http://www.mail.com/subjects/36038-bcs-national-championship-game.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/36038-bcs-national-championship-game.html http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2043444-sites-picked-selection-committee-playoff.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Now that the guys putting together the College Football Playoff have determined where the games will be played, there's only one major item left on the agenda — and it just might be the most important piece. Who is going to pick the teams that play for the national championship and how will they go about it? "It's huge," Pac-12 Com... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:19:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2043444-sites-picked-selection-committee-playoff.html 2013-04-25T07:19:56Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1859336-k-states-snyder-signs-5-year-1475-deal.html MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Bill Snyder turned 73 in October, so it was only natural that folks across college football would start wondering just how long the maestro of Manhattan would remain on the sidelines. Kansas State delivered its answer Thursday: As long as he wants. Snyder signed a new five-year contract that includes an increase in base compensation... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1859336-k-states-snyder-signs-5-year-1475-deal.html 2013-01-31T18:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1853916-kelly-hoax-teos-play.html SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o didn't show any signs of being affected by the girlfriend hoax leading up to the BCS title game, but his play indicates it may have taken a toll, coach Brian Kelly said Tuesday. "Hindsight is 20-20. I didn't think going into the game he was affected by it. But he didn't play his best. Alabama had so... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1853916-kelly-hoax-teos-play.html 2013-01-29T19:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1853402-katrinas-scars-harder-to-super-bowl-looms.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans has celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but arguably none is bigger than hosting its first Super Bowl since the 2005 storm left the city in shambles. To see the remnants of Katrina's destruction, fans coming to town for Sunday's game will have to stray from the French Quarter ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1853402-katrinas-scars-harder-to-super-bowl-looms.html 2013-01-29T12:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1852252-mayor-orleans-deserves-super-bowl-spotlight.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 20-story-high mural of the Lombardi Trophy, affixed to the glass exterior of a bustling hotel that was once a shattered symbol of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, rises like a beacon above the expansive white roof of the Superdome. The Super Bowl is back in the Big Easy, finally, after 11 years, giving New Orleans a spotlight of globa... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1852252-mayor-orleans-deserves-super-bowl-spotlight.html 2013-01-29T02:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1827536-brandt-teos-draft-stock-plummet.html Here's the real story: Manti Te'o's stock in the NFL draft already was sinking. Blame his performance in the BCS title game, not any hoax or conspiracy, for that. Still, the uncertainty surrounding Notre Dame's All-American linebacker could further hurt his draft stock, NFL draft consultant Gil Brandt said. Brandt ca... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1827536-brandt-teos-draft-stock-plummet.html 2013-01-17T21:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1825790-story-teo-girlfriend-death-hoax.html SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The wrenching story of Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o's girlfriend dying of leukemia — a loss he said inspired him to play his best all the way to the BCS championship — was dismissed by the school Wednesday as a hoax perpetrated against the linebacker. Notre Dame said it believes the Heisman Trophy finalist was duped into an ... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1825790-story-teo-girlfriend-death-hoax.html 2013-01-17T05:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1825932-column-hiring-kelly-risky-move-eagles.html Chip Kelly made his bones as a football coach by doing things fast. By most standards, though, his leap into the NFL was agonizingly slow. The Philadelphia Eagles finally got their man Wednesday when Kelly reversed course and agreed to replace the fired Andy Reid. The news came as a shock to most in Oregon, where Kelly was last reported to be busy recruit... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1825932-column-hiring-kelly-risky-move-eagles.html 2013-01-16T22:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1816620-kelly-will-return-to-notre-dame-season.html SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly will be trying for his first BCS championship, instead of a Super Bowl title, next season. The third-year Fighting Irish coach, who interviewed with the Philadelphia Eagles earlier in the week a day after the Irish were beaten 42-14 by Alabama in the BCS title game, says his interest with the NFL is ove... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1816620-kelly-will-return-to-notre-dame-season.html 2013-01-13T01:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1816028-ap-sources-eagles-interviewing-gus-bradley.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gus Bradley, meet the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles are interviewing Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley in Atlanta, two people familiar with the meeting told The Associated Press on Saturday. Bradley is the eighth candidate interviewed since the Eagles fired Andy Reid on Dec. 31 following a 4-12 finish. The people spoke on co... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1816028-ap-sources-eagles-interviewing-gus-bradley.html 2013-01-12T22:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1810660-osborne-wont-compare-1990s-huskers-to-alabama.html 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 fare against the Alabama teams that just accomplished the same feat. "It doesn't come off very well when you try to compare a team that played 12, 14, 15 years ago with a team playing today and say this tea... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1810660-osborne-wont-compare-1990s-huskers-to-alabama.html 2013-01-10T08:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1808296-freshman-duo-alabama-backs-going.html If BCS championship game star Eddie Lacy declares for the NFL draft, Alabama fans needn't worry about any drop-off in the running game next season. T.J. Yeldon rushed for 1,108 yards and 12 touchdowns as the other half of Alabama's tandem running-back system, including 108 yards and a TD against Notre Dame on Monday. If Yeldon replaces Lacy in the feature... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1808296-freshman-duo-alabama-backs-going.html 2013-01-09T08:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1807230-rose-sugar-will-host-1st-semifinals-playoff.html KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — The first semifinal games in the new college football playoff system will be played in the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2015. The BCS conference commissioners announced the dates and rotation for all 12 years of the upcoming postseason format after a meeting in Key Biscayne on Monday, the day after the BCS championship... