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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 ...
Auburn hires ex-assistant Malzahn as head coach
Gus Malzahn stepped off the plane in Auburn and rushed over to a waiting throng of fans, exchanging high-fives and smiles. He trumpeted "a new day" ...
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 ...
Chizik, among 5 college football coaches fired
Gene Chizik, Frank Spaziani and Danny Hope got the pink slips many expected were coming after disappointing seasons. North Carolina State getting rid ...
Auburn fires Gene Chizik after 3-9 season
Gene Chizik led Auburn to perhaps the greatest season in the program's history, and two years later to maybe its worst. The rapid fall from a national ...
Column: Irish smiling, but SEC eyes another title
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 ...
No. 2 Alabama steamrolls Auburn 49-0
Alabama left no doubt it's tops in the state. Proving it's the best team in the Southeastern Conference and perhaps the nation won't be nearly so easy
Column: SEC needs to be flagged for soft schedule
Christian Robinson is a competitor. Naturally, the Georgia linebacker would like to see how the Bulldogs stack up against the best teams from around ...
Big week of BCS scoreboard watching for Oregon
This is a big week for Oregon's BCS title hopes. No, not because the second-ranked Ducks play hapless Colorado. That'll be a breeze. The teams ...
10 coaches who could be bracing for bad news
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 ...
The unbeaten: Contenders, pretenders, BCS busters
At this point in the season, it looks as if the rest of the country is competing to be the team that plays No. 1 Alabama for the BCS championship in ...
Defense leads No. 2 LSU to 12-10 win over Auburn
Les Miles said he can use a hard-fought win over Auburn as "a tremendous lesson" for a LSU team more accustomed to lopsided victories. Lesson No.