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Manning powers Giants to big lead against Packers
Eli Manning threw for three scores to become the Giants' career leader in touchdown passes, and rested New York led the Green Bay Packers 38-10 after ...
Notre Dame is 1 and waiting for SEC to play out
Breaking down the AP college football poll after Week 13 of the regular season. ___ MAKING A STATEMENT Notre Dame is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top ...
BCS standings set up semifinal in SEC title game
Two years before the playoffs start in college football, the Southeastern Conference is staging a semifinal to determine who plays Notre Dame in the ...
Jenkins returns 2 picks for TDs, Rams win 31-17
Janoris Jenkins has been known to make headlines for the wrong reasons. Not this time. No NFL rookie since 1960 and no Rams rookie ever accomplished ...
Embree out as head coach of Colorado Buffaloes
Jon Embree is out as head football coach at the University of Colorado after just two seasons and four wins in 25 games. Embree told The Associated ...
Purdue make quick decision to fire Hope
Purdue wants a football team that can get to the Rose Bowl and decided Danny Hope was not the coach to take the Boilermakers there. About 24 hours ...
Notre Dame reigns atop college football again
The postgame roars from Notre Dame's locker room echoed right through the Coliseum's thick cement walls and metal beams Saturday night, moving around ...
Boston College fires football coach Spaziani
New Boston College athletic director Brad Bates is looking for a football coach who "oozes integrity," someone who cares about the students and ...
NC State fires O'Brien after 6 seasons
North Carolina State coach Tom O'Brien entered the season with hopes of contending for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. Instead, his ...
Column: Time for NFL to pare down the rule book
The NFL is America's pastime, hands down. Imagine how much fun it would be if they got rid of about half the rule book. The replay challenge penalty? ...
Tannehill rallies Dolphins past Seahawks 24-21
Ryan Tannehill was hardly a rattled rookie as he stood in his end zone, contemplating the long drive the Miami Dolphins needed with the score tied and ...
Browns beat sloppy Steelers 20-14
They didn't look like themselves at all. Not with the turnovers, penalties and blown chances. These weren't the Pittsburgh Steelers of old. And it had ...
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 ...
Manning's 2 TDs leads Broncos past Chiefs, 17-9
Peyton Manning was wooed by the Chiefs early in the offseason, after the four-time MVP had been cut loose by Indianapolis and before he signed a ...
Penn State's 2012 football season for the ages
The white banner fluttered in a stiff breeze before being removed from the east facade of Beaver Stadium to reveal "2012" in bold, blue numerals next ...
No. 1 Notre Dame beats USC 22-13, earns title shot
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 ...
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 ...
No. 13 South Carolina wins 4th straight in rivalry
South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney gave Clemson even more to worry about a short time after he finished demolishing the Tigers on the field
No. 6 Florida rolls to 37-26 win over No. 10 FSU
Florida coach Will Muschamp doesn't have any doubt where his team's next stop should be: Miami for the BCS championship game on Jan. 7. And the ...
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
Clay's TD lifts No. 14 Sooners to 51-48 Bedlam win
After the first overtime game in the Bedlam rivalry, a wild celebration on Owen Field and yet another 500-yard passing game, it all settled in for ...
Connecticut upsets No. 19 Louisville 23-20 in 3OTS
Blidi Wreh-Wilson knew the ball would eventually come his way. The Connecticut cornerback just wanted to make sure he was in the right position to ...
Ducks rebound with 48-24 win over Beavers
Kenjon Barner ran for 198 yards and two touchdowns despite leaving the game for a time with an injury and No. 5 Oregon defeated No. 16 Oregon State ...