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1807230-rose-sugar-will-host-1st-semifinals-playoff.html 2013-01-08T22:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1806300-bcs-title-games-tv-rating-hurt-rout.html MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — 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 a 15.1 fast national rating Monday on ESPN, the network said Tuesday. The 26.4 million viewers were up 9 percent from last year's game, another blowout Crimson Tide victory, 21-0 ... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1806300-bcs-title-games-tv-rating-hurt-rout.html 2013-01-08T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805856-teo-sees-career-with-bcs-title-game-loss.html MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — 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 particular segments of play. —The first two minutes of the game. —The last two minutes of the first half. —The first two minutes of the second half. —The last two minutes of the gam... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805856-teo-sees-career-with-bcs-title-game-loss.html 2013-01-08T08:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805860-alabama-blocks-way-irish-title-42-14.html MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — 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 like a 302-pound schoolboy, waving his arms toward the cheering Crimson Tide fans. Jones' unit went out with a roar Monday, steamrolling Notre Dame from the start to help Alabama win... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805860-alabama-blocks-way-irish-title-42-14.html 2013-01-08T08:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805838-feisty-mccarron-guides-bama-to-title.html MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — 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 the confetti started raining down, McCarron expressed displeasure with All-America center Barrett Jones after an essentially meaningless delay of game penalty. Jones gave him a goo... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805838-feisty-mccarron-guides-bama-to-title.html 2013-01-08T07:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805824-bama-bashes-notre-dame-42-14-bcs-title-game.html MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — 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 they make it look so easy. In what must be an increasingly frustrating scene for the rest of college football, another season ended with Saban and his players frolicking in the mid... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805824-bama-bashes-notre-dame-42-14-bcs-title-game.html 2013-01-08T07:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805736-tide-rolls-to-no-1-ap-poll-record-9th-time.html MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — 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 program in college football, after routing Notre Dame 42-14 on Monday night. Notre Dame, No. 1 coming into the BCS championship, dropped to No. 4. ... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805736-tide-rolls-to-no-1-ap-poll-record-9th-time.html 2013-01-08T06:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805668-fast-start-helps-tide-beat-irish-title-42-14.html MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Tide sure did roll. Alabama proved unstoppable from the outset of the BCS championship game Monday night. The Crimson Tide mounted touchdown drives of 82, 61 and 80 yards on its first three possessions and went on to beat Notre Dame 42-14. The lightning-quick start gave the Tide a 21-0 lead one play into ... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805668-fast-start-helps-tide-beat-irish-title-42-14.html 2013-01-08T06:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805664-notre-dames-defense-overmatched-title-game.html MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — 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 touchdown. It was a pose that Notre Dame repeated way, way too often in the BCS title game. Te'o — the senior linebacker who was widely considered the nation's top defensive player this... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1805664-notre-dames-defense-overmatched-title-game.html 2013-01-08T04:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1804458-40-years-ago-irish-tide-played-game-ages.html MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Ara Parseghian still remembers every little detail of that dreary night in New Orleans nearly four decades ago, when two titans of college football met for the first time. It was a time of jarring social and political turmoil in America: the pain of the civil rights movement still fresh, U.S. troops finally home from an unpopula... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1804458-40-years-ago-irish-tide-played-game-ages.html 2013-01-07T17:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1804264-playoff-sites-to-picked-april.html FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The home of the first national championship game under the new playoff system, along with the three remaining semifinal rotation sites, will likely be picked by the end of April. The second-to-last season of the Bowl Championship Series will wrap up Monday night, with No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama playing for the national... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1804264-playoff-sites-to-picked-april.html 2013-01-07T17:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1803486-rbs-riddick-wood-notre-dame-1-2-punch.html MIAMI (AP) — 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 Irish. Game 11 against Wake Forest, Wood ran for 150 yards, while Riddick had 20. Game 12 against USC, it was Riddick running for 146 yards, and Wood for 20. And so has been the theme for the Iris... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1803486-rbs-riddick-wood-notre-dame-1-2-punch.html 2013-01-07T10:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1803400-love-em-hate-em-eyes-tide-irish.html MIAMI (AP) — 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 North and South versions of the New York Yankees. Well, now they're facing each other for the biggest prize of all. A national championship. Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1803400-love-em-hate-em-eyes-tide-irish.html 2013-01-07T07:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1802852-will-game-live-up-to-hype-bcs-championship.html MIAMI (AP) — Sometimes, the buildup to a game can overwhelm what actually happens on the field. Certainly, No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama would have to play nothing less than a classic to live up to all the hype for Monday night's BCS championship. Before either team stepped on the field in balmy South Florida, this was shaping up as one of the most a... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1802852-will-game-live-up-to-hype-bcs-championship.html 2013-01-07T03:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1802670-money-college-athletes-if.html MIAMI (AP) — After decades when paying college athletes was thought to violate the spirit of amateurism, the enormous television revenue generated by sports — football and basketball in particular — and the long hours of work by the players have changed the debate. The head of the NCAA now supports a stipend for athletes to cover costs beyond tuition, boo... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1802670-money-college-athletes-if.html 2013-01-06T20:32:00Z