. An unimpressive season reached a new, weird low late Wednesday night ... 

Breaking down the AP college football poll after Week 9 of the regular season. ___ MAKING A STATEMENT: Call them the fantastic four. Or maybe the ... 

His team trailing by 15 in the third quarter, Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez urged his players to show a little life. Even after the Wildcats scored, ... 

The first firing of the college football season came Sunday. Idaho let go of Robb Akey in a move that was not unexpected. With a little more than a ... 

All-American wide receiver Robert Woods was face down on the giant red "U'' in the middle of the field Thursday night, dazed by a wicked shot. 

David Shaw tried to hold back his emotions on the sideline. The second-year Stanford coach watched his players bounce on both sides of him, then fans ... 

Although Matt Barkley has already graduated from Southern California, he's eager to get to work on his final college project. After a two-year wait ... 

Robert Woods' goal for the upcoming season sounds fairly modest. "Just trying to make more plays than I did last year," he said. Except that last ... 

Southern California is No. 1 in the AP Top 25, tossing off the weight of NCAA sanctions and returning to a familiar place in the rankings — with a ...