
Sites picked, selection committee next for playoff
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 ...
K-State's Snyder signs 5-year, $14.75 million deal
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 ...

Kelly doesn't know if hoax affected Teo's play
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 ...

Katrina's scars harder to see as Super Bowl looms
New Orleans has celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but arguably none is bigger than hosting its ...

Mayor: New Orleans deserves Super Bowl spotlight
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 ...

Brandt: Te'o's draft stock could plummet further
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 ...

Story of Te'o girlfriend death apparently a hoax
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 ...

Column: Hiring Kelly risky move for Eagles
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.

Kelly will return to Notre Dame next season
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 ...
AP Sources : Eagles interviewing Gus Bradley
Gus Bradley, meet the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles are interviewing Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley in Atlanta, two people familiar with ...

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 ...

Freshman duo can keep run of Alabama backs going
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.
Rose, Sugar will host 1st semifinals in playoff
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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...